The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-10-10
4 NOVEL Battle,
An Exciting Scene In Sam Francisco
flight Between a Bulldog and
q Horse,

The San Francisco Chronicle of the
LIST inst. has the following: ''Yestcr-
day afternoon about 6 o'clock fine
bay horse, attached to light wagon,
was being driven along Kearney street
by two men. When near Suffer street
a small English bulldog, weighing Is
or 70 pounds, made spring from the
sidewalk and tried to catch the horse
by the nose. Missing him, the dog fell
under the horses feet, and in an instant
caught him by the right fore leg, just
above the knee, where he held on with
the grip of death. The horse reared
and plunged and stamped. The men
in the wagon, having all they could do
to control the animal in that crowded
thoroughfare, dared not attempt to get
out to fight the dog off: Finally, with
violent stamp and a sudden dropping
to his knees, the horse shook the
vicious brute off his leg, but in an in.
slant he was caught again in the chest.
Fastening his teeth in the tough, thick
hide, the dog hung on like leech.
The poor horse. unable to shake him
off, bolted across a low pile of lumber at
the corner Of Suffer and Kearney
streets, where he was caught by
dozen men out of the large crowd which
had assembled. Some one at this point
raised the cry that the dog was mad.
That was enough to keep the crowd
back and insure fair play. Not sonl
would 60 near, and the horse was
several minutes left to fight it alone.
Again and again did he shake off the
tenacious little animal, kicking and
striking at him with all his fierce
strength, but in vain. He would not
desist. Once in while hoof would
hit the dog and send him Keeling in the
dust, but quicker than lightning he
would gather himself up, and again fas-
ten his viselike fangs in the horse flesh.
'Get a clpb here!'' shouted some one
in the crowd. "Unfasten that horses
check rein, and he'll soon fix him with
his teeth,' shouted another man.
keep away from him; don't you
see he's mad? was again yelled out,
and the crowd stood back. Once the
dog sprang, and, clasping the horses
left foreleg, just as the young bear
would climb pole, fastened his teeth
in and held on. The horse snorted with
pain, and plunged widely about; he
reared, kicked, fell OH his knees, and
stamped, but still those sharp, white
teeth were buried in his flesh, and the
| cold, sharp eye cleaned with tenacity
and vicious hate. Finally, some one
got long club and came to the horses
relief a fierce whack fell on the dogs
nose, and then the teeth loosened, and
the fierce little brute fell under the
horses heels. Again he made spring,
but this time something struck him full
in the face. 1t was An iron-bound hoop,
| and it came with the force Of a trip
hammer. Beaten senscless, with the
wind knocked completely out of him
and leg broken, the dog went rolling
into pile of rubbish, where his owner
picked him up and carried him away in
his arms.
"The poor horse was completely un-
strung. The sweat poured off him in
streams, and he shook and tremblcd so
that he could scarcely stand. His owner
| got some rum and bathed the animals
legs, viii h were badly cut and LAGER.
| ated, and after few moments he cot
sufficiently quiet to be driven home.
The horse is a valuable one, but, unless
there is danger of hydrophobia, his in
| juries are not likely to prove serious.
The novel spectacle lasted fully ten
minutes, and was witnessed by as MANY
as 500 people. The dog is owned by a
man in the employ of the gas company.
He is regular English bull, and is said
to be one Of the best fighters Oh this
coast. He is terribly vicious, and is
usually kept closely muzzled, but on
this occasion he did not have his muz.
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