Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-08-14
A TENACIOUS BRUTE.
A RABID DoG vIcIoUsLY ATTACKS HORSE ON
SAN FRANCISCO THoRoUdHFARE.

A RAB1D DOC VICIOUsLY ATTACKS HORSE ON
SAN FRANCISCO THORoUdHFARE.
Yesterday afternoon about six o'clock fine
bay horse attached to light wagon was being
driven along Kearney street by two men, and
when near Sutter street small English bull
dog, weighing eighteen or twenty pounds, sud
denly made u 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 fierce 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 get
out to fight the canine off. Finally, with a
violent stamp and a sudden dropping on his
knees, the horse shook the vicious brute OFF
his leg, but in an instant 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 of,
bolted across low pile of lumber at the cor
was caught by dozen men out of the large
| crowd which had assembled. Some one at this
point raised q cry that the dog was mad, and
that was enough to keep the crowd back and
insure fair play. Not a soul would go near,
and the horse was for several minutes left to
| fight it out 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 desst. Once in a
while hoof would hit the dog and send him
reeling into the dust and quicker than light
ming he would gather himself up and again
fasten his vice-like fangs in the horses flesh.
"Get a club here!' shouted some one in the
crowd. "Unfasten the horses check rein and
he'll soon fix him with his teeth" shouted
another man. Keep away from him; don't
touch him; don't you see he's mad p was
again yelled out and the crowd stood back.
Once the dog sprang,l and clasping the
horses foreleg, just as a young bear would
climb pole, fastened his teeth in and held
| on. The horse snorted with pain and plunged
wildly about; he reared, kicked, fell on 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
cluband beat the dog vigorously over the head.
He would not let go. Then another man got
n 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 i'll the face. 1t was an iron bound hoof
| and it came with the force of a trip-hammer.
Beaten senseless, with the wind knocked COM
pletely out of him, and a leg broken, the dog
went rolling into pile of rubbish, where his
owner picked him up and carried him awayin in
his arms.
The poor horse was completely unstrung.
The sweat poured off of him in streams, and
he shook and trembled so that he could scarce
| ly stand. His owner got some rum and bath
ed the animals legs, which were badly cut and
larcerated, and after a few moments he be-
came sufficiently quiet to be driven home
The horse is a valuable one, but unless there
| is danger of hydrophobia his injuries are not
likely to prove serious. The novel spectacle
lasted fully ten minutes, and was witnessed
by as many as 500 people. The dog was owned
by man in the employ of the gas company.
| He is regular English bull, and is said to be
| one OF the best fighters on this coast. He is
terribly vicious, and is usually kept muzzled,
but on this occasion he did not have his muz-
| 2le on.-SGn Francisco Chronicle.