The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-12-25
HOWLS IN THE HIPPODROME.
Terrific Combat between a Male and
Female RhinOcerOs---The Fright of
the Lions and Tigers and LeOpards
and Bears. a.

Al1OlLS5 lllo etlLl1dIS III Lll6 I1lDDOuIOIQl
are male and female rhinoeeros. Tht
female is about two-tIirds the size of tn,
male, and was put IN the Hippodromt
about a month ago, when Mr.. Barnum'i
big show returned from the South. Tht
J male, monster of strength and ugli
ness, is kept in a pen, surrounded by
iron bars, In the east end of the menage
RE, and next to the four elephants. The
female was confined until yesterday il
the cage in which she has travelled for s
number Of years,
! About a week ago Mr.. Hurd instruct
ed the carpenters to enlarge the pen Of
the male animal to double its original
size so that the female might be admit
ted Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock the
work of transferring the animals wa;
begun. The elephants were driven into
one Of the large dressing-rooms, and
then the male rhinocerosi was driven IN
to the elephant pen. The cage contain
ing the female was drawn up, and she
was safely landed in the large pen.
Then the male was driven back to his
old home. He waddled in, passed the
door, and then suddenly stopped. He
had Just caught sight of the female as
she camly eyed him from the other side
of the pen. @
$50 THE ATTACK. etHli'elH
The monster paused only moment.
Then with roar of rage he started fol
the intruder. She was in no mood to
play the coward. She firmly braeed
herself against the solid planks of the
pen, and awaited the collision. The
hard, horny noses of the two animals
clashed. The male drew back again,
and eyed his unwelcome visitor. Then,
his mouth foaming, with loud roar, he
rushed forward again. He struck the
female with his horn on the left side,
cutting a deep cash, lifted her about six
feet from the. ground, and nearly threw
her over the wall of the pen.
The fight was getting desperate, and
Mr.. Costello and his aids hastened to
rescue the female. Picthforks, wagon
bars, and every article that was attaina-
BILE was used upon the infuriated mon
tster. He was held at bay for time,
and large planks were showed through
the bars to form a fence between the
beasts. ~ ~ ''' '' = Z, - = 'l' 90 y
BARRIERS BROKEN. DOWN. r..-
The male made one furious dash, car
ried the barricade away in an instant,
and again the poor female was raised up
on his horny nose, and thrown into the
air. The bellowings of the combatants
were echoed by the roar of the lions,
and the fearful laugh of the hyenas.
The wild beasts scented blood, and
every cage in the great menagerie was
scene of wild excitement. The lions
and tigers, the leopards and the bears,
jumped and .howled and roared, and
above all arose the dismal wall of the
frightened elephants.
For over an hour the combat lasted,
and the male rhinoceros, being the
larger of the two, was rapidly using up
the weaker female. At one time the
two huge bodies came together with a
crash against the iron bars of the pen,
bending them like SO many wires, and
the heavy pianking of the framework
cracked and broke like reeds. The
beasts were frothing at the mouth, and
the COW was bleeding. At length, just
as the male was preparingfor another at
tack, one of the employees thrust a
pitchfork into his mouth, the only vul-
nerable point that could be reached
from the outside, and with roar of
-- MINGLED PAIN AND RAGE,
the brute drew back, and for few mo
ments stood in his corner, cycling his an
tagonist. Advantage was taken of this
lullin the fight, and the two were separa-
ted by a fence of planks and wagon bars,
which were thrust across the pen from
the outside, and securely lashed to the
bars. Over this was thrown a piece of
and the beasts were thus shut
from each other'sview.
1t required two hours more of coax
ing to get the COW back to her old cage.
Notwithstanding n the thickness of her
hide, which is like iron, the horn of her
had gored her frightfully.
On her left side were two deep gashes,
from which the blood was flowing
freely. The male wasuninjured, having
only a slight wound back of theleft ear.
He ran as nimbly as a rhinocerous can
run around his pen, and seemed glory
in his victory. AS soon as the COW was
he became as gentle to his
keepers as ever.
One of the most touching incidents
1f this remarkable battle was furnished
by the large elephant, "Betsy." A
arge dog is always in the corner of the
Elephants pen, near Betsy. This is
'Carlo, a prime favorite of everybody
with the Hippodrome. Carlo
md Betsy are much attached, and when