Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
A NOVEL BATTLE.

An Exciting Scene i'm San Francisco-Fight
Between Bulldog and a Horse.
The San Francisco Chronicle of the
LIST inst. has the following: "Yester-
day afternoon about o'clock, a fine
bay horse attached to light wagon
was being drive. along Kearney street
by two men. V - near Suffer street
small English og, weighing Is
or 20 pounds, ma, bring from the
sidewalk and trieo 5ch the horse
by the nose. Miss :, 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
tempt to get out to fight the dog off,
Finally, with violent stamp and a sud
den dropping to 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 like 1eech.
The poor horse, unable to shake him off,
bolted scross low pile Of lumber at
the corner Of Suffer and Kearney streets,
where ht was caught by adozen men
of the crowd that 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 a soul would go near,
and the horse was several min
utes LETT to fight it out alone Again
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erous little animal, kicking and strik-
ng at him with all his fierce strength,
but in vain. He would not desist.
Once in a while hoof would hit the
dog, and send him reeling in the dust,
but quicker than lightning he would
gather himself up, and again fasten his
viselike fangs in the horses flesh. Get
6. club here!' shouted some one in the
crowd 'Unfasten that horses check
rein, and he'll fix him with his teeth
shouted another man. Keep away
from him don't touch him; don't you
see thathe ismad was again yelled out,
and the crowd stood back. Once more
the dog sprang, and, clasping the horses
left fore-leg, just as 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 bitter
hate. Finally, some one got a long
club and beat the dog vigorously over
the head. He would not let 60. Then
another man got 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. It was an
iron bound hoop, and it came with the
force of a trip-hammer. Beaten sense
less, with the wind knocked completely
out of him and leg broken, the dog
wentrolling into pile of rubbish, where
his owner picked him up and carried
him away in his arms.
The poor horse was completely I'M
strung. The sweat poured off him IN
streams, and he shook and trembled so
that he could scarcely stand. His owner
got some rum and bathed the animals
legs, which were badly cut and lacerat-
ed, and after few moments he got
sufficiently quiet to be driven home.
The horse is valuable one, but, unless
there is danger of hydrophobia, his in
juries are not likely to prove serious.
The novel spectacle lasted fully ten min
utes, and was witnessed by fully as
many as 500 people. The dog is owned
by man in the employ of the gas COM
pany. He is a regular English bull,
and is said to be the best fighter on the
coast. He is terribly vicious, aud is
usually kept closely muzzled, but on
this occasion he did not have his muz-
zle on"