, 1874-07-28
FIGHT BETWEEN MAN AND DOG.
A Scene In tho Islacik Country.

|, scehs IN the lslnctk Country.
1.-THE The London Datly IsIegraph givea tho fol.
known ga "Drummy" and bulldog namod
Physio in low sporting don in Hanley. En-
gland: Comment Is unnecessary:
s%ne % %dHarf. however, was not to be stormed
fight began there waa adiro fascination III Il, and
now noted the combat closely. The man waB
| On oil foura when tho words .los go' were
for "a an,.5 making aoaarsto allowance
srohed big bach catwise 40 - Just to escape m itu
fangs, and fetched It at blow On ths crown OF
its M head that brought. 1t aln.oo@ :. ~ hnuea.
aa III Could Hae nw S
phyaio made = aeoond dart forward, and
this time tta teeth grazed tho bipcd's arm.
causing blight red trickling. He grinnod
u % ' ano1s e ens 6ados
backors, Tho clapped thoir hands with delight,
retoioing in tho honor Of ilrst blood. The
hairy dwarf was etil. amiling, however, and
I Ehs &c Pse 9sq u s IL sya1 s letting
voking it as much az ho could, shiaaing' 1t it
and presenting towards it Tho bleeding arm,
The animal, flushed possibly with bis first suc-
cee", made for its opponont in = sudden leap, but
the dwarf leapod forward too aud smote tile bull
dog suoh a tremendous blow Under tho onr as to
roll It completely over. evidently bewildering ii
for moment and causing 1t to blool freely, to
The frantic Joy OF the trlonda Of tho uan-baast.
0Nt $AAoJ III
With astonishing energy phyaio turned about,
and with dash was again at the dwarf, and this
TINA conrivea to a1 ita teosh in one Of his hairy
arms. y terrible +, ,t sash appearing s. the man
BULLDOG was licking bis ltps and bud fower
him back. As for tho dwarf, ho retired
70 his corner for whos Of brandy md
;au., moments IT, po.. comforting a with Tho
ever, for Round s. and this timo It vas fight
In ea1neat, the dog worrying tho man and Tho
man dealing It torriho blows on the ribs and on
tho bend with tho1o aledge-hammer fists, till in
end both tho man's asma we're bleeding, and
horribly eheorful buainosa waB going on bohind
the ropos 1.-TWO to one on Physio. But lot mo mako
ahorHwork OF tho ensuing seven rounds, which
In aome Of their details wore 80 shocking that
more than onee would have loft the plaos II I
made OF far less sensitive stun. The moro
furious tho Ghastly fight, tho koener WAS
thar rolish for it, and In their oxoitement
they loans over each otlera shoulders and
over tho rope. and mouthcd and snarlcd aud
or snap xAn made, just as Tho dog and tho dwarf
were doing. By tho time Round 10 WAS con-
cludod the bulldogs head waa swollod much be.
sond It's accustomed SIZE i bud lost two teeth,
IS for tho dWarf, hia flats AZ VOL ~ hls arms,
wero rocking, and hla hideous 1aee WAS gtRBtly
palo with rage and despair Of victory. Fato was
kind to him, however. In Round II the bull
dog came On fresh and foaming with awful per-
dwarf dealt him tremendous blow undar tho
chin, aud With such eroct that tho dog was
dashed against tho wall, whore, dospito an It's
matter could do for 1t, for the space Of one min
uto 1t lay atill. and the wretch who had so dis
graoed what aspoot OF humanity was ia him was
declared the victor: shnll have gono through
that horrd spectacle to little purpose II any such
tournaments arc In future waged at Hanley."