The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-12-26
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Tos llle female Is lgut tWo-thirdl
tllo sire 81 The male, and was put in tie
Hippodrome about q aonth ago, when
MAJ AnFnnm's biz Show returned from
Gle h. The male, monster 81
atleugth aud ugliness, Is kept in den,
siirrornaad iiy iron bars. ia the east
cna nt the menagarin, and nBxt te tht
fpnr elephants. The female wns con.
fined uni5l yesterday in the cage IA
which sla hns travelled Tor 8 number
III veare
About q week ago ALr. Hurd instruct
e5i The carpenters e. enlarge the pen Of
the male animal to double its original
size so that tile female might ia admit
ted. Yesterday morning 1t nine o'clock
the work q transferring The animals
washegnii The elephants were driven
into the elephant pen. The cage con-
taining the female was drawn mp, and
she was safely landed ia the large pen.
Then The male was driven back to his
old home. He wnddIed IN. passed the
door, and then suddenly stopped. He
had inst cauglit sight Of the female as
she calmlyeyed him from The o.her side
of tie pan
The monster paused only moment.
Then with roar oE rage he started lor
the intruder. She was ia no mood to
Rlay tie coward. She firmly braoed
herself against the solid planks Of the
pen. and awaited the collision, The
hard, horny noses 0f tile two animals
ciashed. The male drew back again.
md eyed hisnnwelc0med visitor. Then.
liis mouth foaming, with a loud roar.
lie rushed forward again. He struck
Tie female with bis horn 81 IRE lefr
side, cutting . deep cash. lifted her
about six feet from the ground, and
nearly threw her over tile wall 1T the
Pen
The fight WA getting desperate, and
Mr. Costello aud his aids fastened to
rescue the female Pitchf0rks, wagon
bars, and every weapon that was at,
tainable was used upon the Infatuated
monster He was held at bay FOR
time, and large planks were showed
through the bars To form q fence be.
tween the beasts.
The male made one fIirious dash.
cnrried tile barricade away IN an III.
slant and again the poor female was
raised upon his horny nose. and thrown
into the air. The beliowinoB az the
combatants we're echoed bV tile roar Of
the lions, and tlia fearful laugh 81 the |
hypnas. The Wild beasts scented blood.
md every cage in the great nenaaerie !
was q scene of Wild excitement. Tie
lions and the tigers, the leopards and
the bears, jumped and hovled and /
goared, and above iii arose the dismal /
uail az the frightened elephants.
f'ea over an hour the combat lasted, /
md the male rhinoceros, being the
larger Of the two, was rapidly usinQ /
MP the weaker female. Az one sins tae
.Wo huge bodies came together with &
'rash against the iron bars Of the pen,
sending them like 10 many wires, and
lao heavy piankinn nf tic framework
tracked and broke like reeds. The
casts were frothipg 1t the mouth, and
nc COW Wal bleeding All length, inst
ID TAG male was preparing f0r another
.itaek, one e .aaaass employees thrust 4
litchsork into his mouth. tire 0nIv
paint that could he reached
rom Tie outside, and with / r0ar W
Mingled pain and Tage, the brute drew
,ack, and for few moments stood ia
Iis corner, cycling bis antagonist Ad.
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