The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-26
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Rear vs. Dogs ana Heal

The religious editor Of the HERALD
while taking q post prandlpl stroll
down the principal boulevard Of our
great metropolis aud muslng pensiyely
~ TO the fate Of the man who Invented
bills payable was attracted by u large
aud somewhat noisy crowd which was
gathered In front a well known resort,
where knights ofthe trigger meet to Try
theIrskill. Elbowlng his way through
he found himself In front ~ u counter,
where big blufi and somewhat ilurld
faced man stood dlsposlng OF sundry
pieces IT paste board. We will call
him Reynard, His PhysIognOmY h
quite familiar % our citizens, ~ he
frequently presIdes ~ chalrIoleer Of u
wagon which, drawn by four prpn'
cing plumed ateela, NJ once proclnlmh
the fact llnt some circus has left In
bones In Texas and that Thompson
offers n rich treat % the gods nightly
As no stood dIapoHlng Of the tickets q
huge maslill' looking dog lay stretched
upon the counter, securely chained,
aud ever anon raising his head ~ IT.
like jobs war horse, he snuled the
battle from aGr, Reynard informed
IN that the rare sport Of u bear aud dog
fight was 10 be witnessed next door,
an ex-sherllf OF IN adjoining county
having sent up II rising specimen Of
the genus bruln 10 try her fate with
Dallas CANNES, Entering the adl0ln'
Ing room we found ourselves In what
was once known under the proud title
Of the Empire restaurant, In the mid
die Of the room was 10 be seen half
grown she bear tied by stout oh0lp TO
Il stceple driven In the center Of the
floor a number of dry goods boxes
had been arranged along the sides of
the apartment forming rude am
phltheater, while outside u num-
Der of dogs, "mongrel puppy. whelp
and hound, and eur OF low degree"
were tied and their respective fight
Ing qualities discussed 10y their owners,
A stout "broth OF II boy" whose tones
reminded one Of n third assistant
blower TO some side show, stood, whiI
In hand, near Ursa Minor, and awaited
the progress OF events. The crowdwas
muchly mixed; BARRIERS, boot blacks
aud barkoepers, first walking gents IN
keno establishments, chuck.a luck eX'
ports, and here and there n genuin,
professional, the cookies Of whose ole
heart were warming up ut the idea o
seeing one brute torture another. Two
or three silk hats lowered above the
crowd, but clean linen was AT n dis
count.
"A once prominent county official
stood In front of the mob and mad,
frantic offers TO bet his abdominal en-
trails ('chy diCln't somebody take tn,
bet) and n half dollar on the CHAR
Another gent made vigorous appeals
to the bystanders ii. they had
the least shaGow of doubt rs to tn,
fact of his being a butcher to smell o
his boots. In reply he received severa
pointed hints not to work his toes, ant
amid such cheerful battle cries fou
dogs were turned loose on the "bar,'
One huge brindle bitch ant
the other three ordinary hounds
a short round ensued, in which tn,
bear held its own. The dogs were thel
taken of and burly ex-lieutenant o
police yelled out, "ifteen minutes TO
refreshments.n The bear was also re
freshed with II bucket of water, con
tanning about glass of whiskey.
Second round Two white medium
sized dull dogs, Captain" an,
+ "Queen," were turned loose, and pro
ceeded to try the bear 10y drumhea
court martial. They flew at the poo
brute, and fastening their jaws il
its throat and ears, rolled on tn
iloor in one indstinguishable mass
The bear made II gallant fight, but tn
two dogs were too much for it, ham
pered in its movements AS it was, b
the cruel chain. The owners of tn
bull dogs finally pulled them of an
amid great cheering and applause, pre-
ceeded to embrace and caress, them ,
the same time carefully examinin
them for wounds. After a short re.
and little more water and whiske
for the bear, the huge dog Gap" We
known in Dallas, attacked the bea
without ceremony, and n furious fgt
ensued. cap" was tianally pronounce
r the victor and after one more figh
single-handed with the bull do
t Captain" in which bruin got d,
l cidedly rough treatment, bear and do
were separated and this charming an
humane sport was brought to a clos,
, We suggest in the next bear baitin
the owners of the bear be chained an
dog and bear made to bait them.
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THAT HORRIBLE MURDER.