The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-01-20

ST. CLoUp,MINNEsoTA
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Thursd1y Tan. 2o,s1876;
RHINoCRRos AND ELKRHINT'
FIGHT. ~ asa--
Writing Of The. Prince Of Walss'
reception At B.rod. The eorlspond-
emit Of tho London DGH NkgrapA
says ;{The s5ie 1,sa e M enter
+.;n,..,t aail
VA. 90. .s Ma .ort
Of exhibition the Court Of Baroda has
always been famous. Native 1ndiah
Princes have indeed . remarkable
passion for such displays, but Kh6n-
derao and his successor, theslate Cur
oowar, were particularly devoted to
the dubious amusement Of watching
the contests Of animals; g. that At:
Baroda there has always been kept up
= large supply Of elephants, rhinocer-
oses, hq&hes. tigers, rams and cam
els trained to, fight for the pleasure Of
the Court. Combats still moro cruel,
such ~ the shocking nukhi Matches
wherein naked athletes tore each 9th.
er to pieces With iron claws fitted
upon tho palm-used to disgrace the
leisure Of the Guicowars but We
may trust that such sights are now
abolished. there. The savage strug-
gles Of beasts, starved Or excited into
fsrocity, are bad enough, in al con-
science, to witness; but these ara. 80
very common At India entertaiqments
that, like = buli-6ght in Spain, one
sees them once or twice - part Of the:
faahion Of the country: Nor, to tell
the truth, is there wanting an element
Of excitement in watching the tiger
and the buffalo bull maneuvre against
each other. sabre Ike horn against
dags,l ike tooth /; Or two we'll fad
rams como laundering brow TO brow
with . shock that rSttlleesS far and near
The Prince was introduced t. certain
OF, these combats and sav, be@del
tho curious duel Of rhinoceroses,
whore, despite their unwieldlX bulk
and swkward weapons, there is really
almost ~ much science displayed as
Capt. Burton has elaborated in his
recent wonderful treatise on sword
play, with all its deadly mysteries Of
moulinet and the like. These cum
ming behemoths fence and foin to get
the advantage Of the telling thrust
under the jaw with their horn, and
over and over again they will close,
and press, and butt one an other
backward and forward in clouds OF
dust, snorting and granting nndchamp:
ing foam, while the attendants refresh
them with copious chatters Of water,
neither obtaining the fatal opportuni.
~. By-aud-by one of the two com.
batants grows weary, allowing hil
monstrous jowls to be thrust sideway.
or upward; and Immediately with
marvellous celebrity the. successful
beast drives his armed snout unde,
the jaw Of his adversary, producing !.
wound which is acknowledged With l.
frightfal squeal and an inglorious re
treat on the part Of the vanquished
monster.
For the elephant fight prop'elr, the
eontending pain are carefully trained
and prepared beforehand with stimu.
lating food and drugs. and advantag<
is also taken Of that periodical fren.
~ displayed in the male elephant
which is known as must. The enor
nous creatures charge like mountain,
rolling together, their tusks clash and
chatter, their huge feet delve chasm,
in the dust and scatter it in clouds
and they rear up on their hind Leg
and wrestle for mastery with an agil
ity as astonishing As is their senseles'
fury. The trunk, ear, and, flank ar,
the weak places, Is the wise beas
we'll knows; and what with eacl
keeping his own. clear and seeking t
seize that Of bis opponent 80 that h
may force him aside and drive Al
ivory wotd:tip under the elbow, .,
hock,. or wiring off bis leathern ear
one and the other proboscis dy abou,
together in tie. AZ Ike armsof an in
furiated windmill. sbrill signals o
fear q q raee, II victory d dsissat;, :. =. {.
company the rounds, for the 1xrathtfa
elephant b Y 4 bt'lax. his own ), battle mu,i,
continually, aud screams With tree
mendous anxiety when he is getting
the worst fit, Presently some ad
winnings u gained, and : blov -s q. d,
which would anuhilate anything bu
Lsviathan j. dealt. ,whereapotns 2oer,d;;n
arily, the eagaciQus brute .;who,. ba
fought in win win knows ~ nat ,z;hs; j de
fsated, and quite declines q stand vi
to any needless punishment" ! H
turns tail and trots off ungainly ant
discounted, covered with dust an,
blood, and pursued q little while b,
the victor, who soon, ht viewer, is con
tent to trumpet out IN insulting bias