The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-07
THE MADDEsT BULL ON RECORD
Fifty shots and Plenty OF Gore In the
street Of'FrtscO.

Fifty shots and Plenty OF Gore I'm tn,
Strees of'Frisco.
San Francisco Chronicle
A wild bull coursed through severa
streets IN the lower portion OF the city
yesterday morning and created an un
precedented sensation. The vaquert
tripped after him, but the animal cluded
the issso and galloped up Clay street. Al
the corner OF Clay and Davis streets 8
lady resident of Brooklyn. who had
come over on visit, was crossing Clay
street. She was enveloped in a red
shawl, and was a shining mark for the
mad animal. Suddenly she turned and
fed toward the sidewalk as the bull flew
past her. Before she reached the slde-
walk the beast galloped toward her
again, but collided heavily with an OBJ
stinate lamppost. He lost sight OF the
red shawl then, and pursued tortuous
but uninterrupted course up Clay street to
Front. The lady was so frightened that
she fell in fainting tit on the sidewalk.
The bull reached Front street in brief
time, but his quarrelsome reputation had
preceded him, and every wholesale store
on Front street. in the two blocks on
either side of Clay street, had its iron
doors closed and barred. At Front
street the vaquero, in whose charge the
animal had been, overlook him. be was
mounted on small mustang, and his
iarst was coiled in bis hand all ready
to be tossed over the horcs of the mad
monster. The COL test WAS highly spirit
ed and lasted for at least half au hour,
proving novel and gratuitous enter
tain to the clerks and bookkeepers.
The bull sidled up to the mustang and
lifting him up with his shoulder, upse:
him and bis undlsmsyed rider. The
horse regained his feet, and the vaquero
succeeded III tossing the loop OF his larist
over the animals horns, The latter had
no sooner experienced the new senss-
tion than he snorted his defiance, and
taking his would-be captor on the sly,
lifted horse and rider on his horns and
tossed them upward very neatly and
gently, after which be ran off TO the end
of his rope and turned coquettishly to
learn the damage. The vaquero was
again on his horse in moment, and
msds vain effort to drag the mountain
of flesh of down clay street. The bnll
pulled as steadily inthe opposite direction,
and the saddle and rider slipped down
over the mustangs back, and that
troubled animal, finding his back free,
scsmpered off toward Market street at a
lively pace, with the vaquero in pursuit.
The bull was delayed for short time in
disentaglng his rope from horses legs,
and succeeded in frightening the horse
almost into commissions. Two horses
manifested some little dissemination to
get out of the way, and were unceremo
niously upset. Along Front and Union,
up the latter to Battery and to the
North Point dock the maddened brute
rushed. Warning shouts OF "Look out
for the mad bulll' were heard every mo
ment and as a consequence, pedestrians
hurriedly sought the protecting shelter
of stores and doorwsys. An unotlendlng
coal-cart, incapable of demonstrating Its
own inertia. was disemboweled, and the
street WAS Uttered with fuel. On the
dock q man named John Reed was walk
ing along, and trusting his agility TO es-
cane the threatened assault, made no
great effort to seek safe place. His
reckoning was detective. He has eleva-
ted a dozen feet, and was caught as lie
descended and tossed up again. He suf-
tered an abrasion of the knee pan and a
briuse on the thigh. The brute then
started again into Front street, and ran
along to Vallejo, where Captain Baker,
of the harbor police. was awaiting his
coming with drawn revolver. He stepped
out and fred several shots, which had no
perceptible effect further than to make
him wilder. He dashed at Baker, but
the latter avoided him by running be.
hind some barrels. The beast dashed
up Vallejo to Battery, and along that
street to Broadway, followed by Baker
in buggy. The chase continued up
Broadway toward Kearny, the bull ac-
complshing numerous fests IN the toss
ing line. Before reaching Montgomery
street he tossed woman several feet IN
the air, but did not assault her the
second time. Two men VINO ventured to
cross Montgomery street in the animals
face were SUCCESSFULLY bulldozed, both es-
Gaping serious injury, however. Just
after crossing Montgomery street the
maddened bull intercepted lite girl
named Louisa Schmidt, who was play
ing ON the sidewalk, and tossed a dis
lance of thirty feet. She escaped
serious injury, to the wonder OF every
person who witnessed it. Captain Baker,
of the hsrbor police, who had fastened
alter, ran up and seized the rope, which
was still hanging from the animal
horns, and wound it around post. BY
pulling at the rope Baker drew the
steers head around so as to face him
In that position he emptled five barrel;
OF dragon revolver without the
slightest effect, the bullets rebounding
from the forehesd of the brute as from
iron. They still further msddened the
animal. however, and, lowering his
horns he dashed on his daring assailant
pinning him up against the wheel OF the
draw. then jumping on him and stamp
ing him with his forefeet. The captain
managed to crawl under the vehicle and
saved himself from death. While tn'
animal was stamping on Baker snothe'
man walked deliberately up to the SIDE
OF the beast and emptied six chambers
of his revolver into his body. The brute
received the attention calmly, and when
thelpertormance was concluded he rsr
the late shooter up against house, bu
the man escaped being gored by tn
ample space between the horns. he re
! ceived severe squeezing, however. The
animal resumed his gsllop up Broadway
tossing three vegetable men over, ont
after the other, as they stood on TN
curbstone, like the pms in bowling
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