The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-11-22
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"A Norman Man-Eatern IN ~
Makes q Meal of a D;sc;ri vatiiss

A Norman Man-Eatern :. ga
Makes . Meal of DiscipIe - vs ns
from the San Francisco ch,a :. na',
Prof. r. H. Tapp, the c calssa
American horse-tamer, comms sosa'
week ago to tame the fetalpnsa
eater, as described in last
Chronicle, and has every dav si. ssaaa
public exhibitions of his proSs s
progress in temporary amnS;,s.'
in the rear of the Record StsS.s
Market Street, opposite Seventh \
terday, however,the man. eater aha.
the programme, and attempted + !,
Tapp in so effective a way tia, !
emerged sorely wounded, and on,,
miracle with his life. The man.,
whose other name is Cogniac. i : n
dapple gray Norman stallion.
years old, weighing in fisht;,,
eighteen hundred pounds. foaled 4
mandy, France, imported two res i
to Illinois, and subsequently bouss.
Joseph, Wooden, the Norman y.
breeder of Petaluma, and brought ~
State, and declared by horsemenss
the finest horse of the breed ever br,S,
to America. Until brought to Ipsi
he had been an exceptionally sentls
NAL, but, having indiscreetls sud !,
ably playfully, bitten out q couas
pounds of an Illinois groom
was so injudiciously and bri
beaten that, as Deacon Duncan V,
say, he experienced a 5eh]
of heart, all his latent deviltry
developed, and he has ever since !
the terror of ali whom, neeessity !
thrown into his company. With |
exception of occasionally eatingaAl
Ter, he is an invaluable brute, and !
Wooden consigned him to MI. Tsp,|
have him cured of this sole little hi
Yesterday at 2 O'Clock The exhGd
commenced in the presence Of about
spectators, and progressed tlIhatI
3, during which time the 6otse hd \
handled by the professor, ana
driven to buggy, and Appeared pesris]
tractable and to have kind Of lssth
petite for stablemen. After benz
hitched he was cross-hobhled bymsI
q stout rope fast from the fetlock i |
nigh fore leg to that Of lasloff hind
an arrangement which permitted BID
trot but prohibited him from CALLED
as also his kneeling down, and wEal
why Tapp still lives to tryleonclaa|
with him. The horse stood neS
center of the Enclosed circle, and
professor about midway between l
and the inclosing high barrieads,
horse perfectly subdued under ihel
of the commander. Some person
,seatinl the rear of Tapp asked b
| question, and for one instant TsNl
moved his eye and half turned liz
to answer. In that instant the ID
brute sprang upon him like
There, was a yell of hoTerG 4
| the spectators as the horse canghI1
man up by the clothes at the small u
ack, shook him as a terrier does I
and flung him through the airag3
the inelosing planking. Before 4
could regain his feet the ferocious y
ster was again upon him, seizig |
with his teeth by the left shsu3
and endeavoring to kneel downs
him, which is his last and most sgg1|
ed way of killing his keeper. Ih|
cross-hobble prevented him from q
and the cool professor, with bis shea1|
still in the cruel grip OF the mon !
jaws, struggled to his feet and VIZ
right hand so held the bit as to Pr
as far as possible the successful Eo1)
of the horses jaws. The crowd W
4 tensely excited. Mr.. Wooden seq
long pole and poked it betweel)
halter and the horses lower jaw
, still further retarded his biting.
. friends of Tapp called for ? gni)
there was no gun, and what . REM
BILE in collection of two hundred
: fornians, no one had a revolver, z
, murderous brute would have beel'
dead instantly. The horse ana
continued fighting half way sroul..
ring. Wooden .on the seats ou
still, hampering the formers
: forts with the pole. Ihe \
, tators on the front seats also Y
they could to distract the mai's,
attention, one lady Selling the ci l.la
r a man sitting next her, and be g II
: horse over the head with i, ~ y
: of these distractions Tapp was y.
]; by degrees to draw his arm tnroE'
horses jaws, the horse chewins
: partially as it slipped away ~ y y
# until finally it was entirely wltlu =.
: The crowd shouted to Tapp 70 w. ~
n his life, but the plucky trainer ~ u
# his whip, and with his mangled = 4
dangling by his side, so tlckIs sa. !,
Z. lock of Cogniac that that e.. en. Y, \
n animal was again in what lspP :
If calls subsection. Last evening a !,
|. trainer was in the stable onlC0 1. !
i friend pouring an odorous lln l,.ss
}. his bandaged arm, and the 49, ..sd
with all his evil passions inlaas
e the taste of blood, was rompns !, !
4 his prison and eagerly reaching 1si,s Y