The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-20
4 NOVEL ENCOUNTER.
IXGHT BETWEEN II LION AND n
BULL.

San Antonio on Sunday.
The Mexicans living in San Anto-
nio Texas, are introducing the GUS
tom of bull batting. But the novel
feature consists in introducing m
African lion as one of the COM
batants. Afght between a bull and
a lioness sometime since resulted in
an easy victory for the former. On
Sunday a second encounter took
place between the bull and lion.
It is thus described:
At one o'clock the lion, "Old
George" was put into the arena.
He was a large African lion who,
although old, presented O. formida-
BILE appearance. He was very large.
He had been given calfa few days
before which he destroyed in fine
style, rs we'll as several vagrant
dogs that had strayed into the
arena, in which he had boon placed
for week past to allow him to ex-
ercise his muscles. Old George has
only one eye, the other having been
burnt in order to get the remains Of
his keeper out Of his cage in Mem
phis few years ago, he having torn
him all to pieces. At quarter to
four o'clock Mexican vonqueros
we're seen bringing the bull across
the prairies. The lion was shut up
in one corner of the cage, with
circus canvas, while the bull was
led in by four men with ropes.
AS soon as the bull was fairly in
the cage the curtain that concealed
the lion was dropped. AS soon rs
they saw each other the lion
crouched down, growing and LASH
ing the ground with his tail. Before
he could spring, the bull, although
lame from his previous encounter
with the ioness, without q moments
hesitation bounded toward the lion,
catching him under the belly. He
threw the lion sprawling, feet up
ward, against the cage, following it
up by going for him again and pin
ming him to the ground, 1t WAS in
vain the lion made show of resis-
tance the bull pinned him to the
cage, holding him against the bars
rs in vice.
On the bull withdrawing his
horns, one of which had made q
deep wound in the flank, the lion
escaped. For fully five minutes the
combatants glared at each other
the lion with upifted paw and
most ferocious mien, the bull with
head lowered, as if to make the
onset on the slightest provocation.
The pose was magnificent. With u
mufiled roar the bull charged his
horns holding the lion firmly to the
ground, the bull apparently suffer
ing no injury.
The final assault of the bull was
terrific. He gored the lion, and
then, with toss, sent him whirling
through the air. When he struck
the ground he lay on his back with
his mouth open, apparently dead.
The lion revived, however, but
seemed unwilling to again tackle the
monarch of tho prairies.
The managers, seeing how une-
quail the combat was, determined TO
add new feature to it. The bull
was tied up, and while doing which
he made furious efforts to get
through the cage, the strength of
which he tested to it's utmost. The
wagon was backed mp to the door
of the arena, and the lionoss which
had been vanquished last Saturday
was turned in. Had the lion and
the lioness attacked the bull to-
gether there is no doubt they would
have come out victorious but the
ioncss, remembering her previous
encounter, fought shy, and beyond
showing her teeth and striking
attitudes did not do much, while
the lion was too much exhausted by
his exertions to do much damage
beyond tearing tho hide from the
b,lls face and legs.
1t was a strange sight-probably
never before witnessed in America,
to see the infuriated bull rushing
around the arena, with tail up and
head down, chasing the two huge
lions, tossing one after another over
his head or trampling them under
foot