The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-13
A SAVAGE SCENE.
f,ombnts Between Animals nj Lima-The
Fight Leads to a Riot and Human
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N0mbnta Between AhiWhis Nv b"h INV
Fight Leads to a Riot and Human
Ilutchery.
A correspondent OF the San Francisco
Chronicle. describing bull fight at
Lima, writes The next scene. on the
programme was an encounter between
II bull and bear Looking down into
the arena, / saw an attendant leading
by strong rope q small bear, when no
securely fastened In the middle. Of the
arena. The bull was now lot ~, ana
tremendous applause greeted his ap.
pearanoe. The animal at first ola not
take any notice Of his tied antagonist,
merely smiling tho air and then dashing
away, II WAS now necessary TO call the
picadores, who appeared, ana attemnteu
To attract the bull toward The bear. rms
they succeeded in doing, aud as the an'-
NAL. now made furious. spied its enemy,
Ma dashed toward II with head low
cred. and catching It on his horns,
threw IL violently into the ar
The bear. apparently frightened,
made no resistance except to grown
fiarcely. and endeavored to escape from
jta asaailant. Again and again 1t was
tossed into the air by its furious antag-
onist, until the attendant. seeing that
the fight was entirely one.stued. led
both the animals away, amid shouts OF
amused by the cowardly behavior Of the
bear. An encounter now took place be-
tween bull and full grown lion. An
iron cage containing the lion was drawn
into the middle Of tho arena, sufficient
ly large to afford ample room Tor the
contest. The bull was quickly lot In,
the grated door closed, and the two an
imals stood glaring at each other. The
bull was the frat to advance 10 the at
a ,hn tns Pin nj n
ponent, he succeeded in driving his horns
through the Jaws Of tho lion, from
which the blood flowed freely. The
lion, however, nothing daunted.
fought desperately with his claws, fast
onitlg them In the sideB OF the bull and
decorating the flesh terribly. The bull
had the advantage, and although he
tried In vain to shake off bis antagon-
jst, he succeeded finally In worrying
him out, the lion dropping from sheer
exhaustion on the floor or the cage,
The fight lasted about Ave minutes, and
at its conclusion the victor was greeted
with the usual thunders OF applause by
The excited spectators. My lady friends
were especially enthusiastic, asking me
Ii ever had witnessed such an enjoy
able entertainment before. Another in
Permission OF fifteen minutes now oc-
Cured, which we improved by visiting
the boxes OF various friends present and
partalsing of wines and other refresh
fnents.
The closing scene was to be a fight
between q lioness and four small and
ferooious bulldogs. The Gage was now
turned, and we saw large. ulf.growp
lionesp OF ferocious aspect, while at the
same moment an attendant appeared
leading by the chain four small dogs of
bull speciee. They were Immediately
let into the cage, and with fierce growls
instantly sprang on their foe. 1t would
seem almost impossible for four such
insipniticant animals to be victorious In
m Encounter with an enormous ion,
but the result showed how mere brute
force falls prey to cunning stratagem.
The audience were now worked up to a
fever pitch of excitement, and hundreds
sprang into the arena TO obtain n closer
view or the combat The soldiers were
now ordered to clear tho arena, and
charged with fixed bayonets on the
crowd, wounding several In their efforts
to force them back. This 30 infuriated
the mob that knives and pistols were
drawn, and fierce encounter took
place between the military and the rab.
bic, resulting Ia the killing OF several OF
the former. The soldiers were first or
dered TO fire into the air, but this prov
Ing futile volley was poured into tho
mob. killing several and wounding
others. The crowd, threatening dire
vengeance, reiterated, leaving the space
clear, and thus giving the spectators an
extra performance not down In the bill,
and which appeared to be heartily en-
ioyed by them.
During the excitement caused by the
collision between the soldiers and the
mob, the fight between thelion and the
dogs had ended In the latter being vic
torious. and as we looked toward the
cage we saw the dogs standing over
their PROSTATE foe, tapping Its blood.
and apparently little the worse for the
encounter, though subsequently, three
of them died from their wounds. This
closed the entertainment, and the enor-
NOUS throng Of spectators left the
Plaza de Aoho we'll pleased with what
they had witnessed. Receiving an invi-
tation to spend the evening with the
family of my lady friends, gladly &C
cepted, and was soon esConced In their
hospitable mansion. The conversation
naturally reverted to the scenes we had
that day witnessed at the Plaza de Aoho.
The ladies stoutly defended their ma
tional amusements. although pointed
out the fact that such barbarous spec
tacles did not tend to elevate. the morals
of q people. and instanoed the bloody
ARRAY between the military and the
mob; still they were unoonvinced, de:
claring that no country In the world
afforded such exquisite entertainments
as their own beautiful Peru.
Black Hills Characters.
The noetnovelist of the Blank blank