Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-16

curtain that concealed the lion was dropperr.
! As soon as they saw each other The lion orouch
ed down, growing and lashipg the ground VIII
bis tail. Before he could spring. tho BULL a!
though lame from his previous encounter Wilt
the Iioncss. without a moments hesltat!o1
= bounded toward the lion, catching him uodcl
the belly He threw the lion sprawllog. tse
inward against the cage, following it up b5
going for him agaio and piuuiug him to tn;
ground. Itwas 10 vain the lion made show o
resistance; the bull pinned him to the cage,
holding him against the bars as in vice.
On tho bull Withdrawing his horos,, one OF
which had made deep wound 10 the hank, th'
lion escaped. For fully five minutes the com
batauts garcd at each other-the lion with NV,
lifted paw and most feroclous mlen, The bu
with head lowered, as if to make the onset Oh
the slightest provooatou. The pose was mag
niicent. With muffl I'd roar the bull charged.
his horns holding the lion firmly to the ground'
the bull apparently suffering 20 injury, r,
The final assault of the bull was terrific. Ho
gorcd the lion, and then, with toss' sent him
whirling through the air. When ne struck inc
ground be lay on bis back with his mouth cpeo
apparently dead. The lion revived, however.
but seemed unwilling to again tackle the moo
arch of the prairies
| The managers, seeing how untq1al the CON
bat was, determined to add a new feature 10
| it. The bull was tied up, while do'og
which lie made furious efforts to get through
| the cage, the strength cf which he tested to Its
| utmost. The wagon was backed up to the
door of the arena, aud the lioDess which had
been varquished last Saturday was turned 10:
Had the lion and lioness attacked the Gu'i
together there is 90 doubt they would hzv.
come out victorious; but the loness remember.
ing her previous encounter, fought shy, ani
beyond showing her teeth and striking atII'
tudes did not do much. while the lion was too
much exhausted by his exertions to DO much
damage beyond tearing the hide from the bulls
face and legs.
1t was a strange sigbt-probably never he
fore witnessed iu AmerIca-to see the lnlu,,
rated bull rushing around the arena. with tail
up and head down, chasing the two huge l!oos
tossing one after another over his head or
trampliDg them under foot7
At times the bull seemed to be standlog oa
his head On the bodies of the PROSTATE anlma's'
that filled the air with their roarlngs. Ii was
evident that the lions stood no chance, the hon
being hors dc combat, with several deep
wounds, while the lioness was too 1aet 10 al
low the bull to pin her to the cage:
Just before the bull was Iassoed there was
very pretty scene. The two lions were very
close together, the crippled lion budding W.
close to the terrified lioocss. The bull advanced
on them 10 trot but just as he was upon
them he seemed TO reallZe their helpless con-
dtion. stopped short, and, after cycling them
for few miuutes, slowly walked off 10 dit.
ferent directioo. Victory was declared for the
bull and be was Iass)ed and secured TO the
cage.
Just at this juncture, when everybody suppos.
ed the fgh. was over, the old MaYican bu'l
fighter, who had failed to have light IN lho
morning entered the arena and declared his m
tentions Of fighting the victorious bull just
BIZ fore the bull was turned in the mans wife In
terfered in most emphatic manner. She Sald
her husband would kill any bull IN the worid, II
he sober, but now he was drunk. his
mother. who must be upward of ninety years OF
age, added her voice to the harmony, and tho
spunky old man, who is q veteran OF tho bull
rings Of Mexico was taken OIL.
At this juncture general row was With DIM
Guilty avoided. edsys performaLc es ended by
lions to flash them off or give them chance 10
10 retrieve their fortunes, but, on hls making
assault, the wounded lion growled turlousy,
and after that all attempts to induce tho bull TO
20 near him we're perfectly futile, whilethe hons
themselves refused TO assume the aggressive.
The audience numbered about two thousand,
and nothing occurred to mar the occasion, ex-
cept the iDjuries to tho man already mentioned,
Jack Farley, whose leg is so gled that am.
putstion will have TO be resorted to.
The victorious bull is one of the most extrao!-
dinary hshters ever sesn. Such is tho testimony
of men who have been bull fights in Me1ico.
Arrangements will be made to isht him against
Mexicans next Sunday, when something still
more tragic may be expected.
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