Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-16
FIGHT BETWEEN A BULL AND A
BEAR,

/ People IN the new oil region
h Mexican county, Pennsylvania, al
excited over II most disgnceful G,
l'ibition gotten up by II man name
Marsh. He built u pit eleven fc,
deep and thirty-eight feet long b
twenty-six feet wide, drove u bea
and a bull into it, and goaded Il,
animals until tho bear was ncarl
gored to death. Several other pco
pie witnessed the brutal spectale
The fight took place Tuesday at Gus
ter City, about four miles from Brad
ford. The local papers are full of it
and the Bradford Erals account show
the affair to have been a most dis
gusting one. Music was furnished b,
tho Randolph cornet band. Whcl
the train arrived at Custer it wa.
found that there were eleven rows o,
seats ranging around the pit, afte,
tho fashion of those used in a circus
A portion of the space was shaded by
the branches of some young oaks that
were allowed to stand when the in.
closure was built. At 2:3O O'Clock
there were about five hundred per-
SONS occupying seats. Among the
spectators were a dozen women and
eight or ten little girls. Two men in
shirt sleeves nestled themselves cosily
in a shady spot, each with II baby on
bis knee. The bear was shamblinp
about lazily in the pit, diverting him
self with paving cigar stubs thrown in
by the spectators. The impaticnce of
the crowd found vent by stamping the
seats and yelling, "Bring in the
bull"
A long time ensucd before tho fight
began. For some reason Marsh, the
manager, after he had taken up all
the tickets, was in no hurry to pro-
coed, but finally after a good deal of
noise, the door into the pit was
thrown open, Taurus sent into the nit
with a rush, and the door quickly
closed. At the corners of the nit
above were men with heavy oaken
clubs to prevent the bear from leap
ing out of tho pit. On two sides
were Others with long sharp poles to
yoad the brutes to action should they |
be backward in their movement. The
Dear, a shaggy coated brown animal, !
300 ponnds, stood looking
owart the top of tho pit wistfully for
liberty. The bull was trimlimbed.
With stout, sharp horns, and weighed
700 pounds. In his nose was a ring.
md around the horns was tied q
'and of bright red ribbon. AS the
'nll jumped into the arena every
oice was hushcd and every eye fixed
n tho brutes. "Duke," the bulls
anne, stopped suddenly in the centre
f the pit and gazed ficrcely at
Cuff" the name given by its master
bruin. Cuff, after an interval of II
w moments, turned his head slow
around and glared wildly at his an
'gonist. The bear springing quickly {
round to face the bull, melted that {
nimal to action. Duke moving {
owly toward him, Cuff stood up on I
is hind legs and growled savagely. {
uick as thought the bull sprang OH q
&c bear and sent him to the earth. {
ruin scratched with all fours and
jared with madness as Duke gored j
m in the SIDES. Getting q chance he S
gained his feet and dashed into q v
'rner, tho bull making no attempt to c
How. s
The second round was begun when Q
g men with poles drove the bull a
to the bears corner. The bull
ade desperate pass at bruin with II
$ horns. Duke sent the bear four u
1t in the air. When he fell with II 81
nd at the bottom of the pit, the bull 81
,de daring charge. Bruin retalia- IL
1 by sending his long claws mer-
essly into the bulls neck and tore "
;hree inch slit in ono of his ears. II
'ads Of blood stood out on the bulls p
ok and gore dropped from his D.
'unded ear. Taurus withdrawing a
ghtly, the bear bou nded to his feet, J"
shed to the northeast corner of the al
and attempted to Chamber out, but III
S beaten back. Making q desper- III
, rush, the bear fastened his long OF
.ws III the top of the pit. In en- "
'voring to push him back, bruin til
uck one of the mems arms and
It his claws deeply into the flesh.
en-, like lightning, the brute
ang out Of the pit into the seats fl,
owe. A yell of horror arose from to
panic-stricken spectators. Wo- th
n and children screamed. The of