The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-04

Is fair showing.
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Man and Brute,
Even among sporting men there ish oH'
position, Ia this country AZ least 70 look
askance at men who pit thems Ives against
boasts IN combat One Of the iaifest things
ai the Eisd was the fight, Few years ago,
o. Oroyille, Butte county, CS'r oel"ee We.
J.ok Powers and grl2z V bear. Jack was
a famous character "oH the slope IN those
DAYS. mainly owing 10 his intense dislike
lor ali pers0ns who came nom Jackson
county Missouri. Tho memory OF sona IN
Jury done him In remote times by romd'
body In that part of Missouri forever rank,
led In his bosom, and whenever ho heard
nj anv man from Jackson county coming
within IA hundred miles OF hiia nc would
seek ont that man and whip hin within an
inch OF his lie. Many triumphs gave him
such coincidence I'm himself thet, IN mo-
msnt OF enthusiasts recognition OF MS own
merit. inspired largely by "tarantula
/ iuice," he proclaimed his ahiliiy TO Whlp
| n mountain grizzly bear. some person.
| doubtltss In secret sympathy with the
outcasts Of Jackson county MISSOURI outr
! ed 10 bat him S2N that he couldn't aud
/ she match was promptly arranged. olg
grizzly, wild, savage and hungry was turhee
/ loose ia an enclosure, ana JACK, Armeu
only with q large ard rehs0le bowie AhlIs'
! NnrAuH INTO inc NlANNNAAAs Att' l'A"N'NN
inrs were verv animated, though not pro-
trActed. Jack succeeded in plupglns ms
knife into the animal's heart, Winning the
Ggbt hut he WAS 50 badly claWed and
chowed that IL was a. first thought ms IN
iuries would prove iathl. aud although ne
eventually recovered leog time elapsed
before he renewed hls operations on JsvA'
son county emigrants.
Bears are very ugly things to light A.
MANY n hunter ard .rG,ner of animals has
proved 10 his cost. THeY are very poN"r-
ful hrutes, agile as cats, almost, Tor al ihelr
ciumry looks, are natural sparrers Oh 10
mean ability, and good wrsstlers IS ~su
have very. powerful lsWs anu very sIa,p
claws and ara treacnerous and cunning.
cd Grizzly Adams OF California, who hsd
probably trapped, fought and Killed more
hsars than anybody else-not excepting
Pike county's "Old settler"-used to say
there was more dependence to be
put on a panther or even rna
woman, than tame bear. Inc
bear hos way of slouehing along by his
Keeper. seemingly indifferent TO his pres
ence, and never looking mp 10 catch his eye,
and suddenly wheeling on him ana selEnR
him by the leg. That was the way one OF
them came near killing Harry jennings q
few years ago when he had bis place ia
White street. The brute had him down
and would have finished him, no doubt,
bur for the courageous attack on 1t in his
behalf by his famous fighting dog, Water
! The wrestlers. Chrisiol and Bauer have
both wrettled with bears In pubic IN THIS
city. but the precautions were always taken
OF having the bears securely muz2led and
hi. clsgstrimmed. But the public always
looked or the contests as the mere hippo
dronine Of Il man with his trained beasts
and never took kindly TO the sport.
IL has reCeuaiy been rumored that John
L. Sullivan might, could, should, or would
knock out" bull by blows OF his hs''
1t is by no means possible va. nc
could. 4 London butcher, Bill Neat, II
is said, Knocked down an OK with blow
ofhis iist, on various occasions, and II ia
asserted that big butcher and great
fighter in New York years agone, named
Harrington, had done the eame thing. A.
such things are conducted, It is q mere
uuestion between the hardness of the ami
mails skull and the fnroo OF the blow dealt.
The bull, or OK, Ia hoo lwinked, and the
blow is treasherously dealt. when he is eI.
pecting no danger, just AS butcher would
Tell him with an AK.
Only few months ago dsrkey in Phil
adeIphis had brutal fight with bulldog.
He whipped the beast, but was severely
torn. A short surprise party sort
Of a fight between a man and big maslifi
same off in the old Sixth street mar.
kst OF Ciusnhati in 1856. A butcher named
Alexander hsd a mastiff that he was rather
proud of as u dangerous dog. Another
butcher, named Bowling, offered to bet 500
that he could whip the dog. The bet was
promptly taksu, and after business hours Iha
central allie OF the market was cleared for
the space OF some thirty feet, the butchers
end other marketmen oroNuins
around to witness the fight The
Brute dashed at the mans
throat Bowling. a, very powerful man
had braced himnelf firmly, and, as tho dog
gurang az his throat selzsd him az both
sides OF the neck, used the animals impetus
10 aid in swinging him in circle overhead,
and then brought his body down on the
/ stone moor with a siam that lOunced the
breath out of him. The dog lay gasping
for "a minute OF Two, aud then craNlod back
under his MASTERS stall.
! In England there are, and always have
been, ever since rat-killing attained the
dignity of a sportsmsn who made matches
/ to kin rats with their teeth. A rat 10 last
ened in the middle OF q circular table by
means OF string twelve inches long, tied
around or throsgh his tail. The hands OF
the killer are tied behind his back. lie
must kill the beast with his teeth only.
Tne rat circles about at thu length OF It's
tether or make frantic leaps hither ana
| thither in fruitless endeavors to
escape. Always he threatening teeth and
eyes OF the man follow IL. 1t turns at bay
and spril gs A. him in vain. Wild with
pain AMI asr, il runs about again in cir
Gle at tha flll extremity OF ita tether. That
/ is the n an' q opportunity. When the string
| end ..:. e.; fully extended, he drops bis
/ head unsu the rat, aud, orunching its
backbor. between bis jaws, kills H..
There used to be IN Linoolnshire--and
possibly is yet-a woman known IS Pres
colt Sal, who has more than once killed u
hundred rats, in pit, by clutchiSg them
with her hands and biting them In quicker
time than smart terrier dog can kill an
equal number.