The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-27
A BRAVE BULL.
A Genulne Hull Flight Seen by - "Nsi-
Afraid Man"
Ccmlcalliles aud Casualties Of u Nos,
Exciilng Scene.
Dots OF Dust ir,m tho Ring.

There had been considerable ohrillnf
yAliegsled win .tptoially lurid iliuuIra.
lions Ut the possib liiius oi profanity, oaihe
inertia Oi tue TWO buVs, and Tor 1vsr,l
n. ghts the smoke puug lon over the camp
htrt, as n listening. too awe stricken TO
In iormrr struggles. Mufchsson's men
we're 10 thu west ward Of the uAl, nut tnsy
came over 10 Xlngman's roundup, t~o
miles to the easl, every evening 10 talk over
their bull, and speculate On
tho ohabcsn n Zinemsn's reu
i,t tLe spirit OF ownership In any
thing they wait TO pit against him, Bat
Z.ngm,n \ people hts.ta,,d. They han a
onli, Texas. whlcu al killed every thing lac
had tackled, and they Thought IL nn un'oir
advantage 10 turn him Loose against 10
an suiferily an inferior animal NJ Aurche-
sons Wild Bill, though they couldn't call
10 mind any other ANNA ihty were willing
10 FOX money on.
aud gave rise to some pronounced polsmlcs,
N wind could have settled the dispute 1t
would have been decided 10 favor of both
siier. Relying on the anecdotes related ei
each, ore would suppose that conteft be-
tween them could only result IN the ,.rmi'
nation OF time. Murcheson men were n
unit in the abatement that on one occasion
Wild Bill had rushed his AdvarSaty dowp,
and, unable 10 stop his beadwsy, bad gone
home with q Bsptls, church on MS horns.
Zusmau's people conceded the possibility
of this, hut maintained and proved oouclu-
| sivsly by the testimony Of each olhu' tbn,
! rexis had on one occasion plcStd up al
earthquake OIL his horrs and held IL here
,, until 4 srreed never 70 visit ,hs; s'c.loa
again N he would let IL 10. On this state
| OF facts It vas obvious that nothing but n
Injecting could Gehniely determine To-
/ superiority, and the duel ives arranged for
Sunday morning. Toe fight was to come
| OF on az utral ground, midway between I'll.
! two herds. Every cowboy was 20 have his
weapons behind him = iudicions precauIion,
since the cowboy pis,o. Ias a SUPERNATURAL
method o. dlschareipg itself, without refer
enoe 10 material c1ufes. Il ,ch Vide WAS -
remain behind its own bull. and neither TO
| approach the ffncas nearer than JO ysrcs,
| thc winners TO take all the money TO b.
found on the person or III the possession Of
the losers.
Bright and early Sunday marnDT, the
grass still shining in the dew, sHd the sun
coming up with every promise o. plofious
prbirle day, the bulls were tut out Of Their
respective herds aud oriven TO The betle'
ground. A man who has never seen g
Texas Dull dosen't kuo b0wmuch fight can
be tied up In one hide. strong aud' wlry
not 100 heavy In the hank short OF horn aud
unick IN souon, he was built "a hgh,, and
Involving himse'l in the elightest urnrces-
ssry complication. l. ,shed Ia madness BY
the whips OF the cOw boys laid on nieIcilessly
10 arouse their rage, the two bulls Carue la
sirht OF each other AID their hackers With
drew. BY natnre Ttxas bull ~ sil the
time 80 mad ~ he can get, until he can zee
another bull, then the THERMOMETER OF his
wrath goes to boiling point.
As they sped eaon otner their beads
went down and their tails up. They np'
prosched slowly and with a sinuous mo-
ton, paving the ground and moaning.
Texas appeared T. little The larger al the
two, anu he was fully as active as his foe.
A hundred PAGES apar, they fairly sprang
from the earth, Ard the below and the
ground trcmb led beneath them. TexS
mad the beet OF 1t, for Wild Bill recoiled 10
his hHupcbse, but the game little bull rc-
covered first, and in this lnext attack gorsd
Texas under the head. nearly reaching his
throat. The onslaught wss 30 unexpected
that Texas, still dszed by she hnt shock,
Isiled to counter on his sdvsrssry. Bat
the next r ash found him prepared, and hs
received his anemy iuil on the forehead,
driving him again to his launches Be
fore Bill could rally. Texas had raised the
Hesh of his high fore -shoulder.bope.
The smell OF his own blood crszsd the
little bull, and his next dash wss not
s,ruight. He struck TsxM obliqu'ly,
throwing up the hesd OF the latter, and
then turning, belor5 he he'd psssed, he MP
ped up the big bults OF lore leg, catching
him behind the shoulder aud tearing out
the musclsp, cords and tendons. Though
h ably lamed Texsg was not vanquiShed.
Onrs more he bore the little hall down. bu.
B.ll was the least iniuYef OF the two, and,
struggling 10 his feet, he buried horn IN
shs old wound. II isan doubtto,
IL he knew what damage he had
done for. no was hslfl blinded with
mis- ndyersary's blood TAxa, awaited the
nextirush where he stood, nor WAS he KEEP.
Ia suspeuee. Bill WIS 1T MIN In moment,
Dot tue big bull, sadly huyt, wiuded, and
J ttsed, held hts head high, aud Bill caught
him petwssu tho tore isss, ripping him to
the neck before he tore away. h1 uiri.
Then Texas turned. and q shout from his
hackers annuup cod his dsteHt. With aveil
Of victory and dsrision Murcnesou's men
dashed. down aud dyOvs tusii bull back 10
the hert. Three hours later the herds we're
In motion ngeir, INT Nnrchesor's prOpie
were enriched t. Tao ext,nscL Oii the cash
whereof Zingman'a mon bad oeen seized
At the Z me toe duel began. ~ nsin'-
Stage ring slowly aud psiriu!!y down to
tho trail, Texas liInped whils on bis wav
back to the "a ncn from. which he came. he
could rot 20 back TO his herd, for the co VS.
viii gore defeated bull to death. There
was no Ell ,rt TO bind up his wounds; they
didn'tevsn cffsr to cad him TO water A nd
so al me he wandered away, beaten, dr-
grscca ana grieyousiv wounded. ana IN u
little while was lost 10 signt in the dntt
that fionseh along the prairie.--[ brakes
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