The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-30
THEY SAID RATS"
Omaha Objects to Chivalr.
Being Revived.
WITH Kisses AND ORGANS
A Horse That Was Blind in One
Eye, and a Manager That
"EustIed." la,

OMAHA, June 29.-The RsfaM OF sun
day has the following account of a
sword 6ght. in which Duncan C. Ross
participated:
For several days all the store windows
in Omaha have been embeliished with
pictures OF mounted swortsmen.
%Chivalry revived" has been Haunted to
every breeze. and people with sporting
proclivities have been on the qui vive.
People were also on the qui viye last
night, but were actuated by an entirely
different principle. They formerly had
wanted 10 see sport. Last night they
saw the sport. and were looking :or the
money expended on their tickets. The
occasion was the sword contest aGYer-
tised to take place in the Exposition
building at s O'Clock. between Duncan
c. Ross and Sergeant Walsh. The at
trac.ive posters representing two men
in armor drew out about 400 people.
Ross stood at the door and watched
them pass through the turns,iles.
"eo our AID hustle"
There are not enough. = said he to
Manager Ferguson. go out and
rustic"
Ferguson rustled. The audience
shouted Rats and expressed their
feelings by derisive cheers. At o'clock
Ferguson was still rustling and the
cries of the audience hoated out upon
the air with renewed vigor. Finally,
after Ferguson had hired the men on
the street corners 70 put in an appear
ance, he stepped to the middle OF the
clear space in the centre of the hall. and
announced that the first contest would
be between Duncan G. Ross and w.
Bergman. A boy then came out and
blew a note from a bugle. Bring
forth the noble warriors" shouted Fer
guson, in stentorian tones.
THE SPECTATORS SAID RATS"
RATS, !" calculated the spectators with
great unanimity.
Two doors then opened and the neigh
of a horse was heard. LET me intro
duce you TO Duncan g. Ross, the cele-
brated athlete" said the uTbane man
ager. A sorrel horse, blind in one eye,
walked slowly into the arena, and its
rider, Ross. made a bow. Bergman
came out from his dressing room and
did likewise. The bugler blew his horn
and the two horses walked to the mid
die of the resin-covered floor. Berry
mans horse slipped and the swordsman
/ took an ignominious fal over the steed s
\ tail. He picked himself up, however,
and retired to his corner.
The next minute there was q feeble
clashing of swords and the referee.
Professor p. J. Fallon, decided that
Ross had won q point, InterpoiRted
with Kisses, boots and cries of rats"
from the audi, nee, the contest went on,
STRENGTH WAS ALL HE HAD.
Bergman acted on the defensive and
kept an excellent guard. Ross de-
pended upon his superior strength, and
except in one or two instances, got his
points by breaking down.his opponents
guard. In the twenty first attack a
loud crash was heard and Ross sword
TELL to the floor in two pieces. This.
under the rules, was counted peint
for Bergman. who was con
sidered 70 have disarmtd his
adversary. There was another
tedious wait and finally another sword
was produced. The next attack was the
final one and gave Ross the contest by
a score Of Is points to J, a point being
counted each time a blow was struck.
Another intermission was then declared
when a man whom they said was Ser
geant c. Walsh of the Seventh cavalry.
but understood TO be Captsin Mcclure,
came into the ring. The rubber shoe
which covered the right hind foot Of his
horse was found to be mutilated.
ROSS HAD his NERVE.
al see no way" said Referee Fallon,