The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-21
The Great Animal Fights in
Cashmere.

The Hoise,olrd Ng1 siys. The animal
fights ioslned part Of the festivities in
/ connection with the installation Of the
Maharajah Of Cashmere. Two huge wa
/ ter bunaloes, with ropes on their feet and
/ a dozen men at each rope. were intrc-lu,.-
Z el 70 each osher, the crowd closing round
them 10 within 4 few feet Neither ami
mai required any urging. but put his head
down at once and burted. The shock Of
the opposing skulls rang ike the Souni
Of a hatchet on wood across the arena.
Then both brutes laid head To head and
pushed and grInted AMI paved and
sweated FIR tiye minutes. the crowd veil
ing Hadly meanwhile. The lighter
weight Wa forced back into the crowd.
recovered himself. butied again. turnci
sideways, and was again fOrcel back AZ
ter a few minutes more. when each ami
NAL was settling down 10 his work with
whOle-hearted carue~tueSs. the order was
given 10 -eperste them. and very r.lue-
family the gigantic nussucSs were haul
ed IN opuo-i;e directions.
Next came the fighting rams, spotted
and shaven beasts. with Romsn Hoses
and rowdy vi>s,ges. -triining away from
their owRe-9 ami AZ apIar, ntIy >poiliaz
for a fight Two or three couples were
let % together, r,tn buck t. gather way.
came on and met ran back. charged
agiin, and repeated the performance till
the sound IF their foolish heads was a.
most continunuS. Sometimes q ram rtIn~
buck 70 hi- char-5. ydiiantiy enough, and
midway Ia the onset lu~es heart, turns
tail 10 hisantagonist and te,-- to his mus
ter. The adversary. being beast of
honor. Immediately pulls up and tra.s
back Ia his master One Ii-ht-lmbei
doomba with rel spots seems 10 De the
champion of Jummu- His charge gpHer-
ally up-ets his antagogui~t "a, once. and
few of the rams care 20 stand -ecund-
A. -son a. the rams had been disposed
of. certain vicious shriek> and squeIl
gave evidence that the horses were being
sot ready. and the police -,tabout wi.Ien-
in2 tine ring. Presently bay galloway
and a black g-rHy danced out. dragging
their attendants after them at the eud ii
a long rope. The instant they were lett
~ they ran oI,en-mouthed At each other.
turned tail, and kicked ,lvagely for five
minutes. the black suffering most Then.
after the manner Of horses all the world
over. they turned round and closed. each
striking with his fore feet, and striving
- fix hi- teeth in the ot.er'> crest They
-uut.lI,d ,hrilly a. they boxed, and HRal-
Is rose on end--a magnificent sight, lock
Ell in each others arms The bay. loo~iug
his hold ou the blacks poll, ulIic q
snatch at tine blacks near fore-le., which
Was az once Withdrawn.
Both horses then dropped to the zrouud
together. and kicked and bit AT eIo--
quarters till the bay fed with the black
after him through the crowd. The @fis,s
at the end Of the drag ropes were knock
ed over scrambled up and eaught at the
rope, again. while the two maddeued
brutes plunged and struggled among ,he
the people About half q dozen people
were overturned. but no one was durt.
and. after wild cllmorani much running
hither and rhither. both bay and black
were caught. bIindfolde,l and ledaway tp
reappesgr no more