Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-11-30
THE PONY WHIPPED THE BEAR
Young DUNCAN Declined % Accept h
Bear I'm Payment for the Service.

roung Dangan Declined % Accept the
Bear in Payment for the Services.
Two men who belong to a tribe OF
wandering Russians now camping In
Wissinoming woods. were nearly killed
by a big brown grizzly bear last evening
after q desperate battle. on Dark Run
lane, near Trenton venue They were
rescued by the bravery of Albert Dun
gan. the l5-year-old son Of Lieut.. Dun
gan, Of the Fifteenth police district
The bear belongs to the two men who
were attacked, and they make a precari-
GUS living by taking him on dancing
tours. When on these tours he II always
securely muzxled and led by q chain.
Yesterday the men thought they would
see how the bear would behave while of
the chain and released Of his muxxie.
The animal acted in a docile name for
the greater part of the day, and the men
thought that he had become entirely
domesticated. About 8 o'clock In the
evening they sat down by the roadside
In DarK Run lane and began eating some
slices Of bread which they carried In
their pocketsL
They were entirely oblivious Of bruin,
who was hungry, too. The powerful
brute finally decided Q seize q share Of
the feast. and he crawled up to one of
the men and seized the u~nsuspecting
wanderer In his claws. The victim
shouted. and his companion sprang To
his help. Hetried To get his friend from
the bears clutches, hut his efforts only
served to further anger the beast He
held his victim with one powerful front
claw, while he extended tho other and
drew the second man to him.
When both men found themselves
fairly in the bears clutches they screamed
in terror. They struggled in every way
to release themselves from the vice like
grasp, but were unsuccessful While
they were fighting against almost certain
death young DUNCAN, who was riding a
mustang not far away. heard their pite-
Gus appeals for help and dashed TO the
rescue.
He took In the situation at q glance
and bravely tried to ride his pony. head
first. into the bear. This was more than
his spirited steed could be forced to do,
Failing in this the boy turned the horses
head around and backed II up against
bruin- He was just in time.
The bear was about TO bring his pom
derous jaws down on n Of the mems
shoulders when the little mustang, pro
voked by contact with the unyieldins
mass, let fly his heels with such force
as to literally kick the burly grizzly hal
across the lana. The bear was 30 sur
prised by this sudden and unexpected
attack that he dropped his human Ioac
and started to turn to face his new enc
my. Before he could get fairly into 4
fighting position the little mustang
heels again few out and again the bear
now thoroughly confused and vanquish
ed. dropped in a heap.
II was the work Of only q few mo
ments' time to place the chain and muz
zle on the defeated brute. The two mel
were almost stripped. Their clothing
was in rags and they were badly scratch
ed and bruised in their u The,
were 10 grateful TO young DUNCAN tha
J they wnnted 20 make him q present o
the bear, but the boy sensibly declined
His timely presence and novel methos
Of warfare undoubtedly saved the live
Of the two men.-Philadelphia Inquirer