The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-21
TUSSLE OF TWO TUSKERS.
EXCITING FiCHT BETWEEN
TWO ELEPHANTS.
Deadly Thrusts With the Monster Ivery Bsyessn
Soon vsnqaIshed the Weaker Foe-Bst
snsd Banslo Is More Dreaded
Pos 10 MIST


sights said one of the. veteran
sportsmen at campfire. s.than an
elephant fight don't mean fight
with an elephant. though that may be-
pretty thrilling 10 you. II you wound
the brute without disabling him. aud
and he gets after you In the open.
But mean fight between elephants"
They don't often do IL; but whom
they do tight It's battle TO the death.
One day. up In the hill country. saw
such combat THEW were hard At IL
when | came in sight They were on
the hillside. One OF them. burly.
stout boilt beast with short powerful
tusks. was evidently getting much the
worse OF the scrImmage. and the white
and red burrows la his sides plainly
indicated seams made by his antago-
nists tuslss. Blood was trickllng down
his head and shoulders. On the rise
OF the hill was his enemy. "A still larger
animal. possessing tho advantage OF
longer tusSs. II was lost fight La
a few minutes the victor. with n quick
rush At the other. made "A good thrust
mt the side. There was a severe strug-
gle. but the tusls went its full length
into the now beaten brute. nd
using all his weight the victor pressed
him down the hill. where they diseu-
gagged themselves and prepared for
another bout The wounded tuslxer's
roars OF pain were pitiful TO hear.
lie turned tail and sought safety In
flight But the other kept closely be-
hind and gave him thrust after thrust.
but not in any vital part Pretty soon
they wheeled around. raced. and came
together with mighty smash. This
was about the only stand made. and
the beaten brute was quickly over
powered by the more powerful and
fresher victor. The thrust now put
behind the shoulder and into the body
quickly disabled the poor brute. aud
Ia fact In few minutes the combat
was over The conquerer with one
rush completely rolled his enemy over
and by repeated thrusts into the pros
trate form finished the fight amid
meanings and trumpeting.
I'll got some men and went out next
morning TO look for the body aud get
the tusks. We found "A big heard OF
elephants In an excited state almost on
the spot where the finish had occurred.
In IL were several small tuskers. be-,
sides the big conquerer OF the evening
before. who seemed TO instill a great
deal OF fear into the youngsters. He
came out into the open glade with y
fine young female. and as he APP
preached thore was general stampede
out OF his way. We came on the dead
beast. which had been butted aud
clump OF bamboos. IL had been
fine, burly animal, but was marked
from forehead 20 rear and top 10 foot
by rips and cuts. He measured feet
proved slightly over 100 pounds tho
pair. The victor. which in the fight
appeared to tower over his foe. must
have been quite ten feet high. and had
the longest tusks have ever seen
clear OF their sockets. tried 10 ges
him. but what with his harem about
him and the difficulty OF getting q
clear view In the long grass failed 10
get shot"
81 don'tknow. though" said an old
hunter, who had been In Africa. "but
that would rather take my chances
with an elephant than with real mad
buffalo There Is no more savage
brute, and none more indomitablo and
persistent In his wrath II Is not that
they are swifter or stronger or that
their horns are more deadly weapon.
but they display pertlnacity OF spite
which makes them exceedingly
formidable. Let lion miss its
first spring and he will turn away
unless ruvenously hungry-in disap-
pointment and disgust from his In.
tended victim. let rhinoceros DO
wounded and, unless hemmed la by
foes. he will make for tho water. But
the wounded buffalo sticks TO his one
my. and has been known to watch un-
der tree for days In the hopa OF se- !,
curing his revenge upon the hun ter
who had climbed up IL TO escape hIs
fury.
What IL "firodr'