Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-03
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Sport THAT risases the repalaee Nearly
Nurh Hail BaltinE.


wcariel out that sunday morning with 1
wandering through inierrnlnahle corridors |
and clamberinz over she broken ranges Of |
seats, we descended aud asked to be let 1
out. The wife ~ the guardian was for the |
time bcing 10 charge. Waving her fat
hand with true southern dignity toward
the nearest archway, through which a
struggling line ~ miscellaneous mankind
WAS passing TO the interior, Ladies, t" said
she, u counsel you not Ia leave. This af-
ternoon, a. doubtless you know, there will
be a serious affair In the arena, with tri.
dents and cockades, but just ct present
the youth is going to exercise and amuse
itself with cow-a small cow-ltft over
from the last course"
We were impressed by her manner and
began meekly 10 rctrace our steps Hav-
ing found and established ourselves In 3
shady spot we turned toward the arena
and perceived for the first time that the
central space was encirCled by a low wooden
paling closed at one extremity by pair Of
red painted doors which might have been
looted from "a north New England barn.
Inside the paling in convenient proximity
to these door. were grouped some forty OF
Ia jeunesse de Mines, Of age varying from
Is to 80. There were soldiers and police
men on duty. clerks from town shops and
''hands" from the neighboriug farms, boys
with dogs and boys without, all swayed by
the same passion for the classic diversions
Of the arena
A cry Is raised Of Ellie vient.n and tu-
multuous movement arises among the
youth, followed 10y series Of loud thuds,
,ls eighty heels smite the wooden paling
, and eighty legs are adroitly swung over %
the side Of safety. The alarm proving
, false, they cautiously return to the post OF
danger and not until this escHpade ha,
. been several times repeated do the barr
doors actually turn upon their cracking
hinges and admit To the arena a lean ant
. wistful looking heifer She let her eyl
drop langnidly, first on the ieunesse astrid
: the fence, and then with "A shade more O
interest upon ourselves. Even thus, be
!, holding her full face, we could but owl
that she WINS a small creature. A little tr
. angular black head, with moody mouth
= sleepy eyes and widely branching horns
. two short, thin legs and waving tai
. were all that we could discern. After
few moments Of suspense one Of the NOR
~. adventurous youths stole forward on iii
toe, whooped In the animals ear and the
dashed back to the fence amid loud al
. plause.
!, Moolly turned her head half around an
"A. touueu4ptuOusl4 sNAAehsu HNl TAFT
~ experiment was repeated from the oth'
side of the oval sIslcc, and she started on
il, calm trot for the red doors, only To fin
Il, them closed. Her movement had quite su
y. feed. however, 10 clear the arena of huma
- combatants, with the exception of OF
. plump sergeant, who missed his leap oy,
-, the paling and lay biting the dust.
~ waited impatiently for the next act OF II
drama, but nothing ensued, and the CO
IN. viction slowly forced itself upon us tn
u the fun was all over 1T was very interes
ing, wasn't IL, ladiess' said the guardian
IN. wife as she accepted her fee and ceremor
~ ously bowed us out.-Ilarriet w. Prest,
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