The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-08-27
A Bold Wrestler CrOSS-BIttocked the
Beast and DoWned Him.
How the Veteran collar and Elbow
Champion, Col. J. II. Mclaughlin.
Saved His Life and the Belt.
Seattle Post-Intelligenccr.


the champion collar-and-elbow
wrestler of the world and only lost
the championship by retiring from
athletics, had the hardest contest
of his life the other day and came
nearer being vanquished than he
ever was by Muldoon, Whittier or
any of the other big fellows he laid
on their backs ten years ago. 1t
was big, red wild bull that gave
Colonel Mclaughlin such tussle,
the arena was ten acre lot filled
with brush, stumps and fallen tim
Der and the stakes were the life and
limbs of the gallant wrestler.
Colonel Mclaughlin owns beau
tiful home on Beacon Hill, south
of the city, and devotes much Of
his time to its improvement. Last
Tuesday he had occasion to cross
the ten-acre tract mentioned above,
which adjoins his place. He was
in the centre of the lot when he
saw his neighbours bull coming to-
wards MIN. Surprising his bovine
lordship to be of peaceful dispo-
sition, Colonel Mclaughlin walked
leisurely along until, warned by an
angry believing, he turned and
saw the bull within ten feet of him.
There was no installing the bulls
intentions. His head was down,
his tail erect and his feet paved
the earth. This was but for the
instant. Colonel Mclaughlin knew
he was in for it, but before he could
move from his tracks the Infatuated
beast was upon him and had him
on his horns.
The wrestlers nerve did not de-
sert him. Quick as flash he lit
orally seized the bull by the horns.
After the toss up, an instant later,
he found himself on the BULBS
back, still hanging on by the horns.
The next instant he picked himself
out Of a brush heap twenty feet
ahead, just in time to receive a
fresh onslaught. 1t must be catch
as-catch.can and first down to lose
tor the horns and hoofs of the bull |
would make short work of the wrest-
Ter when thrown. By dexterous
feint Colonel Mclaughlin avoided
the rush and seized the bull by the
left horn with his right bend and
nose ring with the other hand.
Then it became contest of rage
and brute strength against human
skill and intelligence combined
with unusual strength and endur-
ance. For a time it looked as
though the bull would win the bout
and the battle.
He would toss his head in the
air, hurting the wrestler aloft and
bringing him to the earth among
the bushes and brambles with a
crash. The athlete held his grip,
however, and avoided falling under
the feet of his adversary. With
his clothes torn from his body, and
bleeding from many scratches and
bruises, Colonel Mclaughlin had
about come to the conclusion that
the championship belt of the world
in collar and elbow wrestling,
which hangs up in his house, must
60 to the bull, when he thought of
an expedient. Springing to one
side, but not letting go his hold, he
PLACID his hip against the bulls
side and, exerting all his strength,
succeeded in cross.buttockinp"
him. The bull went down with a
crash, his head bent under him and
one horn driven deep into the earth.
The colonel had won the bout and
the match. ,