The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-17
Che adeha 1ai1Y Saturday Informing nmber X 1882

rom our point or observation. II VS.
not like the fringes Of lady's cres
coming IN contact with the lace draper
OF window, can assure you Moth
ing SO soft and siibant as that. Itwa
more Hike tie fringes OF freight er
gines coming IN contact with eac
other when they approach with som
momentum on the same track.
Two powerful bulls had unwilling
~ found themselves in close proximit,
to each other, coming from either herd
suddenly, shooting up from the sides O.
the one whose herd was on the grount
frss fumes of dirt made graceful
curves in the air. They were the sig
mails for hostilities to commence. The
hoofs Of the powerful beast were as
sisted by his small horns. which dug
the sod and tossed lunches that set
tied out OF the air in his shaggy name
These bclligerent demonstrations were
responded TO in quite as defiant a
fashion by the late arrival He, too
was an enormous affair. We noticed
his unusual proportions of head But
his shoulders, with their great names,
were worth displaying to excite adni-
ration and awe at their possibilities, if
they could do nothing more.
'Unquestionably the two fellows re-
garded themselves as representative Of
their different herds the one first on
the ground viewing the other as an in
terloper, and he in lis turn looking
upon the former as reigning because no
N h0A s,,s%
premacy and show him where he be-
longed They sided up nearer each
other, their heads all the while kept
low to the ground, and their eyes, red
with anger, rolling in fine fury. This
display Of the preliminaries of battle
drew the attention of an increasing
number from either herd. At first
they would look up, then recommends
their eating, and then direct their at
tontion more intensely as the combat
ants began to measure their strength
more closely. And when the fight was
on they became quite absorbed in the
varying fortunes OF the struggle.
cat last the two huge follows, after
a good deal of eircumlocution, made
the grand rush. l reckon it would be
your everlasting fortune if one of you
college fellows who play football had
the force to make the great rush which
either one Of those animals presented.
The collision was straight and square
a crash of horns, heavy, dull thud of
heads, We thought surely the skull
of one or the other or possibly both
was crushed IN. But evidently they
were not even hurt. Didn't they push
then? Well, guess! The force would
have showed On old-fashtoned barn
from its foundations. The muscles
swelled upon the thighs, the hoofs sank
into the earth. But they were evenly
matched.
For an instant there was mutual |
Of hostilities to get breath.
Then they came together with moro
crash than before. In |
stantly we perceived that the meeting |
OF heads was not square. The new /
champion had the best position. Like /
4 fash he recognized it and redou bled /
his efforts to take its full advantage. /
The other appeared to quadruple his
efforts to maintain himself in position,
and his muscles bulged out, but his an
made a sudden move which
his head still farther off the
inc, when he went down upon his
Enees. That settled the contest, for
lis enemy was upon him before he
,ould recover. lie was thrown aside
Ind his tanks were raked by several
lgly, upward thrusts of his foe, which
eft him torn and bruised all in heap.
As soon as ho could get on his feet he
imped crestfGllen away.
The victorious fellow dashed his
small tail, tossed his head, and moved
n all the pride of bis conquest up and
Town through the ranks of his adyer-
ary's herd How exultaat he wasi