The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-12

fine curling horns met an evil minoeo
bull In a clover field, and the attenuo.
OF the two animlas being called TO each
Third Galley American Bull Fightsn'
other, IL became necessary TO ascer ,a,n
on the spot which was boss. Inc Dui,
was a shade contemptuous, and YET u,u
not like the Independent way tne rai'
looked at him and jumped stin leggeu.
Instead OF recognizing superior ioie or
and getting out Of the way. Inc pun
snorted, shook his head, placed ni'
fore-feet widely apart, and put down
his sead so that his nose was III w
clover blossoms. This seemed 10 ~
ram an invitation, and with suuu 'sii
rush and spring he butted the I'nt
squarely between the eyes ana knoe a',,,o
him down. IL was almost anotner -
of David and Goliath, ana those -,
the pet names Of the animals as lous
as they lived. Goliath got upon his teeI
with extreme establishment and tuhp,e1
away. Sheep were to him dreaueu
objects on the face OF the iahdscape,
He never hunted rams any more bdFiu
was boss and he knew IT, -.
The literature Of American nu'l t'snt
ing would be more volumlnous lhe
choicest combats were not as rule out
Of the regular range Of reporters. Oiny
when a Texas steer breaks forth IN
Manhattan, tackles the police, the butch
ers and the new sboys, is justice done
the entertainment.
The street tournaments are irregular
on the farm there is life close to nature,
The fiercest struggles between men ana
the alleged inferior animals are IN the
fields. The patient horse takes his beat
ings from his exacting master win
little resentment, only once In a while
kicking him or running away with nm
or with members of the family, scatter
ing the harness and wheels. The solemn
ram with curling horns occasionally tas
we have given an illustrative incidenD
rebels and plunges headonS against the
common eremy. The boar is killed be-
fore ne grows tusks to carve the legs
of the farmer or his horse The dog Is
the ally OF the agriculturist, and Is
petted until he is suspected Of illness,
when he is massacred for a mad dog.
Only the bull with daggers fitted to his
head, hoofs like iron and a voice of
thunder, really asserts himself habitually
against the tyrant man, and goes roaring
when he has on his mind visions OF ven
geance and destruction.
There were many villages long ago
(and a few now situated in rich agri-
cultural districts where poor people kept
cows that We're expected to pick up a
living in the fence corners Of the green
lanes and by excursions into the fields
where they did not belong. There was
generally a bun or two with the airs
Of superior creatures, and educated 10
take advantages. They were not enter
prising as they ought 70 have been In
fighting each other. Town cattle" is the
country name for the marauding herds,
and the land owners regard them as a
private menace and public wrong. For
fgg
whose cattle iufest the roads more than
they do a thousand hills. the farmers
sons are watchful and wrathy. and when
the town cattle are seen bent on errands
Of mischief, they are pelted with showers
Of stones, and dogs are turned upon
them and if there is stubborn resistance,
pitchforks are used, until, when the IN
vaders disappear In a cloud of dust. there
is a feeling that a battle has been won.
once It would have been a sad story
for a fellow-citizen elected 10 a Western
State legislature IL h. had introduced
a bill to compel bulks and cows and al
domestic animals TO be kept within the
owners enclosures Why. the minister,
the wagop-maker, the grocery-keeper,
the blacksmith, the shoemaker the school
teacher, the huckster, and all the widows
keep cows They had to have milk, did
they not? What kind Of country would
IT be to deny the widow and the father
less the comfort of a COW? There We're
however, troubles that approached TRACE
dies growing out Of keeping cattle forced
to pick up a dishonest living. They were
expected when the grass grew dusty in
the roads, and the corn stalks were tall
and green, and the developing ears milky,
Just before the frost was on the pumpkin
and the fodder in the shock" 10 break
through the fences and help themselves
one sultry September Sunday in the
heart Of the Western Kingdom there
was on the wings of the wind dreadful
scandal. Even as the good people as
sembled for worship there were distant
reports Of firearms. the explosions tell
ing. for all the folks were experts of the
use Of the shotgun. Even while the min