Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-05-02
M'lAUGHlIN THREW THE BULL.
The Famous Wrestler Cross Buttooked
tho Brute and Sat on Its Head.

tho Brute and Sat on Its Head.
Colonel j. II. Mclaughlin, once the
champion collar and elbow wrestler of the
world, has come off victor in a strup0le
for life with bull. The colonel enlisted
as a private m m the tsne rwenty-sixth New York
infantry at the beginning of the civil war,
and after service of four years and four
months he came out colonel in the
Twenty-fourth New York cavalry. At
the end of the war he settled at Detroit,
where he acquired his great reputation as
wrestler. Five years since he came to
Seattle. and this city is now his home.
day or two ago he had an opportunity
TO show that he had not lost his former
skill. He was crossing 10-acre lot,
hlled with brush, stumps and fallen tim
Der lie was in the center of the lot, when
he say a big red bull coming toward him.
oupposng the bull to be Of a peaceful dis
position, Colonel Mclaughlin walked leis-
urely along @ntil, warned by an angry bel
lowing he turned and saw the bull within
ten feet of him. There was no mistaking the
animals intentions, tt~ its head was down.
tail erect and feet paving the earth. The
colonel knew he was in for struggle. but
before he could move the infnriated beast
had him on its horns The wrestler's pres
ence of mind did not desert him. Quick
as flash he seized the horns, and after
the first tossup he found himself on the
back Of the animal, but still clnging to
the horns. An instant later the bull
bucked and Mclaughlin was lying in
brush heap ten or fifteen feet away.
The man picked himself up just in time
to receive fresh onslaught. BY n dexter
GUS feint he avoided the rush, and with his
right hand seized the left horn of the bull,
and with his left hand the nose ring. The
contest then became one of brute strength
against human skill and intelligence COM
bined with unusual force and endurance.
For time the bull seemed to be getting
the best of the bout and the battle. The
beast would toss his head in the air, hurl-
ing the wrestler aloft, and bringing him to
the earth again with crash among the
bushes and brambles. The athlete held
his grip, however, and avoided being
thrown under the feet of his adversary.
With his clothes torn from his body, and
bleeding from many scratches and bruises,
Colonel Mclaughlin had about made up
his mind that the championship belt of
the world for collar-and-elbow wrestling,
which hangs in his house, must go to the
bull when he thought of an expedient.
Without loosening his hold he sprang to
one side, placed his hip against the BULLS
shoulder, and exerting all his strength,
succeeded in cross buttocking the animal.
The bull went heavily down head under,
and one horn driven deep into the ground.
The man had won the match.
Then he was in the plight of the hunter
with the bear by the tail He could hold
the bull, but he did not dare to let go. He
sat on the beasts head and rested. Finally
he drew his knife and was opening it with
his teeth to put an end to the bulls life,
when some men who had seen the combat
from distance came to the rescue and
secured the bull Colonel McLaughlin's
clothes hung in tatters and he was badly
bruised and scratched, but he still held
the championship belt.-Cor. New York
Sun.