San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-09-20
HEARD ABOUT TOWN,

"See that bull dog?' said a town
sport to a gang Of friends on HOus-
ton street bridge a few days ago.
The gang took a look at the
limping dog and the town sport
continued:
"He,s retired and nobody will
ever lose another bloody cent on
him. | saw him when he was n
little puppy, saw him train, and
saw him get so badly whipped that
he'll never get over limping. 1t
was a bloody, blank shame, so
many fellows lost money on him.
"The dog belongs to -" and
the town sport named a we'll known
local business man. "When thu
animal first arrived it was clum-
sy little thing that wouldn't scare
a fellow even in a well developed
case of Jim jams. AS it grew older,
however, it grew fond Of chewing
up inoffensive little kittens
that had scarcely opened their
eyes yet, and its proprietor
worked himself into a motion that
the little pup prove a wonderful
fighter. In this idea he was en-
couraged by pugulist who hap
pened into the shop one day. He
took a fancy to the solemn faced
pup, and bemoaned that such
noble brute should be doomed to
lowly watch dogs fate. He re-
callen the wonderful achievement
of famous fighting dogs, gave
instructions how to test the ami
mails capacity of standing
punishment and how to train it
for the brutal sport Of scientific
canine fight. The business man,
proud of his ferocious pet, took the
pugilist's advice, and for week
the unfortunate brute was pinched,
lifted and dragged about by its
tail, to show everybody who visit
ed the shop how game it could
take punishment. Although the
fame of this particular fighting
pup spread throughout the length
and breadth of town, and after
working hours as well as on
all holidays, the proud possessor
of the dog could be found walking
the streets of the city accompan-
led by the pup. Truly, a more full
fledged or mo re enthusiastic bull
dog sport never lived. AT the cor
ners of the streets or where ever
else he would meet his friends,
the bull pup was admired and dog
fighting at once became the theme
of conversation. At one OF these
impromptu gatherings OF friends,
the business man made the ac-
quaintance of another bull dog
sport. The conversation which
lasted all afternoon was loud, de-
fiant and exciting in the extreme,
and when the party broke up, a
match between the pups Of the two
sports was virtually agreed upon.
The animals were compared, found
pretty we'll matched, and each had
the record Of having chewed up a
few harmless little ours besides
annihilating a number of badly
frightened kittens. The forfeit and
the betting monies are all up, re.
sort on Alamo plaza was selected
as the site for the battle and some
time during the following week
was set for the great event.
~ didn't have any faith in the
business mans pup, but never the
less / was razzled into betting upon
his animal. Well the great event
came off. The other fellows dog
had an action on him like Kansas
cyclone and the way we fellows
lost our money was a bloody
shame. See the limp in the dogs
walk? He'll never get over that"
A thin, pale faced artist, Of the
practical business variety, stopped
short in a hurried walk to the post
office yesterday morning, just as
he reached Alamo plaza. Forth
with he drew out of the coat pocket
of his suit what resembled white
ducking bathing costume, and
what vulgar small boys call "high
water pants" a pad OF paper and a
pencil, and began to sketch gen
tIeman, not ten steps distant.
"What's up now?" asked the re-