Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-05-01
PRINCIPALS INTERVIEWED.
ParneN I'D the Urizzly Discuss
TIE Coming Event.

hearty shake of his paw, as ne drop
ped a bullock's hird leg from his
jaws.
"Am l ready for Tie hsht-wres>
tie! well yes, am quite ready and
in good shape. The Colonel has
taught me the Nelson and half Mel
son back hold and the head hitch.
[ shall force the bout and am ready
to bet money that have my antag-
onist to the floor inside of ten min
utes
"What particular style viii you
wrestle ing
"Well, am up in Groeco-Roman,
but if he wants any collar and elbow,
Tn there and don't you forget it |
am ready in all styles, catch>as-catch
can preferred.
"Do you anticipate any troubled"
"Well, no, my instructions are
square wrestling, but of course if
Siskiyou gets funny I'll give him any
game he wants. But he knows bet
| ter: WHY, Id eat such bear for
breakfast and want more. I've
thought all along that il was heap
of cheek for him to ask me to drop
my regular theatrical engagements
to figh wrestle bear with no record.
I've got a record, | have. | killed a
bull in Samoa and my hackers won
So, 600, and | eat tigers head off
in Calcutta in 80. | bar no weight. !
When the bear challenged me | guess
he thought | would draw the color |
line, but | didn't, | wish | had
few more such soft snaps.
They say that Harry Hamilto', > ,
betting on the bear
81 shouldn't wonder; he ID. 4
the bull in Lama and had t. borrow
money Of me to pay his wash
woman. He's betting against me
merely for spite, but you bet he
don't @ over ten dollars, McGarvy
be- him t. stand still last night.
Mae has nerve and knows where to
place his scad<. I'll give the bear
side bet ROW of $1,000" and the lion
pulled out a wad of greenbacks from
a hollow in his back teeth. "Tell
him t. put up or SUIT up, I'll knock
him cut, [ mean throw him in two
falls in three in fifteen minutes"
Better be careful, you know
these grizzlies are hot stuff. 5"
"Ah, you are of that crowd that
thinks a grizzly hot stuff Ell! Well
put up. | suppose you are here to
pump Inc on my style of fighting, ,
now you get out of hore id quick ,
or I'll swallow you. I'm sick of
these interviewers anyhow, intruding :
the privacy of my home. !,
The reporter thought it about time +
to leave and hurried over to see the
Bear. Siskiyou was in his cage hav-
NC wrestling bout with his trainer.
In respone to a question he said:
You can bet every cent you have 9
hat | can do that lion up. A few 5
7ears ago he was great fighter, but S
low he's gone. When fighter
ackles the stage you can bet les no c
Use for the ring. He talks about a a
wrestling match; | want regular "
inish fight and I'm going for it II
trjght. | am from old Siskiyou II
where we mean business when we e;
et into the ring. I've offered him f.
dds on the siue and he has never |,
ONE to the front. He has been ~
lutling all along. l shall land left
nd right when he comes in and II
Then | get my paws around him, III y,
queeze the lights out Of him and eat o,
is he'd off besides. If people want
. see ParnelI before he dies they'd
etter hurry up y
Are you going on the stage after y
he fight''
80, I'm no punk actor, I'm in r
ne ring for the stuff, see? and am m
eady to fight the earth, | hear they
ave an lS0o-pound bear up north;
ell, bring him along; II do him up
70 quick. want to show the ealth
rat California bears are the king of
casts and that the championship
tie don't belong on the other side
the water. I'm an American | &
II. He tllks about not drawing
lie color line. Why that lion is an
frican niger and nothing else.