Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-15
THE LION AND BEAR "FIGHT."
1T is AGAIN POSTPONED TO
ANOTHER DAY.
The Combat Was to Have Taken
Place in sportsmnn's Park Yester-
day Afternoon-Money Paid Back

|
The night between the non farhei
| and the bear Slskiyou which has been
ATTEMPTED 80 often and as frequently
| ..., ,,.,,,,., - ,Iooe
pos'poneu' was ~ 'Ai,S -
| yesterday afternoon IN SoptsHah
| park. As usual, the fight was again
| doi,,ad
f0r Two hours ABOUT lVV sports s'uuu
in the chill north wind. waiting for
| col Rnona tba ouner NJ fine animals
- w "a H. ,ha
" O'"'s 'ie CONTEST o'i' ",'N
announcement was made that the hsht
would not occur, came back to town
Tho ,ros. +horo,,,,hi,, ,iis,,us,sd set Of
n
men On 'ne lace Vi the EARN,
They gave vent to their FEELINGS In
emphatic language. not only because
Tho 10, ara No. dId no, come to-
80 ''''' "iiH 's'' wv iV'
gether, but because some or those
who had put up their money at the
gata for ,icl,ets NJ admission found
'hes coulu not get II p"ch "bai"
The history of this now celebrated
bear and lion fight" is well known
o. ca. .oaao.,. 90 81. co,,,ta 7. win
" ''s VI '''e &c
Dear repetition, however. In NoVem-
Der last Col. Boone, with his aggrega-
ton OF wild animals, reached Fort
Worth from San Francisco, where he
had been attending the Mldwinter fair.
1t was during his sojourn in San Fran
cisco that he first attempted to bring
off contest between the lion and
bear. The contest attracted great
deal OF attention at the time and the
Associated Press aud other great news
agencies gave IL much prominence the
world over.
1t Is said that Col. Boone took In
over 81 900 for tickets of admission,
but when the day arrived for the fight,
the Society for the Prevention of CRU
city to Animals secured a permanent
Injunction against the colonel. and Just
as he was preparing to place the ami
mails in the cage for the combat. a
detachment OF 100 policemen swooped
down on him and nut stop TO II. Col
Boone says he refunded every dollar OF
the money, and when he found that il
was impossible TO bring of the contest
In California, settled upon Texas as
the state in which 1t would he given.
He soon started East with his wild
animals, and with him was man
named George Mcpherson, who acted
as the colonel's manager. 1t was pro-
posed by Mcpherson to bring the fight
Off in San Antonio, but for some rea-
son this project was abandoned and
then the Aggregation moved on to
Fort Worth. This was done. no doubt.
because the reputation Of Fort Worth
may have sustained the belief that il
was as wide open as a bootjack when
It comes to sporting matters, and would
therefore be the place for such a fight
as this one was proposed to be. But
in this Mr.. Mcpherson as well as Col
Boone no doubt realize that they we're
mistaken. When they first struck town
they npened their show at tho corner
of Fifth and Main streets where IL
had a precarious existence for n few
weeks, and then flaming posters and
badly printed handbills fold of tbe
bear and lion fight, which 1t was an
nounced would come OF on February .
This advertising matter did NOT de.
clare in so many words that the ami
mails would fight" but said II would
be a "wrestllng" match. The fact that
1t would be a flight" was always
broadly limited.
Tickets for the fight wera nl,cad n,
sale and sold readily at from S3 To az
each. How many of these tickets were
sold is not known. excent Nv Ntanager
MtGntfEOn BnnnR \
DAYS before the contest was IN tala
place, the Gazette denounced If as n
brutal affair, and demanded that II no
stopped. County Attorney Ron Ter-
rell applied to Judge Greene ~ Tho
Forty-eighth district corr for nm in
junction restraining Manager McPbnr.
son and col Boone. or anv other en-
ployes, from allowing The light To- taEa
place. This Injunction was asked for
aat,, "a -, - ~~' 40
was to have taken Mace and NJ conrse
a nostnonement yhan
the case came mn for trIai the ,ninnnl
ton was dismissed. as If was fo,,nd tho
Texas statutes aid Nat thorougbiv cov'
er combnts between Syiid ani,,iniys ~
in any way prohibit them Snortsn,ors
Park, where the fight was ~ cove nfc
Is located lust beyond the cltv ii,,,its'
through the municinaI cn,,r, ''e case
The second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was uade
that tho Ggb, uo,,id 80, az n'due