Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-08

hound and Finally Gets Caught by .
 Noted Trappors
 A tame leopard employed blythe Bar mum show at Bridgeport relapsed into saYagery the other night and got away from the winter quarters A big boar hound went in pursuit. and after some diffcu1ty found the leopard hiding in a golf field.
 Not being hungry, having just eaten sheep, the wild beast was running around big bow lder to get up an ap- petite for one of the golf players, who were entirely unconscious of the ap- proach of any other nealtiine than their own.
 The leopard was tame once and at tho beginning of the season used to jnmp over stick in the street parades of the circus. One day she bit piece out of 8 clown and was sent to Bridgeportato be further tanned by Barney Dukess the pro- fessional terrortof the animal Kingdom She lived in building which is being torn down to make room for new else phantarium, as Mir Baileyscalls it The workmen, who didn't know there was & leopard on the other side of the wall, tore out enough bricks from the back of her cage to let hes escape She waited until nightfall and then got out. In another part of ths leopard house is awhite eyed horse used for ring pur- poses and now here under treatment for insanity. The animal received ian injury on the head which hnecessitates the opera tion of trephining before she can recover her reason In the same building is the boxing boarhound Irene, who had been left behind to nurse her puppies. She used to perform in a den with thelions, tigers and leopards.a
 When Mir Duke went to feed the white eyed horse this mornings he found her bittelrand scratched He thought at first she had attempted suicide in 8 fit of insanity; but when he missed the leopard he knew that theecreature had got out and begun to eat his crazy patient
 Duke says the leopard probably didn't like the taste of the horse and went to look for something better. According to his statement, he has known escaped wild beasts to sample asdozen animals before they fennd something, to suit. One of the lions got out last spring and bit small pieces out of zebra, camel and bear, but, finding none of them fit to eat, went and deYoured an ostrich.
 The lion tanner resolved to go leopard hunting. He took gun and the big boarhound Irene with him. Her five pups sniffed at the horse's blood, wag- ged their little tailsand followed. Duke showed the boarhound the empty cage and gave her, to understand she must take up the scent.
 Irene put her nose to the ground and then bounded over the fence in full cry toward Mountain Grove cemetery, her five pups running along in single file on their first leopard hunt She went over the dam at Moody B pond, where all the pups fell in and had to be fished out. Behind Holland s heights theflrst tracks were found,
 And Pm blamed if that leopard didn t walk backward, so as to fool me, ' said the keeper. 1T suppose she didn' t think I'd run hersdown by scent. " On Miles Bathwelp farm was found dead sheep Its jngular vein had been torn open, and most of it's blood was gone Here the dog was for awhile confused, but soon she took up the trail again. Is led her to the Brooklawn Country club, where several players in scarlet coats were striking attitudes and balls. Be- hind the powder, waiting impatiently for an appetite, was the leopard When she saw the dog, she gave a hiss and ran toward Henry Setzer's park. The golf players ran the other way.
 The leopard, being closely pursued, ran half mile and then shinned up a trolley pole. When she got to the top, she touched a live wire and fell to the ground unconscious The boarhound and her pups sprang upon her and were beat en of with difficulty by the keeper. Duke tied a rope around the leopard 's neck, and when she recovered her senses the procession to town began. The boar hound led the leopard, with her tail be- tween her legs, came next, and Duke and the five pups brought up the rear A second division consisted of a crowd of golf players. men, women and babies and 8 policeman in plain clothes. New York World.