Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-02-21
IN THE ARENA ATMADRID.
Fight Between a Lion and a
Spanish Bull.

never remember a scene connected with
tauromachy which called forth such lively
interest as the fight yesterday between an
African lion aud five year old bull. High
bets were made aud nothing else was talked
OF for days; II seemed as il the national
honor depended on it. The tickets were sold
In mo time" and those who were not able
TO procure them in good time had TO pay ten
and twenty times the original price for one.
At 2 IN the afternoon a regular migration
took place across the Alcala street to the
Flaza DE Toros and this was soon filled to
the last place. Several thousand persons
could not gain admittance. but in conse-
quence of the crush the barriers yielded, and
and about 300 were jammed in without
tickets, and the gendarmes had TO make free
use of the butt ends of their rifles to keep
order at the entrance. The aeronaut Enrich
and Mallen, the lion tanner, the proprietor
OF the lion which was captured in Senegam-
oia IN 1855, were scarcely noticed. Every one
awaited with lmpatience the great moment
when the two animals should try their
strength with one another in the gigantic
iron cage thirty-nine feet in diameter, which
was up In the center of the arena.
with tremendous spring and loud roar,
the lion entered first-a spleneid animal and
80 savage that Mallen could do nothing with
him and could not make use of him in his
performances. Only last year he,fell victim
TO his foolhardiness, being dragged out of
the beasts claws almost torn to bits, the lion
having just before killed hyena. The lion
paced around the cage several times and
then lay down opposite the door of the bulls
Q ge. second bell being rung, this door
was opened and an indescribable motion an
through the crowd. Like tightening the bull
started up and went straight at the lion,
which now raised itself and lifted its great
paws. For one moment the two animals
seemed to be one moviI G mass, then the
monarch OF the desert was seen to fly through
the ar. laundering applause from the
thousands and cheers for Spain filled the air,
for they evidently considered the bulls vic
tory as symbol of the national destiny.
Inc bull now took few steps backward
towards the center of the cage and awaited
new attack. But as this did not come, he
rushed forward and rolled his enemy about
In the sand like ball, till, by sudden turn
the lion tried to get at him behind, and had
already struck its claws into the bulls hind
quarters, when he was driven off by several
kicks and was finally again tossed The lion
now gaved In and amid the Kisses of the pub
Tic tried to escape till he was allowed to slip
INTO his cage. The result was, therefore,
quite different from what the large bills
posted up everywhere had predicted by an
illustration of the lion finally devouring his
opponent. 1t is true most people had not
expected such an issue, but were from the
beginning convinced that the bnll would be
victorious. They based their conviction on
the results of similar fights during the last
forty years in which the bull has triumphed
over lions, Bengal tigers and icebears. He
was how yer, not equal to the elephant for
his horns could not pierce the thick hide and
tremendous blow from the trunk suficed
to lay him in the dust.-Cologne Gazette.
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