Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-04-01
FLEW De COOP!
Wildcat Escapes and STAN.
pedes Crowd.
HALCYON AND VOCIFEROUS
TIME.
Fun, rRoLIc AND FIGHTING GANQRE.

4 jestic march seldom lowers its dig
nifty by indulging in the frivolity
of scare headlines, but there was
such large "mnjawerty" of hal
cyon ana vociieEous times at the
wildcat fight at ReyISldsville last
Saturday that we dlpart from our
custom for the noncc, in recogni-
tion of the occasion.
Probably the classic village of
Reynoldsyilie never before wit
sessed such a large gathering. The
number that collected to see the
sport is estimated at from 200 to
400 people. with from Is to 70 dogs,
and a gentleman says he counted
an even dozen of candidates. Therk
were prominent men there from,
Sharpsburg, Sherburne and Bethel,
and the neighborhood turned out
in force. A dozen or SO went from
Owingsville. There were decided
evidences that a part of the crowd
brought stimulants.
The sentiment of-the crowd was
anti-wildcat by about twenty to
one. A large chicken-coop abe It
ten feet square was secured for the
fighting arena and the wildcat put
in it. A preliminary collection of
about seven dollars was made from
the spectators. The vanquished
East Fork dog was there with
blood in his eye and the burning
ardor of revenge in his bosom. 1t
was agreed that he should be given
the frst chance at the cat, that he
might try and redeem his reputa-
ton lost on the previous Saturday.
The door was opened and the East
Fork canine was pushed into the
coop. He went for the cat, appar-
emily to do the feline or die in the
attempt. 1t happened that the
guardian Of the door failed to close
it when the Dc was put in, an6
the cat had on the opening.
AS the d at the cat the cat
ensfiyJ him and bounded out
the door, .hting on Clarence Pow
ers' back. As anybody would have
been under the circumstances, Clar-
ence was in frenzy to shake the
cat off. He started on the run and
the crowd became panic stricken.
They broke in all directions, re-
gardlcss of distractions like fences.
Panel after panel of fence was
broken down, and the uproar
scared the large number of horses
hitched further away. The horses
nearly every one with a panel
or part of a panel of fence
went ripping and tearing in all
directions, scattering wreckage
over the face of the earth. 1t is
said by some that, in all, about two
hundred panels Of fencing were
torn down.
In the meantime Clarence got
rid of the cat, retaining a memento
of his unpleasant burden in the
rents made by the cats claws in his
overcoat. When the cat got to the
ground he started on a hunt for
the backwoods and solitude. The
crowd rallied and, with the dogs,
made chase. The cat made towards
the toll-gate dwelling. 1t SO hap
pened that one of the spectators in
the first breakaway of the crowd
took that same direction. A rel
atfve and friend tells on him that
he looked over his shoulder and
saw the cat coming towards him
and, of course, thought the cat
wanted to execute summary ven
geance upon him. Never was such
a race seen. The gentleman reached
the dollhouse a short distance
ahead Of the cat, bursted in the
door and almost tainted. The cat
darted under the house. The gen.
tleman denies it, but says he only
went to see whittier the cat was
Ijourneying.
On came the crowd, and what
with the yelping of the dogs and
the roar Of the crowd il seemed as
il a quarter section of sheol had
broken loose. Every fellow, nearly,
had a club or missile or some other
weapon of offense and defense and
was giving his Interpretation of the
view halloo, all plumb beside them.
selves with excitement. The house
was surrounded and various meth.
DDS devised to expel the cat from
his hiding place, some of the dogs
too, crawling under and giving
voice and battle to the cat. As only
} a small proportion could get /,
sight by looking under the hous,
, the excitement of the balance wa,
raised to a pitch of frenzy by tn,
J noise and uncertainty of how tn,
} combat was waging. One gentleman
was down on his hands and knee
} looking under at the cat. His pan
falcons were tightly stretched. An
other gentleman interested in tn,
cat mistook him for one of his as
. sistants whom he wanted to advis,
with and flicked him gently with
, buggy whip. That failing to cal
his attention he gave him a smar
flick on the skin tight clothing, tina
made stinging pains shoot over tn
person of the flickee. With that tn
fiickee came up with a rock in hi
hand and was going to bounce i
off of the head of the flicker whel
5 mutual friends interferred and du
! explanations and apologies wer
made.
. After so long a time the cat wa
E ousted and he happened to leav
his retreat right where DIR. Feland'