Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-09-02

william Pickett OF Texas tights bulls
unarmed and subdues tho herce& of them
with his teeth. An exciting contest re-
park in the presence OF 500 people. One Of
the widest bulls In Texas had been pro-
cured for tho occasion, and he was In ex-
eellont fighting shape, with a steam pres
sure Of $50 pounds to the square inch. The
arena was cleared, and the spectators hekl
their breath when the fcrocious animal
was ushered into tho ring snorting furi'
ously. Hundreds were reminded of a
Mexican bullfght, save that Pickett, who
entered from the other side, was not
mounted. Nor did no have weapon; save
his teeth and his bare hands. Nor had he
made any especial preparations for tho
event, except that he wore a tight fitting
suit to prevent any danger OF becoming
entanglcd with the animals horns. Tho
bull galloped wildly around the ring few
times, frightened at the sight of tho thou
sands present He snortcd and beloved
and paved the ground after he had recon-
noitercd and found no method OF escape.
A great cheer, prolonged to the echo, arose
from 500 throats when Pickett appeared
through a doorway on tho side and al.
vanced to meet his dumb opponent, with
which he was to compete for the cham
pionship not only of Texas, but Of the
world. -.
Pickett lost no time. He made for the
bull but the animal rushed at him, head
on, and almost succeeded in goring him
with ono Of his long, sharp horns. Pick
~ f~,p win
several agile fcints he made a dead rush
for the animal and seized him by the
horns. The bull struggled furiously. Tho
crowd cheered itself hoarse. Pickett held
Oh. With one dexterous movement, born
of long practice, he twisted the animal 8
head to one side Quite as quickly no
stopped, still holding fast to tho horns,
though every instant It, looked as though
his life would be crushed out, and seized
the animals underlip with his teeth,
while the vast crowd yelled. Just how he
did It none could see, for he was too far
away from tho seats, but the result was
apparent even at that distance. The bull
beloved like mad and eendeavored to
shake of the unwieldy burden by which
he was weighted down. He paved and
Dcraped and shook his ponderous head,
UuO ACkct6 S11ll uolU OIL ~ nave Eolett6
cd his hold would have meant death. The
bull would have stamped him to pieces in
q minute: The crowd continued to yell
It was the finest exhibition Of courage
they had ever seen. With particularly
agile movement Pickett, still hanging tc
2 the lip and the wide horns, swung his legi
above the level Of his head and twisted
them around the bull neck. The crowd
It seemed for a minute would go Wild
Men and women shouted until they could
! shout no more. A heavy backward move
nent Of his body, tighter grip of thu
quivering underlip, q totter, stagger
and all was over. That massive bull, Al
wild as mustang, was on the ground, ap
parently dead. Pickett had won, hands
down.. 81 a.., d = - rs,rs ~ 4y 9 "a
Another sensational story Of a combat
y between man and beast comes from Paris
henri de- Varny, q retired captain, Of TIL
merchant marine, living In the Rue tale
ola, Ia. the owner of large orang ontang
which he brought with him from Borne<
I Two years.ago. The orang outang, like al
great apes, IL seldom Doodle and always
treaoheropS. De Varny's ape became /,
terror 70 all the neighbo1. It inflictes
4 serious Injury ON several Of them. No on