The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28

fused 10 move for anybody. A couple of
panthers were again hastily introduced
into the cage with the bull in the hope of
stirring things up.
But the bull merely licked one panther
on the nose and wagged his tail at the
other, while the show was declared off on
account of darkness. Then everybody
filed out in disgust and the man with the
tiger, panthers and pitchforks, sailed for
foreign shores by the first steamer Such
was the last performance in the plaza
de Toros de Manila and nowadays noth-
ing marks the little ticket-office. over
whose window are the word 'Bllletes de
SOL"
While the Philippines are strangely des-
titute of wild beasts on the whole. yet the
wild boar is found in the mountain jungles
and the wild mountain caribou or buffalo
is said to exist in certain remote districts
Had it been possible TO have put one Of
these wild oxen with the tiger in the
cage there is no doubt that no matter how
active the latter, the caribou could easily
have made away with him; for these I'M
tanned brothers of the patient beasts of
burden that do all the pulling and hauling
in Manila's streets are furious in their on
slaught, and, with their short, sharp
horns, will speedily put an end to nearly
every foe.
The tame caribou-or dray-horse of the
Philippines-is a peculiar animal TO be
thus homestead ted. His skin Is smooth and
black his horns fiat and Lonesome times
reaching six feet from point TO point-and
his gait as slow as life itself in the Phil
ppines. Where cows milk Is scarce that
of the caribou comes into the market. and
there have been days al time in Manila
when the peculiar oily taste to ones tea
betokened that the milk of the water buff
falo was filing the market Curiously
of mos
sensitive to the sun and heat, and if made
to work too long without getting a chance
to wallow in the mud will drop down and
die In their tracks. Regarded a. more or
less sacred by the government, they can
not be slaughtered but are nevertheless
often badly treated by natives, who only
know how to treat the fighting-cock de-
Gently.
Him they care for like their own chill
dren, and in times OF fire the husband viii
carry The rooster TO a place of safety
while the wife brings out the babies II
pulling out useless feathers cleaning his
hill, trimming his comb. and paiting his
chest does the rooster of the Philippines
any good, he should be one of the most
favored birds in existence. On Sundays
and holidays he goes where his owner
goes, and tucked up under one arm is
carried around TO call on other fighting
cocks in the vicinity. On such occasions
every back yard will show a little bout
taking place between two rival birds and
often the owners keep the combatants
from coming at 100 close quarters by
holding them by the legs. When months
Of training and pitting have made the
rooster realize what ne is good for, his
first battle at the cock pit draws nigh
and his owner often stakes the results Of
long savings on the outcome. If the bird
is victorious 1t means great rejoicing in
the small nipa hut where lives its owner;
IL not the family browns its sorrow by
having feast Of the remains
Thursdays and Sundays are times OF
gerat activity al the cockpit and on these
occasions the crowd assemblies from all di-
rections, nearly all bringing their ROSTERS
10 see. If not to take part I'm the contest.
Outside the gates TO the great thacheG
structure, open on the sides and banked
up with stagings, sit a motley crowd on
women, young and old, selling eatables,
whose dark, greasy textures beggar de-
scription, while here and there in the open |
space a couple Of natives will be giving |
their respective ROSTERS a sort Of preimi- |
nary round with each other As the show
goes on inside, shouts and handciappings |
resound at frequent intervals, and a its |
close a multitude Of tw0-wheeled gigs |
carry off the victors and their spells, while |
the losers trudge home through the dust. |
In a land where the fighting cock Is 50 |
idolized the dog does not hold his usual |
place as mans companion and suffers l
from neglect. Outside of the few fox ter |
riers owned by members of the foreign |
colony the Manila dogs are mongrels, !
that sink around the eating-boo kept |
by Chinese, with tails between their legs, |
and make the night dismal by bowling az |
the southern cross. Now and then how
ever, one sees good specimens Of the Chi /
nese chow dog in Manna's streets, and Il
has been my good fortune 20 bring the |
enc that ornamental our hardwood doors