The age-herald., 1898-04-24
BULL AID LION.
Mexican Fight in Which the King of Beasts Dld
 Himself No Credit.

tween bull and two lions, which has
 been briefly described in a telegram to
 the Sun: The Herald says:
 The contest between an African lion and a Mexican bull, which was announced for yesterday afternoon (April s. at the h. dianilla race track, attracted large crowd, eager to witness a most novel sight. All Mexico was there, and every rank of so- ciety was represented from caplnet Hill isters to Fra Diayolo.
 Some of the persons present were curi- ous to see the Santin bull which El Eel- iano had chosen to encounter the Ion, ana, led by their curiosity, they approached the pen cage, where, in spite of the remon- Strances of the gendarmes, they lifted the cloth which yelled the noble animal from view. It was then perceived that the bull was fine-looking beast but was bind CT one eye. It was naturally supposed that this fact would hamper it in the fight and
 remarks were heard to the effect that El Ecijano had not performed his task of se- lection with due judgment How grossly these people were mistaken was proved
 by the sequel
 After the two really excellent races had
 been run off the wooden cage containing
 the lion was wheeled to the pen cage con-
 taining the bull; the gates were adjusted and the sliding door of the lions cage was
 saised. At the same time several peons who stood round the pen cage grasping the cloth, gave 1t pull and a shout of ap- plause rent the air as the cloth fell away
 and the interior of the pen cage became visible to the multitude With single bound the lion sprang into the middle or the pen and there in cloud or aust the encounter began.
 The Bull Victorious
 It might also be said that there 1t end- ed The bull was admirably prepared.
 Lowering his head, he charged the lion, lifted it up from the ground as If 1t had been as light a feather, and dashed it against the bars of the cage, which, though strong, were bent outward, so tremendous wa ,sthe impact with which the bull hurled his foe against them.
 The king of beasts had had enough or the encounter. With a roar of rage and
 pain it started to enoircle the pen, seek ing an egress, while the bull stood in the centre paving the ground.
 At last the lion placed itself in a pitiabe posture against the bars, sitting on it's haunches and with it's fore paws resting upon the cross-bars. There he sat painting and every now and then looking abjectly over toward the bull. Naturally there was
 great enthusiasm among the public at the victory of the noble animal which, in sav- age freedom roams the mountain plains or the great haciendas of the State of Mexico over the vaunted monarch of the African desert.
 All fight had oozed out of the lion, but one of the attendants succeeded in att tracting the attention of the bull once more and even the lion made feeble attempt to bounce at the head of his antagonist
 But the result was sure, sharp and de- cisive, as it had been before. Again the lion was gored, lifted like an infant ana tossed against the clattering bars Of the pen. This time the lion absolutely rolled over on it's back, but recovered itself suf- fciently to crouch in the most ahject fash ion in a corner of the cage, no longer even daring to look at it's formidable antagon- ist There were renewed cries of BraVo toro" "Viva Mexico" and "Otro leon. Congressional Methods
 MT A Constant Ficq here proceeded to
 pull, twist and stamp on the lions tall.
 If gave an intermitten growl, which, how
 ever, seemed more like a plaintive wall
 than that sound which is said to strike
 terror into the heart of the wayfarer Tn
 the desert The twisting process did not
 arouse its fighting qualities the least bit. An attendant also tried to push the non away from the side of the cage with a pole, but neither was this Of any avali, for the animal used it's strength, which 1t had not brought into play with any erect against the bull, in stubbornly resisting the attempt to make it budge
 The efficacy of a red cloth tied to pole was then tried in getting the bull to at tack the lion. But the bull did not seem to see the necessity of attacking an en- tirelv massive foe. Now and again the
 hull started to charge and the lion to spring from it's corner and each time the multitude tried to stimulate the animals
 with yells and vociferations. But 1t was
 all to no effect. Several persons who In
 their eagerness had mounted on tnelr
 chairs and stood excitedly waving their
 handkerchiefs called for firecrackers which
 are occasionally used in bull-hghts to
 stimulate sluggish bull into combattive-
 ness. but the trouble was that there were no firecrackers to be had.
 Second Lion
 It was clear that no effort to stimulate the animals into fighting would be of any avail, and so Mir. Ficq announced that the other lion would be turned in. The first lion was lassoed and dragged back into it's cage and the cage containing the other lion was wheeled to the pen and the gates adjusted It was very interesting to watch the preparedness of the bull 1t stood in the centre of the pen facing the lions cage ready for the onslaught.
 "Oue bien prevenido esta" was the ex- clamation of a Mexican gentleman who was struck by the animals admirable pose. Another Victory
 The lion sprang into the pen and made for the bull but the tactics of the bull and their results were the same as before. If hurled the lion into the air with as much ease as one throws up dollar when tossing for heads or tails The lion when released from the bulls horns, tried 10
  top had not been securely covered would have got out.
 But. as in the former case, the bull, hav- ing once gained an advantage over its as- sojlant showed no disposition to continue inc fight The managers, however, were determined to bring off some kind of an encounter The brother of "El EciJano, speaking of the lion with great contempt. declaring "que tenia la sangre muy chata. fixed a sharp spike at the end of pole and pricked the bull from behind This caused the bull to turn round and charge aeainst the bars of the pen, and to direct lis attention against the lion another at tendant approached the spot where the lion crouched and kept waving red nag
 over it's head This produced the desired
 result. for the bull charged down on the lion, goring it as it lay on the ground, crunching it's bones, driving its head into
 its maw and actually breaking off it's fangs with the furious onslaught of it's horns.
 The lion lay almost crushed while the
 blood flowed plentifully from It's maw. El