Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-30
FIGHT 4 DRAW .
Cont and Hear Fail to Decide cues
ton of Supremacy.
From the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
ut has always been my lot" said the
man with the sandy whiskers, addressing
the other members of the club, Ito witness
fights and struggles of every sort. KIND ana
dascrfntion. NV presence seems to inspire
in all creatures of the lower kingdom the
desire to engage one another in mortal
combat. If l stop to look at cage OF
monkeys. they show signs of enmity tow
ard one another and soon glorious free
fur-all fight occurs.
You know | used to travel around quite
some before | took TO hitting the bowl,
and when I was in the Rockies sa" some
pretty fierce scraps. The worst ever saw
was between d goat ana bear YOU th!nk
the goat didn't have show, Ell? ell,
there is Il difference in goats. The animal
of which / am speaking was Il devil. lie
belonged TO a fellow whose name was Mike,
and Mike the only one that could come
within four yards Of him. | never saw any
living creature so tull OF asSresslNenesS
and fight. He looked for trouble with MS
feet Ills horns were mis- strongest Weap-
ons, and any lOW-down tactics that he
didn't nave at his hoors ends aren't worth
learning. He had a record OF smashing
every fence within a radius of ten miles,
and every child in the place had at some
time been momentarily deprived of his
wind at the horns OF this beast.
"One day the brute disappeared lie
The JOY of the children was great, but
Nike set great store by Billy, i'll spite of his
pugnacious nature. He came to the con-
clusion that ne had taken to the woods
and suggested that | should accompany
him on a searching expedition. There was
nothing to do in the village but to play
pool on a table that was about as level as
a ducks back, so | allowed that 1 would
like to go along. We set out the next
morning al about > o'clock, and when We
had gone about five miles into the woods
we saw Billy chewing up bushes.
and the firm intention of tying to tree
and throwing d few things into him that
would make him repent of his hayward
hess Mike was advancing cautiously,
when he suddenly gave a yell and skinned
up tree like ape. 1 looked up and saw
a large grizzly bear coming straight Tor US.
| made a dash for the tree next Mikes, and
then we found the time to cuss at each
other for not having bought a gun.
The bear saw the goat and made
straight for him. But Bill scented danger.
His nose quivered and his beard grew stin,
and We knew that there was going to be
trouble Bruin adopted his usual tactics
and advanced on his hind legs. But Bill was
not the goat to be scared by thing like
that and he gathered himself together and
| charged. There was mix-up of goat and
| bear, and Bill emerged from the bunch
! with triumphant CLEAN in his eyes. But
| he had several things to learn yet. AS
| soon as the bear regained his wind he was
! up and willing. and he charged like steam
| engine. Billy lodged, but when he got
| away there was a goodly part of his flank
in the bears claws. Both animals were
now thoroughly enraged, and each was
careful They circled around until Mr..
| Bruin could think of nothing better to do
| than to repeat his hind leg act. But this
| again proved to be his downfall. Billy adj
| livered fierce butt and belly blow The
| bear went down and this time Billy i'm
proved his time.
while Bruin was recovering his wind