The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
TIGER vANQU1sHEs LION.
(Contlnued from Sixth page.)

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 lion is; big enough to eat an elephant, tusks and all!'
 There was little time for further speculation, for the tiger was crawling forward crouched almost flat upon the ground and evidently measuring the distance for a spring, while the lion, flashing his sides with his heavy tail, emitted deep-voiced roar and stood firmly braced awaiting the onslaught. The tiger got his distance gauged and rose in the air like a great yellow rock ct. As he shot through space the lion rose on his hind legs and received him even as the Highlanders at Waterloo took Napoleon's cavalry upon their bayonets. There was crash, chorus of horrible yells and blood-curdling snarls, and then two great bodies roll ed over and over in a cloud of sand.
 The mighty fighters regained their feet and shook themselves free. As they parted from the clinch the lion swung his right paw squarely on the tigers head. The blow shot in so fast that even the supple cat could not avoid the stroke, and the huge claws ripped away an ear and tore the skin of the
 
 in heap rolled the tiger, and the lion rushed in to complete his victory. His claws tore only dust, for the tiger, re- gaining his presence of mind twisted lithely aside and escape annihilation.
 Even money that the lion lands a clean knockout blow!" cried Bom- bay merchant in an upper box. There were no takers, and tiger money be- vtror tbn ringside. The lion advanced, growing flashing with his tail, and evidently looking for chance to deal one decis- i've blow. The tiger retreated, fenting from side to side, till he felt his tail brush the wood of the side wall. Then, just as the lion rushed on, the tiger sprang high in air and bounded clean- ly over his enemys back, landing twenty feet away. There was a roar of applause, and the lion looked disgusted.
 Again the lion forced the tiger back to the wall. This time, instead of es- caping with a leap, the tiger suddenly ran in, head almost to the ground, aim- ing for the lions legs. Atlas met him with a downward whack which would have broken the neck of bull but did not even shake the tigers head. Then SiSJ iOoC Oll LHSll lllHQ lSSoy SAdCIly as fighting dogs are often seen to do, and exchanged right and left swings for at least three minutes while the crowd went wild with delight and cheered like madmen.
 In-fighting did not seem to please either combatant. When they broke away they were scanned and gashed and the blood was pouring down their o,,1yr 1,nI 1ox, blows to the lions one, but the lions swings evidently had much more force in them, for the gashes in the tigers hide were the deeper and apparently the more enfeebling. The tiger slunk away and hugged the wall, trying to regain his wind, while Atlas, roaring furiously, stood his ground in the cen- ter, the blood dripping from twenty ugly wounds.
 After a few moments rest the tiger came forward and began to circle round the enemy. A couple of short rushes by the lion failed to affect any thing, and the African monarch looked worried. Seeing an apparently favor able opening, he charged. at the tiger who darted out of danger, and then 1 turning like bird upon the wing. leap , other fearful struggle; the big bodies now streaked with blood and Drowned with dust, rolled half way across the ring, and the lion shook himself free, delivering one of his terrible right | swings as the tiger backed away. The | jungle terror, staggered by the blow, made off to a safe distance, and then | sat upon his launches, watching and | S+, off oft Joc +,,os
 The lion had been badly mauled. | There were two long rips across his back, and blood streamed from deep | tooth prints on his shoulders. He was 1 panting hoarsely, and it was evident that his wind was not as good as his | adversary's. The tiger inspected him a moment, and then came circling on again. There was another bul-like | rush by the lion and the tiger met him i fairly, plying his claws like demon. When the next breathing spell came, the lion, evidently out of breath, sank heavily to his knees, while the tiger, his stripes obiterated by the fast flow ing blood seemed far the stronger of the two.
 It was the tigers fight, and he knew it. He sprang at the staggering lion, IOOh tt lCdIlul CllOp OIl IllC lOSG WllilOuI f1inching, and set his teeth in the Afi- can's hairy throat. They wrestled des- perately and the lions heavy mane saved him from suffocation. Great mouthfuls of the long coarse hair catching in the tigers teeth not only prevented him from getting a death grip, but so materially interfered with his respiration that he had to release his hold, whereupon the lion swatted him a tremendous left uppercut, and sent him tumbling twenty feet away
 It was evidently nearing finish, de- spite the rallying power and indomita- ble courage of the lion. He could now hardly turn to follow the motions of the tiger, and the striped fellow, still strong upon his legs, was again moving snake like around his victim. The tiger dart ed in and the lion missed clean with both paws Over they went; the tiger worked fore and hind paws frantically, and in less than forty seconds had rip ped the lions body fairly into shreds. Atlas, with one last effort, threw the tiger off, strove to roar, fell prostrate on the sand, and died. The tiger had
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