The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-08

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eagles appeared from some mysterious
eyry and sailed and circled above the
scene of the conflict, leisurely and grad
ually dropping nearer to the earth
Almost simultaneously with the appear
ance of the eagles 1 saw the heads OF
half dozen hungry wolves emerge
from the bushes where the fight had be-
gun. 1 knew that the battle must soon
end, and that the eagles and the wolves
| had scented the contest from afar, and
knew by their infallible instinct that 1t
| must result in choice prey for them.
The presence of these hungry birds and
beasts of prey added to the terror of the
conflict
| THE desperate struggle continued.
| The ground was torn up and covered
with blood for many feet around. Both
animals were grievously wounded. 1t
was plain that neither could hold out
| much longer. Manned and CORY they
fought with the certainty of death, the
bear rolling over and over in the dust,
vainly trying to avoid the fatal horns of
his adversary, and the bull ripping,
thrusting and tearing the grizzly with
irresistible ferocity. At last. as If de-
termined to end the conflict. the bull
drew back lowering his head and made
third terrific charge; but, blinded by
the streams Of blood that poured down
his face, he missed his mark, stumbled
and rolled headlong on the ground. In
spite of frightful injuries and great ex-
haustion, the bear turned quickly and
sprang upon his PROSTATE foe. He
seemed to have suddenly invigorated
by this turn of the battle in his favor
With mercilese sweeps of his huge claws
he tore the flesh in great masses from
the bulls side. The advantage the
bear thus obtained over the bull seemed
to be understood by the herd, and the
believing increased dirt was thrown
about in clouds and one big COW drew
near the struggling animals. I believed
for moment that she intended to go to
the aid of the herds PROSTATE leader,
so fierce was her aspect and actions,
but she simply circled around the bear
and the bull, believing and paving.
In the meantime both the eagles and
the wolves grew impatient Of the delay
in the battles ending. The former
would now and then swoop down, as if
to hurry up the finish, uttering harsh
cries, and some waiting wolf would
steal from his covert and make a closer
reconnaissance, swapping and snarlng
in apparent disappointment
1.-The bull and the bear rolled over and
over. Nothing was now to be seen but
a heaving, CORY mass, dimly perceptl-
bic through the dust. AS to weight, the
two fierce and determined brutes were
about equally matched. The bear
had the advantage of the greater agility
and the expert and telling use of two
terrible weapons, his teeth and claws,
while the bull represented more inflex-
ible courage and greater powers of en-
durance. The unfortunate result of
the bulls last charge on the grizzly in
dicated that the latter's qualities would
in few minutes more settle the fight
against the bull, and I was in momen-
tary expectation of seeing such a ter
mination, when, to my establishment,
saw the bear relax his efforts, roll over
from the body of his PROSTATE foe and
drag himself feebly away from the
spot. The grizzly had no sooner aban-
doned his attack on the bull than the
latter was on his feet, bearing himself
as erect and as fierce as ever
Giving his head shake, he lowered
1t for the fourth time, and again
charged. When the dying bear had
dragged himself away from the bull
the eagles actually swooped down upon
him and the wolves sprang from the
thicket into the opening and prepared to
pounce upon him. The bull scattered
the impatient birds and animals as he
swept on his final charge against the
grizzly, and they hastily departed,
shrieking and snarling, The cattle
again added their believing to that of
the bull and acted as if they understood
the favorable turn the fight had taken.
AS the bull hurled himself against the
grizzly the latter braced himself for
last desperate struggle. He struck out
wildly with his paws and the bull fell
back with the force of the grizzly's
blows. The bear sank to the ground,
writhing in agony. The indomitable
courage of the bull here prevailed. |
Blinded and crippled as he was he |
dashed wildly at his foe again. With a
last frantic effort the bear sought to
make his escape scrambling and stag
gerng through the dust But it was
useless. His great strength was gone
The bull plunged his horns again and |
again into the huge form of the dying |
brute as he lay stretched helpless In the |
dust. The bears muscles quivered and |
contracted. He drew his immense paws |
up once or twice in convulsive clutches, |
raised his huge head, gave one agoniz- |
ing groan and fell back dead The vic |
torious bull raised his head, gave voice |
to a deep below and, shaking his head |
triumphantly turned and walked away. |
His progress was slow and painful |
and he stopped and turned at short in
tervals and listened as If to know |
whether his foe would renew the battle. |
He walked nearly hundred yards with
the herd gathering and believing about |
him. Presently his head dropped from
its proud position. He spread his legs
apart as if to brace himself against the
weakness that was telling upon him.
Suddenly he fell as If he had been shot,
a mangled, bleeding mass, and was
soon dead. When I climbed out of the
tree to leave the scene of that terrific
combat the herd of cattle had iisap-
peared on the plain and the eagles and |
the wolves We're screeching, snarling
and fighting over the manged carca sses