The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-14
Goat and Bear Fail to Decide Cues
ton of Supremacy.
New York SUM-

| tAoA VI supremacy.
New York Sum-
1T has always been my lot" said the
man with the sandy whiskers, address
ing the other members of the club ito
! witness fights and struggles of every
sort, kind and description. My pres
| ence seems TO inspire in all creatures
OF the lower kingdom the desire to en-
gage one another in mortal combat. If
L stop TO look at cage of monkeys.
they show signs of enmity toward one
, another and soon a glorious free-for-al
! fight occurs
You know l used to travel around
quite some before l took to hitting the
/ bowl, and when | was in the Rockies I
saw some pretty fierce scraps The
worst | ever saw was between a goat
and a bear. You think the goat didn't
nave show, Ell? Well there is a diff
ference in goats The animal of which
| am speaking was a devil. He be-
longed to. fellow whose name was
Mike. and Mike was the only one that
could come within four yards of him.
l never saw any living creature so full
of asgressiveness and fight He looked
for trouble with his feet. His horns
were his strongest weapons. and any
low-down tactics that he didn't have
at his hoof's ends aren't worth learn
ing. 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 depriv-
ed of his wind at the horns of this
beast.
'One day the brute disappeared. He
could not be found anywhere in the vii
lage. The joy of the children was
great, but Mike set great store by
Billy, in spite of his pugnacious ma
ture. he came to the conclusion that
he had taken TO the woods and sug-
gested that | should accompany him on
searching expedition. There was
nothing to do in the village but to play
pool on a table that was about as level
as ducks back. so l allowed that I
would like to go along. We set out the
next morning at about 5 o'clock, and
when we had gone about five miles
into the woods we saw Billy chewing
up bushes
Mike went after him with a rope
and the firm intention of tying him to
a tree and throwing a few things into
him that would make. him repent of his
waywardness. Mike was advancing
cautiously. when he suddenly gave a
yell and skinned up a tree like an ape
l looked up and saw a large grizzly
bear coming straight for US. l made a
dash for the tree next Mikes, and then
we found the time to cuss at each
other for not having brought a gun
1.-The bear saw the goat and made
straight for him. But Bill scented
danger. His nose quivered and his
beard grew stiff. 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 a thing like that,
and he gathered himself together and
charged. There was a mix-up of goat
and bear. and Bill emerged from the
bunch with a triumphant CLEAN in his
eyes. But he had several things to
learn yet AS soon as the bear regain
ed his wind he was up and willing, and
he charged like a steam engine. Billy
lodged, but when he got away there
was goodly part of his flank in the
bears claws Both animals were now
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 advanced with a dancing ap-
proach and delivered a fierce butt and
belly blow. The bear went down and
this time Billy improved his time.
while Bruin was recovering his
wind the second time Billy jumped
about yard in the air and landed
on the bears side with his
legs rigid. II he had been little
heavier he would have finished his op-