Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-02

cisive blow. The tiger retreat.d, feint-
ing 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 the air and bound
ed cleanly over his enemy's back, land
ing twenty feet away. There was
roar of applause and the lion looked
disgusted.
Again the lion forced the tiger back
to the wall. This time, instead of es-
Gaping with leap, the tiger suddenly
ran in, head almost to the ground,
aiming for the lions legs. Atlas met
him with downward whack which
would have broken the neck Of bull,
but did not even shake the tigers head.
Then they rose on their hind legs, ex-
actly 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.
Infghting did not seem to please
either combatant. When they broke
away they were scanned and gashed
and the blood was pouring down their
fanks. The tiger had landed three
blows to the lions one, but the lion ;
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 skunk
away and hugged the wall, trying TO
regain his wind, while Atlas, roaring
furiously, stood his ground in the cen-
tire, the blood dripping from twenty
ugly wounds.
After few moments rest the tiger
came forward and began to circle
round and round the enemy. \ couple
Of short rushes by the lion failed to
effect anything and the African mon-
arch looked worried. Seeing an sp-
parently favorable opening, he charged
at the tiger. who darted out of danger,
and then, turning like bird upon the
wing, leaped upon the lions back
There WAS another 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 ter
rible right swings as the tiger backed
away. The jungle terror, staggered
by the blow, made off to safe dis
tance, and then sat upon hi. launches
watching and studying the effect Of
the last tussle.
The lion had been badly msuled.
There were two long rips across his
back, and blood streamed from deep
tooth prints on his shoulders. He was
painting hoarsely, and it was evident
that his wind was not as good as his
adversarys. The tiger inspected him
a moment, and then came clrcing on
again. There was another bull-like
rush by the lion, and the tiger met
him fairly, plying his claws like de-
mon. When the next breathing spell
came, the lion, evidently out Of breath,
sank heavily to his knees, while the
tiger, his stripes obliterated by the fast
flowing blood, seemed far the stronger
of the two.
THE TIGERS FIGHT.
1t was the tigers fight, and he
knew it. He sprang at the stagger-
ing lion, took fearful chop on the
nose without Aiuchlug, and set his
teeth in the Africans harry throat.
They w1estled desperately, and the
! lions heavy name saved him from
suffocation. Great mouthfuls Of the
long coarse hair catching IN the tigers
teeth not only prevented him from
getting death grip, but so material
ly interfered with his respiration that
he had to release his hold, wbereupon
the lion swatted him tremendous
left uppercut, and set him tumbllug
twenty feet away.
1t was evidently nearing the finish,
despite the rallying power and indom-
liable courage of the lion. He could
hardly turn to follow the motions Of
the tiger, and the striped fellow, still
strong upon his legs, was again NOV
| ing snakelke around his victim The
tig darted in and the lion missed
clean with both claws. Over they
went; the tiger worked fore and hind
paws frantically, and in less than for
ty seconds had ripped the liOn's body
fairly into shreds. Atlas, with one
last effort, threw the tiger off, strove
to roar, fell PROSTATE on the sand and
died. The tiger had won, and the
Gaekwar had lost $1,000 rupees.
A RUPEE IS WORTH ABOUT 80 CENTS.
,rra gror4groa1 70 tba = ,ir,,+