The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
COAT AND BEAR IIGHT A DR8W
Bruin Was Uscd 10 and The Fight was
Taken Out Of Billy.

1T has always been my lot" said the man with
the sandy wLiskcts. addressing the other mem
bers Of the club. ito witness fights and struggles
OF every sort kind and description. My presence
seems 10 nspir, in oil creatures Of the lower King
dom the desire 10 engage one another in mortal
combat II stop to look At a cage Of monkeys.
they show signs Of emily toward ono another
and soon glorious frcc.for.n all fight occurs
"Iou know / used TO travel around quite some
before took 10 hitting the bowl. and when was
In the Rockies saw some pretty fierce scraps.
The worst ever saw was between n goat ard a
bear. You think the goat didn't have a show,
ch' Well. there is a difference in goats The
animal Of which am speaking was a devil lie
belonged TO a fellow whose name was Mike, and
Mike was the only one that could come within
four yards Of HIM never saw amy living crcn-
turc 80 full OF aggrcssivencss and fight lie
looked for trouble with his feet His horns were
his strongest weapons and any low down tactics
that he didn't have at his hoofs' ends aren't
worth learning lie had record Of smashing
every fence within radius Of ten miles and every
child In the place had at some time been momrn.
tanly deprived OF his wind at the horns Of this
beast
one dhv tho brute disappeared lie could
not be found anywhere in the village The joy
Of the children was great but Mike set great store
came 10 the conclusion that lie had taken TO the
woods. aud suggested that 1 should accompany
him on searching expedition. There was moth.
ing ~ do in the village but u play pool on table
that was about as level as q ducks back 10 I
allowed that | would Ike 10 go elonc. We set
hr had gone about i've miles into the woods wo
saw ltilly chewing up bushes
Mike went after him and with a rome and the
htm intention u' tNinC him to tree and throwing
afcw things into him that would make him repent
OF his waywnrdness Mike was advancing eau.
uouSly. when he suddenly gave yell and skinned
up tree like an ape | looked up and saw a
larre Etzly bear coming stIniTht for us I made
dash for the tree next Mik"s. and then we
found the time 10 cuss at each other for not hay.
"rhe bear saw the goat and made straight for
him But Bill scented danger His nose quivered
was going 70 be trouble Bra!n adopted bis usual i
not the goat 10 be scsred by a thing like that and
he gathered himself together and charged,
.mse Sc bnnc 81 rS ana SS and m
In his eve But he had several things TO Learn
yet As soon IS the bear regained his wind he
engine Billy dndged, but when he got away
there was a goodly part Of his flank in the bear
fass and each %ss cseu TSev eTceG Around fn
until Mr. Bruin could think ~ nothing better 10
70 he Ss Ss leg S @ sr
dancing approach and delivered a fierce butt and
belly bow The bear went down aud this time
while Bruin was recovering his wind the second
time. Billy jumped about yard in tho air and
lhnncu HlnhrclN on tnc Dear = SIDE Win MS legs
rigid. II he had been a little heavier he would
have finished his opponent right there But he
wasn't aud his triumph was shortlived The
bear arose and once more returned 20 the charge
This time he WAS out for blood lie went foi
Billy and Billy went for him
In snitc Of great generalship. Billy found him
self within the bears hug We thought IL was
all nG with him, and so !, would have been Il fate
hadn't taken hand II 40 happeneh that the
bear had ltlllv wrong end TO- That is he was
grasping Rillvs hind quarters with his forepaws
And then Rilly did a deed that will always max,
him famous In goat history lie nearly kicked
that bears head OIL The donkey family IL sup
posed to be pretty efficient in this pa ticulnr line
But all records ever made nv jackasscs or any
thing else that pretcnds to he able 10 wrigge is
feet were thrown in the shade. Words are no
adequate to describe the way that goat kicked
Blly's hind legs worked up and down fast thu
you couldn't see them
pretty soon the bear Yet go and neither he mol
Billy moved, We came down and iRv~stiga ted
That bear didn't have n feature left What had
been his face looked like piece Of corned beef
We found that all his ribs were broken on one sd'
and seven on the other"
What became n the goat7- asked a listener.
"He recovered, but he was never the sAme goat
The bear had Rugged all the fight out Of him.