The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18

ing The gray stallion, though q little
smaller, answered his challenge, and came
out from the herd of mares When with
In 300 yards Of one another the two beasts
came 70 a halt, turned and faced their
respective herds, paving the earth and
neighing fercely. bending their shapeiy
necks and making the preliminary -four
shes Of two swordsmen> about to indulge
in a duel a Ia mort
This lasted for about ten minutes,
when both animals wheeled and rushed
for one another ike cannon balls Nearer
and nearer they came in their mad career,
and we were waiting for the moment when
the two gland beasts must come together
with tremendous impact. But, mol for
when Within twenty feet OF each other
they came back on their launches and
stopped short. They eyed each other eau
tiously, as If waiting for an opening. and
then with a last defiant neigh they leaped
to the encounter.
THE struggle lasted for fun ten min
utes. and no words can describe It. II
was a clash of giants. Hector and
Achilles. and no conflict around the walls
of ancient Troy ever brought greater
prowess into play. The two champions
rushed at one another time and time
again like immense catapults. They
fought with tooth and hoof. and no other
sound could be heard but the furious shock
throes of mortal combat. The two herds,
which had meanwhile come nearer to the
scene, gazed on their leaders as II carved
in stone We crept closer that we might
view the night.
THE great beasts could be seen rear
ing in the air, and the beams OF the moon
in that clear atmosphere gave TO their
forms a supernatural size. At times they
were locked together like wrestlers their
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striking out in all directions with the
force of pile drivers. Their labored pants
sounded in the deep stiffness like the puffs
OF locomotives, and IL was evident that
both were firing One more terrific col
lision and all was over. A sharp rally,
and then the ghostly form OF the big gray
stallion reared alone, and on the ground
lay the PROSTATE form of his foe. The
victor gave a few exultant neighs. short
and trumpet-like. white he dashed his fall
en- antagonist withahis heels.
Soon there was movement in both
herds, and with the same military exact
ness we had noticed before. each body
rushed forward. There was no warning
signal or challenge of attack. 1t was a
spontaneous desire for combat. II seemed
as II the very heavens were falling in.
The din and crash as they swept together
was terrific. and in the clear moonlight
we could see the rolling mass OF the con-
testants surging like a huge wave over
the plain. At the end of a few minutes,
and as suddenly az II had commenced.
the battle terminated. and the two herds
slowly separated. We noticed that the
conquered stallion already had a success
sor. which led the mares OF the defeated
troop away. We then saw some of the
results OF this conflict. for here and there
the plain was dotted with the bodies of
the dead. The great gray led of his herd,
iimping but victorious.
HE afterward fen a victim to the bullet
OF -puncher, who complained that
ne was demoralizing all the horses in that
part of Arizona"