The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-11
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS


: was expected OF him. He was not a yer,
Z feTocious locking fellow. not very big
2 with long wicked locking horns. hat wiz
5 a kind ooutenpiative eye. ] thoOsht-
The lion. magnificent specimen. was
r not looking for trouble and seemed [,
conclude % retire and give the bun q
+ chance for the center Of TIE stage. - h
simply staIked into his own particuial
, cage ard laid down. patiently awaisins
, his cue \ big red-faced man who had
been making grand-Staud plays gave i
b. him ~ throwing what looked to be a
glass Of water over him. he came ont
with roar which was the aaaouucsmen;
Of battle TO the bun. He threw his taa
Up. his head down. pawing The sand il
clouds over his hack and made fiercs
plunge al the lion. with lowered head
The lion gave q leap for as back. was
Z caught on the broad hornsof The bun and
tossed high into the air. turning a som
mersauit. and landed or his hack stunned
and breathIsss. The hun worried him
around a couple OF times and backed
OF as Z time had been called and that
! was the end Of round one.
People stood up and howled ard whis-
Z tied. yelling first fan for the bull
Had che lion succeeded 81 his leap for
+ the back Of the bull. II would have ended
+ the fight right there. u was said that was
what ,he experienced ones anticipated.
/ but he failed and 50 the bull had the most
Of the betting.
The lion got up after a Few seconds.
leaned against the bars painting and an
g-y. Strange 10 say he was not gored
M Mood s-r ~ 49, r.ar~T
The lion wanted 10 rest but the rcd
faced man prodded him with an iron
bar and he turned and growled az him
The bun came at him again with "A sick
ening lunge al him again with a sick
expected 70 see them protruding through
on the other side with blood flowing in
streams. 1 couldn't stand it any longer
aud covered my face with ms hands
after an instant. glancing through my
fingers. saw the lion turning hand
springs in the air. with the bull DOING the
turning IL ended up with the lion hang
ing 20 the side Of the bulls head one -
his front legs bent over the butts horas
and he dashing wildly around the en-
closure The interest was intense; the
whole thing was novelty. What would
happen next
After a vigorous shake OF his head the
bull dropped the great snarilng bulk.
backed away and stood looking al him.
He never seemed 10 want 10 attack the
lion while he was down. thus ending
round three
The lion dragged himself 10 his box
and seemed 10 be suffering intensely. lie
had an awful agony look on his face I
was getting sick and ashamed Of myself
After a pause the crowd became i'm
patient yelling 1t tora. IN torar
Punch the bun,~ NO. No. punch the
lion. and the bull viii do the rest. Al
this the crowd laughed. And they did
punch the lion. but the lion seemed 10
appreciate the chilvary CT the bun and
wouldn't move. He just snarled ard
clawed at the wretches who were prod
ding him. lie seemed 20 hate them worse
than be did the bull
Then came the CRY Of Fake Fake.
and he OF the red face came forward and
commenced TO harauguo the crowd %
was the most iaughable thing Z ever saw.
This man was trying % explain 70 the
crowd but IL refused 20 listen. buzzed and
hooted. the man growing stiil more red
der and be worked his arms Ike a wind
1fnhl Jumped up and down. raised lrst
one leg and then the other. Then the
crowd caught on % the fan ~ thiaes
and how Il did laugh. To was but ore
step from tragedy % comedy. Through
il al We caught the words The lion Is
ike man. he Is no good with broken
leg All come or. his Lex IS all right
"Faket- Fake" Meanwhile the buu
never for an instant took his eyes on the /.
ION But fhe Hon didn't care lie was
tired
some one cried. shake red rag 90 tho /
bull" Good suggestion. one ~ the supes f
appeared with an old faded red table +
cloth on q pole pushed g through the
bars and waved 10 oyer our Ecega f
old bull who really wasn't tIt -
bully That made him frantic HoU 80
did - for that hated ensign and 81 haa 4
il was Withdrawn he vas - enragsd 4
he fairly tore up the earth and fbsi39Tesi 4
aad 1ir Lion got the fiil here1t re
rushed at him caught him CA BE aoriis. .
threw him again and again iuf1 TIE 1lr
hattcd him over ard over on ire ground
ana against the iron cags. DE Didn't
seeHa % knox when % q1it. bpE nnaiiy
vben he saw 81 didn't move am more.
hacked away. bleeding at the nose. ard
That IS al The blood that vas Spilled tur-
ing che whole combat
u vas the most pazziirg fhing Why
-hose loue sharp horns dillt gore ard
tear mat loose skinned ilon into shrels
The lion played poss-m for while
faaHy drew himself ~ o. the freaay
tars ard seemed o say IL Z ever move
azain. j. wHi - when r. dead ~ i1cooT"