The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-21
ROOSTER KILLS A FOX
Unequal Battles In Which the Weaker
Adversaries Won Out--kangaroo
Whips Buffalo.

WHen once an animal temper mas
become thoroughly aroused, 1t Is
strange how utterly regardless il be-
comes of the strength and ability of
the object Of its anger, says London
Answers.
Az Compton Paunceforte, IN Somer.
setshire, a fox was killed In a poul-
try yard by an infuriated cock 1t ap.
pears that the fox made raid on the
young chicks, and. after killing sew
eral belonging to certain hens, turned
its attention to the brood of another.
This conduct. however, the plucky
cock would not permit without strug.
gle, and rushing at the fox, it was
fortunate enough to pierce it in the
eye with its spur penetrated right into
the fox's brain, becoming so securely
fixed that the victor could not remove
1t without the assistance Of a farm
laborer. who had been an interested
spectator Of the contest between the
ill-assorted pair
Another curious contest, between
kangaroo and a buffalo, took place In
large geological park in the north
of England. The two animals, after
breaking loose from their enclosure,
met face to face in an open space In
the park. Without any preliminary
quarrel, the bull made furious on.
slaught on the Kangaroo. which at
first contented itself with an endeav-
or to avoid the charge
After few moments, however the
bulls attention became altogether too
personal to pass unrebuked, and, using
its hoofs as battering rams. the, kan.
garoo belabored the buffalo in the
most effective manner. Roaring and
believing the irate buffalo made re.
peated attempts to gore its antagonist
to death. but with scant success, the
kangaroo proving most slippery
foe The fray waxed furious for
over an hour at the end of which time
the buffalo retired, not before, how.
ever. its carcass bore unmlstakable
signs of the kangaroo's attention
Gillies in Scotland relate many
stories of fierce contests between
stays. IT. is believed that these fights
are invariably brought on through jea-
lousy. caused by one stag challenging
another ones right TO be at the head
of the herd.
Using their antlers as weapons of
war the two stays thrust and gore at
each other until one animal is done
TO death. 1t is by no means an un.
common thing for their massive ant
lers to become entaRgied and locked
together, in which case one animals
horns are frequently pulled right of
its head; whilst on several occasions
pairs Of antlers have been found on
the moors, unmistakable witnesses Of
the ferocity of a contest between these
animals.
Horses use either their teeth or
their hoofs as mode of defense. A
curious instance of the effectiveness
of these weapons once occurred at
sheffield park. A bulldog, barking
and snarling chased a horse turned
loose, round and round a meadow--not
with angry intent, but purely from an
excess of high spirits. After galloping
round the field several tines the
horse stopped short and turning sharp
ly around. lashed out at the yelping
dog. with fatal result, for its skull
was cloven.
The gorilla is a most formidable OPP
ponent in battle, it's great strength ly.
ing in its powerful arms. Few ami
mails of the forest have the slightest
chance of overcoming a gorilla; but
a python has been known to encircle
its coils round the gorilia's body, only.
however, to have its own body torn
open by its adversary's hands.
Fish fighting is most popular sport |
IN Siam, and some years ago some |
Siamese brought over several "pla- |
kat or fighting fish, to England. with !
the object of establishing the sport In |
this country. The two fish, trained |
from the age of six months TO fight. |
are placed in large glass bottle.
II Is most curious to note each fish's /
attitude when II becomes aware of its 4
ldversary's presence in the bottle.
Swelling with rage and pride. they
sail around and round the narrow
space, pretending not to notice each
other. until the referee sees that the
ssue is no longer in doubt, when the
contest is stopped