The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-02-17
from a:elr soeSess- ahe GROVE Aonlca


from a.eir s%oe<ets. The GROVE l.oN!e,
TIC boa. scen,e,t Il, ttNa This atasrs
as 4 signal that he Md Gonc e0ougn. Wa
! a grip almost like e haif Nelson ~ tusst-
!. eafheii TO the otNof Siie OF the cage, Tlc'
. ne dropped to ail-forrs and resulncd
srunttns amblc around The cage. Nh" lion
lay Niterr he has; teen tossed. Ne NJ
:, theigat he had been Killed. but he haC
T, not, although the fight had been takei
out of him for hat day ut least. Howls
labs from the prods aud curshes from III.
multitude that warmed over the barrier
could not arouse him. The bear Vas dc.
clared the victor in that contest.
Soon Gored Life Out OF Him.
Two days later the hear fought with a
bull. 1t WAS not n fight. / should OK
plain. The buli was q powerful brute
from the southern mesas and as pug
nacious as Il badger. He gave Il tos.,
Of his tail and charged. Tho bear stoooj
up Oh his hind legs and struck Il few
warding blows with his front PAWS.
captivity all his life. ANY one tina had
been out on the range of a cold winter
morning and see q 2,00l-pound steer, with
his head crushed from the blow OF a
predatory grizzly knows what possibilities
there would be if such a beast were pittea'
S''i.S '.' u tG!tb tNtl tttlllt
from Andaiusia. But this time ii was a
different story. Once tho bear ripped n
great chunk of flesh off the bulrs neck.
but it only made his doom the mora
swift. The bull stood off, paved the
earth in rage. and made one more charge.
This time the bear went down with ri
smothered boot and tho sharp horns
soon gored the life out of him.
Promised Real Sport.
The MeNicaus had not been satisfied
with Colonel Boone exhibition up TO
this time. He had advertised 10 give
them real sport, whereas each number
on the card had been tame from their
standpoint. They complained that the
colonel had not lived mp TO the letter of
his advertisement. and in the land of
Diaz and the cactus an advertisement
is regarded as sacred as u a contract.
Colonel Boone told them TO wait until
the lion got at Il bull. Then there would
be real sport.
This appeased the grumblers. and
there was a big crowd out to see the
last event. The lion had recovered from
his hugsing by the bear, and he had
been put through a little training. He
had been given a calf to practice on two
days before. He showed himself an
adept in killing his own game. He made
his teeth in the animals jusular vein.
When they prodded him away twenty
minutes later there wasn't Il drop OF
blood in that Calls body.
He found the bull a different PROPOSE.
ton. This bull was as fine n specimen
as ever came from the south of Mexico
Il great, rangy. sharp-horned fighter. as
vicious as an ill-ternpered stallion. AZ
socn as the lion had been prodded from
his cage he made his rush. Then cama
one of the prettiest fights ever saw.
What a Fighter a Bull Is.
When the hull got within six feet OF
him the lion leaped and cleared his as
saiiant's body. As ne sprarg the bull
raised his head and tried to catch him
with his horns; but he might as well
nave tried to impale a bird. Then the
bun wheeled for another rush. This time
the lion lodged, and with a great paw
ripped a cash in one OF the bulls
launches. Then for the first time ! APP
What a fighter a bull is. Tha
singing wound goadcd him 10 blind fury.
SUCH lunginss and rushings never saw.
The lion had to clinch TO save himself.
He gave a spring and landed on the
bulls back. He fastened his teeth in the.
thick flesh and hung on. This was some
new 10 the bull. He stopped
and tried Ia shake off his tor
mentor. This did not work, and he low
cred his head and began TO paw and.
tramp on the lions legs and they hung
down. This broke the lions hold, and the
separated. The bull was
covered with blood, but he was as.
full OF fight as ever.
THE lion crouched at one side of the
cage as the bull made his final rush.
The avalanche was upon him, and even,
his feline activity did not avail to a V
him. One spear-like horn caught him
under the left shoulder. 1t brought a
leonine roar, the swan song of the king
Of beasts-a. royal message of hate and
terror that echoed above the shrieks
and c~ascalls of the mob. Then the bull
raised his proud head and carried hiA
dying foe around the cage is if the 5CG
were but a bundle of straw. The
bull gave a final toss of his head. and
the lion dropped limp and %lifeless to the
ground. Then the bull, the victor in the
was pronounced too badly injured
to be able to fight again, and the attend
killed him..
but the spectators were not satisfied.
They insisted that Colonel Boone had
not given them their moneys worth. He
was placed under arrest and taken before,
the governor. Boone was a diplomat. He
the governor the skin of the lion
and was released. He told me afterward'
he had cleared ss.ooo-a pretty good
price for a man-killing lion and a grizzly