A BULL FIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 7

A BULL FIGHT.

-i . ...... * . , •EXCITING STOCKYARD INCIDENT:

, (aX TEIiEQEiiPII—SPECIAL, COEBESPONDBtTr.I j ■ Y , Auckland, January 8 • j Some diversion • was created during the ■ ; ; bow ling tournament; at Remuera Green yea- ' ■ i ferday afternoon;;- vA.. stockyard adjoins tho J ; Club's grounds, and a yearling bullj clearing ■ ' ••■•a a; stiff .fence, at once: caused a commotion . • : : amongst 9 number; of his fellow Bppcies I in the'yard, Raising tho ire of an old bull to • 1 such an oxterit that he charged the intruder, j •and . a battle royal' ilasting- over twenty ,: .'i minute's ensued. : The first' round" was fast 1 and furious, and a\lot of .ground was covered. . j -Then- both' animals souf[ht a much-needed ~ « rest! In routed No. 2 ieaoh tried !to force tho: ; 1 other'on to' tho fails, and hard knocks wore « frequently exchanged. H Both were'palpably ] . tiring when timo %vas. called. Tho ;thira and :■filial l , ound : was fought-lin a careful and ' • guarded manner, the younger animal, by a 1 series .of feints, ehticmg; his unweildy op- ' ppnent : too near the rails;:' A vicious charge v ; one was firmly met by tho young i one" ivith his Uiead well' down, an upward ■ :'i • jork, and; by .' a nia'sterly - manoeuvre tho t youngster had:the big animal's. forelea over .'; ■;j his Wither, and with , a dejrterous twist hurled»• . ' > him over the fence,'or rather through it, tho ', i top rail giving way under the . strain. A stockman then camo on tho scone with a' ,! stick, and tlw; big animal ;boat an undignified ,i - | retr^ati.-leaving his , successful , rival ia < of . the domestic domicile. The inci.dbnt'Avas watched by a numbor of spectators, , including matiy .bowling l competitors, who 1 •-> forsook their gamo for tho time being. . • ■' : »