VICTOR OVER LION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 13

VICTOR OVER LION

A MONGREL'S FEAT

ESCAPE AT BEDFORD FAIR

Loiroas;, jiprii 27. A little Spotted 'mongrel vanquished a lioness which escaped from a fair at ££df ord and strolled, .aorow rtfat) grounds eiowded with more than JDOII adults and children who fled screaming. A MD-sticker, .Arthur Boddcr, was quietly -pasting up jrostexs when 'ha i olt a hot breath on his mask. '2Enrn« ing, he saw the lioness, andiinßtinetivel.T struck 'her across <the open month ,wltK his .paste-brush, flung the paste pail at her and clashed for safety into "the nearest van. The lioness, appreciating the -taste of -thu ,paste, srqppod Ad clean nut the pail before resuming Bier stroll. Utteunwhile, a jnongre], Ihtnib^, , sighted Jier,, anil bavkeil anenacingljb Tire lioness "bDltefl -With "Daniel in ;pnrs'uit, snapping at -her heels mid Sail until she crawlei.l for refuge 'beneath, the .steam engine working the rouna* .about. Daniel, wagging 'Ids tail, .trotted t» .the proprietor anfl wiitchefl £h» Jioueas was .lassoed and "hauted int» her -cage.