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Show made fierce eight B EXCITING COMBAT BETWEEN T. H GRESS AND LION. H AffJmals Tear Each Other with Savage H Ferocity In trena of a Show In H New York Tigress Has the Worst H of It and Will Die. m Thcro occurred tho other day In tho H arena ot Now York's most Important H wild animal show a tight between two H jungle monarchs that was fiercely H thrilling while It lasted, leaving In a H terribly mangled condition both com-Hbatants, com-Hbatants, ono of whom will probably H die. Romeo, a massive Hon, and Anna, H a tigress, wcro tho participants in H the bloody strife which was brought H on by Romeo yawning Impolitely In H the lady tiger's faco during a lull In a H rehearsal. H The trainer had led a number of H animals Into tho arena and placed H them on their stools. Then he left H the clrclo for a moment during which H tlmo tho mischief was wrought. Ro-H Ro-H meo got down from his scat and H walked past tho other animals over H to tho tiger's side. Ho stopped direct-H direct-H y In front of Anna and languidly H yawned. Quick as a flash sho sprang H at tho lion's throat. Romeo tossed his H head and avoided tho teeth nnd whtlo B Anna was recovering her balance ho H leaped upon her, sank his teeth Into H her flank and boro hor down. Sho M got a grip on one of his legs while H both of them struck blow after blow H with their paws on each other's body. H Jtk other animals howled and roared, B Ttft strangoly enough, none of them H moved from his placo, they seeming M to be fearful for their own safety. H When the trainer returned the fight M was at Us height, the ground covcrod M with blood and the nolso deafening. M He fired off blank cartridges In tho M hope ot frightening tho animals into M submission, but to no avail. Iron M bars and sharpened spears woro next m tried but with no more success. Thon m buckets of water were thrown on tho 1 lion's head but ho had tasted blood M and his frenzy made him sink his M teeth even deeper. H As a last resort tho chemical flro M extinguishers were brought and after H tho contents wero freely squirted over H Romeo's head with no effect, a num-H num-H ber of attendants hold his head steady m and tho tubo was Inserted In or.o M of tho 'dlstonilod nostrils. Tho charge M of carbonato of soda was too much M for tho gritty Romeo and with a roar H he loosened his Jaws and throw back H his great head. The tigress leaped H high in the air in a fit of agony and H Romeo would hnvo rushed at her H again but tho attendants beat him back Into -a corner with Iron bars. H The tigress sank in an almost life- less heap and was dragged from tho H arena to hor cage. Sho will probably H dlo. It will bo several weeks before H Romeo's fury will bo abated sufficient-H sufficient-H ly to warrant hla being romoved from H his cago. |