Show POWERFUL ATHLETE Mclaughlin Once the Champion Wrestler Conquers a BulL Colonel J H McLaughlin once the champion collarandelbow wrestler of the world recently came off victor in a struggle strug-gle with a bull Five years since he went to Seattle which city is now his home A day or two ago says a correspondent the New York Sun ho had an opportunity to show that he had not lost his former skill He was crossing a ten acre lot filled with i brush stumps and fallen timber He was in the cen er of the lot when he saw a red bull coming toward him I Supposing tho bull to bo of a peaceful I disposition McLaughlin walked leisurely i along until warned by angry bellowing be turned and saw the bull within ten feet I of him There was no mistaking the animals ani-mals intentions for his head was down tail erect and feet pawing the earth The I colonel knew he was in for a struggle strug-gle but before he could move the infuriated beast had him on his horns The wrestlers presence of mind did not desert him Quick as a flash he seized the horns and after the first tossup be found himself on the back of the animal but still clinging to his horns An instant later the bull bucked and McLaughlin was lying in a brush heap ten or fifteen feet away The man picked himself up just la time to receive a fresh onslaught By a dexterous dexter-ous feint he avoided the rush and with his left hand seized the loft horn of the bull and with his right hand the nose ring The contest then became one of brute strength against human skill and intelligence combined com-bined with unusual force and endurance For a time tho bull seemed to be getting the best of the bout and the battle The bull would toss his head in the air hurling the wrestler aloft and bringing him to the earth again with a crash among the bushes and branches The athlete hold his grip however and avoided being thrown under the feet of his adversary With his clothes torn from his body ana bleeding from many scratches and bruises McLaughlin had about made up his mind that the championship belt of the world for collar andelbotv wrestling which hangs in his house must go to the bull when he thought of an expedient Without loosening loosen-ing his hold he sprang to one side placed his hips against the bulls shoulder and exertIng ex-ertIng all his strength he succeeded in crosscut locking the animal The bull went down head under and one horn driven deep into the ground The man had won the match Then he was in the plight of the hunter with the bear by the tail He could hold tbe bull but he did not dare let go He sat on the beasts head and rested Finally he drew his knife and was opening it with his teeth to put an end to the bulls life when some men who had seen the combat from a distance came to tha rescue and secured the bull Colonel McLaughllns clothes hung in tatters and he was badly bruised and scratched but he still holds the championship belt |