Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-28 | Page 6 | Coon Beats Mountain Lion

COON BEATS MOUNTAIN LION science and courage more than a match for we james A mccallum has a mountain lion that he is now willing to part with to any one as a gracious gift when he received the fine looking cougar a few days ago from a friend in the bocky mountains he thought that he had an animal that could whip anything that wore hair but when the king of the mountain beaste was fought to a standstill yesterday by an old ring tailed coon mccal lum lost heart the lion was seen a few days ago in his cage by jack cook the lion tipped the beam at pounds but cook said his old coon could lick him the other morning cook s coon was thrown into the cage with the lion tha fight began at once the lion made vicious strokes with his paws at the coon but the wily little animal proved to be an adept at dodging all the blows no quid er would the blow of the lion prove futile than the coon would grab him by the throat aad be gin to claw him all his might he would soon loosen his hold and jump away this was repeated tor about twenty five minutes when the lion bleed jg prof isely skull ed to a corner and refused to battle further the coon was taken out of the cage with hardly a scratch on him and ap patently ly proud of his work with his heavy antagonist the little ring tailed animal weighs about twenty pounds but jaci cook says he is worth his weight in gold louisville courier journal