the morning a vicious old bull was 

 herded in and tormented till he was 

 "snuffy" and extremely dangerous. 



Jack meanwhile had been roped, 

 "choked down," and nailed up in his 

 hogshead. His chain and collar were 

 permanently riveted together, so the 

 collar was taken off, as "it would be 

 easy to rope him, if need be, after the 

 bull was through with lnim" 



The hogshead was rolled over to 

 the corral gate and all was ready. 



The cowboys came from far and near 

 in their most gorgeous trappings, and 

 the California cowboy is the peacock of 

 his race. Their best girls were with 

 them, and farmers and ranchmen came 

 for fifty miles to enjoy the Bull-and- 

 Bear fight. Miners from the hills were 

 there, Mexican sheep-herders, store- 

 keepers from Placerville, strangers 

 from Sacramento; town and county, 



