Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1890 — A Horse Attacked by a Lion. [ARTICLE]

A Horse Attacked by a Lion.

The other morning as Luther Evans, a son of L. L. Evans, went for his team on Barber Darling place, near Soquel, says a Santa Cruz paper, he discovered that an animal, which he supposed was a dog, was worrying one of the horses. As he drove nearer he saw that the animal was not a dog, but an exceedingly lively specimen of the California lion, which was making a vicious attack upon the horse, biting and scratching with leonine ferocity. The horse was making the best defense possible, rearing and kicking, and was aided by his mate, but the lion was very evidently getting the best of the fight, and would soon have secured an equine breakfast. As young Evans, who was on horseback, rode up the lion crouched on the ground for a moment and then ran off into the woods. The horse had been badly bitten on the flanks, neck, and belly, and was nearly exhausted from loss of blood, but under proper treatment is expected to recover.