The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-12-11

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would I'm both s.rei aud rider 'nt,
the air. Twice he succeeded In
throwing horse and man into the
dust aed he had destroyed Ave ol
the former before .hs bandsfl,leros
were called upon to prepare 'or the
last scene Two ~ these horses he
did no, kill Immediately, and they
were ridden about the ring with part
of their entrailr hanging out The
other. we're moro fatally wounded,
and fell a, once not dying lmmedi
a,oly, but kicking and struggling IN
a manner which eas most disagree.
able to witness. The task Of tho ban
derilleros requires much sl,ll nor its
performance and involves some dan
ger. Holding in either hand asharp
pointed and barboa dart. ornsn,estod
With paper ~ vafiou, colors, they ID
vance towards the bull, and by wsv.
ing their hands invite him to attach
them. In this instance the bull nsed
ed yer, little solicitation TO advance
Lowering his head and sayisg his
tail in the air, no dasbM wildly for.
ward, Asd for a moment, appeared
as il the too venturons bandefill~o
must 20 down before him No, so,
however. Dcxtcrously planting his
darts enc on each shoulder Of tho
bull, the .killful assailant stepping
lightly aside and the nov lufu'istcd
animal rushed on IN search Of fresh
enemy. Nor had he far 10 20. Soon
after banderilero met him, and too
moro darts wcrs quickly planted il
his auiyering flesh while the lr~h
blood poured IN red streams from the
wounds which they inflicted, Con-
!incd in the paper trim innings of these
darts were a number of small birds,
aud as they were liberssd by the
striking OF the weapon It was curious
10 see them take flight across the sse.
VA. At last the poor bull ha. been
tortured enough. His side are
streaming with blood, his eyes glse
aud roll with an expression half of
,,ssioo half If Mar his tougue
hangs far out Of his mouth and white
foam Gathers nbout hi. Inns As he
stands IL the arena his sides hcaviup
md bis ,sboie frame auve,ne no
seem. u,,.r,y besi,derei and con
t,.sd Then II ia NAT untl M.
.treopth In been Al, much reduced
Fl .o,ses 81, .,o,r'ot.,, islui
.... iI.. .t.. .,s.,r d, w.rl.m.,
......,L..,..il, him m,I win
T,l,. bl,J, and c,rryin,
!, n. ha,l tla mplct, IA small tan
,,,h - dc.,, r,l a,r which b, nae.
tn.a u. .,naI.a,lv ,u,,,,c,,..
,hn mil and after pl,y,ur with him
10, sLori limo with the assistance
of the cLuios) he seize. favorable
,pportunity and g'unges. or rather
drops the sword we'll in between the
shoulders. Il IL curious TO witness
the nstoni-bmcnt of the bull when he
reee,yes this stroke which seldom
kills him Immediately. The bull ~
which | a,o writing. indeed, stood
for some time after he was wounded
and vi Into had procured another
sword and wa. about to strike him
again, when he began to turn round
and rousa nod speedily fell 10 the
ground Ina moment tbs carhc,e
70 sprang upoa him. and d.r,ies 4
small sharp dagger into his spine,
quickly terminated his suTcrings
Thsu the people shouted with de-.
light. III Tato bowed his aekeowlsdg-
mep,s for III, praises which xors ae.
corJc! to him. teams Of mules drag.
yed from the sren> the cnrcasses of
the slaugb,eysd bull and tho uissrs.
bio .tesd.. (which. when dead. pyas
,en,ed the appearanoo of moro wretch.
ed skeletons and in a couple Of
minutes everything was ready FIR the
repetition of the performances with
another bull, and fresh series of
horses
Yesterday afternoon. Us | have
mentioned, a banderiIlero was slight.
" hurt The second hull Just ,oach.
ed him with one of the horns close
TO the knee. but ths wound was not
a serious one, and he appeared in
the ring later in the afternoon. Que
of the cbulos. too, had rather = mar.