Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-03
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T. MADISON DRAKE.
BULL FIGHT IN SEVILLE.


account from private letter by Gen
eral Darling to friend in Paris:
GA vast concourse of people, some
10000 in number, assembled in the
Plaza de Toros to witness Il bull fight,
terminating the festivities Of the Agri-
cultural Fair, which occurs each year in
Seville during the month Of April.
Among the spectators were to be seen
The various grades of Spanish society,
all of whom appeared greatly interest
ed in this most revolving spectacle of
cruelty and bloodshed. There were
four classes of bull fighters present who
made their appearance arrayed in cos
tunes richly decorated with gold and
silver embroidery. These men approach
ed the judges box for inspection in the
following order espadors of the first
class two in number banderilleros of
second class, ten in number and plea
doris of the third class, six in number.
The espadors are called the m@stros of
the art, and are men of great danger
and presence of mind they use the
sword only, and are called out after the
bull has been weakened and worried by
other matadors. The banderillos pos
sess swiftness of foot, also great dex-
terity in handling their darts which
they hurl with unerring skill );
they are provided with red and. yellow
nantes with which they attract the bull
The picadors are the only mounted
men, and each one of these individuals
carries with him. heavy lance. The
fury of the bulls is generally first di-
rected toward the horsemen, who pre-
sent more extensive mark. The bulls
present are bred i'll portion of Anda
lusia remote from the habitations of
men, and the most ferocious ones are
invariably selected for fighting purpos-
es. At signal the bull fighters took
their positions to await the coming Of
the bull q door was then opened, and
bull number one rushed wildly into the
vast circular space. He gave an angry
glance at the horses and their riders
who were nearest to him, then sprang
and ripped the bowels out of three
horses in about as many minutes.
While engaged in this little tragedy
the bull received three severe wounds
from the picadors. The bandelleros
then ran forward with their darts, and
successfully evading the attacks Of the
bull managed to plant number OF
their weapons in his neck. AT this
period of the performance first grade
matador was summoned, who, after a
short but decisive struggles succeeded
in burying his Toledo blade in the
neck of the furious beast; this is al
ways considered difficult and danger
GUS work for to strike the bull effect
ually the matador must permit the
animals horn to pass under the right
arm. The cold steel so thoroughly
disagreed with the constitution of our
horned friend that he save q hollow
groan, a convulsiye shake, and fell life
less, lump of tough beef in close proX-
unity to the horses which he had killed
The defunct animals were then drawn
out of the bull ring by mules gaily cap
arisoned, and the victor retired amid
approving shouts OF an excited multi
tude and the music OF military band.
The second bull was an animal of i'm
mense size and strength.
When the toril door was again open
ed, he leaped savagely into the arena
and paused moment to reconnoitre.
Perceiving the six picadorsi who had
been reinforced in horsefesh, he at
tackled them separately, with all the
fury of royal Bengal tiger. The first
horse he caught with his horns, under
the left foreleg, lifted him bodily up,
and threw the rider violently to the
ground. The bull, scorning to con-
tend with a faffen enemy, rushed to-
wards a second picador whose frighten-
ed horse, turning suddenly around as
the bull came up, received blow in
the rear, which doubled him up like a
iack-knife, and rolled rider together in
the dust. For moment, as the il
furiated beast stood over them, glazing
at them with his bloodshot eyes, it
seemed as If vacancy would certainly
occur in the organization of the bull
fighting fraternity. Al this critical
iuncture the man was saved by the
banderilleros, who shook their red man
ties and lured the bull away. The
poor horse was so sadly gored in his
hind quarter that he died on the spot
where he fell. A third picador, as
Stunning the aggressive, bodily rode his
horse up to the bull, as he stood at
bay, and at the same moment that he
thrust his lance into the animals neck,
the horns of his formidable antagonist
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