, 1869-02-21
A BULL FIGHT IN HAVANA,
what the Once Tnsrtpld MakAder HAv
Hecume,

4 correspondent gives the following nc
ccount OF the Spanish national sport:
l have heen to sec bull Il .ht. do not
approve OF bull fights per se, bu. O. Q tsnv-
eiler alter Information, I could not feeLtha.
my. thirst Tor kuo1lcdga WAS aleaua:ely
elakcd till had SEN 80 prom ouncet . icl-
ture Of spanish civilization. It. to * place
on Sunday, which i the sens -tlonal any =
all the best things coming oH on sunday
and the announcement stated that "si1 Ia
mons bulls, Yankees and natives Of the conu-
try" would light IN honor Of the rolanteers; !;
kthe management went on TO declarc that
t1 .ha noerastiii Il T. d1a 1,hss not say n
"V.Ta Espana! Viva Cuba! Glory %
Gruc1al Dulce pa sort Of patrlotte ou,bC1at
now becoming dreadlulay common. und hgur-
lpg on every printed thing, from tha theatre
bills to I'D advertisement Of corn-p1a:ter.
a large and appreclstiye audience collected
al The Plaza de Toroa to see the t1gnt, among
whom were all tie Americans in aarana.
Three Or lonr 1adlts were present, who, to
theit louot be 1t recorded. soon got sick ana
LET. The Plaza de Toro, is lArRe amphi-
theatre, with Qnc arena, and tiers Of sca.a
admirably arranged Tor seeing. It has nc
| roof, hence the prices OF admission are graded
accorting a you sit on the shady or the sun.
| ny side-belng one dollar for the lormer and
| sixty cents for the latter. Tha mode oi Goa
| ductlng the perfor1na .ce Is about rs f9llows
| A bull IS TUNED IN, who goes rearing and
! 1amping around, and is excited tt
deeds Of da7ifg by eolored cloth:
continually AA@uted into his eJes
| Two or three horses, whose dajs Of useful
| ness hart passed, are hl,ndloldcd and ridden
into the arena, the object OF their riders be,
| iug TO place them where they can ba must
| camm5diously Tossed aud Rore1 by the bun.
Presently one Of these miserable creatures
las bis bowels jrrked out Of him with tte'
| intn1ous Applause. This is tae fun. As Q
| tie emotion. Doubtless. compared with ~hal
| be hcs undergo nc Luttcg h1s lift'fonS yassal
! 81 to thu coachmen Of ilt town. scFatc ]
Ni,n a bulls hDrn is but Rc.ltl. ii .lllaion
Tic kuows that "peIce waits him On the
shores OF Acheron," aud thtshcr he depart:
Stimulate the ball to put forta more deter
mined Efforts, Il man gocs in front Of ntm
and by ayc1terous movement laserts long
dart, coyeiel with plrccs OF coloret
papcz, into each shoulder. Blk 0
thrsc darts are planted 10 him b.fort
uln:icn is Required, these darts have 1rc
war rs ATTACHED TO them, which dzzlus and
e1r.olt,,A arouud >hc hnlra lcaa, drive blu
| ra.lug distracted. Grrat ia nuW .tac hasn,
uuloDg the horses, atd co'tespoudinxiy xfca
Is tho appiaus. from The cnrapturtd sud!
tncc. On tlis OCCASION ! bur about twelve
years old !who, Il be had bssu q son Q
mine. should baye been moss th7s aushly ant
tmi'hat.cslly spanked ior heing In auch CON
rsuY), volunteered to lLtcrt u part oE thus
1arr. 1he daring Tcat Ut accomplished
most dextrouaiY. md the long
wild ana ct.tAus'ast,G erecting b
received ior Il will pruhably lead hiin to Ill
ruin. The lust .ccnu ian Single combat DC
| tween tho tpa' 'adnr md the bull, Ia whicl
The m1p, armed With sEortl. cssaYs 10 III