The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-07
WILD WESTERN SCENES.
A Bull Fight at Kansas CITY y-NoiabiIitIes Pre-
sent-Senator Scliurz IninrCd-Diszustinx
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sent-Senator Schurz Ininrcd-Dissustink
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The Kansas City Bulletin has the following:
For the past two weeks the city has been
posted with bills announcing q Spanish bull
fight which was first announced to take place
last Saturday, but owing to the rainy weather
was postponed until to-day. The animals,
meanwhile, were kept in half-starved condi-
ton until the time next appointed for the
brutal exhibition, which was yesterday.
In company with representatives of other
morning papers, we visited the driving park,
where we found strong
BULL PEN
had been erected, in size about thirty feet
square, and about eight feet in height. Above
this pen, tiers of seats had been built, so as to
enable the spectators to view the expected goug-
ing and tearing of the ferocious animals.
Ascending the raised dais or platform we
found motley crowd of spectators among
whom we noticed some of our most respectable
citizens, drawn thither no doubt by the novelty
of the idea of genuine Spanish bull fight.
THE ANIMALS.
If we had any expectation of witnessing
fight, they were dispelled by the first sight OF
the bulls Poor leap, dispirited victims to
brutal mob, neither of them were larger than
two-ycar old heifer, and were too weak to walk,
muchless to fight; it was all worked out of
them in their trip over the plains from Texas.
PREPARATIONS.
One of the poor brutes was tied to q corner,
the other was kept in a little pen. A party of
butchers arrived on the ground bringing guam
tity of blood, which was thrown upon the ground.
A party of whippers then stood around the
arena, and proceeded to whip the little Texan,
goadiDg it to desperation by sticking number
of spikes into it, which sunk into the hide of
the terrified brute, and hung to it, the blood
oozing out from its skeleton frame.
THE CoMBATANTs MEET.
After the outside animal had been tortured
about one hour, amid the jeers and laughter of
the brutalized assemblage, the second bull was
driven out Of the pen, and the animals met, but
from the manner OF the meeting 1t was evident
they had met before, and under the yoke, for
neither Indicated the least inclination to fight.
DIABoLICAL ATRoCITY.
Now followed a scene which for cruelty, tor
ture, and damnable brutality ha, never been ex-
celled, either in this or any other age: a piece
of cruelty to animals that should be denounced
with the eXecrations of civilized community
Finding that the half-starved brutes would not
tear and rend each other with their sharp horns
q number of men and boys armed with whips
stood over the smallest animal, and from the
platform above it whipped the bull until it fell
to the earth, where, for fully half au hour, the
PROSTATE animal was whipped by detail until
! its eyes were whipped out
The other brute having been lassoed was
| drawn to the platform by a party of human
beasts more beastly than the beast ITSELF and
held, while two of their number gouged it's eyes
| from their sockets, the poor brute believing
! pitifully in its anguish. Fully fifteen minutes
! was occupied In this horrible sport. The brutal
torturers finally dessted from pure exhaustion,
and the bleeding and blinded animals staggered
around moaning with anguish
THE PLATFORM GIVES WAY.
How long the horrid scene would have con-
tnued we do not know, but by divine dispen-
sation of Providence, part of the spectators
gallery gave way, precipitating the occupants to
the earth in one promiscuous heap of humanity,
brutality, and pine lumber.
CARL sCHURz INJURED.
Among the crowd that fell with the scaffolding
were Senatar Carl Schurz, Congressman Var
Horn, aud their friends, who, in company with
Mayor f. M. MCGEE, had driven out to see the
| fight. We are happy to say no one was very
seriously hurt. Senator Schurz escaped with
damaged nose, and others with slight bruises.
| WHO is RESPONSIBLE?
Considerable complaint was made against tht
proprietors of the affair, because the bulls re
fused to fight. Search was made for the gate
keeper, for compelling refunding of the ad
mission fee, but he had disappeared with thu
money-box under his arm. This was no NOR,
than right; the crowd paid for brutal exhibi
tion and they got one.