The New York herald., 1871-01-14

piant them IN such Q manner that they would
Stick;" but trumpet blast announced the call for
| THE MATAD0R,
whose duty it is to give the bull the coup dc o,ee.
form advanced with rsa cloth over his len arm.
and with his right hand renewed his cap In salute
OF BLUSH black. was slightly sprinIled with gray;
ana as ne tossed his little cap to the ground he drew
waved Il ike CLEAN Of lightning over 3,s head
with the red pandora In his left hand and the sword
the n ns co as e sH s M @ he eT ana
audience applauded and the matador smiled muir
derous exntation, but clenched us Jaws instantly
as tho bull drove at him, rustng the ribbons OF the
darts In his shoulders against the matador's arm.
The man eaped away and his right hand was
| empty. He had lost his sword. and looked at the
ground expecting to see II bent Or broken A tire.
mendous shout and clapping OF hands sufged up
the BULBS shoulders, was the red HIT OF the raper
the entire length OF tho blade buried deep In the
dying, to the other side OF the ring. The applause
was new continuous, the band played triumphant
TO the expiring beast as he drooped his head aud
slowly dropped to his knees, then let his buttocks
ane ws ws hs S ss e oa n
opened jaws emitted sharp, bellowiug sound
twice. lii an instant he rolled over on his side.
ir,ed 70 rise and fell back, and pnnlillero win
short, saarp knife, pierced The spinal cord Just be-
hind the horns. The muscles relaxed with sharp
twltch all over the body, and the bull was dead
The three gaudy mules trotted INTO the arena in
charge OF three attendants, and made the air melod
Gus with the Ian2llng OF their bells. Tney were
pushed and pulled about for moment, the while
tree was hitched TO rope fastened arounl the dead
bulls horns and TO he music OF the bellsi and the
bray!ng OF the band, the wnsked through
| the dust ana out OF the ring
Picadors and capiadores had again taken mp posi-
ton before the gates closed, and two Of the horses
were botched with blood from the fray juat ended,
one oi them, whose shoulder had been batly eased,
gored In the nank.
TaE rarxrErs SOUNDED AGAIN
| and brindled bull, with black spots and crooked,
murdcrous locking horns jumped into the ring witn
that lie blew up small clouds OF dust with
ms ms breath ior time he galloped about
making feints in rapid succession Ist against
all the bull.nghtefs but declining combat. Instead
roae f the a aae
| bindfolded horses 10y the reins, and challenged the
bni WIN pixies get within fifteen inches o his lace;
away and galloped OIL again to dirt with and fent
The audience which had hitherto remained silent
became disgusted because he did not fight, and loud
'sFUERA" "FuERA - "ruERA
slgDfyng ''pu him out, ..Put HIM out were heard
on al Sides The tuRult became general. and Just
at this Juncture the bun saved his reputation for
probably excited 10y the noise, he cha ged picador
ana, disregarding the pike thrust with witch he
Was WAS mel & overturned ,a completey both horse and
horse from the bull, and lay Tor an instant motion
less, tearing to attract the attention ol tile bull by
rising. The beast gored the fallen horse savagely,
but the capiadOres drew him or and the rider again
mounted his now panic stricken and bleeding steed.
skelter OF men, the dust, the noise and shouting.
ana ,taa terrlhe shock as the horses were over
bull was not dangerous enc hoWevsrs se ana Ma when
the bugles summoned the banaereros. the plea
dors rode out their steedS limpng and bloody, but
not very badly g0red.
The banderileros decorated the bull with the rib.
/! boned darts, but considerable disapprobaion was
expressed by the crowd two OF the banderiileros
failed to fasten their missiles, ana upon renewing
darts in each instance Iell out Tne people shouted
| "Fueya fue,d ~ again and again the words being
| directed against the men. The bandcrilieres be-
| came eXasperated rs the audience jeered them for
theracK OF skill and with angry looks, each OF them
| taking new darts planted them deeply and firmly i'll
the ouils shoulders, thus redecmlng tieir reputa-
| tons The result was that the bull mad nine darts
| in all wrggiing In his hesh, Instead of the usual
complement OF siX-two from each OF the three BAN
derllleroS.
short, heavy, swarthy matador advanced with
great deal OF "bravo'i In his manner and after
some manUuyrng, gave the ball o ten-lnch thrust.
just in front oi the right shoulder blade. The cur
was not good one, however, ana the Sul ran about
the ring, now AFRAID, desperate, as The capia-
dores harassed aim and the matador sought
lodged the flaslling steel and before II again
| touched him he dropped to the earth and rolled
over, rose again. staggered moment then fell a
| second time and was in his death agony.
| The puntcllero finished him with a deXterOus
thrust. and The mules let long curved trail Of
| blood In the dust as they cahtefcd away with his
sTEEL-coLoaED BULL
| was next admitted and made tremendous kick-up
| and display OF head and Heels Tne capiadores
| shouted aud shook their capas at him. the plea.
| and dared him TO the fray; but he beloved, raised
| his ears erect aud looked frightened. For i've
| could not see It.n
1t had been announced in the handbills that these
were ali "torOs YANKEES" or American bulls, preba.
bly, from Florida and some extraordinary lighting
was accordingly expected. As rule the Spanlards
here have very little respect for anything American
aud think little of driving consul away or abusing
American citizens In TACT, they talk as though they
| coud "walk away with the whole United STATES.
But when this bull showed cowaruice their indigna
| Lon knew no bounds, and they Kissed him. pel,ed
him with paper ana orange peel; the small boys In
the front seats leaned the rail and struck him
with sticks as he passed them. and finally united in
shoats OF 'tFuela tite1d ~
LA pueiralo a tos Iaake ~ send him back to the
Yankees) was the next indignant outnurst. ana
finally the gates opened and the bull WHO had
SO disgraced the nation that nad pastured him was
| allowed to run out. He lost his reputation but
saved himself sundry other mconveniences.
| A TERRIFIC ENCOUNTER
was shortly afierward witnessed as q large brown
and speckled bun, with long horns slightly curved,
bounced from the wicket, and, running straight
| and almost climbed up on the neck OF horse. This
| was new mode Of fighting, and was iraught with
peril OF being gored III the body, even while the
horses back. In less than minute The animal had
men, not requiring the least challenge, but making
| clean sweep at everything In the rlng Tile capia-
dorcs were unusually agile, and the bull fought with
such rapiilty that all the tOreadors found them
| selves fully occupied
But the horses and horsemen alone seemed
| worthy OF the Dulps attention, and IN a few mo-
menrs he had dsmounted two OF the three picadors,
and their horses were loose In the ring One Of the
horses, sort OF roan-coored animal, was walking
to the other side OF the ground with his bride and
bliudfoid torn OF and his saddle displaced, when
| the bull event for him. ana, striking him In the
rear, lifted him from his feet and dashed him .all
in hcap' ints the dust. The horse was terribly
| gored and could not rise, but The bulls attention
| was drawn from him, and the poor creature lay
there in great pain.
| A new horse-bright cream color, with white
| name and tail was brought In by the horseess
! rider and ali the plcadors were again mounted. In
an instant the bulls dexter horn buried Its full
IN n a
cream-cOlored horse, and. as the poor animal
reared the bull raised mis- head, without drawing
the horn anu threw the horse and rider completely
backward lowering his head as they fell and still
goring.
| THERE WAS FRANTIC EXCITEMENT
among the audience the pcador was seen lying
| mar, like bucKskiu sandwich, between tue earth
| and the horses body. All patrons OF Dul fights
nav ou ny NVh tph mn fa n hon M pf