Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-18
no, 2I.l
Wha@a Merchant Saw of Europe.
BARCELONA, SPAIN,


Dsgr Oass at Homo My last letter
lef, US at the great amphitheatre at Bar
colonita, with its sixteen Thousand per
sons, the half of which were shouting
&'E! Toro !" "EI Toro !" The bugle md
DUN quolla the cry and opiates the IN
5patSnco, until now trio of most e4-
traYaga4&ly dressed "Picadors" enter the
} ring on horse-baok, their silver-trimmed
garments glittering in the evening sun
Their wigs Of long white hair fall in
KNOTS over square shoulders, and with
pike in hand ana swords at side they
pranCe to the center Of the ring, amidst
the mingled straino Of music and the
4Gafenng shout of the multitude. The
eastern gate opens again, and rushing
madly in, throwing his head with an
Ugly shake, a fresh bull prances and
89aws, ready for the fray. He throws
his head to the ground and sets off at
, a lively pace. The excitement Is at
fever heat3% for a cfgllos foot fighter
advances toward him with a large scar
Let apron in one hand and a sword in the
other The bull goes for the scarlet
, cloth, and, twisting it from the chulos'
graYj, the 5ghter loses no time to make
80 the fence, which he leaps and is safe.
Anothefchulos, with pike in hand who
is assistant of picador amounted fight
err is unexpectedly rushed upon while
IN the cente9 Of the ring. Flight to the
fence is not to be thought of, for the
case is hopeless. With life-saviug
presence of mind, and dexterity exceed
, ingly rare, the imperiled chulos runs
directly towards the advancing bull,
Yhich, with lowered head and half
closed eyes, rushes madly for him.
y When within about FIVE feet of the
threatening horns, the chulos plants his
pike upon the ground, and, using it as a
vaulting pole, he makes desperate leap
passing clear Of the dreaded horns, and
over the entire length of the bulls body.
The excitement over this wonderful
Sat Scarcely has its bounds. Hats, bon
nets, kcrchiefs. fans, canes, anything,
everything goes swinging into the air,
, and 80, 900 arno, $4,000 feet do their ut
most6p add volume to the uproar of
10000 Spanish threats. If you think
for one moment Spaniards voice is
anything like the voice of ordinary NOR
tails, pass along the streets of Spanish
city and hear the fruit vendors or the
fish monge%s cry, | have again and
again closed my ears TO get rid of the
unpleasant shrfl. And here, probably,
are all the fish mongers and fruit ven
dersJof Barcelona and dozen more adj
jacent cities, doing their level best, "
assisted by the many other thousands.
The bull has be9g completely discon-
certed by this leag of the chulos and
opens wide his eyes, peers about as if to
ask if his foe vanished to Hades down
below. Chulos, only too glad, fees to
the fence and is safe. The bull now
perceiyes, for the first time, the horses
and picadors and rushcs for them. The
=, riders spur their horses toward the fence
so that, if they should be thrown, re-
treat is near 81 hand. A picador on a
2 white horse wheels around and endeav-
ors to receive the bull upon his pike, but
the animal eyades it and cores the
horses hind haunch, getting severe
kicking from the horse in return. Sev-
seral chulos now approach with scarlet
~capes in one hand and darts in the other.
Ehese darts are poisoned and intended
to produce intense pain, goading the an
imal to greater fury AS the bull rushes
for the scarlet capes, the darts are stuck
In his fore shoulders One, from mis-
placed aim, hangs from above his eve.
Ts5 poor creature runs about believing
Dyifh agony, and ozr indignation is at
fever heat Wilson, Of London, vows
ii is piece Of the most inhumanly,
a beestly work he ever saw, and he only
o ho9es the bull may pitch every chulos
.