, 1873-12-20
SPANISH SPORTS.
Fight Between II Hull nnd o Tiger.

Eight Between I, Hall ana q Tiger.
Hapana toto. 11>I cGrr,spe"dees " Tho Ssu FORK
rhero cou,a ,ar11y 'ieas9 Ienyo con mora e,tto,o
time solcotod for tho peculiar performance fur
rtshcd III lnat Sunday at tho Plaza do To,oc,
where tho bull-1shts ooinmonly take place. III
ti.ls instance II was fiEht betwcen bull and q
t,so1, nS., tho latter "fresl, from the wlds Of
OF tue Spanish mind at tho momout tloro
wa corlnin piquant appropriateness in pro.
vldlag tlta hort OF entertainment, and tho
G%Eo eoneonrse TINT attended justified tho
was glad to 500 there wero bus *'ii, low
lat'os thoro, aud tho gathering at mon WINS tho
largest ovor saS nndcr onn roof. Tho atnphi-
theatre Is vast nnd shomd tinh tho soatlng
every Inch Of space, from tho floor 10 tho roof,
was occupied, not by the common pooplo. WHO
arc slow to ray from 20 to s9-the price OF aa-
misBion--b'tt by o roapootablc-looklng crowd,
whose direrout bright uniforms, interpreting 1t
short Intervals tic vast circles Of scats, gave
to tho sumtncr-drosaod assomblago q most
pistufoffq' trs tho apps95s'0 cEo In ho %
great woodon, octagon.slaped cago, aome
80 foet wide mud high, was placct, ntsd inside Of
this rooposed tho unta1ncable tiger. Boon after
o'clock, when tho tight WIS announced to conc
OF, young bull was trottod out into tic space
surrounding the big cage. md for thres or four
mnutos soyoral mntadors and small boys, with
rod and ycllo" c!oaas and hnudkcrchicfs, goadod
him around the areun until he howlod, grow con-
FUSED, and showed an evident dosiro to plunge
this pleasant framo Of miud tho door
was opcMod and ho bounded vigorously in
,'lit',u side; The, Ihe door, ct course. was IN
oct, III tho tigor novor stirred, but lay c,ouchne
in the dust like sueahing coward, al llo proved
hn,self to bo. The bull wheeled about aud
turned about In to middle Of tho cage md
the beust. His attention was atogotIor con-
ccrucd in thu waving cloaks outuide, aud In tho
tremendous yo, like tho snvage roar Of storm
driven breakers Oh q leo ooaat, that burst from
tho crowd. and vyas kopt up for minutes to-
gcther. l. was this terrific human yc that ap-
nallod aud tanned to cowartco aud abject fcar
streamer Of rod cloth was dropped ovor
tho prostrate animal, and thon tho brutal
fun fun st;lgsa et;egaa -, The nl bull 2 ppus hs horns
and, making tho cloth his target, rushed with
rage aud awkward might upon tho low-lyiue
tiger. The cloth vas instantly witldrawn al tic
bull came forward for this was luis frat acquaint-
ed on the tiger at tic momont. Would ho hgAt7
was tho question. The emotional Spanish miud
Immediately framed an illustration to snit Two Of
. higher order Of conlbatants thas might lavo
OF tho bull. lie slipped quickly OF his horns
mid sncakoa away and croslched down In
nnuthcr corner moro a1jocsly than over.
nTiger is ,,,,o,; Yanneo'" "a! asid spaniarl
thb Yankco lights" observed nnothor lator In tie
evening, whom it had been demonstrated boyond
doubt TINT tho beast was either a specimen tnmel
to worthleasness for fighting, or else cowardly
impostato. In vain the bull, through the de-
lusyo medium Of tho bright cion1ts shukcn in tho
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