New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31

Nv n miracle man osee HE life his soul IL saved,
for have not bulfghters their private chapel az the
entrance to the ring, and s there not priest ID
readiness to absove them
There is deal Of fiction abont bull-fpht Inc
two 'alqudcls on horseback, who, clothed IN biack
headed the procession, exhibited two handkerchieis
peering from pockets their breasts. why no one
remembers. An alguacil began act first by dasiihg
M TO the box of the President from whom he ie-
ceved the KEY Of the gate at which the Duils
entered Was the gate locked No. The aignacii
rode back 10 the gate, ii was thrown open ana OUT
rushed bro n and white bull, wearing the coiors
of the hidalgo on whose farm he had been pred Inc
bulls for Our Lady OF Sorrows were raised Nv
noble duke, n lineal descendant of Amencas us
covcrer bearing his honored name, CristobaI
Colon. Whether the human stock has degenerated
in its pursuits, is matter of taste. we prefer
America to buI-Gghts; spaniards prefer bull-Gghts
to America But Christopher Columbus raises fine
bulls; there are none better.
With a trumpet blast the bnll dashed into the
r,ng For two days he had been kept in the dark
without food. Fancy then his bewilderment and
rage when blinded by the sun and excited by the
screams of 1900 throats to the left OF the gate,
which closed Immediately, he saw picador dressed
in yellow, wearing broad-brimmed hat, beng
mounted on a sorry beast, and holding III his nght
hand threatening lance Gould anything be more
inviting to bullsh INSTINCT IN one moment the
bulls horns penetrated the horses bowels and the
lancelwassplunged into the bulls back. The bul
game, he showed unusual pluck and the
Spanards cheered. Again and again he returned to
the charge. There was better bull He lifted
the helpless horse of bis feet he almost carried him
on bis horns he no more needed the lance than If it
had been the prcking of pin, he gored and gored
hot bod from head a
feet silently fell to the ground with the picador
beneath him. The man was in no danger. The
bulls attention was quickly distracted by the waving
of red banners in another direction. and assistants
rescued the pcador whose legs are always so cased
in ironras 10 render il impossible for him to move
until set! upon his feet On the picadoTs removal
the teazing ceased, and the bull, seeing the dead
horse bathed in his own blood, charged him many
times amid popular braves. Deserving another
horse off the bull dashed with his hoofs in the AIR.
and so nearly tossed his victim as 10 unhorse the
picador, who chung TO the barrier until hauled over
If. The horse ealloped rideIless round the ring
with his bowels dragging upon the ground! 1t was
noble sight Perhaps yOu think thesufiering brutes
are speedily put out of misery. You are wrong. AS
long as horses stand up and bear riders, 20 long
they do duty. Contemplating from the middle of
the ring the results of his prowess the bull repeated
mounted.
There are many variations; but the theme never
varies and before the act closed horses lay stark
and stiff Spaniards are intensely critical in the
matter of bul-fghts When they think they are
being cheated out of sport, they do not hesitate TO
cry for more horses and in trepldaiou the managers
rush into the street to buy the first cheap hack that
Offers Twenty-Five dollars apiece is the price gen
erallv paid. Six dead horses in one act satisfy the
most exacting and now came the mules. Harnessed
three abreast with nodding flags and tasses, they
were driven in TO fast music and performed scayen-
ger duty by dragging of their dead relations IN
tempo fgiOso. The entrails were rahed up, and act
Second began.
Showing no signs of fatigue Christopher Conm-
buss bull made work for the capeadores the men
who shake their cloaks about promiscuously, and
fercely eyed the banderilleros from bdnderiia,
little banner, who, IN the gorgeous livery OF
Figaro entered the ring, bearing barhs which must
be lodged artistically IL the bulls neck. Now set
in the contest between brute instinct and human
skill Not to pOise the barbs in the right place to
excite multitudnous Indignation; therefore the
banderilero on the alert, coquettiDg with the
bull until the moment for throwing arrives. II the
barbs are aimed finely and in straight, the bande
rillero becomes a hero. He bows he receives a
he returns with mastery filings and the owners are
made happy. Picture, if you can, the inexpressible
oy of seeing six Of these murderous barbs-six or
eight being the number Notwithstanding erect in
the bulls neck. Tortured. frenzed, the poor beast
still ,showed pluck. Had he not there would have
been loud cries of "Fuogo Iaego" and barbs with
fireworks would have been fastened upon his back
to give him additional vivacity. With the throw
inc of the third pair of barbs act second ended.
Act third disclosed the espadd lswordsmaDl,
vulgarly called maddor slayer humorng, coaxing,
teasing the bull by dexterousy handling the cloak
under which was the weapon destined to do the
final butchering. The espa5a Lagartijo little
zard was received with great favor, and certainly
he knew every trick of his noble trade. That bull
would not give up, but Lagartijo proved equal to
the occasion. He magnetized the bull which
for second was thrown off his guard In
that second. Lagartijo planted the sword be-
tween the bulls horns and the splendid animal
dropped dead. Great was the cheering many were
the hats thrown, more were the cigars An at
tendant picked them up and Lagartijo with his blue
velvet scostume, embroidered in silver with his
white silk stockings and with his black hair done
nm in pig-tail felt that his supreme ambition had
been realized.
Living mules bore off the dead bull, and there fol-
lowed an iutermissOn for discussion. cigar
cites and water. Two men below me went
into bull-like passion over the recent
sport They howled, screamed shook their fists /;
one gave the other the lie direct. the other
seized his opponent by the throat, and put the
wretchs head between his knees. In moment
more there would have been dead brute OF
new species, had not woman interposed' four-
teen thousand people talked at once Inc
police interfered; combatants were marched
90 nlnrinu Gard;.hlu nt each other the WOMAN fol-