, 1874-12-19

whose bones would have been laid I,
rest with the help OF bullet long before
in any country but Spain; beasts who's,
ribs stood out on their shrunkcn bodies
like lath on an upholstered wall; with
knees like the ill-Shaped eXcrcScence:
on aged tree trunk, and heads theil
poor lank neCks could hardly suS
tain Still they could stand up
and tins was all that was necessary tI
their meeting with bull, their greatest
virtue being that they were absolutely
valueleSS for everything else, and con,
! sg--ently II cost nothing 10 let bull
gore Them rs he liked The bull had
hardly recovered from his surprise al
missing the rIul0 he had chased before
the red rag waved by another caught his
eye, and instantly We saw him racing
after this second one, with exactly the
same blank result Meanwhile yitad0g
had been walking his hliUdtO'lcl I--ec
toward the animal. and, aS the latter
plunged toward him he turned the side
of his Stccd. and the terrible horns of
| the maddcncd beast were buried instant
! IL in the Wrctched creatures quivering
! flesh. Ii made 50 sound. buI, tOIterinT a
moment, the horse fell with its rider
/ While Ii ChulO attracted the bull away
/ others drew the picddur from under the
/ horse, Unmiurcd because OF his padded
/ clothing, and the horse WAS beaten with
/ clubs until he got upon his feet again.
/ and dripping with blood was mounted
| again by the same rider and again urged
/ toward the bull. The ChulOs and plea
| dorS thus kept the bull rushing furiously
about the arena until he showed evidence
| of fatigue though his rage was con
trumpet sounded and the bandcrilloS
leaped into the ring. Their snowy and
somewhat tawdry dress does not differ
much from that of the chuloS. and for L
moment we mIstook them for these.
Each carried, however, a pair of baTbS
about foot long, with sharp steel points
shaped something like those of an uTlI-
nary tish-hook Il was not difficult for
one of these handerillos 10 bring the
furious bull dashinE upon him II
looked to Us nOvICcS as If some
thing horrible must happen, but, just as
the animal seemed about making the IA
tai stroke, he started back and leapcd up
and down in an ecSlacy of agony. His
practiced aSSailant in a motion too quick
for Us To follow had implanted both the
barbS on the top Of the creatures neck,
at the same time springing lightly TO one
side \ moment after when the PAIN
the animal was suffering subsided enough
10 let hin, notice another bandcrillo, hc
charged again and received exactly the
same treatment, to the great delight of
the excited audience; and the diycrting
scene was repeated again and again. By
this time the immense fatigue and be-
wildermcnt of the bull was painfully ap-
parent. The trumpet sounded once more
and the csp6dJ, or matadoT, dressed in
gay Spangled uniform, appeared before
the Presidents place and received formal
permission 10 Kill the bull. On the left
arm be carried large red cloak; IN the
right hand a straight sword. For fear
lest the ball might have a GL;lc - the
'0rfs sISOI IUTOy SIIN o.sssSv~ t"f't tt D,un's-
ing from side 10 side, as a. the start. Al
last the SspJj0 and the ball stood face To
face, not ten feet apart. BY sudden
fling the former spreads the bright coax
from his extended arm; tine unreaSOnng
bull daghes through II, and The tSyGa0
is seen 10 be a. safe as a lady playing
with her poodle, lie toys IN this way
with the beast Il moment or two, then, a.
il makes one Of It's Unguardcd plun"es,
the sword dcScendS quick like a flash Oi
lightning behind the horns and hurics
itself to the hilt in the yielding
flesh. \ few seconds startled trembling.
and the bull rolled overhead That
was a bUlltight, as We saw H. There
were six other bulls dispatched in very
much the same way, with admirable
prOmptnesS There are no long inter-
missions; the dead bull and the slaugh-
tered horses are dragged away with
some parade, little sand Is strewn over
the pools of blood and gore, and the
next bull Is UShered in without mo-
ment's delay But to tell of its pcrsecu-
ton and death would be 10 repeat the
same story almost word for word Per
haps our party was too commonplace,
but the fact is we none Of Us paTtoOk in
the excitement of the wild, bOiStcTOUs
audience, even in the scene of the first
bull We could not help regarding 1t as
a most disgusting demOralMing specta-
Gle Bul-fght IS miSnomeT- There i
no more of honest fight in il than in the
slaughter Of a steer IT Chicago pack
ing house The bull has not the slight
est chance against the performers
whose sO-C4llcd courage has no better
title TO respect than that OF ughtrOpe
dancer, being simply 4 slcigLt-Ofhand
in which practice makes perfect The
poor old horses are worse than defense
less against the bull, and an honest
spectator, who is not hardened to blood,
cannot but acknowledge the bull-hght as
I lower in grade than Il cOck-hght or
prize-fight, for in these the contestants
are at least equally matched Then, too,
one Is in turn touched with pity, or
moved with intense disgust throughout
the performance Who could but feel
both emotions on seeing the immense
Spanish audience screaming with delight
at the sight OF d noble animal dancing Ike
a young kid because of the baTb-tOTtUTe
inflicted to amusc them. But this is but
little in comparison with the revolving
mangling Of the horses. ! have made
no eXaggerariOn in describing their for
lOrn and feeble aspect, nor do in tell
ing OF more than one poor beast that saw
beaten until it would stand and walked up
tOttering 10 be goTed by the bull a second
and third time, while its entrails were
hanging ike a bag from its lacerated
body, or even trailing along the ground
unfolding As the WTetChed creature pro-
ceeded. One was led off whose entire
entrails lay behind him in the arena.
Am ! saying too much. lam simply de-
scTiblng what y 900 Spaniards Witnessed
On one Of Gods brightest Sunday after
Moons without notice, or, when noticed,
with merriment- Al one such painful
moment | observed one Of my friends,
an Englishman, gazing beyond the arena
at some tree tops just visible over the
crest Of the building, and beautifully
traced in the transparent air against the
cloudless, deep blue sky. - Think - said
he, Just about az this hour our country
men over all England are returning
peacefully from the Sabbath afternoon ser
vice, perhaps under just such lovely God
given sky, and then look az this murder
Gus mob OF blOod-thirsty SpanIards l.
it not the cruelty Of the InqUisition still
alive IN another shapet"
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