The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-20
A South American BuIl-Fight.

South American BuIl-Fight.
Of course, when in Rome one must |
I'm the customs of the Romans, and |
- was induced to visit a grand bull |
Shit. the proceeds of which go toward |
he support of hospital. 1t is task |
- some difficulty TO obtaih a seat in the |
lima Bull ring, there being three differ
ant admission fees that must be paid ere
The seat can be counted secure. After
snbmitting TO this slight extortion,
Licked around the building. 1t is cir
MAR edifice, said to be the largest in
tbe world and can accommodate 10000 |
rsople. The day of my visit being a
fssst day. the place was crowded with
the elite and poverty of Lima, for it
vrould be considered falling from grace
should the chola not attend the bull
fgbt. even if he should go hungry for
week TO accomplish this. There was a
fair sprinkling of the foreign population,
and many a beauty whose nerves would
have shrunk from contact with mouse,
now impatiently waited for the bloody
Struggle between mans ingenuity and
brutal force.
THE FIRST TO APPEAR.
/ IUt CdDCdlOlFS, f'lNd0OttCS
/ dores were the first to appear, the former
mounted and plainly dressed, the last
/ two gorgeous in colors, and with bright
red capes jauntily thrown across the arm.
/ They marched slowly around the circle,
and it was study to note the the cold
| glitter of their ewes, that seemed full of
an expectancy that only blood could sat
] isE. One could very plainly see that to
these men the value of human life was
worth only the pleasure its taking would
give.
But though so willing to take life,
hey are provided with numerous places
Of refuge should the bull press them too
hard, and thus they can safely employ
all their skill on foe placed at great
disadvantage. After the authorities had
been saluted, bull, maddened by hun
ger and other tortures, came bounding
into the ring, and with wild eyes glariDg,
stood and watched his foes. Soon ca
peadore approached, and by provocation
sought to highten the fury of the beast,
which rushed at full speed upon horse
and rider; but just as the sharp horns
seemed about 10 gore the former, the
Capeadore, by a dexterous movement.
eluded the blow. and his companion took
his place, so, drawing the danger from
one to the other, they kept the bull
rushing wildly around the ring, and
after time gave place to the picadores
and matadores.
TANTALIZING THE Bulls.
The excitement increased with their
appearance, for these men are full of
daredevil courage, and delight in the
wild fury of the bull, tantalizing him in
all the ways they can, and fitting about
him like gorgeous demons, often flying
across the circle with the bull close at
their heels, and gaining place of safety
Just as you think them doomed to des-
tructien. If the beast shows any signs
of faltering, darts are thrown into his
neck, and he again grows furious, to be
met by an increase of torment from his
agile prosecutors.
After this has gone on some time, the
leading matadore asks permission to kill
the bull, which being granted, he throws
his cape over his sword. and engages the
attention of his foe. Now comes the
struggle between brute cunning and
brute force, and the excitement grows
intense, though to me it had a sickening
horror attached that destroyed all
/ thought of pleasure. Keeping close to
the animals side, and carefully watching
his chance, the matadore at last casts his
cloak about his horns, and while the
poor brute is battling with this uDsub-
| stantial foe. thrusts his keen sword up to
the hilt through the fierce throbbing
/ heart. A stagger, a heavy thud, and
| the braves tell that the first act isended,
the bull qeing quickly drawn away by
70 ursayly caparisoned horses
! Not always do these tragedies have a
One-sided ending, Often both men and
horses are carried away dead and vet
this does not stop the sport. The death
of one bull was enough to satisfy me,
/ however, and | left the ring with my
/ estimation of the Spanish American con-
/ siderably strengthened, for he has neve'
been tavorite of mine.
! A BLOODY ROW.
At a bull fight in Callao, not long ago,
a rather amusing and sanguinary affair
occurred. The matadore deputed to kill
1 the bull having made several Intellectual
| thrusts, was approached by a chola, so
/ drunk that he could but stagger, who
took the sword from him and determined
to DO the job. This the bull fighters OBJ
! jected to, and they tried to persuade the
man to retire from his perilous position.
keeping the bull cornered in the other
part OF the ring. Their words incensed
the man, who began hacking at them
with his sword, and then the police were
called in. The rough part OF the audience,
| who would have much liked to see the
fellow gored to death, now took his part
against the police, and, jumping into the
ring, began ASA Lifting them with stones.
Pistols were produced. and then troop
of dismounted cavalry were marched in,
and the frav began in earnest.
Swords and pistols were freely used,
and fragments of clothes and bodies were
soon flying about in all directions At
last the bull broke away from the mata-
dores who had been guarding him, and
charged through the crowd, paying no
respect to person, and having impaled
negro by the back of the vest, carried
him around the ring, the poor fellow bel
lowing wildly for mercy; even this did
not stop the fray, and it wasonly by their
rifles with ball cartridge that the troops
managed to restore order, and got the
audience quiet. This done, the wounded
were dragged out to the hospital, and
The performance again began.
! Truly, bull fight is wonderful man
Hesitation of the intelligence and refine
ment of the modern Spanish American.
Cor. N. Y Erening Haa.
EGYPT MORTGAGED TO ENGLAGD.
Egypt is undergoing a species of Agli-
feation. The chief offices of the cabinet,
beneath the rank of minister, are in the
hands of Englishmen, who are all liber-
ally, / may say munifcently, paid. The
postmaster-general is an Englishman,
with a salary of $4,000 a year; his
nephew, who acts as deputy, gets 81 900
year; another Englishman, $500. The
director of the railway system is an
Englishman, with the handsome salary
of $4,000; the vice director. a fellow
countryman, gets $4,000. 1t is estimated
that the total salaries paid to English
employees of the khedive is about $780,
600. and the cry is still they come.
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