Smyrna times., 1878-01-16

newed the attack with increased vigor,
perfectly wild with rage. But the willy
picadores easily evaded his charges. The
men were armed with spears, the points of
which were filled with an explosive sub
stance, which, striking the bull, left gaping
wounds. The matador, whose duty it is to
slay the bull, stepped into the middle of
the arena, armed with sword, and having
bowed to the President and then to the
audience, prepared to engage the animal.
The scene was now thrilling and exciting.
The audience watched the combat with
breathless attention. The picadores tried
to attract the attention of the bull to give
the matador an opportunity to use his
sword, but the bull, having caught sight of
the latter, suddenly dashed toward him.
He sprang aside with lightning rapidity,
and then the sword was driven between
the shoulders of the animal, killing him
instantly.
The building shook with the thunders of
applause that greeted the victorious hero.
Handfuls of silver were showered upon
him, and one enthusiastic spectator pre-
sented him with G200 note.
An intermission occurred. | asked my
lady friends how they could enjoy such
barbarous spectacles. They laughed and
replied: ave women in this country are
not so sensitive as your country-women; !;
we live upon excitement, and cannot exist
without it."
The next scene on the programme was
an encounter between a bull and bear
Looking down into the arena saw an at
tendent leading by strong rope q small
bear, which he securely tied in the middle
of the arena. The bull was let in, and tre-
mendous applause greeted his appearance.
The animal at first did not take any notice
of his tied antagonist, merely snuffing the
air and then dashing away. The picadores
appeared ard attempted to attract the bull
toward the bear. This they succeeded in
doing, and as the animal, now furious
| spied its enemy, he dashed toward it with
head lowered, and catching it on its horns
threw it violently into the air. The bear
made no resistance except to growl fiercely
and tried to escape from its assailant
Again and again it was tossed into the air
until the attendant. seeing the fight wa!
entirely one-sided, led both animals ava,
amid shouts Of laughter from the specta
tors.
An encounter then took place between
bull and full grown lion. An iron Gag,
containing the lion was drawn into tn,
middle of the arena. The bull was quickly
put in, the grated door closed, and the tw,
animals stood glaring at each other. Th
bull was first to advance to the attack, ant
charging furiously at his opponent sue
ceeded in driving his horns through tn
jaws of the lion, from which the bloot
flowed freely. The lion, however, nothin
daunted, fought desperately with his claw:
fastening them in the sides of the bull an
lacerating the flesh terribly. The bull ha
the advantage, and although he tried il
, vain to shake off his antagonist, he succeed
ed finally in worrying him out, the lio
dropping from sheer exhaustion on tn
| floor of the cage. The fight lasted abor
r five minutes, and at its conclusion tn
victor was greeted with thunders of al
. plause from the excited spectators. NJ
t lady friends were especially enthusiastic
J. asking me if ever had witnessed such a
j. enjoyable entertainment before. Anotht
: intermission of fifteen minutes occurred
o which we improved by visiting the boxes
p various friends present and partaking
e wines and other refreshments.
d The closing scene was to be fight
r tween a lioness and four small but ferocior
S bulldogs. The cage was turned and we 50
r a large, full grown lioness of ferocious a
e pect, while at the same moment an O
!. tendent appeared leading by chain fol
r small dogs of the bull species. They wei
d Immediately let into the cage, and wi
IS fierce growls instantly sprang on their 70
y 1t would seem almost impossible for fo
O. such insignificant animals to be vctorio
te in an encounter with an enormous lion, b
the result shows how mere brute force fa
d aprey to cunning stratagem. The audien
to were now worked up to fever pitch of e
lie citement, and hundreds sprang into t
IL arena to obtain closer view of the combs
as The soldiers were ordered to clear [
IS, arena, and charged with fixed bayonets
VI the crowd, wounding several in their effo
al to force them back. This so infuriated [
d. mob that knives and pistols were draw
"a. and fierce encounter took place betwe
n, the military and rabble, resulting in [
he killing of several of the former. 7
rts soldiers were first ordered to fire into
ed air, but this proving futile volley
he poured into the mob, killing several a
zee wounding. others. The crowd, threaten
ey dire vengeance, retreated leaving the sp
lie, clear.
tly During the excitement caused by
st. collision between the soldiers and the m
nd the fight between the lioness and the d
is had ended in the latter being victoric
and as we looked toward the cage we
The the dogs standing over their PROSTATE
the tapping its blood, and apparently little
red worse for the encounter, though su
ade quently three of them died from Il
md wounds. This closed the entertainm
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