The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-23
Ball.Eghtlng In Mexico.
MArAMopns.. Aurnat 4.


I have just witnessed bull fipht In
this city--a angular scene within q mile
or two Of the United States boundary
line. The fight was SO different in many
respects from eimilar scenea gin Sorth
America and old Spain that describe It
for our readers: The seats aronnd tha
arena are filed with the elite Of Tamau-
lipas, including many women, some
beautiful, some pretty and good many
The bull Is driven into the arena, O.
thin, gaunt animal, pale yellow or cream
color, long.pointed horns, short head and
tefy eye, bnt young, not evidently more
by long fasting. he snorts and takes 8
hurried survey Of the scene. A picador,
in red tights, runs past MIN and iiaunts
red rag in his fa55s.., The bull euorto,
rgna his long horn, with quick flashing
motion, through the red cloth, and tears
1t from the mans hand. Other picadors
repeat tho same thing, the brute becomes
excited and charges wildly at his tormen.
tors they spring lightly to oneside binding
the bull with Che cloth, or bound up the
side Of the high fence, beyond the, reach
of his sharp horns. The crowd hoot and
yell for tho bnndarias (arrows with
strong, barbed iron points, winged with
o profusion of colored paper cut In strips.)
The picador most skillfuily seizes one In
each hand, and when the now thoroughly
aroused and maddened animal Fushea
savagely at him, plants the two bandarias
in the two sides Of the animal's neck,
who pitches roars and charges around the
arena, blood flowing ltSaly, the colored
paper gtraamerR flyinp and the crowd
yelling and hooting ike demons.
When the bull, worried and bleeding,
shows en- inclination to make his escape
from his torturers, the crowd yell prnid,is
los jnegos (iight him with fre.) Then
another brings what looks like two short
rockets ssccIk;eetsss, with hugo baroed iron pointa,
each containing several loaded rockets, so
arranged that when struck into the bull
they will at each discharge and drive the
point in deeper. The match Ia touched
to the rocket, and they are hurled or driv-
en- into tho neck or back Of tho brute.
He beiloWs. The fuse Misses. The rock
cts explode one after another in rapid
buccession, enveloping the animal in
pmoke. The hair is burned from the
skin, and the skin parched and burned
by the fearful explosions, resembling o
small cannon. The sharp irons are driv-
er further into the quivering aesh az
every discharge. The blood streams
from his wounds until, as &c happened to
one OF the bulls on shis occasion, he fails
to the ground as though dead, overcome
by torture and loss OF blood. Now the
clown announces, after three animals,
almost precisely alike In size, action, and
color, had been thus bated and worried,
finally lassoed, thrown down and the iron
barbs pulled out Of their Aesh, aud turned
out Of the arena in turn, that they were
most profoundly grateful in turn, &C.,
and would announce the close of the
performance, and that another would
take place on some future day. His
voice is drowned by fierce roar from the
crowd Of "Traigen una pos yuantato."
(Bring In anos.ler and Kill him.) The
clown answers: s"This ie sovereign
city, and permission, must first, bo OBJ
tained," He bounds up the fence in
front of the officials of the city and aakB
permission with hat in hand. Il is, of
',ourse. granted. He announces the re-
snlt. The crowd cheer vociferously.
The Bull enters, is bated and worried
% before described. A picador seires a
ahort, straight, double-edged sword,
makes lunge ct the bull, ;;ificts an ugly
flesh wound in the neck. He ciroles
around and again drives the blado down
the side Of the Dsck into his .vitals. The
dark. big0d 5y=sTt5 out. Tho clown a1-
ecutes the movement Of the staggering,
dying animal. The bull does not fail,
hut looks go appeaGngly with his great
brown liquid eyes at his executionefe, as
If asking what they would do next. He
10 only terribly wounded. A renA I.
thrown over his horns, his head is drawn
down to the ground, and the aword
forced into the back OF his neck. The
dying means. the screams OF kror and
agonY uttered ~ the pour creature are
.heartrsnding to these having heart.