Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-09

them was so indignant at n cape bearer who
shook a red cloak IN his face that he followed
him right over the barrier, causing an i'm
menso burst of laughter. In truth, the sight
was inexpressibly comical | thought OF
your Yankee phrase about the man who was
"hurried over the fence by the bull. This
same animal charged the halberdiers twice,
but they filled his skin full of holes, and put
out one of his eyes. There were one or two
frightful half hours in this strange afternoon
half hours when bull, dying, gored the
horses which he had already slan--when the
odor of death arose from the rng-when the
smell of blood seemed to have put savagery
into all our sous-wheu we felt grim JOY IN
each new wound inflicted on the bull, and
when the fitting corps of cxecutioners seem
ed endowed with supernatural skill. The last
bull, which did not promise well at first,
turned out TO be master fighter and the
principal matador had TO use all his skill to
bring him to his knees The manner in
which the bull looked at the matador had
something awful in it-something 80 mex
pressiblc that I will not try to define it.
The CLOSE.
The King and Queen tried to 60 after the
seventh bull had been dispatched, but the
spectators would not hear of it, They cried
"Ouo toro otro toro :" Canothor bullD in
thundcrous unison and the King yielded. 1t
must have been severe trial for the Queen,
but she sat through it all, and | observed that
toward the last she looked ON all the time
You speedily become accustomed to the spec
tacle--horriblc az it is. AB soon as the last bull
was dispatched the thousands of persons dis
cd peaceably, and so dense was the throng
that carriages and pedestrians alike could only
move ut a suRil's pace. The arena was wet
with blood, and III Il recess OF one ot the out
cr corridors the eight bulls aud the seven
horses which had been their victims were ly-
ing in II row. The ainphitLoatrc, with its
stone seats and blood stained sands seemed
lioman rather tlan Spanish-Gut Spanish it
emphaticnlly is. The bulls slain at this royal
festival were furnished from the estates Of
different gentlemen who take great pride in
raising them. The local journals publish the
names Of these gentry, as well AZ the ptdl-
gree of the bulls. To-day there is II second
grand "corrida. at which eight bulls will be
dispatched but l shall not 20. have seen
enough.
In a letter written subsequently to the one
here quoted nearly in full, Mr. King says.
The picador who was wounded in the first
bull fight before the King died from his
wounds shortly after he was carried out Of
the arena He was butchor,d to make II
Spanish holiday, but no one seems to care. l
am told that the picadors ordinarily receive
but two hundred and fly francs apiece for
risking their lives in such reckless fashion
The men who fight on foot are much better
paid, and some Of them are very rich. They
are allowed to associate with the nobility, ex-
actly MS famous jockeys now and then con
sor, with dukes and marquises in England.
| Fmscuelo, it appears, is not dead after
ALL He was terribly gored in recent
encounter with a bull that did not propose to
hc killed without selling his life dearly, and
rumors of his demise were circulated. But
he has almost recovered and although lie
was unable TO take part in these royal fetes.
he exhibited himself in the galleries. He
has brother but little less renowned than
himself for foats Of daring in the Plaza de
Toros. The costumes Of all these men bear
! evidence Of the great esteem in which the
wearers are held by ladies high in social rank
Diamonds satius and laces are freely layishe 4
on "A fayoTite UsdtddOr. The second bull
| fight on Tuesday, was, it seems, an oxtraor-
/ dinary spectacle. Some Of the bull, fought
| with desperation, but one was so much Of a
coward that he turned tail and ran. Another
| broke horn short OF, and the spectators,
therefore, demanded his expulsion from the
] TlnE. Dll IntTt Is u VAST ulUtTtltt between
| getting a bull in and getting him out. His
bullship was by no means inclined to go back
| into his prison. and curious expedient was
resorted to for getting rid Of him. A herd
! of tame oxen was driven into the ring. and
! then driven out again, Mr.. Bull following
| them rs il il were the most natural thing in
the world. \ third bull rushed upon the
| spears Of the corps Of halberders stationed
at the foot Of the galleries communicating
with the royal lodge, and getting pierced in a
vital part, fell A. suddenly as If he had been
| struck by lightning The King and Queen
attended the second days fighting, rather to
| the surprise of the masses. An attempt was
made by the English Societies for the Protec-
| ton Of Animals to have the British govern
ment prevent its envoy from attending these
] barhnrous spectacles But Lord Napier has
| probably been long enough in the vicinity of
| Spain to feel much n the SpRniards do about
| bull fighting. Our Minister, Mr.. Lowell, did
not attend either Of the exhibitions. The
general in preston produced upon the strang-
ers who were present was "A bad one. Slaugh-
ter is at all times repulsive, aud there is no
| poetry or refinement possible IN the Plaza de
| Toros Some day an enlightened public
| opinion will demand the suppression of these
odious spectacles The Spaniards are gener-
| ally so gentle, amiable and sober in their con-
duct, that it is difficult to imagine how they
| have managed TO keep alive the taste for the
! most brutal entertainment of modern times
There are newspapers here devoted to the no.
ble art. Journals which anayze the sport in
most learned manner, and which even publish
| poems on the principal matadors. These
| verses are read with gusto by the great la
dies. When Lagartijo was wounded in the
! fight of Tuesday, as much solictude was
manifested as if he had been a member of
the royal family. 1t is strange!