The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-01
A Brilliant Bull light.
Madrid Correspondence N. Y. Evening Pc

Madrid Correspondence N. Y. Evening Postl
The last bull fight took place yester-
day. 1t was considered by the intelli-
gent much superior to the first. The
caballeros en- plaza were furnished by
the corporation, and appeared in all their
glory. Nothing on earth devised by
man can equal this pageant in brilliancy
at the moment of the entrance OF all
the performers when the King arrives.
The alguaciles in their black and purple
plumes came first, then the picadores on
horseback, with their armor inside
their dress instead of outside, then
the 1.-the, graceful bull fighters in their
unique and beautiful dresses, and lastly
the State carriages bringing the cabal.
leros, dazzling with colors, gliding, and
bright-hued plumes, accompanied by
grooms, pages, and the mozos de plaza in
their bright scarlet blouses, and lastly
the vicious little mules, all bells and tas-
sells, that are to drag away the dead ami
mals-all uniting to form a sight once
seen never to be forgotten, and SO very
Spanish that one can scarcely find words
in any other language wherewith to de-
scribe it. But what makes it S ink sc
deep into the imagination is that, be
wildering and fantastic as it appears il
all it's barbaric splendor, it is the pro
logue to stern, real tragedy. The mer
and horses have one chance in a hun
dred against being MANNED or killed, ane
as for the magnificent bulls, we know
that they must die.
The bulls on this occasion behaved al
usual. They acted toward the King ant
Queen Just as the people in the streets
had done when the monarch and BIZ
bride passed through their ranks-that il
to say, they took no notice of them be
yond staring at them. As usual, they
rushed into the ring, resolved to ex
terminate every living thing beside them
selves, and, as usual, after fifteen O
twenty minutes they found themselve
MANNED, wounded, dying, staggering to
ward the barrier, seeking, as all injured
brutes, some sheltered place wherein tt
lie down and die.
There was one incident in the last bul
fight that was consolation in the mids
Of 20 much carnage. A superb animal
: from the meadows of the Duke of Vera
: guas, came bounding into the ring an,
: went full tilt at the barrier opposite witt
| such force that he broke Old of his horn
5 off at the root. The rules of this spor
: do not permit an animal to be attacke
, in the ring unless he is in perfect cor
dition. And thus it was that this lif
, was spared, and the bull was sent bac
! to bis green pastures again. And wha
e a relief it was to those Of us who ha
e seen the performance with sinking heal
and quivering nerves to see the shcI
3 herds come in clad in skim
with great broad-brimmed hats, wit
their sings in their hands, driving befol
them the cabestros, the fathers an
e grandfathers of the herds. These, wit
: tinkling BELLS came gravely in and g
+ close together in group in the center
e the ring, upon which the poor brute, b,
= a moment before frenzied with rage an
is excitement, softly lowing as soon as b
e saw them, trotted gently toward ther
e and went out after them as quiet as
q lamb. At'-r '.. " --'@ =.
Ell In this royal fete Pinto, a picador
= was killed. | saw him die. May nev
, see the IKE again. Lizard, another cor
II batant, was rubbed against the barri
by restless, frightened horse until I
q Tainted ind had to be carried out.