The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-07
A Mexican Bull. fight.

q town thirty miles away from the cap
ital. and though the event was import
ant enough to induce the railroad COM
pany to issue round-trip tickets at re-
dueed rates, the distance was too great
to draw the genuine metropolitan crowd.
Last week, however, handbills and
posters announced that on Sunday there
would be . grand "Corida di Toros''
at the hacienda of Morales, Just outside
OF the Federal District. In the Federal
District local legislation forbids bull
lighting. and none has been witnessed
since the close of the Austrian inter-
vention. but as the line is only four or
five miles from the city, with easy COM
nnnication, there is not much gained
by the sacrifice made to decency and
humanity.
Our party of three took carriage at
the market stand, and in an hour fr ON
the hotel we. were at the scene of the
sport.
As four o'clock and the band struck
simultaneously. the crowd, which had
been yelling itself hoarse and whistling
and kicking, arose in an outburst of en-
thusiasm such as l supposed Mexico in
capable OF, and the amphitheater pre-
sented very brilliant appearance. The
4 Me xican ID more picturesque than the
Yankee and there was every hue and
shade in the kaleidoscope mass that
fluttered and glittered in the blazing
sun and sombre shadow. The adver-
tisements had announced that the
cuadriila, or company of toreadors, was
complete in every respect-espadas
picadores, banderilleros, capas, locos
and matadores --twenty-six in all they
were, and a very attractive sight they
presented as they defiled into the arena
amid the huzzas of the spectators. The
footmen had stepped out of the opera of
Carmen in jackets and knee-breeches
of satin. scarlet and green, and blue
and black, all laced and slashed with
silver, and with white stockings and
pumps, and the black astrachan cans
with Tapping wings of the opera. Two
lassadores were mounted on handsome
studs, but the picadores! Their mounts
were veritable crow-baits, shielded with
armor of leather cut like coat of mail,
The heavy gate of the bull-pen was
swung open and cupa waving his red
cloak in front of it stepped nimbly out
of the wav as q bpoa hfaoE hill da,lI
in at f,,li sneed, h,,9 ,o 100 ta.. Jun uashed
escane two hander; ilLs n @h ;dposn 70
nlanfed in his shonIda,s ~ mn'oh were
he dashed in He was r.rn III L.. aoose "a, as
recert;nn "a rooSa sy h"u 40 .l,is
crowd who mero r,a v;a SUI ths; ioI the
hin, Il tba oanto,. - ~ :n oioa ahs az
he had reached the - sn .n0 +h han "hen
tarad "a ~ a .,.s spo1 ,ney had scat
blear-eyed leather.c an P ,oUn un sns
the nearest ,;eadn,. IT, ,,.aI,.nI 1'7., "
eratelv towards bic v;ot;na b,,t uello
mi,c6 s1rnr;sad = f;na;nas ls;u,a uu' was
down hv III hsn ~ n laan u.nlsei pinned
sho,,1aa ;,,s. :. L. ,a.ico .nlusI lnto ms
hs. licked nm behind ord tnss S
horns. hut tbe i;rm orr - 4ha S;a.i us
aeld him - ~ ...L;. :. s .I picauol
screamed from - .,na SIo ploo9
awav trottad a,,s-s;,', tnm.,.,i uo .uIlIeu
uicos.r ..b eraas3 ~ Nv a.us allo'heI
fbe hc,sa J ,,d ~ - ~ ~ anu Dahggeu
fho r,,,.,,,d -, 40 Aoau 1seI neeis on
wap7 n, nv annh" - H"y Du' Nc uiun
ha r,;or =. 10y Ao .uSSeo Inc
ont ~ a. ~ Jump y, tried TO get
con,naaaS saOI; n1 whoie quaorille
sro,.,,,,.L;ss Sa.' ny nii., they dooged |
NJ Ia.s nsul.eu .nel, banners over
and nbassd any, a.',n Hg Iu1!ieu ana charged
q aa;n oas ~ s.upiuly ulrecting ms rage
who n;mhlv canarad " nm. n ~ men
just sas tb;s snart ca,o us - az reaen.
Ii spo.S oOinlnenceu TO grow
from Texas who was one Of onr martu
blurted out "Great bnavansi Tba+,S
What was itp A borse
and rider lifted bodily in tho 90
and thrown over hackwords u,;.L
the brute's poor belly r;nnes w; ii
open and his BLEEDING entra;Ia hurst;no e
out over the sharp horn that had d,,na
It's work. Horse and rider nick them.
selves up, lassador throws b;s iasso
deftly over the neck of the death strict
en- beast and leads him ont Tho hill
has got his work in now. he CHARGES on
other picador and no lance can hold
him back; he stands under the horse
plunges his horns again and AGAIN with
IN angry toss into the helnless bellv nf
The horse, aud when the footmen taynt
him away the whole assortment of The
norse's insides is trailing and s.r;nr;nm
On the ground, SO that he steps on his
own entrails and tears them asunder as
ae is led away. This is bull fighting,
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