Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-17

driven abreast, drag of She dead horses
and the bull, and tho first act wasover.
Tho Spanish bulls look like Texas
steers, not like tho English OF American
bull. They have large, lsnky frames,
and long, spreading horns, instead Of
short, thick necks and short horns.
Now ". are entertained with some
thing entirely different-an exhibition
of the Portuguese method Of bull light
Ing, in which the bulls were not killed,
and the men were, in fact, the only Far
ties injured. There were eight of the
Portuguese visitors, all men OF great
physical powers. Six of them were
dressed alike, in white trousers, white
wa,stcoats, green sashes around the
waist, and green caps, with light brown
chintz jackets; the other two were the
BLACKLIST of negroes, dressed in white
trousers and red cotton shirts, with red
caps. A large black bull, with balls of
hide around his horns was led IN. Ing
leader of the Portuguese ran III front OF
him, and, as the bnll charged, threw
himself between the animals horns
with one arm around each. The bull
hurled him off and ran over him. The
/ man was up again in All instant, and
again repeated the manGuvre, again
jumping on the bulls head. This time
be was successful; the bull could not
throw him The other Portuguese ran
up and held the bull. This ended that
heat, for as soon as the bull il captured
/ the game is over Three white steers
were then driven in and the bull went
out with them. With three other bulls
the same thing was attempted, and
with each of them tho Portuguese sue
ceeded. Their chief held on to one Of
the bulls by one horn only, and one Of
the negroes performed the same feat
with the third bull. 1t is true the
Portuguese were thrown off and tram
pied on at times, aud that one of their
number was taken to the in6rmary, but
they were successful in the end in every
instance. As no horses or bulls are
killed by this method, agreat argument
against bull fighting would seem to be
gotten rid ofby its advocates.
A brown bull was next pursued and
killed in the regular way by the Span
iards. The ospsda, who passed under
the sobriquet of "The Flea skilfully
gave the fatal blow without an unneces-
sary effusion of blood, which is consid-
cred very reprehensible. 1t is not alwayt
that the espsda can give the required
blow. The other day l saw q fierce
bull, who had just killed three horses
rsmanded by the popular clamor to hi'
stable Gal corral" simply because the
espads could not give him anything more
than light punctures in the shoulder.
The music struck up, and the twt
Portuguese negroes, well armed will
some canderillos, danced across the
hard sand. A new bull rushed upol
them. They sought to fix tho sticks ii
his neck. When they failed, aud the,
did not succeed for some time, they threw
themselves Aas on the ground, viii
their hands shielding their heads, ant
lot the bull run over their prostrat
D bodies.
l Next, I witnessed All oYtra0rdinar
scene. Six bulls, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
with bulls Of leather or hide ON thei
: horus-were, ono at timo to be give
up to the populace to badger and worry
They were not to be killed, but were t
. he teassd until they became tired an
the people also wearied, whom freshe
, bull was to be supplied. A hundre
men, most of them in blue or whit
o blouses with bright cloths and stick
ID left their seats and hurried into til
ID ring. The FIRST bull did no serious dan
!, age. The second was savage blac
ono. He came in like 3 whlrlwint
10 knocked one man over, and then rusl
ing upon young man tossed him big
70 in tho air. He came down withsa heSy
o thud, and fell Fat on his back; he move
10 one arm, gssped, and became apparen
" ly lifeless. He WAS indeed 80; he W;
L. already dead, aud it was only his corp
70 which was hurried over thu fenc
~ | The same bull killed another man wee
~ ago, and this makes the tenth dea
y which has occurred in these popul
Ia bull baitings within the last two yeal
III Seven or eight other persons were $
Vi verely injured in the course of this aftt
L. noon, but it was all without effect
~ the people, who, after the last Of the =
20 bulls had disappeared, insisted on ha