The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-18
BULL-FIGHTING.

Hdinely, mat IN certain districts they
still pillow the ground with swords, {
custom original enough surely in the
land OF the Cid! But | will return u
TINS subject another time. To-day
only wish TO express my opinion in re
gard to bull-lghts, and to declare thai
they are among the most astonishing
humbugs possible to conceive. The
French romancists are very guilty in
this connection. Upon the faith OF
writers like Theophile Gauter and
Alexander Dumas. how many people
who never set foot in Spain have adopt
cd the habit Of speaking of the tauro-
machlcal entertainments with passion
ate admiration? o, the poor horse
| am perfectly aware that he is destin.
ed to be sacrificed, and that for such O
purpose no one could buy pure blooded
steeds worth five or six thousand francs
but this miserable, consumptive and la.
mentable hack does not the less contra.
dict by his very aspect of hideousness
the magnificent promises of the adyer.
| tiscmCnts!
A prudent man opens the door of the
toru, and terrified bull r1lshcs out, a
bul'which has just been vigorouslyprick-
cd with a goad in order TO compel him
10 make his entry in a theatrical man
ncr
Now the entertainment has begun.
The bull pauseS for a moment. No one
moves He sees the horse of the plea
dor, and PUSHES at him with the veloc-
ity of a cannon ball. burying his horns
to their roots in the animals belly.
Imagine the establishment of the horse,
who has not had the slightest idea of
what was going to happen; for his eyes
had been generously bandaged! Some
times il Is in the horses chest that the
bull buries his horns, with sickening
thud Then the bull tries to lift horse
and rider together-that immense
weight.
The banderilleros come and shake
their cloaks and draw off the attention
Of the animal. Another picador comes
into the plaza; the bull sees him and
PUSHES forward to disembowel the
second horse, while the assistants aid
the first dismounted cavalier to his feet.
He is so weighed down with iron armor
worn under his yellow trousers and his
brown waistcoat that it would be i'm
possible for him To get up without help.
The bull kills the second horse, then
a third sometimes fourth, or even
more.
Now, good people, you imagined per-
haps, like me, that the picador' duty is to
stop the bull in his mad career and pro-
tect his horse by means of the long
lance which he carries. No, no, The
picador is there only as an ornament.
The horses are only used TO tire the
bull The furious animal must be al
lowed to wear himself out; and to dis
embowl the helpless and blinded
animals, until his muscles are weary
and his strength is spent The proof
is that at Pampeluna, last summer, "a
picador who had dared to defend his
horse was put in prison.
And how does the matador kill the
bull? All! it is then that the spectacle
becomes dull, long and tiresome indeed.
The espada waits until the bull chooses
:. =, 49, N''i't'
ilohS' pu, uiliorIullalely' lhe breath
leSs animal uoGS not Always lend hln-
sen 10 'neSe "hIiilS' why should me-
lila'liiucll rs ne uoes hoI know exactly
"nH' Is wanted 9i hlln'
lhero Is Suudeh ll9htllhS OF steel;
the torero mas sprung forward there
is tempest of Kisses. He has missed
ms ann uoou; ne lrIc' aGaln' Inns
tllle tho SWORD mas entered up TO the
ii'lV' buI taG puII uoe' not laII' Oh
tIe contrary ne seems 10 nave made up
ms NINA 10 '3He walk lelsurely around
inc arena Zen minutes pass The
amman Is sun lltm upon his legs. The
puollc occo'he urea ana roar out:
D'fl cspaNa' - (another SWord)
hry prilS lhe other sword ana the
matador pluhgeS ms second weapon up
TO the mt beside the iirst.
AT Azpelta saw bull which had
three swords buried in him, one after
the other, and which still continued to
walk about, For whole half hour he
refused to fall, and YOU can imagine
now much the people were amused
during that half hour.
AT BiIboa saw another bull which
had aSword plunged halfway into his
neck and remained standing for TWEEN
V-SceHen minutes while the banderille-
roS forced him to keep turning his head,