Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-30
Bull-Fights in Madrid.

In every crowd and cafe YOU see the tall,
shapcly, dark faced, silent men with cool.
professionally murderuus look like that Of
our border desperadocs, whose enormously
wide black hats. short jackets, tight trousers.
and pgtails Of braided hair proclaim them
chHloS, Or members of the noble ring In
trepId. with muscles uf steel. and finely
formed. they are very illIterate sc saw one
OF them gently taking his brandy at the
Cafe De Paris after a hard combat, while his
friend read from an evening paper report
of the games IN which he had Just foug ht, the
man : own education not enabling HIM tu de
cipher print. But the higher class Of these
professionals are the idols. the deml-god~ of
the people. Songs are made about them
their deeds are painted on fans, and popular
cnromus illustrate their loves and woes
people crowd around to see them IN hotels
pr on the street a. If they weTe heroes or
star tragclians. Pet dogs are named for
the well-known ones and It vas even ru-
mured that one Of the chief swordsmen had
secured the affections Of patriclan lady.
amt would have married her but for the in
reference o. friends, Certain 1t is that a
whule class %; Young bucks of the lower
order" Arr's' 0, the British tcrm-scl
thrm>ri,c, up m the closes, allowable mi-
tatl1n of bui-hgh;crs, down 10 the tuft Of
hllr Ictl growing IN front Of the ear The
,spp}is or mufaiorcs lkllcrs). who give
the mortal blow hire each one his rul,irlIiq
"a corps Of assistants, including pirriarcs.
b4HisrrNsr.s, and p,Htcriio. For ever,
fight thrS receive i've hundred dollars. and
sometimes the, Ia, up large fortunes. 10
.,e the sport well from seat IN The shade,
uuc must pas veil. Tickets are mouopo-
iilcd hY Il, culAior,, who. no less than the
fighters, have thcir ring. and gore buyer.
a, the hull does horses. We gave two dol
lars apiece for places. Nevertheless. the
ROUTE 20 the Place Of Bulls Is lined tor q
nile with omulbuscs. tnr,ana> broken-duwn
daIs,ucc>. and Uhcczy cab. 10 convey the
horde of intending spectators To the fight
ON SUNDAY afternoons a long stream OF
pcdc>'rans flies In the same direction. and
the show, turnout, of the ilCh add dignity to
what soon becomes Wild rush Tor the scene
oi action. The mule bell, rim; itAr ram Ut
metal Nhlp, crack. the driver, shout wildly
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