Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-22
An Ar,sona Bull Fight

Tugcon Citrcn. Il
At a given signal the trap was raised
and a three-yesr.old bull bounded in.
For a moment he stood confused at the
applause which greeted his appearance,
and watched with glarlng eyes the &C
tiona of Col. Yanezand assistants, who,
stnpdjne near the centrer Of tho ring,
faarted their red tlsgs before him
The hesitation was but momemtary,
for With lowered head he scattered
both men aud flags. For a while he
made things lively, and the boys
hunted their holes without being twice
told. At last firing down, he was
again reused to fury by Col. Yanez
dc xterously planting a rosette OF col.
ored paper tquarely in the center OF
the bulls forehead, and later on two
| Others, n In the nose, and the other
| in the left shoulder. However, in the
! end he tagged out and gave way to a
spotted bull with horns uncropued;
| but as he was one of those bulls that
could neither be coaxed or prodded
into battle, he was driven out, and
tho cries OF ''toro colorado" were heard
on every side.
II LAST BULL OF THE THREE,
s'the toro colorado" to be fought that
day, was then let in, He was a fine
looking specimen Of his kind, and
built for q fighter from the ground up
He entered the ring with q rush, and
lost no time in getting down to bust.
ness. Whenever q red flag was waved
or q man showed himself in the ring
his lordship was there also, and when
they, as they always did, took refuge
behind the screens provided for theil
safety, he made an effort to butt then
down and follow In. When Col
Yanez attempted to ornament the
bulls forehead with q rosette he missed
it, and narrowly escaped being mad
|, into q rosette himself, After repeated
efforns the rosette vas pinned on.
Now, madden than ever, and foamini
at the mouth, he beloved with rag
and charged furious'y. Some OF the
escapes from his horns were marvel
, ous. To further show his skill ss
bull. fighter Col. Yanez endeavored t.
: plant two gaudiiy% colored arrangement
, Of paper and fire crackers on eithe
, .bonfAas, bat in avoiding q charge h
stuck both into or-e
srpn OF THE BULLS NECK.
The exploding crackers olcSe VI!
, bull wild with rage and pain, and l
r looked for a time as thengh he wa
going to get even up with the tor
mentors, for, without paying heed t.
the red flags, he charged the Glow
h with such ferceness that it was IN
o possible to miss the shock, 30 down b
It went, and the bull over him, and bu
X for the presence of mind of the othe
10 mon in the ring. who ran up, and, b
Haunting their flags In the face of tn
bull, drew him away from the pro-
0, trate man, something serious migt
a. have occurred. TIE next move VIZ
(. to lasso and throw the bull, and the
p cinch o rope tightly around his bod,
which served I'd q hand.hold tc One
o, the fighters, who ..sated himse
~ astride Of the pulls hips. Tho rop
,g were taken Of and the animal spIu!
I. ta hia .isetn uHsutfssst. ttFdlss d FALLING"
ns that, he rushed after the others
Of f~uriously as to throw his rider, an
W quickly tur:.aing on him. would ha
ut given hirA q ride In another direvti
It. but for. the othera drawing his attc
H. ton with their flags. The sport wi
y. him lasted about an hour, and was t
no most exciting of the whole pl
n gramme. Col. Ysnek, when the b
10 was pretty we'll jaded, acted q lit
lot too familiar by stopping him with
hand, and was rewarded by a sha
kick that emptied his bellows
wind. That, together with
sprained wrist, which made the clio
20. happy. was tho only accidents OF
afternoon.