The Red Cloud chief., 1882-11-03

tuos lCCuSl0S bs0tC Vi Iutuu III AtO0rtC8l
would find himself In had he, withou
previous promptings. been placed anon,
the spectators At q Spanish bull-6ght
The arena 10 six times the size Of on
circus rings. and the ground II Of hard
beaten-dOwn sand. the whole circle sur
rounded by stone seats. one tier Over th'
other. with capabilities Of holding 10.
600 people. The places for the specta
tors are separated from the arena by
barrier. breast high, which forms
walk between the arena and the seats
Into this place Of safety the bull-fghter
spring when too closely pursued by tn
animal. You take your place. and an
mt once excited. Whether IL be q feel
ing Of wonder or dread ! hardly know
You c~onjure up all the horrible thing
you may have seen or dreamed Of. rs i
% accustom yourself TO new sensation
You think you ought not 10 have come
ut all.
Half the arena, a. l SAW Il a few DAYS
ago. Is in the full blaze Of the brilliant
sunlight and Is q carnival OF color. To
depict it an artists pallet would be i'm.
possible. II Ii so rich with the varied
hues Of shawls. gay dresses, startling
parasols and fiuttering fans. The noise
is deafening. for everybody Is talking
or laughing. and to add to the cOnfu.
sion there Is q band. At last the noise
Of tho music ceases and we know that
the hour has come. Two men on horse.
back. in costumes Of the sixteenth cen.
fury, enter the arena They ride acros
the ring, approach tho place where the
dignitary who prcsides over the bull.
fights is seated. and. barring their heads,
receive permission to commence the
dreadful business. Slowly, as In state.
they now approach the entrance from
whence the bull-fghters will come.
Then out from here energies the whole
band of espadas, picadors aud banda.
rillOs. This display Is superb. The
men are clad in gorgeous colors. They
march across the arena to the lOge oil
the President, bow low. and then. rang.
ing themselves about the sides Of the
arena, await the coming Of the bull.
The keys of the bull Enclosure are now
thrown into the arena TO be deity
caught by u b~ull-6ghtcr. He marches
slowly along. turns the key. and q door
CRATES m its hinges. Then you feel
your nerves vibrate. your muscles con-
tract, rs you strain your eyes. There il
n dead silence. In an instant q bull
strides into the arena, and. with jerky
motion OF head and lashing Of tail,
glarcs at the sunlight. Ten thousand
voices greet him. The bull for . mo.
mcnt seems dazcd. but it Is only for a
moment. At once he seems to under
stand who are his enemies. and with a
vicious movement plunges into the
arena. The massacre has begun.
You have a dim conception Of some
fierce assault between q man on q gnunt
horse and 8 frantic bull. You are posi-.
tive that the bull has driven his horns
into the poor horse. There are fluttcr-
ings Of cloaks and wild dashes of the
bull, and then you % q bleeding. an
eyiserated horse, spurrcd and dashed in
pursuit Of the bull. You are sickencd,
you feel faint, and yet you are terribly
excited The bull dashes wildly hither
and thither, aud you forget about the
horse. 1t is all the caparillos can do to
elude the rapid attacks of the bull.
Still they flap their cloaks in his blood
shot eyes. They lead him toward the
picador The bull Is furious. Here Is
something he evidently thinks which
cannot escape punishment But you
see the horse again, who. fallen on his
side, in his agony entangles his feet in
his w entrails. One brute tries to
make the horse stand up. only to be
hurled over again 10 the ground BY the
msddcned bull. Sometimes rs many s
eight horses are killed by one bull,
and l may remark that the more horses
killed the better the Spaniard deems the
show.
A trumpet sounds and the bandarillos
are brought into the arena. The plea
doris retire and no doubt say . pater or
an are to their patron sairt praying to
live to see themselves mounted on more
horses whose eutrails are to be ripped
out BY bulls. The darts are now in the
hands. The bull has been
enough; the bandarillOs' duty IL
to make him crazy. The bandarillos
buzz around him like hornets, and prick
him with their darts. You wonder how
il all done. The bull seems for an
to have one man at his mercy.
His horns are within Q hairs breadth Of
the bandarillo, and next you acc the
man untouched. the bulls head high In
the air. but his neck fringed with darta.
Eight OF these darts are dangling now
In his hide, when the trumpet sounds
more. and the multitudes veil for
the espada- The bull stands painting,
with streaming sides. The espada steps
into the ring. places himself befous the
Presidents seat and says . few words
to the effect that with his permission,
he desires either to kill or DO killed BY
the bull. He takes his jaunty zap from
OF his heed and throws 1t into the ring.
Now. in . digni6ed manner. with superb
strut, the espada goes forth to meet the
bull and never stops until he n within
few feet Of him. The bah seems
astoundcd ct this coolnesS and doesnot
bulge.
Tho espada takos Q bit Of rsa clcGA
and holds e cAase 70 the bull This e
too much q n impertinence tt toro.
who. with Q quick. vic3ous daia q IL
espada completely dispels any idsa you
may have lit tie ball h tired. HE
red cloth has aamoss been sutaneled
In the bulls horns. and that animal
seems surprised that b b only tearing
up the cir with his shax1 pgoa8a This
play, which worries - bull, 3 cootin-
ned until q Lat the boost h appazenuy
tired out for he seeDs hardly coo-
scious q tie pre0e1co of his enemy.
Tho espads's sword 10 then slowiy
until e d On aline with his eye.
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