The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-04

terry has unueTgohc o
within the past year that Is truly wonder
fnI. The better class Of Mexican citizens
are friendly to the Americans, recognizing
their enterprising spirit and their un'
daunted energy. They fully appreciate
their valuable presence, but there are some
Americans who have gone there to locate
and some who are on the way, VINO Woulo
prove doubtful acquistionsto any county.
In the afternoon myself, IN company w,.n
party of friends, drove 70 . n;ece nu march.
fnr s followed by a crowd OF
hnvs distributing hand.bills, announcing
That the celebrated picadore (bull fighter,
FRANCISCO Peralta, had arrived and would
enter the arena. Though your corresp9n-
den, has religious scruPIes ana Is usciueuly
in sympathy with Mr.. Bergh, yet inns was
not a chance to be missed, 80 with put very
LITTLE coaxing found myself at the pen.
TIE enclosure around the pen, instead
he;np made with boards to shut out those
,rhn 40 NOT nav, is made of cane, about
f;fteen feet in length and tied in such
manner that it serves the purpose Just as
we'll. though they must have been quite q
while in making 1t. me pen was mace .,
the scrubby timbers that grow a t%s came sne
ws}l there were seats erected with capacity
for 900 people. There was an. immense
c lTl U,I'' present, and the fine
band band kept playing all the while
At last the judges t9ok their stand. me
mic adores. FIVE in number, dressed In
fancy colored satin tlgnts anu CARRYING
bandas each OF diiIerens coio ia ~ wera re-.
ca;yed with cheers by the spectators.
There ia a man on a blind horse who car
rios a long spear and has piece of SOLE
ieetber covering the side of the horse ex-
nosed to the horns Of the bull. His duties
are to pinch the BOVINE monster and pro-
tect tie ,picadores when the bull is about
to get the best of them. Now the judges
order bull to be lPt in the arena. The
bngle.' As he rhshes madly, in. an
iron dart is thrown into his neck,
which makes him even more ferocious.
Then the picadofes hold up their flags
or bandas, TO tantslize him. The bull paws
the ground and rdars. He is now getting
mad in earnest. One picadore,, more reck,
less than the rest, rushes up to him and
bull can stand it no longer, but rushe
wildly at him. The pecadore runs, the
crowd becomes excited; the bull is gaining
on him; it seems that is certain he Will be
gpred to death, but the expectancy is sud
denly relieved by the picadore reaching the
pen wall and springs at one leap to the top.
| He il safe. This proceeding continues some
| fifteen minutes. The bull becomes fatigued,
| the picadores mbre daring. They now pre-
pare to show their skill by sticking the
banderillos, two in number, between the
shoulders. Bapderllas are sticks having
barbed points and fancifully covered with
tissue paper. ~, ;,
either hand. The bull sees them, ne
makes a rush, head downwards, at the
plcadore, and looks, every inch of him. as
if he meant business. The picadore, moth
ing dauuted, runs as II, to meet him hslf
way. The crowd fairly hold their breath.
The bull lowers his head to gore; The
tween the fore shoulders Of the bull, jumps
to one side, and is safe. Two more BAN
derillos erf handed to the picadore, ap
xparentlN IL same as the first described,
| the same knanmuvers are gone through,
both are TUCK in the neck again, but
these bavt torpedoes, firecrackers. ETC.,
attached, which explode all at the same
time, burning the flesh and making the
bull rush around the pen at break-neck
sped, unit he well'nigh exhausted.
Then the bull is lsssoed thrown down,
and The banderillos extracted. They now
prerare to kill him. The sword is. handed
a pit adore. who examines II carefully. The
sword is about twenty inches in length,
sharp on both edges and needle.like point
The picadore is now alone in the pen with
the bull, The bull Is released after the
ltbanderillos are extracted, and is madder
Isifsn eyer. He sees the picadore and makes
"A desperate attempt to gore him to death.
'3nt the piosdore. well-trained, jumps again
6iiohtly 10 the side, turns, thrusts the keen
blade through the shoulder blade, peneirat-
1870 haaxf NJ tha animal which almost