The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-01-31

| 60 ~ o,,,;,,,., Gov , ,,,ool, aud yva1kad
&C. ,,S;1oS 20 Fitness +bo rboStIv snncta-
nIo Tboro W ,vo raI nerhans 10 600 neonle.
and ono iftb If fban wore women in
sill, and satins in Jewels and rare Iaces.
who hid thar ayps behind their fans
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blt aao,,i.,o.od t6o roo+oJors With an,
ill., ,,'o ~ tLa7o,,d nf aaob ant
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orJ ,,iaI,ad +Lor,, vii KY 70 ortortair tho
tI th "or, W. oar,a ,yboso
Iroianna Lain 'ac rocorni1nd tbe naonIe
gave a cordial cheer bv wav of well
Come. Then tbc herald in tbe Govern
or's box blew a SIGNAL which sounded
like the ..water caIl'' of the United
States cavalry. the doors of the nit were
opened. and in marched n dozen or so
OF matadors in the same sort of Jacket
| and breaches which tbav v-nar in tbe
pictures of Spanish life SO familiar to
all. Each wore a plumed hat. a scarlet
sash. a poniard. and the cold lace upon
the black velvet showed their 1.-the and
supple forms to ADVANTAGE. They looked
as Don Juan looks in the opera. while
/ the leader. Bernardo Cayino. ..deI de-
cano de los toreros," was a veritable
| Figaro. in appearance at least. Each
carried a scarlet cloak unon his arm.
and in the other hand 4 pike staff. Be
hind them came troop of eirht horse
men upon gaily caparisoned steeds. with
the usual amount OF silver and leather
| trappings in which the Mexicans de-
! light. The procession tailed up with a
team Of four mules, hitched abreast,
dragging a whillletree and a LONG rope.
These, we were told, were for the pur-
pose of dragging out the dead.
The cavalcade made a circuit of the
amphithrater like the Grand entree at 4
circus, and upoA reaching the Govern
ors box sto6ped. saIutad him and re-
cciyed short address in Spanish, which
probably was simply one of approval
and congratuIatiou at their fine appear
ancc.
There was a rack in front of the Gov
errors box, upon which hung several
rows of darts. gavly decorated with
paper rosettes and paper fringes of gold,
and other brilliant tints. Upon these
racks the matadors hung their pIumed
hats, and stood awhile beside them to
give the ladies and gentlemen of the
audience an opportunity to see and adj
mirc. The gay horsemen rode out and
were followed by the mules, but the
former soon returned upon an entirely
different style of animals; poor, broken
down, lean, lame and NANCY hacks,
which looked as if they had been turned
out of some street-car stable as bait
for yultures. They were covered with a
sort of leather armor, and this concealed
their tleshleSs ribs, but nothing could dis
guise the stumbling and uncertain gait
with which they painfully ambled across
the arena under the savage squirting of
their riders. They managed to get
across and that was all.
The first set of horses were intended
for show and the second for SLAUGHTER.
Public opinion appears to demand that
something besides A bull be sacrificed
and the matadors not beino amiable
enough to afford this qualification. a
pair of animated clothes-racks are
turned in to be gored. The poor beasts
are blindfolded, which is about the only
humane feature of the show.
The Governors herald gave another
blast, at which the entire audience, who
were on the oui viye. arose and shouted
A door across the nit onened and
LARGE. clumsy. Iono-horned buIi noLed
his head out into the arena. The crowd
yelled. the matadors posnd at different
parts of the rino-ten of tbem-and the
two horsemen pretended to oct ready
for the fray.
The bull looked I'm. the only friobt-
ened being in the entire multitude The
posters described him as "a valiant and
arrogant animal" He was \ fine niece
of beef. but he didn't want TO hnrt anv-
BODY Somebody behind snnrred him
and he ran into The rino The doors
,vnra cIosod bobind "a 10 ia -
haven in SIGHT. He PLUNGED one wav,
but was met bv three matadors. who
fapped their cloaks in his ewes. he
turned in the other direction Int was
met by three more. then he made a
bolt between them. and DARING toward
the other side of the rinc. cave great
lean. as if he wouId oo over The a;frbf FOOT
wall. OF course he failed 6ut ba
struck the blanks with tremendous
force. tumbIino forty or fftv faIIows
who were perc6ed on the ton into a baan
on the other side If was the onIpp
amusing feature of the whole show.
There was a, GRAND crash n loud