Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-10
BRUTAL BuLL.BAITING.
Scenes at Santa Barbara's Centennial
Celebration.

Celebration.
by telegraph to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SANTA BARBARA, December 9th.-The
center of attraction yesterday was the bull
pen, and the pavilion, during the open-air
exhibitions, was almost deserted. Many
equestrians among the lookers-on were in
costume. and enhanced the semi-barbarous
effect OF the scene. McCoy's military band,
from The judges stand, discoursed sweet
music at intervals during the day. AT 1l:3O
| the first bull was introduced to the arena,
and was lassoed and thrown in the most
triumphant manner to appropriate music.
| He was held down and tormented for some
time, and then allowed to arise. The lasso
| accidentally caught the foot of the horse
of the nearest yaquero, resulting in
struggle, in which the bull had the best of
it. On being looSened the maddened brute
paved the earth and lunged at the riders
and red cloth in most courageous style.
One vaquero, riding beautiful animal,
tainted him too recklessly, and his horse
received q terrible gore near the flank.
While endeavoring to throw the bull after
this feat, one agile old vaquero dexterously
lodged a vicious lunge, and the tortured
creature lay once more PROSTATE. The
wounded horse was ridden from the pen,
the blood streaming from his side.
The spectators who chung to the fence
dropped WIN TeIudTkaDle ACTIVITY as TIE
maddened bull skirted the Enclosure in
search of enemies. His horns, proving too
ominous were sawn off, and thus denuded
of his natural weapons when allowed to
rise he rushed two inquisitive CANNES out
in a hurry. Blood spurted from the de-
nuded head as the crazed creature re-
sponded to the renewed taunts of the way
ing crimson serape. AT this CORY, sickening
sight boy tainted and fell from the right
side of the fence. The bull proved master
of the situation after he had lifted a couple
of horses high in the air, and it was
| thought best to lead him with honors from
the field, where, mutilated as he was, he
had proven himself too noble a brute for
so cruel a sacrifice. Another bull was
brought in and deprived of his long horns,
and tempted by venturesome toreador,
who nimbly evaded his aggressions. He
was returned to the corral after more of
the same sport. AT 1:30 the same bull that
had wounded the horse in the forenoon
was returned to the pen, but his spirit was
broken, and the tossed blankets failed to
infuriate him. His exit was then effected
by twisting of the tail by one vaquero,
while another held him firmly with the
laSso.
The next event in orda was the break
ing of spirited wild horse. He was las
seed, thrown and blindfolded. He was
then saddled and hackamore placed on
his head A vaquero then mounted the
plunging, rearing brute, who, after few
Intellectual tosses lay down on the riders
leg. He was then urged 10 his feet and
bolted up the track. and, finally convinced
that he could not bolt his burden, reclined
once more. The saddle and hackamore
were removed and be was chased and
turned over by the tail repeatedly and then
left docile and vanquished. A band of five
young wild horses were next placed in the
corral with the broken mate, and urged into
a stampede. One was lassoed, reared up,
turned a somersault, fell and broke his
neck. The others were similarly treated,
but not so fatally, and thus closed a skill
fully successful but cruel exhibition of the
RATA. The celebration until to-day has
held nothing but gladDess, bat one can
even rejoice now that such amusement will
be repeated no more. Even another CEN
tennial can hardly revive for day so cruel
a Sport in the light of a hundred additional
years of human progress.
Fancy riding was next in order. An
tonic Costa, young Spaniard, mounted a
bronco, without saddle or bride, and las
seed from his precarious position with per-
feet ease, eliciting tremendous cheers from
the admiring crowd. A black and white
bull was then introduced to the pen,
thrown and deprived of his horns and
much the same scene as before was re-
peated. Many curious people who had
gone there to witness this much-written-of
barbarous spectacle were delighted when
the tortured beast was returned to the cor
raj and thankful that such a bloody dis
Dlav was over