, 1888-09-21
MEXICAN BULL FIGHT.
A Description from the Pen of Gen. Lo-
gan's Daughter.

A Description from the Pen of Gen. Lo-
gan's Daughter.
On Sunday we witnessed a thoroughly
Spanish amusement, a bull fight. After a
long ride in the horse cars, which went at a
galloping pace, an improvement on our last
coachman, we reached at the grounds, which,
from the outside, greatly resembled an
American circus. The usual number Of small
boys, horsemen tearing about raising the
dust, vendors of dirty cakes and candies,
''tamales" Tor corn cakes, spears with orna-
ments of paper on them, which we after
ward learned were to stick into the poor
beasts, all tended to bewilder you, but after
some discussion and much gesticulation, we
purchased our tickets and were shown to
what they called a private box, but to us
seemed more like a stall in a barn. The en-
tire circle of seats was packed with people,
many women among the throng. The seats
in the shade are higher priced than those in
the sun, and we were glad to find ours were
out of its boiling rays. The band played
"Olivette," the people cheered and hurried
on the event of the afternoon.
Soon the gates to the right of the arena
were thrown open and about twelve men
dressed in gorgeously embroidered suits, two
as clowns, four mon on horses, which were
covered with a leathern armor, and four
large mules ornamented with ribbons of va
rious colors entered. The latter were har-
messed to an arrangement of straps and hooks
which we found later were to draw Off the
slain. After marching around amid the
wild cheers and waving of the sombreros Of
the people, they took their places about the
ring, the mules withdrawing until required.
In u moment the gates of the left were thrown
open and the bull dashed in. The amuse-
ment, as they consider it, consists in waving
bright colored NEARLY all are scarlet cloaks
or large pieces of cloth at the poor beast, who
rushes about from one to the other, each in
slant more Infatuated, but the first animal
brought in on this day was too docile, and
did not prove sufficiently entertaining, so
the judge gave the signal (the trumpet sound)
and the matadore, or master of ceremonies
in the arena, took the sword and a scarlet
cloak, walked up to the poor creature, and
after worrying it for a few moments, stabbed
it suddenly in the neck near the shoulder,
and soon it dropped, amid wild shouts from
the audience.
The mules were driven in and removed its
now lifeless body from the ring, only to be
followed by another, which proved accepta-
BILE to the populace, rs he was mad from the
FIRST dash into the ring. After they had wor-
ried the animal with the cloths the Bande-
rillos throw spears or sticks about two feet
long with sharpened steel points and orna-
mented with colored papers which, when the
arrow pierces the animal, becomes unloos-
ened and fly in long streamers, adding
further annoyance. The poor beast by his
time is wild with pain and anger, and rushes
madly at the horses, and after several des-
perate efforts, the rider spearing him ali the
time, he succeeds in unloosening the leather
coverings, and with one rush cores the horse
to death. Thu he rushes from one thing to
another to vent his rage until all are ex-
hausted, then he falls under the sword to
make room for others who meet the same
fate. After seeing three bulls and two horses
killed, also one rider seriously injured, we
felt we had seen enough of the great Mexican
sport, and returned to the hotel. am glad
to say though that this barbarous sport is
being done away with; tits now forbidden in
all but four of the Mexican Subsidiary
Logan Tucker in Inter Ocean.