The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-05
MEXICAN BULL FIGHTS.
The Public Festivities at the Inaugu-
ration of Diaz.

Eyo,a the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
c-,rv OF MEXICO, VIA Ell PASo, lex,
~, 15-Tbe festivities in Mexico on Sun
- the second day of the presidential In
,o,,raI programme. were suited for every
class of society found within It's confines.
1r,ora were three bull fights, which were as
Good as have been given IN the city Ior some
ss;yoe The bulls at the Callsco ring were
aeilsnt and the work of the bull fighters
is.5ar Hermosillo, who acted as first espada,
~ the hest seen in Mexico this season. In
- evening there was grand concert
s.51,an in the Zocalo, which was attended by
SnIlv 90, 900 people.
Tbis afternoon the daylight festivities of
the Presidents Inauguration ended by 1our
III, fiobts and a coleader in the rings fac
10 an tine Paseo de Lareforma. Notwith-
s.endinp that large number OF people
eJI~--r+ed IN bull fights were sleeping off the
offa,ts of the Inauguration bali at noon, by
o o'clock many of them were on their way
- +he nIazas where the fights were to take
place. 49,.
live with carriages and the sidewalks on
ni.kor side of it were a moving mass of
..aorIa AT a few minutes before o'clock
teo San Rafael Paseo Colon and Colizeo
.tnore vera crowded with all classes of peo-
Iosrd the Paseo de Lareforma and all the
ennroaches to it we're crowded with people
Who could not make an entrance to the bull
rings. :: 49,.
city The street cars could not pass, and
tbe people became angry, and had not the
chief of police appeared in time fight or
saot would have been unavoidable. As it
was. the masses on foot threatened to smash
the car windows In the streets, on the
sunny side of the plaza, the people were
hacked in like sardines in boxes. Some dis
order was noticed, and had not large po-
lice force been present 3 repetition OF the
scene enacted at the Bucareh ring few
months ago, in which free fight occurred.
would have taken place. All the fights
given we're free, for which tickets for the
SHADY side had been distributed previous to
the Inaugural ceremonies. There were no
celebrated fighters announced for the fights.
The espades, capas, picadoras and bande-
rillos, with the exception OF the ones an
nouneed to work on the Paseo ring, were
either amateurs or people scarcely known
to devotees of the sport.
At the Colon ring five bulls were an
nounced, with party of amateurs and pro-
fessiopals as bull fighters, and amid the
widest shouts of Thousands of spectators
the team made some splendid plays. There
were lust enough amateurs in the ring to
make the fight exciting. The way the bulls
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was highly amusing, and the crowd howled
itself hoaTse in deriding the failure of the
amateurs in placing the conderillos, and
escaping the horns of the bull in cape plays.
There we're several narrow escapes from
goring at the Celisio ring.
At 2 O'Clock a coleadero, followed by a
bull fight, was given. A coleadero is known
in Texas as ''tail-twisting. The exhibit
tion is throwing the lasso and turning the
bull over by catching him by the tail. 1t
was very good.
After it was over two bulls were killed by
amateurs.
The crack fight of the day was given at
the Paseo ring, where the bulls were very
ferocious and had all the snap aud vigor
which makes a bull fight a success. The
picadoras were roughly handled by the
bulls, knocking their horses out in nearly
every charge The banderillos, in placing
the barbed darts, exhibited good skill and
several times barely escaped being caught
on the horns of the bulls.
The espada was excellent and won rounds
Of applause from an appreoiative audience.
The capas handled their capes with great
dexterity and covered themselves with
honor. During the two hours and half
that the fights were in progress dark clouds
hung in the sky and some rain fell.
The zocallo is again blaze of light, and
there are fully 10000 people in it listening
to a grand concert that is being given there
by military band. On the four streets
facing 1t are bonfires, about which are
hundreds of vendors of native dishes, fruits,
etc. About the shrubbery, in the zocallo,
are hundreds of Chinese lanterns. In fine
halls, distributed in different parts Of the
city. balls are in progress. Each and every
hail is crowded to its utmost capacity.
Toward dusk Sunday evening the streets
adjacent to the custom house in Santo Do
mingo square began to become crowded by
sightSeers, attracted there to witness the in
Uted guests going to tie grand ball.
Patiently they waited, and, thanks to the
military, passage way was made for car
riages and by 10 o'clock the line extended
several blocks. Those alighting from car
rages had to wait one or two hours before
reaching the entrance to the building,
and many preferred to leave their
copveyances and walk two blocks amid the
tbrongs Of spectators that lined the side
walks TO stopping in their coaches The
entrance was converted into a fragrant
garden, through which one crossed to enter
the hallway leading to the grand ballroom.
10 tne lett was the ladies' waiting room,
mos. beautifully ornamented with blue and
silver brocade, having here and there large
mirrors, with blue velvet frames.
The first court yard of the building was
transformed into the grand ball room. The
walls OF the first and second stories and the
corrldors were covered with large paint
lngs, representing gardens, woods, valleys.
and here and there dotted with castles and
cottages
fronting the entrance was a beautiful
cascade, with sparkling water, at the back
Vi winch beautiful representation of Peace
was seen. The effect of the calcium and
elscUlc light on this spot was most beauti-
Iui. All the columns surrounding the room
were painted dark purple and the name
Vi one OF the victories won by Gen, Diaz
appeared above, while below on similar
ties 'N0'' Oo'-
Tue canvas covering of the courtyard was
Sraho In size, and its proper adjustment
we Was matter Of considerable skill. The
iin au1 of the dancing hall was excel
'OnC, ana calcium, gas and electricity seemed
"nere TO vie in obtaining the mastery.
~ ene central space Of the right side of the
sooh was string band, consisting of about
SIe ey musicians, seated on an elevated
piatIoIm. lnis was not the only band that
pIayeu curing the evening. In the uppor
sIta loI there was another that played
aIIernatey dance music. A grand
staircase led to the upper room. The
bsIpn "o9no around rocks and grottos, and
dono ana there, as weary ami famished
tb auo O' sscended when able to do so through
J dro mass OF humanity that poured up and
sb T"n me staircase, beautiful vistas and
mel ulmlnutive waterfalls and mountain
VII VIII uturlant vegetation could be seen.
santa.i SDove was another beautiful repre-