Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-23
FUN WITH A BULL.
A Spanish American Pastine as
Witnessed In SAINT Domingo.
allan IlaOa6O los forOspo

Witnessed In Santo Domingo.
"Han Ilegado los toros?"
"Si, Senor."
'Entonces han funcionw
ISL, Senor.h
Then let us 60"
Arriving at the bull-ring we rouno
the fun had already begun; the sombra,
or fifty cent seats, were filed with SOL
diers, sailors, artisans in short, the
people; the palcos, or boxes, were all
occupied by the gentry, foreigners, and
merchants. In the chief box was
President HereauX, or, as he likes to
be called, "Lili." He is rather dark
for a lily, but as we have black swans
and black diamonds, why not black
lily?
The first glimpse at the ring was
just like the first look at a freshly ope-
ned raisin box. There they were, the
four traditional Spaniards, in pigtails,
round caps, knee-breeches, braided
jackets and crimson shawls, teasing an
unfortunate bull. After some pretty
narrow escapes from the vicious lunges
of the horned brute, these four gave
way to two picadors, each armed with
a pair of steel shod rolls, not unlike
closed japanese porasols wrapped with
ribbons la barber pole. The bull
went forward to welcome them with
lowered horns and tail in air. One
handsome Andalusian stood erect and
perfectly motionless, with both darts
held high above his head, until the
bulls horns were apparently within
six inches of his chest. Then, with the
rapidity of lightning, he plunged his
two parasols into the maddened brute's
neck just abaft of his horns and sprang
TO one side. where he lighted cigar
and watched with nonchalance the bull
chasing his Cup TO this time) innocent
companion around the ring. Before
the circuit was made his bullship was
still further adorned with two more
barber-poles in his neck.
Tho picadors then retired amid deaf
ening plaudits, and the matador. dap
per little chap armed with a thin,
sharp sword and bristling with gold
lace, strolled into the ring. By this
time the bull was mad clear through,
there was no one else in the ring, and
one would have thought there was
| plenty of room for the two, but the bull
acted as il he felt crowded. The Span
| lard unwound red silk scarf from his
waist and shook it at the bull, who, of
course, charged him. Failing to pune
/ ture the man, he did the next best
| thing-he captured the scarf. In the
| Spaniard's effort TO regain the scarf,
! his foot slipped and he fell on his
/ knees, with the bull two feet behind
him. Every body except the natives
and foreign women turned their heads
away, but the only ripping done was
on the Spaniard' brooches. One horn
| had caught him in the seat of these
and ripped through to waistband.
! The man landed full length on his face
in the sand, where he lay for a minute
with the angry bull standing over him,
waiting for another chance ut his fallen
! foe, but the banderilleros and the plea
! doris were soon in the ring, and by the
use of their red flags and voices drew
! the bulls attention, and the "killer"
arose by far the coolest man in sight
The rent in his unmentiOnables and
his soiled velvet jacket might and prob
| ably did annoy him somewhat, but ii
he felt any timidity about being left
alone with the bull again he didn't
show it; on the contrary, he waved the
men out of the ring and advanced TO
the center with his sword in one hand
and his scarf in the other. Proof that
he was not scared was his maneuver-
! ing to keep the bull between himself
and the boxes where the ladies and
bloods sat-he didn't wish to expose
! his tattered rear.
When he saw his chance he allowed
his scarf to gently drop over the bulls
head, and stepping one pace to the
rear plunged his sword into the tawnv
! hide, and, without n second look at the
oull TO see the effect OF his thrust,
walked forward to the ring side, bowling
! his Acknowledgements of the vociferous
applause. Canes, Panama hats, fans,
parasols and coins fell at his feet, and,
one enthusiastic darby tried to throw
my hat into the ring, and he would had
he been little stronger in his arms.
All these articles were passed up to
their owners except the coin, which
must have footed up a hundred dollars
or more. There was at least one gold
piece picked up in front of the Execu-
| tiye's box. No attention was paid to
the bull, but he was there all the time
with the sword through his heart. On
receiving his death blow he had reeled
forward a few steps, dropped on his
knees and fallen dead without losing a
drop of blood except from the
banderillos in his neck. A pair of
mules were brought in, the carcass
dragged off, the band struck up LA
Paloma" and had seen all the bull
fighting necessary for the remainder OF
this life. -Santo Domingo Cor. New
York Herald.