The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-01

sJr0Se. Again the bugle sounds The
star bull fighter advances with proud and
confident step. He is dressed in green
and gold. A tall aud powerfully built man,
he salntes the judge and with his glitter
ing blade in one hand and a small blood
red n1utets in the other he boldly steps in
front of the now tired auimal and awaits
a charge. After a few passes he delivers
a strong and well placed stroke, burying
the blade nearly to the hilt in the body OF
the animal. The audience loudly APP
plaudes. More hats are thrown into the
ring and the fighter passes around tossing
them back to the crowd The bull stag
gers, falls, and the finishing stroke is given
D'v the cdelctero. Three mules harnessed
abreast, and ga1ly capariSoned are driven
IN, strap is fastened to the carcass, it is
dragged out and the first act in the drama
is over.
A second bull enters the arena. He
has no fight in him and instead of rushing
at his tormentor5, he walks to the walls
of the enclosure and gazes at the specta-
tors as if mutely beseeching them to let
him return to his native pastures The
crowd yell at him in derision and loud
calls are made for the lnzdd0reS to lasso
him and drag him out. Two horsemen
enter and give an interesting exhibition
of their skill In second the rope
whistles through the air, it settles around
the horns of the bull. and the intelligent
horse. the rope drawn taut braces himself
while the second tdzadore endeavors to
catch the animal around one of the hind
feet and so throw him. He succeeds in
looping him but the bull escapes from the
moose and Is finally driven from the
arena. A third bull is brought out. He,
too, is tame and tries to escape. He is
turned out ingloriously
The fourth comes In with flashing eye
and manner which plainly shows that
he intends to clear the ring. He stands
ffavs
with fierce rush charges directly on
ptcadoTe Naranjero. The horse is over
thrown aud the man pitched high in the
air. He falls directly across the horns of
the angry beast. The audience Qazes at
the sight breathless with excitement. and
the American love of fair play asserts it
self. Many of the visitors express the
wish that the man may get puncture or
two. for the sympathies of the visitors are
largely on the side of the bull. Other
fighters divert his attention while the
man RECEIVERS his feet and mounts his
horse, which is slowly driven out, his en-
trails protruding, horrid spectacle
of skill of different character. Ferrer,
one of the boldest of the fighters, stand s
in the pathway of the bull, and as the
charge is made, vaults lightly over him
with the aid of a pole. It is close call
for the daring man. The bull strikes the
drops lightly to the ground out of harm S
way. Another daring bdilderitlero. Aran-
Zaez, sits calmly in chair awaiting
charge and as the bull approaches rises
quickly, successfully implants the darts
in his shoulder and makes his escape,
while the chair is shattered. By this
time many of the visitors have had
enough of bull fighting and are leaving
their seats, but number remain to see
the end. Four more bulls are driven in
and killed in rapid succession; but with
out startling accompaniment. The fight
with the last bull of the lot savors more
of the sham bleS than any of the proceed
ing. After the animal has charged the
picdd0reS no less than five times without
wOunding the horse the ndtddor adj
vanees to dispatch him. Time after time
does he try to tempt the bull to make
charge, for it must be understood that the
stroke must not be delivered under any
other condition unless the fighter wishes
to incur penalty. At length favorable
opportunity arrives and the sword is EN-
bedded in the animals body nearly to
the hilt. Tenacious of life. he seems
insensible of the wound he has received
and walks around the walls of the arena
gazing at the spectators, sniffings the
coats that are hanging there and trying
TO ind way to escape from his persecu-
tors. The lGzGdoTes are called in to throw
him. He successfully evades their efforts
Tor long tine and is chased around the
ring, bleeding from dozen wounds
The boxes are now nearly empty, bat the
natives and many OF the visitors remain
until after tedious chase the animal is
roped, thrown to the ground and des-
patched With the lance-headed dagger.
The spectators file out of the enclosure.
Some of the visitors purchase the bGnder-
ftloS which have entered the bull and are
stained with his blood. The more fight
the bull has shown the higher the value
placed on the CORY instruments. Mean
while there seems to be but one opinion
in the minds of the Americans regarding
bull fighting and that is that 1t is a
degrading, brutal spectacle unworthy to
be known as the national sport of a
civilized people, and OF q people too,
whose President is endeavoring to educate
the masses and place them on a plane
with that liberal and enlightened nation
on the other side of the Rio Grande. The
best that can be said of it is that it is
interesting as picturesque exhibition
but it savors TOO much of the savage to
find favor in the eyes of human aud
enlightened people. 1t is true that
changes are made slowly In the Republic
of Mexico where the primative methods
and measures of three centuriessagsJ still
obtain, but the administration can do
nothing that will more readily gain the
favor and respect of civilized people than
by doing its utmost TO abolish this cruel
and barbarouS sport which properly
belongs to the dark ages rather than to
the nineteenth century.
CURTIS [KINGI.AKr