Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-30

ed, they dodge behind OF the burle,
/ dores OF vault over the arena wal
out OF the Unfinished bulls way.
The oruelest part of the perform
ance is when the thoroughly mad
dened animal attacks the horses rid
den by the 7,icudores. Often the,
are wardcd Oh, but not always. Some
times the shock is so great as to take
tho horse entirely off it's legs, and
while thus lying prone upon The
ground, is numerically gored by the
pull, generally disembowelling the
horse. which is then dragged out
and killed. 1t is miracle how tho
riders escape, as they mostly go down
with the horse and get under tile
same. The other fighters then come
to the rescue, and BY loud cries and
incessant waving of their capes, dis
tract the bull and induce him to
leave his victim. After enough horses
are killed to satisfy the demands of a
sanguinary audience, another feature
10 introduced.
This consists of emplanting gaily
decorated barbs in The shoulders of
the bull. These bnrbs ARE only
thrust while he bushes full tilt at the
performer in whose hands they are.
These performers are called bauR,y-
Weros. With bnrb in ench hand
he attracts tho attention of the bull
by violent gestures and by wildly
waving his arms in circle about his
head. The bull naturally rushcs Mt
hun. and the ddnderiNero Watching
his chance. by movement quick as
lightning, which Gun hardly be fol
lowed by the eye, plants bnrbs into
the balls shoulders, one on each side.
Loud applause follows the success of
this feat. The PEI iormanco is gen
orally repeated, until the ball looks
like porcupjne. Of course, the
Darbs do not I'D to the creatures
comfort, nor { > they lessen his ten
per- rather tn" reverse, they seem to
infuriate him nc more; and no won.
DER they aie no pleasant things to
nave sticking i'll ones flesh. After
the bull has been worried to the
hearts conte' 1t of the fighters, he is
Ilnaiiy di'i .atched. This duty de-
'oives on he captain of tie fighters.
Armed Wit II Ions, s.".rp sword in
lis riSl .! mnd, and lemon colurcd
cape II che ether, he advances to-
yards tl C bull. Looking the animal
LIN 20 ugly IN the eye, he awaits
no or slnught. Tue heodless and
iarr ,s' ed bull mikes rush, the
'wc rd smnn Watching n favorable op
POI IT, unity, thrust his weapon iuto the
OH aiming for vital part, aud i'm
lef lately with,lraws. Ii successful,
~. bull, after few futile attempts
IL keep his legs, falls down and ex-
Tres soon thereafter, tho band at the
Same limo playing doleful music,
Horsemen thon enter, aud with n
L. A. .
skiilfhl throw OF the lasso, secure the
extinct animal mud drag his cnrclss
from the arena. Ono bull having
thus ended his earthly career, the
rerformance Is repeated until four
have been sacrificed for the amuse.
mont of the lockers on.
Some of the bulls are more Zero.
cions than others. One, remember,
aroused by the waving of hats and
handkerchiefs i'll one part of the au-
dience, made rush for That particu
lar spot and succeeded Ill getting his
feet to the top of the wall, much to
the CONSERVATION of those in close
proximity thereof.
These exhibitions are always we'll
patronized, and the people of Mexico
seem not to have lost their relish for
this kind of sport. Sometimes it hap
pens that bull will fail to show
fight, and he is then greeted with
misses aud cries of Oaca, oaca, (cow)
until he is withdrawn and a pluckiel
one introduced in his place.
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