Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-09-15

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lodged his horns, lettineI m hook
the sheets. Then horseman rode
up in front of him; closer and closer
he cane, the bull eyeing him, when
as quick thought he darted at him,
striking the horse full between the
front legs, tossing horse and rider in
mid air; then the fighters threw their
sheets in his face in order to make
him leave the horse; then the horse
arose and the rider jumped into the
saddle. The horse received q severe
wound, from which the blood flowed
freely and trickled down his legs.
Then the other rider faced him, to
be thrown, and the two faced him
time and again until the horses were
bloody and severely wounded, when
the bugle called and the horses were
removed, leaving the bull and the
men for test of human skill against
brute strength. Then one OF the
fighters advanced, holding two spikes
about two feet long, with sharp
barbed points and the handles wrap
ped with light-colored paper. Hold
ing one in each hand, points forward,
he bantere.l the bull and he came,
when he darted to one side, at the
same time sticking spike in each
shoulder of the bull. Now frantic
with pain he ran madly around, the
spikes bobbing from side to side j:
his loose skin and blood trickli1lg
down his shoulders. Then another
stuck two more spikes in him, but
with great difficulty, as his charges
were quick and terrible. Again the
bugle sounded, when the master
fighter advanced, holding a long,
sharp-pointed two-edged sword in
one hand and red cloth in the other,
which he waved until the bull made
straight charge at him, when he
lodged and plunged the sword
through his entire body, entering
between his shoulder and neck at the
top. It came out between his front
ribs, making wound which bled as
he walked eff. Then they fared
their sheets in his face and worried
him till from loss of blood he grace
fully got down on his knees and then
fay down, when an assistant appeared
with a short diamond-pointed spike,
which he stuck behind his horns,
severing the vertebra and killing him
instantly. Then the large door swung
open and pair OF pretty mules, all
harnessed and decked OF in gaudy
cc'ors, were driven in and dragged out
the dead bull. The same thing, with
slight variations, was repeated over
and over again until four bulls were
dispatched, when, with bow to the
President and amidst cheers from
the audience, the fighters marched
out; and so it ended, to be repeated
the following Sunday evening and
every Sunday evening, with a few
exceptions. The same horses, though
bloody and ,mangled, and two NOR
tally wounded. were made to face
every bull, though neither of them
died in the ring.
The run from San Luis to the City
of Mexico is through thickly set
tied fertile valley, strewn with beau,
tifui towns, and is, for the most part.
a tropical climate and in parts the
verdure is grand.
Arriving at the City of Mexico we
and our baggage were transferred by
the National Transfer Company to
the Iturbide Hotel, where we engaged
rooms at two dollars each per day.
It is an enormously large four stored
stone building, witch was once the
palace of General 1turbide. Hotels
only furnish rooms, guests taking
meals at restaurants, which abound
and of various nationalities, such al
French, Turkish, Mexican. Amer.
can, Chinese, etc. After trying many
kinds we decided in favor Of the
| Chinese which we patronized.