The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-15

fsh tho rroenec, and pdrti ,Il,rly op-
jected to the points of the old buii orn''
which were about as sharp as dagger
points. They would not hsht AT any
price unless the points were sa"eu oa
SO the vaqueros rode into the ring anu
again the riatas encompassed the
beast and presently he was lying vi
his side lowing furiousy wnile the ma.
with a saw spared for an opening Al
sight OF the saw the crowd became furi-
Gus. They Kissed and groaned untii tne
master OF ceremonies ordered the saw put
away. But the toreadores would not 20
into the ring aud risk those sharp hotnS
so at last 1t was done and the peop.e
yelled apologies to the bull and Jeers "
the men. <.r
The president OF the local Society ~.
the Prevention Of Cruelty 10 .' n,taa
had corraled all the fower-bedecnI
barbs and other things with "i'c" -,
great bull was TO have been to'
This gentleman also s:cppei the IN .a-
pulling. The plan was 10 hur. 80
I'm the loose earth. leaving oniy MS 49,,
exposed, and as the ;iders e9n.ptn ~
at full speed they were to rs"c'l 80,
and the man who pulled the f"V! hoIi
the hole was to get IL AMI I money pre-
az well. The humane officer stood y"
the track and would not permit ''o
game to proceed. e,o.
Down from the grand-stand came "e"o'
Don Tomas AlvaTado, who IA" u NJ
sense in his composition an VINO
members the days when 'es,d "as
fiesta. He took the hap ess IooS'ei,
wrung its neck before the presiueh' "a
the Humane Society ald p'artti IL. me
experfs among the vaqueros stayeu ou'
of the chicken race TO give the ol.si9 -
show. and those who entcrel ccu'd 10.
pull up the dead bird, though "'S SUI
feathers at every grab ..,
There was lassolng and tying coinPeu-
ton. Of course among the other s,'olts.
and naturally It was won by ATfroslo
Valenzuela. the Indian from Capisirand.
There was nobody on the ground VINO
could ride or throw the rope with thls
fellow He and his gray mare got almost
all the honors Of the day. as they olu
tho dav before ValenZueia iS almost |
black as a crow lie was AZ over me
show grounds during the fiesta rounding
I'D the steers, herding the bulls heipihs |
everywhere lie won the prize every |
time he entered, md a: iho last ne
never galloped past the rraLd-1tanu
without being applau1ed. ana WIZ ne
swung his big hat in acKno Ylcds h'rt nc
grinned an Indian grin 'aet b:'uS"t oo""
the house again.
MFNnoZA's Icsr OPPORTUNITY.
one Of the best features Of the day
was the hronchO busting" TWO horses /
showed themselves almost uhtOnquerapie
yesterday. and they were chosen 10 tes'
the relative merits OF the Indian val
enzuea, and Tomas Edmcs Ramos
victim was a little gray beas- that lex
ed all over the track and the great field
nd
on a big bay beast whose habit CT throw
ing himself in the Luching nearly cost
Rios his life Yesterday. He did not
throw himself to-day. He did not get
time At the least symptoms tie lnd'an
damned him with his rpurs ana clouteu
him over the eyes with his hat Ghe
horse was similarly unsJ,c 's'ul in rIb-
bling his rider off against the fence.
AS for mere plain and fancy buckinG
the Indian minded IL no more than an
ordinary gait. or course the lndla eol
the first prize. The performance with the
big red was the last o. the programme.
and ended the fiesta sports. II was
disappoinment, beca Use tn, blood If the
crowd was I'D and it ,semsd like a ~"
graceful loss of opp)r unity no. to give
such a bull a decent fight. but the sport
was pretty fiery even wi-snu. III. data
of the bull. and nobody MAS IL rappy
AT the way the fiesta ended except poor
Senior Don Antonio Mendoza, who Nepi
on top Of the fence pf The bull ing with
the policeman still hanging - his leg.
"Ay Dios de mi almi. II Is hard - De
kept from bull that has already Killed
one man and is anXi)Is ID XII another.
There was a mile and half race won
by Don Marco Forster's black San Luis
and a quarter Of a mile f0ouace ,cr the
Pueblo Indians.--San Diego Special, in
San Francisco Examiner.