The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-08-25
And THE BULL DIED
The Spanish Gladiator Fslls His Bo-
vinship in True Style.
BIG DAY AT CRIPPLE CREEK
In the Second Heat the Whole
Gang 10 Arrested on a Charge
OF Cruelty to Animals
All Paid the Fines.

Cripple Creek. Colo. Aug 2i.-The
first day OF la Fiesta de Cripple Creek
has passed. q success in every detail.
The programme was carried out and
the bull fight was all that had been
promlsed-a fight to the finish In true
Mexican style. Captain Cheche and
the charming Chlvella. famed in Old
Mexican bull fights, were the points in
the contest. Arizona Charlie was there
and three capadaros. who fight with
the red cloak. and the banderillos. who
throw the sharp spears into the neck.
and the pecadores, who fight with long
spears. on horseback: and the bull was
there and met his death In the heroic
fashion that has characterized the bull
fight OF Spain for centuries past. II
was the first bull that has died In the
arena in the United States at the hands
Of a trained gladiator.
A bull pen 200 feet in diameter, cir
cular In form and strongly barricaded,
forms the arena at Gillette, and sur
mounting the whole is an immense am
phitheater, seating 10000 people. At a
side entrance bull was admitted and
he plunged madly into the ring. He
was met by the pecadores on horse
back and goaded to desperation with
the spears. Then a capidaros Haunted
a red flag In the face Of the bull. and
he would plunge at the man. who
would only escape being gored by step.
ping gracefully aside. or by making a
swift run for one OF the escapes. Once
or twice II seemed that the men would
certainly meet death, so narrowly they
escaped the maddened xnimal The
horsemen. 1t seemed, were in immi.
nent peril, but II was when the ban.
derillos stuck the festooned arrows In
the bulls neck that the animal became
thoroughly enraged.
Then Jose Morervo. armed with a
sword, came forward to do battle sin
gle handed with the bovine The Span
lard faced the bull and dared him to
battle. The bull would lunge dnto the
scarlet mantle. but Moervo was out
OF the way. Finally. by a blow aimed
for the heart. the bull was badly
wounded In the shoulder. The battle
between man and beast waged hotter
and Ut was only with a well aimed stab
on top OF the neck and between the
ears of the bull that the spinal cord
was reached and the bull fell and with
a few convulsive groans expired.
A second bull was introduced and the
fight was fairly under way when Sher-
iff Bowers and his deputies arrived
and placed Wolfe. the chief promoter
of the whole affair. under arrest, with
all the participants in the fight, on
the charge Of cruelty to animals. and
the fight was stopped. The parties ar
rested promptly paid the fines i'm
posed and the same difficulty will be
encountered In the course of to-mor-
rows sport. but It Is the general i'm
preston that the officers have been
bluffed out, and that the fights will go
on the following days. Adjutant Gen.
eral Moses has just arrived and says
the power OF military is to be sum-
moned to stop the bull fight. but It Is
not thought the state authorities will
be on hand In time to interfere with
the programme tomorrow.