The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-26


with sufficient agility, grace and fearless
ness to satisfy the public of their ability.
Hereford bulls were declared mo good"
by Cheche. In the deft mortal thrust Che
che, however, proved not to be expert, for
both yesterday and to-day he had to use
his long sharp sword several times before
the bulls surrendered their life blood. Be-
tween the pauses Of these thrusts the sight
of the streaming blood and the helpless
ness of the dumb beast made the spectacle
disgusting to a majority of the audience.
Excursion trains from Denver and Colo
RADIO Springs had to be waited for and 1t
was late in the day before the grand caval-
cade dashed into the arena and saluted
Manager Wolfe and the audience of men,
women and even children.
Sheriff Bowers, broken down under the
fatigues and strains of yesterday, remained
in Colorado Springs. Under-Sheriff Bris-
bane represented him and bustled about
declaring that no cruelty would be toler-
ated. Manager Wolfe promised this as
usual, but when the first bull was ad-
mitted to the ring the picadors lost no
time in prodding up the animal, while
several steel darts were swaying from the
|
The manager and all assistants were
placed under arrest. A Justice was handy
and quickly accepted bail. After the first
bull was butchered arrests were again
made and bond as readily secured. Ad-
iutant Moses advised with Brisbane and
urged him to stop the cruelty. When the
toreador bungled at the end, the Gov
ernors representative left the scene evil
dently much disgusted. After his confer
ence with the Governor by telephone he
returned and told Brisbane to go into the
ring and arrest each matador every time
dart was thrust into bull. The presence
of lot of tough men all armed with re-
volvers cowed the Deputy Sheriff and he
contented himself with wordy alterations
with the management.
Night came on before the long pro-
gramme of wild riding, steer-tying, lasso-
throwing and other similar sports had
ended, and many left before the perform
ance closed.
The audience was generally quiet, grow
ing excited only when the bull drove the
men into boxes and over the barriers.
They watched as much the Deputy Sheriff,
wondering if he would make any strong
effort to stop the show.
When the other sporting events had
been given second bull was brought out.
He refused to fight. Another was ushered
into the arena, but before he had been
greatly excited Deputy Sheriff Sterling
entered the arena and ordered the fun to
stop. He seized the toreador's sword and
attempted to dispatch the bull. 1t fell,
| bleeding horribly, and was dragged out by
| the mule team, thus ending the second
day. Another programme is arranged for
Monday, but it is thought few people will
attend.
DENVER. COL, Aug. 25.-At his home
| to-day Governor McIntire rested after a
| tedious night of vigil. His efforts in ad-
vising Sheriff Bowers proved useless. He
| telephoned to Under-Sheriff Brisbane on
the scene, but to appeals for militia he re-
iterated that he could not call them out
until the Sheriff had exhausted his re-
sources The Sheriff replied that he had
| plenty of help, but no law to back him up.
Even the humane society was not repre-
sented to make requests for arrests of in
divid uals in the act of committing deeds
of cruelty to the bulls. Adjutant-G General
Moses reported that the spectacle was too
revolving for him.
The Ell Paso County Sheriff was weak
| and nerveless, as he was in the Bull Hill
troubles last year, and the Governor could
only regret that he did not have the right
to remove Sheriffs or power to step in and
interfere.