Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-06
BATTING THE VICTIM.

porary king in the hearts and minds OF
Tie citizens. There was a ring full OF
blood. some red hot fights. an abattoir
reeking with gore in the back ground
where the carcasses Of the bulls were
dressed for beef aud all the necessary ac-
cessories to mako such an event highly
SUI -,ssful.
Every ono there had a royal time. ex-
cept tho bulls, and they hadn't a ghost
Of a show for their lives at any stage OF
the game The poor brutes were stabhed
and jabbed by everybody, and the only ono
that made any Bemblance OF getting even
was a bay and black fellow that Rliie1
a horse under picadore, ana huccse2gu
fairly well In MASKING the ribs OF ms
rider. watched this portion OF the en-.
tertlinment with much interest, ana II
The bull had accomplished his point l
would have thought the game decidelly
more even one. AS a matter OF iact tnu
people hero tell me- that the bull nght was
mot a very good one because none OF th9
picldores or banderiller0s were killed.
To see a man mpaled upon the horns Oh
an Infatuated bull and carried around tue
arena three or four times and then tossed
outside tho walls. is one Of the neoessar!
speciacles that 80 to make 'Ialrly Boou
bull fight in Mexico. The people are i"l
In their applause. however, and mat u
about the ouly fair thing | saw. II the
HlalaAAuIt VI Lut hullAtAAlANAN lNA ASa
uncommonly daring feat, they gave MN OF
them applause. H. on the other hand, the
bull made them run. they applauded inc
bull and Kissed the hero OF prior moment
We had seats In a box, at an elevation
Of perhaps twenty feet above the ring inc
space beneath US, extending to the wall OF
the ring itself. was occupied by the bulk
OF the audience, who sat upon wooden
benches. We had cane-bottomed chairs
worth about Il cents each IA Mexican
money. but We paid 81 each FOR the privi-
lego Of sitting upon them II was a good
place to photograph from however and an
equally good place from which to see tho
performance. In the circular rows OF seats,
and In tho boxes. on all sides OF the arena.
from the wives and daughters OF the
wealthy, to tho poems and their consorts,
all so placed, Of course. as to give proper
regard for caste. IN the space Immediately
In front Of the cheap seats was space
three or four feet wide, and fenced with
boards to the height Of about eight feet.
The farther or inner circumference Of this
space was the wall Of the ring proper, and
this was made Of strong planlllng. to
height Of about six feet from the level OF
the ring. The bulls frequently leap over
this barrier in their efforts to escape from
their tormentorl, but the higher fence
stops them, aud they can only run around
the enclosure as far as swinging gate,
which again forces them into the arena,
whore they are TO meet certain death.
At s.15 the band struck up lively air,
and there entered the master OF ceremonies,
followed by Senior Jose Centeno. a famous
bull Killer from Seville. Spain; Manuel
Diaz Law. Of similar reputation, but hall
ing from Havana; tho celebrated banderil-
ler03, who are professional bull tormentors
Jose Leon COrtes, Francisco AragOn, J0a-
qun Menasaya, joaquin Gonzalez, Scbas-
tan Rodriguez and others. Fernando do
la Vega and another spaniard. whose name