The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-10
MECCA OF PUGILISTS.
WHERE THE WOULD BE SPORTS ARE
.FLockiNG THESE DAYS.

Not Expected to Interfers-Bull Fights
Also To He a Side Feature Of the show.
From all present indications, the tourist
with sporting procliyities who finds him
self down I'm tho Immediate nelghborhood
Of El Paso, Tex, the middle Of the pres
ent month will find amusement enough
during the week of Dan Stuart's hstic re-
yiyal 10 compensate him for his fruit
less trip to the Valley Of Vapors IN Ar
kansas during tho late long range CONVEX
s%ational combat. This time it Will surely
be a fight, OF, In fact, n series of them, and
the contestants will struggle for guaran-
teed purses, furnished by Stuart and his
Associates, instead Of indulging In vacuous
loquacity to mako political ammunition
for ambitious state officials by compelling
them TO make a much heraidcd display of
state forces TO override legal county OFF,
Gals. This play Is always executed after
the state fuDctionary has ascertained on
which side of the political fence the cat OF
his personal advantage has jumped.
Nothing In this world Is sure but death,
but every possible combination OF circum.
stances that could in any way prevent
these scheduled events from occurring on
tho dates advertised, save the death Of one
OF the principals, has been carefully looked
after, and the promoters have the assur-
ance OF every one In the slightest manner
concerned that there will be no interior
ence.
There Is no law in Mexico against glove
contests. 1t Is but little known rs n sport
In the ancient Aztec empire; hence IL has
not been abused and magnifled into a
crime, and, ID not being an offense against
the laws Of the republic, there are no PEN
alties attached to AN indulgence I'm IL. But
even IL IL were IL would he an insult TO the
common sense of a man who Is known TO
DO as bright mentally and as shrcwd ss
Dan Stuart to think that be would go to
the enormous expense entailed upon him,
and which is increasing daily, If he had
not an absolute certainty Of his being re-
couped by the financial profits OF the car
nival.
The statement that President Diaz in
tended to prevent the fights will show its
absurdity TO the thinking man In a sec
ond. Even when the hue and cry over the
Corbett-F itzsimmons match was at Its
height, and when they were being driven
from state TO state In the fruitless endeavor
TO find a protected battle-ground, IL be-
came the stylish thing in high guberna-
torial circles for each Of them TO express
his individual Interpretation Of the statutes
and publicly evolve elaborate plans and
processes Of law TO prevent an invasion OF
their respective states by the sports.
During all this turmoil among the gov
ernors Of the great northern republic the
silence observed by the Mexican officials
was intense Not one Of them, from tho
chief executive down, uttered a word that
In the smallest degree could be construed
as ~bein@&authority for the statement that
was published az the time that the presi-
dent would exercise federal authority II
the scene Of the battle was shifted TO Next
can territory. He never said a word about
L.; paid not the slightest attention to IL In
any way. AS n matter Of fact, President
Diaz would have the same right to send a
federal army into a Mexican state 60 stop
q prize Fight that President Cleveland
would have To send troops from Jefferson
Barracks up 10 the West End club 10 stop
a sparring contest there, and he would do
It just about rs soon.
The Mexican national government has
no moro to do with the police regulations
of the different states than the government
at Washington has 20 do With the st. Louis
police force. In each case they are left to
perform tho duties Of ttUtT station IN The
local commonwealth and are allowed TO
attend to their own business.
The plan that will DO pursued is prob
ably this: Prizo fighting constitutes no
offensc In tho eyes Of the Mexican statutes,
but bull fighting does, and as bull fighting
Is the recognized national sport Of the
Mexican people they arc determined TO
AVE them, law or no law. So they adver-
tise to have the fight, plead guilty and pay
the fine and that ends the matter. Some
times these mes arc paid in advance-it Is
$500 in Mexican or about $3.50 in United
States coin--and In these cases Ii acts as "a
license, and is chcnp enough.
stuart evidently has the game well In
hand and thoroughly knows what he Is
about. AS q sort Of ounter attraction,
and to fill In time, n bull fight will be given
In the morning Of each day on which n
glove battle will occur. He will 60 into
court, pay his flnC-or license, whatever
you Ike TO phrase it-and the dance will
go merrily oh. And all this before q blow
has been struck or "a caster SHE'D into the
ring.
jesse es AMtr-r1u7 and hrs company
OF Spanish bull Fighters arc expected 20
arrive in El Paso direct from Spain.
Stuart has made arrangements through
his agents 1. the City OF Moxioo for a
number OF bulls of the best fighting stock
in tho republic, and they will arrive in III
Paso just before the fights, and everything
will be- In readiness Tor the opening OF tho
carnival on st. Valentines day. Not q
misstep has been m'do porieoting all
arrangements md not q ~ ch is believed
possible TO prevcnttioccn tcats.-St Louis
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