The evening times., 1896-02-04
BAND OF BULL FIGHTERS
Senor Jose de Moreno Expected
at Juarez Today or Tomorrow.
WILL BE PAID $l,500 A DAY
Five Men VIII Battle as Many Days
With the Untamed Animals After
the Eis,tc Entertainments Are Over
Twenty Wild Bulls Already In Cap
tivity-How They Are Caught.

Ell Paso, Feb. 4.-Senor Jose de
Moreno and his troupe of Spanish bull
fighters from Madrid, Spain, are expected
TO arrive in Juarez today or tomorrow.
Moreno comes to Mexico under the contract
TO Senor A. N. Daguerre, the bull fighting
concessiOnaire for the State of Chihuahua.
His contract calls for five days bull fight
ing at 81 800 per day, out OF which the
Spanish premier has to pay his five assist
ants. Despite the fact that Mexico is a
border country, and that the bull fighting
sport has been a pastiIne here for 200
years and more, there are very few Ameri-
cans who know anything of the bloody en-
gagements between man and brute.
The fights that are billed as part and
parcel of the fistic carnival will be brought
off just across the Rio Grande in the arena
at Juarez. Twenty wild bulls have been
captured for the fiesta, and half that mum
Der will he added before the bugie call on
the initial day TO be held as substitutes
The bulls have been gotten from the Sama :
layuca bull rancho a vast wooded estate
near Ojo Calicnte. Mexico.
HOW THE BULLS ARE CAUGHT.
The method of corralling these beasts is
rather an interesting one 4 herd Of fif-
teen or twenty tame cattle is driven through
some OF the more remote quarters OF the
ranch, guided by half dozen ranchmen.
orr into the Businesses ur the reservation,
generally in the most thickly wooded por-
tions, the tame herd is driven. As soon as
"A wild bull is espied the ranchmen round
the animal TO and drive him in among the
E..,,,
following along without any further at
tention from the men making the round
up. The herd is then continued on. until
"A sufficient number has been secured. Then,
with its untamed acquisitions, the herd
is driven to a corral, the wild ones boxed
up and shipped and never again turned
loose until called into the ring.
On the frontier four fights constitute
a days sport. Four bulls. in as many cases.
with sliding doors, are then arranged
alongside the apcrtures that Lead into the
pit, and turned loose as wanted, 1t gen.
orally takes from one and onc-half TO two
hours for four fights, according TO the game
ness OF the bulls. If q bull is fain,bcartcd
and refuses to be goaded on TO battle, the
time for the struggle is considerably
good, game bun, however,
one that will fight. facilitates the action
greatly, and, in doing so, of course, cur
tails his own existence. Seno: Dagucrre,
who has the hull fighting privilege for all
the territory in the State of Chihuahua,
was recently severely reprimanded by or
der of President Diaz for inadvertently
permitting cowarily buils to engage in
battle.
THEY MUST RE SELECTED BEASTS.
\ recent order from tn. City OF Mexico
Describes just what sort OF animals shall
be used in the fights. The beasts must
be obtained from certain quarters of the
republic. at distances varying from 100
to 300 miles from tanned or domestiCatcd
herds. This is done to insure the proper
amount OF viciouSness. The patron of hull
fighting in Mexico insists that he get a
fight for his money: he will howl and
kick at any effort to foist off a tame bun
on him.
No art or science is essential in killing
the latter, while the wild species offer
ample room for skill and daring. The
troupe headed by Senior de Moreno. is made
up of five assistants and n female bander-
lila, Sonora de Moreno. niece of the
The assistants are Capitaine
Frailan Perez tChatillol, Antonio Soils
Salitast, Ramon Marquee Manuel Ramos
RamitoSl and Ramon Canigncral Ell Cam
panero'. These are all considered the most
expert in Spain and command big salaries.
The contract with the tr0upe calls for all
expenses from Madrid TO Mexico and back.
The bull fights will begin at 3 O'Clock
on the afternoon of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
battle. which will I've in the forenoon, and
continue daily until the last man fight
between Jimmy Barry and Johnny Murphy
is pulled off.