Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-17
THE FIGHT A FIZZI 3,
mAN!LA's LAST EXPERIMENT IN THE f:
BULL RING.

iAger and Two Panthers Failed
10 floor the Not Overf1ery Bull. pan,
"emonium Broke Loose In tho Aud..
once and the Show Was Declared on.
Besides many ocher regular forms 81
tAiiiuse'nent the residents Of Manila nsef1
Low anu then to have the bullfpht, Az
1uAe' however, performances in the hnll
/ ring We're few and far between, since 1na,tt-uu
| s.nl 'l seemed incapable Of thriving r.,
! enc sorrid climate of the Philippines, II
Wa curing the early days after nv ar.
tls'st 1nne Tho Old wooden ring-suuattino
oue IN the riceflclds Of the Ermita submit
was ns 10 pe used for the last time, and the
~ tset'sio.i was one or unusual interest since
'iio posters announced in grown nm letters
struggle between wild beasts.-e,,.a "a =
hghe between full bloodcl Spanish h,,,I
anu royal Bengal tiger, direct from the
JohEios Oh INDIA. For days before the
e =, i, conversation In the cafes along
c ..io '1scoi6a invariably turned to the sub
Jcct OF tho coming exhibition, and II yasl
e'.uehG Chat tho managers fully intended
, pom 10 reap largo harvest of heavy dol-s
uars anu to wind up the career OF tho hnl1
ing association In q blnzo Of glory.
a NOT afternoon In early February fount
pcos directing their steps toward tbey
~, ~ STRUCTURE, Which consisted Of aI
400 Oh rickety seats piled up around "a cir
cular arena. The reserved sections ,y.,,a
covered with a light roof to keen off thad
no5 AFTERNOON sun, but the ..bleachers III
LOT thosc that held only 'billetes de sol ),
were exposed to tho binding glare. Thag
uuolence-a crowd of 5000 persons WITH
Ozark faces showing above suits az rybi+aH
sheeting-founu the center of the rIne, a.
nahented with huge iron care sorna t,r,A
r''os square, while off ut the side vverae
smaller cages containing the "flsras ), nj
wild beasts
The show opened amid breathless exclta.a
aheno WIN an exhibition of panthers, andh
ma. ma, dressed III pink tights ate dlnnerS
IN their big cage after setting off n h1nch 1
OF 1lrecrackcrs under one of the tf,ern. "A
which did not seem inclined to wake mn
enough to lick his chops or to pretend ~
"Ai1o 20 eau somebody. Tho daring per
former lived to digest his glass of waters
1nu one cracker, and q deer was NEXT II, u
1roduced into the inclosure The panthera n
evon at the command Of the keeper, seem. Il
go unwilling to attack thor gentic foe. ana
on continued Kissing from the big audit
enco the animals were withdrawn.
Ihen great shouts Of lei toro. al tore y,
arose ~ as OF at the small gate at one sIdeS
t tahYGu h III lst ap1Iture.
s The bull was showed into tho iron jail, III
q dozen or moro punches of nrecrnokers3s
were set off In tho small box holding thea
tiger in order to wake him up, the slideA
door connecting the two was withdrawn a
and with deafening roar the great ina
dian cat rushed forth and tried to swallowA
. man who was standing outside tho barsS
holding Il heated pitchfork. The bull stood
quietly in ono corner wagging his tall
and after blinking his eyes once or twice1
proceeded to examine his antagonist In oil
most friendly spirit In fact there seemed
to be no hard feeling ut all between thes
two beasts, and the hger apparently onlya
wanted to get ut the gentleman outside3
the cage, not at the bull.
The audience howled and jecrcd ut the3
tiger, bot on the bull and criticised the}
man with tho pitchfork us he gave thej
tiger several hard pokcs in the ribs This9
angcrcd tho beast SO that he made dive
for the bull and promptly found HIMSELF
tossed into the air. But as he came downi
he hung on to tho bulls nose and dugi
his claws into the tough hide. Curiouslyi
enough, the bull did not seem to mind that
in tho lenst, and the two stood perfectiyS
still, locked in close quarters, for some FIVE
minutes Il
And, to mako long story short, there
occurred some four of these mild attacks
always melted by the man with the
pitahfork-during which the bull stepped
on the tiger, making him howl with pain, \
and tho latter badly bit the bull on the
legs and nose. After the fourth round
both beasts seemed to be in want of a
siesta. 1t was growing dark, and the
dissatisfied audience cried for another:
bull. i
The first animal was finally dragged
away after the tiger had gladly retreated
to his cage, and fresh bull with more
spirit was introduced Now, however, the
tiger was less game than ever, and NO
amount Of flrecrackers would induce him
to stir from tho small cage. Flo seemed
far too sensible and literally appeared to
be possessed of an nshestus skin.
1t was now getting really dark. Inc
audience joined in q chorus of bowls. Peo-
pie began to light matches to see their
programmes, and the circus ring looked as
if it were filled with tireflies Then the
programmes themselves were ignited to
| get more light Cries of Give US back
our money r. and Others of o less printable
| kind arose, and pandemonium reigned.
| Men jumped into tho ring, but the tiger
| refused to move for anybody. A couple OF
panthers were again hastily introduced in
to the cage with the bull in the hope OF
stirring things up.
But the bull merely licked one panther
on tho nose and wagged his tail at the
other, while the show was declared off or
account Of darkness. Then everybody FLED
out in disgust, and the man with the
; tiger, panthers and pitchforks sailed foI
, foreign shores by the first steamer Such
. was the last performance in the Plaza as
Toros de Manila, +" and nowadays nothing
marks the spot where stood the arena
except the little ticket office, over whose
windows are the words = Billetes de SOL
Joseph Earle Stevens in New YORK Post.
suspension Of Judgment.
"How do you stand on the liquor ques
ton, Wheeler" -
"Between whisky and wate-l harol!
know which to decide for. l punctures
I, nv tire once over "a broken beer bottle, an'
{ ono of the worst headers over TOOK wa
from slipping on watered street. I'D