Evening star., 1898-07-30


thai there were grave irregularities in the
combat. In order to give the cluzens oi
Seville q treat the management hau ar
ranged that the bull Carameio, should
first fight with a lion. An immense IRON
cage was placed in the center of the arena,
and Gagged alley was MADE TO unite II
with the gate by which the bull was to
enter from the stables. The bull trotted
down the alley to its junction with the
great cage OF the combat. Here he stood,
inspecting the lion until the latter, with
roar jumped at the bulls shoulders and
STAYED there for a moment with his jaws
fixed in the flesh. He might have stayed
there longer had not the bull thoughtfully
tammed him against the side of the cage,
dslodging him. "Hurrah for the Spanish
bull!" the people cried, and Burn the
lioni" Then the bull caught the lion on
his horns and began humping him against
the ceiling of the cage. The blood of the
two beasts covered the floor, and soon even
the bull appeared to have enough of the
backed down toward the alleyway. Cry
ing Burn the foreign hon" the people
then turned to its owuer-no other than
the famous Colonel Boone we'll known to
circus fame throughout the word-and
yelled at him abuse, accompanied with
showers of oranges and flights of empty
soda-water bottles. Vainly the gallant col
onel prodded the iion already half dead.
The hon refused to fight, and it was then
for Spanish valor to take up the combat
for him.
His Grent Mistake.
I. this way Jose Rodriguez committed
the mistake of his life. The time taken up
by the removal of the cage made it nee
essary, in justice to the other spadas
the program. to hurry up the secondary
teasing of the bull Supposing that the
lion had already sufficiently fatigued him,
Rodriguez attacked the bull almost imme-
dately. And Rodriguez fell, to the great
pain of 1S.9o0 Spani&rds present. In some
way they blamed Colonel Boone and he
was saved from violence only by a hur-
r1ed flight. CuchareZ, left by Providence
to console the people. then became the
greatest man in the peninsula.
Generous, brave and reckless, thousand
exploits are still remembered to attest the
grandeur of soul of CuchareZ 1t was he
wfo began the tradition that great bull
hglter should never take change while
out drinking. He would lay down a bank
note and tell them to keep the .chauge.
mat meant his followers should drink it
out 1t is sad, therefore, to think that he
was to be killed in such an out-of-the-way
place as Havana by a South American bull
who understood nothing of the WAYS of
chivalry.
ITO go to America has always been the
climax of the Spanish bullfghter's career
America meaning. naturally, Cuba and
So'tn America. A few years ago l heard
thcIn teasing FrasCuelo, saying: What
you ought to do is to go to America. but
You are afraid to cross the water" The
champion answered them magnifcentIy:
IL Is not that. The thing that bothers me
IS TO leave my good town of Cordova
once on my travels, l will not only go as
far as America. but even to Romer The
remarkable career of Manuel Dominguez
had much to do with Brazil, where he Of
hciated at the crowning of Dom Pedro H.
Forced to fee from Spain at the end of a
violent quarrel with his rival, Juan Leon
whose dagger he dreaded, Dominguez
triumphed from Havana to Montevideo
He became the idol of Rio Janeiro and
only left that grateful capital in flight from
a Jealous husband, great dignitary of the
court. Then bad times fell or him, until
he was obliged to exercise the mean trade
of cowboy. or vaquero in the neighborhood
OF Buenos Ayres.
Learned New Ideas.
1t was in this employment. nevertheless,
that he learned the use Of the lasso and
it would secm-a certain leaning toward
humanity; wherefore great commotion was
destined to be raised in Spain ard Portugal
In a word, DomingueZ returned to the old
world and his old trade with new ideas.
On landing in Lisbon he instituted a new
species of bull fight. in which neither bulls
nor horses Were to be killed. 1t appears
to have been sort of Wild West show
displaying the skill Domnguez had acquired
with the lasso his superb hCrsemansnip
and the agility and address of the members
of his troupe, half of whom were Indians
His success was immediate and complete,
the Portuguese, naturally hostile of blood
combats according him ovation from
the start At once all the toreros of Spain
took fright. They said to themselves that
the new show might strike a fatal blow at
their profes sion. But, happily, 1t was all
for nothing, exclaims an historian of the
arena, and the grave school of Seville had
scarcely time to draw up a formula of ex-
communication against the daring irregu-
lar when he was forced to give up his rev.
olutionary lasso for all time. With bulls
horn in his eye he fell in the arena of Santa
Maria, with him perishing his dia bolical
heresies."
Two Powerful Names.
During the past twenty years two names
have been all-powerful in the peninsula.
Rafael Molina Y Sanchez tcalied Lagartijo)
and Salvador Sanchez Frascuelo) have
done for their trade what John l.. Sullivan
did for the fighting business in America.
They refused to fight for the comparatively
small pay of their predecessors, and by
reason of their popularity able to
make extraordinary terms with the Spanish
public and impresarios. The profession is
grateful 20 them today, now that they are
In their old age; and they are still called
by courtesy the two stars of Spain. Lagar-
tito, in particular was always a ferocious
fellow, insisting that the public should
have its full of blood and excitement. The
only man the present writer ever saw
killed in the ring belonged to Lagartijos
troupe.
1t was great day at Madrid, in 1892
just after Easter Sunday. Six horses were
already lying dead in the arena; but a
seventh, the last one wounded by the bull,
was still living. Lying on his back. his
four legs in the air, he struggled desper-
ately to get up. When he at last succeed
ed a lamentable spectacle was presented.
Dragging behind him red rope of bleed
ing entruils the unhappy animal began the
execution of q sickening gallop around the
ring. Every now and then he would stop
and feebly kick into empty air. Then, TAX
ing up again his fantastic dance, he utter
ed painful cries, until his forces gave out
and he fell Bravo toro, Que bonito."
cried the people in delight, viva, Viva el
toro! Andai Anda,' Beside me a young
and pretty woman plucked tuberose from
her hair, kissed it and threw it to the bull.
The Mems Turn.
Now said man behind me, don't
lose q single movement of the bull. He has
finished vita the horses. and the turn of
the men IS going to commence" Irritated
by the red cloaks of the capeadors. the
bull began to charge on them in all direh-
tIons. But he could never get at the nim-
bic fellows. Now and again he would fall