Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-07
A NOVEL BULL FIGHT.
The Victim Takes the Offensive and
Causes "a Panic.


Causes "a Panic.
Paris Corr. London News
The world of fashion betook itself today
to Deuil, near Enghein, to see real bull
fight. in which the bulls were to be killed.
1t was to be. moreover. a patriotic bull
fight, as Robert Felix, Landais, was to be
the first torero. Llaverito and Lagartillo
We're not to be so forward. The perform
ance was greatly advertised, and meant to
draw ia haute canaille''-a name to which
society. az represented by the White Car
nation. Is, fear entitled-and It must be
said that the bait was greedily snapped.
Special trains were organized, as for Chan
tilly on racing Sundays. All the mon
dams" all the sportsmen who wanted to
hout the president by absenting themselves
from Longchamps. all the elegant women,
who seemed to sniff with delight the butch
cry of bulls from afar. all the riffraff from
above and below, all the people who were
curious to see what patriotic bull fight on
Spanish lines was like, fastened to Deuil.
The circus was packed from the boxes to
the topmost round of seats. The circular
gangway behind the pallsade was so
thronSed that nobody could move in it. In
stead of two rows of high paling, as in
Spain, there was only one row. and it
was not very high. In a Spanish arena the
bull, when greatly teased. may jump over
the row bordering the arena, but not over
the second He rushes round between the
two palings until he comes to a gate. which
is thrown back. 1t stops his course, and.
IN lying back opens wide way to the
arena. into which the bull again goes
Expectation was at its height today. Rob-
ert. the champion of France, did not wear
the fiat Spanish cap, but Pyrenean beret
slightly on the side of his head. He and
Ilaverito and Lagartillo were greeted with
deatening cheers. The bull, fine animal
on entering, at once rushed at the two to-
reros, who jumped lightly aside, and then
at a Dcador armed with lance \ chula
drew him off by flourishing a red cape be-
fore his eyes. The bull wanted to get away
ana cleared the single paling at a bound. A
panic enSued. The animal blndly rushed
along. with head down and horns forward
lie cleared the excuse for a palisade in the
front of the boxes entered A gangway and
climbed the first and second row of seats
Fortunately, he was only bothered and stu
p!d. and not -nfuriated. The shrieks, the
rushing people, suddenly brought him to
MS senses, and he stopped short and looked
spontaneously about, but terrified lady
caught him by horn and another raised
her parasol and hit him between the ewes
WIN II me poor animal broke away again.
ana, nndlng his way down a passage
escaped INTO the field in which the arena
stands 1t was filled with cycles The bull
tossed a lot of them about, and was sitting
down TO quietneSs when he found himself
pursued by picddOrS. chulas matadors and
toreros, Sendarmes and policemen the lat
Ter armed with revolvers Again the bull
mace on There was a general discharge
of pistols. but 50 wild was the firing tb9t
the wonder is he only was shot. He made
one more rush when wounded got entan-
sled IN a wire fence and fell bull fighter
then stabbed him in the neck and there
was an end to the poor toro
me bull was from the pastures of the
Duke Of Eerogna. He was named Rouito
ana was black, powerful and long-horned
komito was one of those bulls that grave
WIN sheep. and are quiet as lambs unless
leased Before it left Spain it was taught
70 associate the "Marseillaise" and Car
h-eh with teasing. which shows that bulls
can receive kind of musical education
t'oth AIRS were played yesterday before the
uoor OF the tori was swung back and Ro-
INTO bounded into the arena. The music
II appears was on his nerves when he
leaped across the palisade into the laps-of
all people-of butcher and his wife 1t is
stdttd mat the bull fights which are an
nounced to take place next Sunday at En-
ghien Will be prohibited