The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-30
PARIS FIRST BULL FIGHT
SCARED BULL CH4RGEs ON Spec
TATORS INSTEAD oFTOREADOU

Crowd Gets More Excitement for Its
Money Than 1t Bargatned For-Many
People Hurt in Panic and Crush.
So far, attempts to introduce bull
fighting in Paris have proved failures,
and the catastrophe which marked the
exhibition at Deuil, near Enghien-les-
Bains, to-day, is likely to have the
effect of relieving Parisians from these
degrading spectacles for some time 10
come There were many difficulties in
the way of offering the true Spanish
spectacle to the Partisan public, but
finally the Mayor of the little commune
of Deuil was persuaded to grant the
necessary permission, the promoters OF
the fight guaranteeing to pay a certain
monthly sum to the public funds of the
commune.
The bullring, it was estimated, would
hold between 5000 and 1000 people.
There were quite 10000 persons at the
doors DESTROYS of obtaining admission,
and an indescribable struggle took place
to obtain seats. The ring seemed tiny
when compared with the buildings of
Barcelona, San Sebastian or Madrid.
Here were 1000 people massed around
diminutive ring and packed tier upon
tier on wooden stagings or stands
The palisade around the bullring was
of wood. There was a small space and
then another palisade, and Immediately
behind the cheapest and consequently
most densely packed places. 1t was,
nevertheless, an orderly, well-dressed
crowd, trimming over with excitement.
Principally at a quarter of three, the
Mayor of Deuil and the editor of a
Partisan sporting paper, who were to
preside over teh function, appeared, the
band struck UP a lively air and the
parade began. 1t was of the usual
character, but the bright costumes OF
the matadors and banderilleros seemed
out of place The parade over, the
gates of the pit We're opened, and big
black bull dashed into the ring. 1t
seemed a magnificent creature, and
snorted furiously as the excited crowd
cheered For couple Of minutes the
toreadors excited the animal, and then
a picador on horseback, faced it, The
bull fixed the man as though preparing
to charge, but suddenly swung around
on it's launches and made for the side
Of the ring.
The stout wooden fence was no OBJ
stacle for the animal. With a bound
he cleared it as easily as deer sllips
a ditch; his fore paws and horns crush
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and in a second the Infatuated bull was
in the midst of the mass of people at
the foot Of the Presidential tribune. Bel
lowing and lashing out with his head,
the animal seemed to literally throw
the people away from him as they fled
on either side.
The crash of the wood, the roaring Of
the bull and the shrieks of the women
for a few minutes caused scene of
the widest excitement. In their en-
deavors to escape, a number of people
were thrown down and trampled ON
dresses and coats were torn, and in the |
the excited spectators crowded on to
the upper tiers, already densely pack
ed and which threatened to give way |
and cause a second catastrophe. For |
some minutes, the bull remained in the |
crowd, and finally made way for him
self out beneath the staging of the high
er tribunes, and so got out into the
country behind.
The matadors, picadors and others
although they had endeavourei
to get to the animal were unable to
do SO, whilst others had invaded the
ring, being In the way and preventing
them. After the bull had made it's
way outside, the greatest excitement
prevailed i'm the arena. Many females
had tainted, some had been tramped
on and We're somewhat seriously hurt,
whilst everyone was the prey to great
Had the bull not been able to escape,
the result must have been disastrous.
Several gentlemen had their cats ripped
off their backs. OF battered hats and
broken sticks there were no end, whilst
several females had their dresses COM
pletely torn off. A number of people
who felt i'll at once left the arena.
Outside new danger threatened. The
vicinity of the arenas was occupied by
a crowd of carriages and vehicles, and
crowds of people, almost, if not quite,
as dense as those within. Here again
a stampede occurred. There were cries
Of help, and matadors and picadors
shouted for guns, and ran and fetched
their swords in order to attack the
DULL.
Still in their brilliant dress, the mata-
1ors hurriedly drew their glittering
weapons Of fine steel from their cases,
and snatching up silk shawl bounded
,ver the seats and down the steps to- {
ward the place where the animal was
said to have fled. The mounted SenG- I
lrInes also sped after the beast, and {
he crack of their revolvers could be !
heard within the arenas, and told Of I
IN aim which was apparently none too 6
correct Finally, the news cam that ,
he bull had been slaughtered. The :
,endarmes having wounded it, mata
lor came up and gave the coup de
race with his sword 9
In the course of the pursuit gend-. ,
Lrme named Bory was tossed by the =
,ull and wounded in the leg by the ami i
NAILS horn. In the arena a dozen people I
lad a leg broken, man had his arm y
roken. and another spectator, who was +
on. was said to be seriously r
urt {
BY this time the ring had been put
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