The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-21
TWO L,onEsses AND A BULL FIGHT.
Madrid Spectacle Seen by Thousands
Pronounced Disappointing.

"A Specla1 correspondence TO the New
York Sun from Madrid says: To-day
all Madrid was excited and young and
old turned out in thousands to witness
sight seldom seen in a civilized town
"a fight between a bull and two half
tanned lionesses. The eagerly awaited
event was to have taken place yester
day Sunday, but the rain, which came
down in torrents. kept people indoors.
But to-day, when the sun was shining
brightly, the streets leading to the Plaza
de Toros were, long before the opening
of the areno, 'thronged with excited
crowds eagerly discussing the merits of
the combatants. Pandereto, the bull,
was described by connoisseurs as a
beauty, worthy son of his sire, Per-
digon, who immortalized himself by gor-
ing to death the noted tOreador Espar-
tere some years ago.
Yesterday, in spite of the rain, some
10000 people visited Pandereto in his
stable, and a workihgman, who had
wagered bottle of wine that he would
enter the stable and face the brute
alone, was promptly pitched over the
partition by the ferocious animal,
though he was lucky enough to get off
with few scratches There was no
fear, therefore, that the bull would
prove coward. On the other hand,
Sabina and Nemea, the two lionesses
who three months ago We're disportng
themselves in the sands of the Sahara
Desert. We're backed by their tanner to
make a raw steak of the bull in less
than ten minutes, the animals having
been kept without food for two days.
There had been an unprecedented run
on the ticket office, and when the buSle
sounded for the first act, the vast am
phitheatre showed one compact mass
of heads. young toreador entered
the arena and successfully despatched
two bulls, but the applause was merely
perfunctory. On sign from the man.
ager the cage containing the two lion
esses and the box with the bull We're
wheeled into the ring. The odds rose
quickly in favor of the latter, as he,
Immediately on being released, made a
rush for Sabina, who, crouching and
snarlng Viciously, re "eived him with a
terrible blow Of her fore claws Pan
dereto shook himself free, and tossed
her high in the air Nemea had bound
ed aside at the bulls approach, but the
latter, quick as lightning, wheeled
round, and in a fraction of second
sent her. too. flying into space. Charg-
ing afresh, the bull took Nemea up and
drove his horns through her body
against the bars of her cage. The pub
lie yelled itself hoarse with enthusiasm,
and it was clear that the bull was
going to carry the day. Sabina then
was for a few minutes successful in
lodging the furious onsaughts of her
opponent, but presently, she too was
caught on the terrible horns and fell
all in a heap. almost on top of her
wounded sister The spectators alter
rately Missed the lonesses and cheerad
the bull to the echo.
The bull. now master of the arena.
stood snortins defiance, while the lion
nesses, painting, their names on end
with fear and blood flowing from tSeir
wounds, crouched beside each other
Their tanner. furious at the bad showing
his pupils We're making, approached eau
tiously and prodded them repeatedly
with pointed iron to action, until.
maddened by pain, the queens of the
desert rose again as If to recommence
the attack, but scarcely had Pandereto
seen them move when he rushed upon
the wretched beasts, pinn1ng them to
the ground not without receiving a
severe mauling from Sabina, who ap-
peared to be the pluckier of the two.
The spectacle was nearing its end.
the public hoyled excavations at the
lionesses and their tanner. The latter,
who stood to lose good deal of
money, was beside himself with rage.
but no amount of goading with pointed
sticks not even pistol shots fred re-
pedteuly close 10 their ears, coulu MAKE
the poor beasts move They lay trem-
bling close against each other and.
famished though they were, pieces of
raw, dripping flesh temptinsly display
ed failed to arouse them. Nemea, with
her limbs broken and deep wounds all
over her body, breathed- family, and
Sabina was in a scarcely better plight.
The bull contemporary, turning aside
from his fallen enemies. now fixed his
attention on the wild beasts outside the
arena who We're cheering vociferously
and, paving the ground, made sundry
movements as if to charge upon the
spectators.
The lionesses were eventually chain
ed to the bars of their eage-quite a
superfluous precaution, owing to their
exhausted Statewide the bull was en-
ticed to the other side of the ring,
whence he was with great trouble led
away to his stable amid thunderous
applause, the blood dripping from an
ugly wound in his neck and badly lac
Grated about the eyes
Poor sport, after ALL was the pub
lie verdict