The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-11
Farewell of Fuentes

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An immense crowd filed both sides of
the Renlita bull ring yesterday afternoon
/ to witness the farewell performances Of
the famous Spanish torero. Antouio
( FHentes, says the Herald. Of Mexico City.
! The bulls fought had been specially i'm
ported from Spain and, .as the poster
announced, were OF the gaHadeFto 81 the
most excellent Senior Du que de We're
qua" This most excellent seaor'' is the
same as visited the United States during
{ the Columbian festivities In6escribahle
was the scandal oceasioned IN the States
when it became known that fighting
bulls were raised on his estates 1t at
/ forwards became known thai the duke
( was in financial difficulties and unfoT-
tunste attempt, which fell through was
made TO raise public subscription in ais
bah2Ix
The yeragua bulls fought yesterday al
terneon proved satisfactory in the first
terico, viz, thar Of the picadores- But
I they did not lend themselves very Vel
/ either TO the second or third tericoS-
Therefore, IL the fight had ended with
I the sixth bull. the farewell q Fuentes
would not have been "a brilliant an al
/ fair as his admirers. or in other words
all the lovers OF bull lighting il Mexico.
would have desired. BUT. desiring to re-
eiprccate the many marks Of good vii
I ne added q seventh bull to the enterI aifi-
ment and in lodging the han6erilIas and
! delivering the death thrust 10 this extra
I bun, he won the grandest ovation thar
has. been accorded 10 him IN the present
season
All through the fight Fuentes gave
abundant proofs OF his knowledge of the
art, his daring and the grace and ele-
! gance OF his style Of work Such IS his
81 nd hat nh t,.
seems quite easy. whereas MS tricks are
always Of such difficulty and danger THAI
they could only be attempted by a mas
ter OF the art.
There We're some amusing incidents dur
( ing the fight After Fueates had deliv-
! cred the sword thrust 10 the fourth bull
an enthusiastic young lieutenant, who
was in civilian attire on the sunny side
threw into the ring a large charro white
straw hat. The bull which had received
its death thrust approached the sombrero
with lowered head and Just az il was al
most touching it with its nose. a copious
stream of blood burst from its mouth
and nostrils, completely dyeing the hat
all over. The incident produced a roar
Of laughter.
Next the old farce Of the silk hat was
enacted. The innocent spectator takes
the fun quite seriously and pities the
F.
thing IS d pantOmime invented 10 add 10
the good spirits of the multitude. An Cd
silk hat is brought expressly for the pur-
pose and Is frst thrown into the ring
by one of the monos sabi0s or other at
tendants. 1t is thrown back, and then
the receiver takes and SHES il 10 q dis-
lance among the spectators and thus II
is patched backwards and forwards until
it is battered out of shape. Somebody
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the contents Of a bottle OF beer into Il
and then flung it away, an unpardonab.e
fault. especially as II seemed tnat q lady
received part Of the liquid on her dyess.
Such incidents, which seem inseparable
from bull lighting, are among the draw
backs OF the sport encouraging as they
do a vein Of coarseness In persons who,
under ordinary circumstances, are capa-
BILE of behaving themselves like gentle
men. Another thing which might de-
serve the attention Of the police is the
indiscriminate committing OF nuisances
outside of the ring in the most disgust
ing and open manner. especially since the
necessary cOnveniences are supposed to
have been supplied.
When the six bulls had been fought.
the public demanded an extra one and
Fuentes, who, all through the season. has
shown a desire to do everything in his
power 20 please MS duUitHCtSt dHtttu 70
turn in another bull on his own account
But the picadores had departed and after
they had been waited for some time, ia
vain, as IL was growing dusk, Fueutes
asked the spectators II they wanted 70
h ave the bull fought without picadores.
As Yes" was shouted from a thousand
threats. the extra bun was let IN. To
lodge the banderillas and XIII bull that
has not been punished by the picadorcs is
a doubly dangerous task Yet Fuentes
performed both tasks with consummate
mastery and received an ovation which.
accustomed though he must be to APP
plause, he viii always remember The
ring shook with the applause and The
sight Of the thousands of clapping hands
on the popular side OF the ring, as Wit
messed IN the growing dusk, was one not
10 be forgotten.
Fuentes was carried out Of the ring
on the shoulders OF his admirers.