The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-23
Mexican Bull Fight.

Vic Murdoch, of the Wichita Eagle,
who is in Mexico saw bull fight and
by request wrote his impressions Tor
the Mexican Herald, in part as fol-
lows:
"But it was great day for Fuentes.
Fuentes had during the afternoon
turned four bulls over to the under.
taker; the umpire had gone to sleep
and the hleachers cover ON the north
side OF the ring were dreaming of
mother and home, when q man over
at a gate marked "Miurasn lifted a
shutter and fine black imported
gorer shot into The ring and cracked
his tail in the face of Fuentes. But
Fuentes only smiled. II wasn't his
act. He had kindly permitted o
young gentleman by the name of
Corzo to try his hands, Ii WAS xOahe
seen from the first that this bull was
q warm article with chilli dressing. A
lot of young men carrying dry
goods store among them surrounded
the bull and Haunted their opera
capes at him. The bull studied them
awhile and having concluded that
they were not trying to give an imita-
ton of the burning of Rome, but
were guying him, he turned loose
All the audience saw at this point
was a bright red streak in the air
like a brakeman throwing a lantern
at conductor on dark night. The
buli then turned and there was an
other red streak; the bull turned
again and another man with an
opera cloak flashed suddenly by ana
sank on the outside of the fence with
the rapidly OF the last three days on
a thirty day note. The men on the
horses, with small boys at their heels
whipping their horses, now came out.
Owing to circumstances over which
they had no control they also speedily
LEFT the ring to think about It, The
men with the shawl store now came
back and gave the bull q ghost dance,
bat they made him tired and he didn't
pOy any attention to them The
beachers now got mad. They had
paid their money and they expected
TO see bull fight, not "a foot race.
The banderillerus now stepped for
ward with their Christmas trees. A
man with pink barber-pOles made u
motion at the bull and the bull took
after him. He AguinaldOed. Then a
fellow with red sticks stationed him
self in front OF the bull with the
easy grace of man pronouncing
RECOMMENDATION for the fret time.
The bull recognized him and went
after him. WhereupOn the man left.
Another fellow with blue sticks tried
his hand and was about as successful
in ptaclng the banderilas as tourist
is at landing Oh the understanding on
q street car driver with guide. book
Spanish.
1.-The bleachers arose and reared.
A man with voice like a fractured
gong, who had come all the way from
Zacatecas to zee the fight and had al
ready eaten down to the second
vertebrate of his sugar cane stalk
arose and demanded that the ban
derillerOs go away to some secluded
spot and chase themselves, while a
young lady from Peoria, Illinois, who
couldn't just stand the horrible,
thing another moment arose to her
feet and cried, Bring 'em burIo.'
"Then Mr.. COrzo stepped out. He
was the matader. He was dressed
brilliantly in blue, and had hornets
nest tied up on the back of his head
and had the cunningest little sword
you ever saw. He was to walk up 10
the bull and plunge his sword into
him and kill him. He didn't. The
bull didn't like Mr.. CuIZo to take
such liberties with him Corzo bob
bed around and aimed his sword, but
he always found the ball coming like
the Cuernavaca train on down
grade. Finally, as an l8-caret piece
If bluff he sat down on bench and
winked at the bull. The bull kept
coming. The bench also suddenly
burned Mr.. Corzn's person and he de-.
parted. At length he struck with
his sword. 1t stuck in shout three
inches. The bleach ers arose ana
wept. 1t was plain to be seen that
Mr.. Corzo couldn't have stabbed toy
balloon with hat pin without hitting
n bone, and the bleachers said so.
Corzo tried again, and that came
mighty near being the dOxology for