Evening star., 1901-05-01

ipinos with less brilliant attire, and Span
iards in white duck, soldiers, sailors, Of
fcers, civilians, some English, some Ger
man, some American, besides troops OF ma
tive women and children. all eager to see
the show The parade was completed by a
grand march around the arena, while the
native and American bands played, ana
some great bombs were exploded with the
noise of cannon, and strings OF firecrack-
ers eight yards long, suspended from tan
poles, were set off with the rattle of mus
kerry. The MorOS can surely give us
Fourth of July. people some pointers on
making noise.
Description of the Fight.
Datto Mando occupied balcony just op-
poste that of the queen of beauty, and
before the first fight began he threw into
the circle a shower of silver dollars and
packages of cigars and cigarettes. Many
flowers were also thrown down as Don
Juan Cuadrado and his associates of the
ring rode gaiy to and fro. The fights then
took place in rapid succession. The first
bull entered. He did not seem to know
what to make of the arena, resplendent
with light and agitated by the hum of
thousand voices in a circle all around him.
1t was an imposing sight to see him
standing there in his pride. Only for
moment he paused, then started on a run
about the Enclosure, awaited at different
points by mounted ''picadores' armed with
long poles or lanceS with a sharp bit of
steel at one extremity. ne Dull tHdTBtu
the first one he saw and was skillfully met
at the point of the lance in such a way
that he could wound neither horse nor
rider But not all the riders were so sue
ceSSful. One horse went down under the
horns of the infuriated bull and the rider
had a narrow escape from being caught.
The bull pursued him, but man rushed
out waving red-lined cape in the very
eyes of the animal. The "capeador'' thus
distracted the bulls attention, while
other picador advanced and a "banderil
lero'' walked boldly up and stuck a great
bunch of flowers and ribbons, fastened to
a dart deep into the flesh of the animal 8
shoulder. BY that time the wild creature
did not know which way to turn, and
those in Immediate danger made their
cape. Some Of the banderilleros managed
to just slightly wound the animal, and the
banderilas did not stay. Neither did the
bull.
So there was a lively foot race until an
other capeador got in the way with his in
tolerable red cape, and off the bull started
in a new direction. 1t certainly required
nice calculation. slip of the foot, mo-
ment's hesitation on the part of his assO-
ciates, might have left him at the mercy
of the ragged brute. But the critical mo-
ment was when the "mateador" came out
to end the animals suffering He seized
red cape in one hand and a stout sword
In the other, and walked coolly toward the
| bull with flourish Of the cape. Down
went the bulls head, and with a terrific
roar he charged. At the same tina the
mdteadOr ruSned on the animal ana thrust
the sword in between the shoulders over
the lowered head, stepped deftly aside and
| the bull fell dead at his feet. The frs
| mateador did beautifully and richly de-
served the roar of applause from the spec
| tators and the garland of flowers the queen
| Of beauty bestowed upon him. But the
| succeeding fights ended badly, and the poor
| animals must have suffered terribly under
| the repeated attempts Of the mateadors
| to get close enough to give the fatal
| thrust.
Progressive DattO Mandi.
| Datto Mandi is Moro chief, whose
manners are those Of courtier and whose
word has never been broken. His atti-
| tude toward the Americans has ever been
one of utmost friendliness. He usually ap-
pears in spotless white linen, but wears a
many-colored turban on his head.
He does not chew 'buyo" nor does he
blacken his teeth. In this respect he is far
and away ahead Of his people, who univer-
sally adhere to these practices And what
| is more remarkable, Mandi has only one
] wife, of whom he is very proud He has a
splendid house in the midst of the Moro