Arizona republican., 1902-01-12
SCENE AT BULL FIGHT
A Description of the Late Event at
 Naco.

The city of Naco assumed a very lively aspect on New Years day, which was the occasion for great celebration our friends of the sister republic treated us with a genuine Spanish bull fight such as We do not have the op portunity of seeing in the United States nor oftimes in Mexico.
 The ring is situated on the Mexican side of the line and is owned and the enterprise operated by Spanish capital The ring is some 200 feet in diameter, built of adobe some two and half feet thick and eight feet high. the whole having received a thick coating of ce ment, to say nothing of a gorgeous covering of paint of a color calculated to please the light fancy of the dons.
 Surrounding the ring and slOping away from it like the old arena of Rome, row after TOW, are the seats for the spectators, and high above all, eX- tending half the diameter. are very substantial covered box seats, where the highly favored view the sport. The total cost of the ring and equipments will foot up somewhere near six thou sand dollars. At each side of the ring and directly opposite are large gates, which are swung open when bull is killed and through which the carcass
 
 manag gers box are the gates which lead to the pens through which the victims enter for the slaughter. Around the ring are five shields built of heavy timber and some eighteen inches away from the wall, behind which the fight CTS dodge for protection when the rushes of the enraged bull prove too vicious for him to encounter.
 At early morn the little town began to fill with visitors from the surround ing country. Bisbee, Tombstone, Fair banks and Cananea sending in large crowds. At twelve the excursion ar irving from Tucson filled the measure to overfiowing and the scene was lively indeed. as the Tucsonites were three hundred strong and all on pleasure bent.
 The fight was called for three o'clock at which time the seats were comfort ably filled and all were eager for the fray. but the Spaniard was not to be moved from his custom of centuries standing in spite of the boisterous de mands of the crowd, but proceeded very leisurely in his preparations until with the lapse of time one was fain to remember that he was not in the pit of a vaudeville theater but in the land of manana Not few minutes. but fully
 
 wait the pleasure of the dons. receiving the universal answer to our question ing. Pretty soon," 'POco tiempO," but at last. at the blare of trumpet, the gates were thrown open and in came the performers, fighters, mules, funk eys and all. the latter greatly inflated with their momentary importance. The company consisted of five men gorgeously arrayed in pink silk hose. knee tights, close fitting jersey blouses and bonnet-like headgear. Follow ing the ancient custom each mans head was adorned with que done up in knot like those of our Mongolian brothers. The apparel of each was nearly concealed by a covering of brass chain work, and taken for all in all they presented a very brave array.
 The company consists of the "mata- deros," those who kill the bull; the "banduilleros," those who tease him and plant the "bandereta' in his shoul- ders. and those who use their many colored mantles to draw his attention