The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-21

placing OF the banderillas. which are
darts about two feet long with a
sharp barbed point and covered with
fancy coiored ribbons. A man without
cape or any means OF defense takes
| two banderillas. one In each hand,
holds them up facing the mad bull,
shakes the ribbons TO call the bull to
him. and as he charges with his head
down the darts are placed just over
the horns In the shoulders of the
beast. The barb causes them TO hang
as If they were for ornaments. but as
he shakes himself they goad him to
rage and madness. and he bellows lus-
THY. These darts must be put in like
lightning. for the rule is that the man
must be. facing the bull. and the ami
NAL must be in action and EN- the at
tack.
II Is said that the bull In the mo-
ment OF attack closes his eyes, so 1t IS
but a quick decision of the instant to
thrust the darts. step to one side, and
the bull passes. only to find another
man ready to do the same trick for his
further decoration. Eight or ten are
placed in every bull. While this is go
ing on and before all the darts are
placed In the bull he finds picador
on a horse in his way. poor, broken
down. blindfolded horse that cannot
see his danger. The picador manip-
ulates the guidance OF the animal to
save himself. The bull madly charges.
Bull, horse and rider are mixed up In
a bloody. revolving scene that Is i'm
possible to describe. The horse IL not
always Killed the first time. bnt is
taken out. sewed up. cold watcr dash
ed all over him and brought buck to
enact the same scene over again until
dead.
The bull has killed two horses, is
covered with darts, bloody from horns
to tail, painting heavily, and the bugle
again sounds the call for the matador
to enter and kill the bull. Sword in
right hand and little red flag In left
he crosses the ring to the front of the
governor and tells him he WIN kill the
bull in the most approved style The
red flag is on pole in his left hand.
He crosses his left arm over his
breast. throwing the flag TO his right
and with the sharp sword in his right
hand and held high. This gives him
fair play for the thrust. He futters
the flag before the enraged animal, and
as the bull lunges forward, to attack
the flag the matador drives the sword
10 the hilt in the bulls shoulder or be-
tween them, cutting the spinal cord or
piercing the heart The bull falls to
his knees and lies down to die. Then
an attendant gives what is called the
stroke Of mercy by plunging q dagger
between the horns, which causes in
slant death, and now come the mules
TO haul of the dead bull. Then men
with wheelbarrows clean out the ring.
which is done instantly, and by the
time the dead bull is out OF sight the
bugle sounds for the second perform
ance, and the second bull enters. Less
than thirty minutes have passed since
the killing of the first bull.
In the foregoing | have told you of
the killing of one bull and two horses.
Six bulls and many horses were killed
on this afternoon. ! remained until
four bulls were killed and was the last
one of our party to leave, for the rea-
son that wished to see enough to be
able to better describe it. In the kill
ing ofthe four bulls the scene was just
the same, differing only in ferceness
and intensity. The third bull. charged
on one horse and rider and, thrusting
his great horns into the horses side.
lifted horse and rider from the ground
and carried them at least fifty feet.
Horse and rider fell in a great mixup.
and for few moments the man was
In great danger. Attention of the bull
was diverted by a red flag being thrust
before him. The man recovered, mount
ed the same horse and attacked the
bull again before leaving the ring. In
every case the dead bull is taken out.
dressed and quartered ready for the
market before the bull following him
Is killed.
But enough. have given you the
facts without comment. have seen
Mexican bullfight in all its CHASTITY and
revolving horror Pain and not pleas
ure thrills ones being in witnessing
such spectacle j. c. Barlow In
Streator Qll.) Independent Times.
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