The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-14
CHAMPION OF BULL
FIGHTERS IN GOTHAM
He Has Record Of 400 Bulls and Gets
More Money Than a Tenor.

NEW YORK, March 13.-The cham
pion bull-fighter of Mexico, Antonio
Montes,a who has a record of 400 bulls,
Is in town. Monies is a Spaniard, a
native of Seville, and was imported to
Mexico as the United States import
operate stars. He recently won the
gold medal offered by the Claro-
for the best bull-fghter, in a COMPETE
ton with his great rival, Machaquito.
The decision as to the merits of the
two rivals was left to- the vote of an
assembly of 5000 people, and Monies
won with majority of LOO votes.
He fought four "curridas" in the
Plaza de Toros in Mexico City on four
successive Sundays, and was twice
wounded, once in the thigh and once in
the side. He fought twenty times in
all In the three months he spent IN
Mexico and received for each fight
$4,000 Mexican, or about $500.
Monies is typical bull-fighter, with
baggy clothes, pointed shoes and the
inevitable "collita," the tiny pigtatl,
which is the time honered distinctive
ornament of a bull-fghter. He has
sixteen wounds to show for the six
years he has been in the business, and
wears ago in Seville a bull tossed him,
and the bull-fighter came down on
his chest on the horns and was tossed
over its back.
1.-THE stroke of the horn went to the
right" Senior Monies said yesterday
in telling about it. eff it had gone to
the left it would have torn my heart"
How long We're you in the hospi-
tal?" he was asked. A dark flush
spread over his swarthy face and his
black eyes cleaned dangerously.
1.-THE hospital?" he said quickly. II
was at my housed"
He was Modified by the explanation
that the hospitals here are very good,
and that it is the custom of the most
celebrated people to go to them in
cases of serious Illness.
81 was sick at my house for twenty
two days." he said
When questioned as to how lucrative
on the whole his career as bull-fght-
er had proved, Senior Monies preserved
a discreet silence. Neither would he
own up to any castles in Spain. He
was accompanied on his trip by En-
rique Gavati Limeno, a banderillero,
whose duty it is to pierce the bulls
shoulders with the maddening bander-
illas and to distract it's attention at
critical moments with his red capa.
They Travelled together to Monterey,
Aguas Calientes, Puebfa, Pelaya and
other cities, and the Spanish bull
fighter picked up the Mexican bull
fighting song, of which the following is
rough translation:
I am the bold picador,
Who laughs at the wrath of the bull;
I never retreat from before,
Of the pride of the fight I am full.
Ring bells, bells ring for the sport adore,
o.
Speak to him. shout to him, give him a
stroke, o!
Dodge him and fout hin, with scarlet
cloak, o!
Every bull-fghter who dies
Without having loved fair maiden
Passes from here to the skies
Without knowing that which is Aidenn.
Sing bells, bells sing for the sport /
| adore, o.
Let the brave bull charge once more. O!
Speak to him. shout to him, give him a
stroke, o!
Dodge him and fout him with scarlet
cloak, 0!
When Monies was told that Felix
Revel, a French fighter who came
over here to help make Carmen more
realistic, was in town he related an
incident which happened last year in
Paris. When hesHnd Revel entered the
building there together, with a band
erillero, a Swedish fanatic shot at all
three of them, but missed. Monies sails
next Thursday for Seville, by way of
Paris, and his next fight will be at
Saragossa on April 3.