Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-16
A MALAY PARODY
ON SPANISH SPORT
Attempt to Initiate the Spanish
Matador Proves Anything
but Exciting.
OXEN INSTEAD OF BULLS
A Couple Of Wagon-Broke Cattle Are
Led Together, and If They Fail to
Hop to It," Another Set is
Tried-Too Slow for Dons.

\ MalaNan bail iiaht. in contrast to q
Spanish bull fight, is a comparatively
tame affair, writes Il pahang corre-
spondent of the Pail Mall Gazette.
There is little OF Il show or pageant
about it; no huge enclosed ring with
its tiers and tiers of seats filed with
fashionable Spanish beauties In grace
fui mantillas waving multicolored fans:
no poor blindfolded horses 10 be tor
tured. no picadors, no dart planting
banderilleros and no cspadas to risk
their lives i'm So-called sport.
In Malaga the bulls and buffaloes
only follow their own natural instincts
and fight with their own kind. without
being goaded on to he combat by
having darts plunged into them. and
horses not being used there are none
% the brutal and disgusting sights too
oftcit. witnessed In Il Spanish bull ring.
II is. n fact, bull fighting au %naturel.
stripped II all artificial cruelties. and IL
less exciting Is infinitely more sporting,
hour to Sraniards all elements OF
personal danger being omitted, 1t would
doubtless seem "A deadly dull affair.
Ridden by the sultan to a bull fight,
arrived at the appointed place due to
time. ? o'clock. but the. sultan did not
put IN an appearance mil o'clock.
the latenes OF his arrival being really
only custom, for whenever any show OF
this sort Is on the time Is invariably
given about a couple of hours too esrly.
Just outside the old chiefs house.
where we assembled, was the ring. a.
primitive arrangement. merely an open
earth space not fenced In any way.
All around the circle squatted IA motley
crowd of about three or four hundred
natives. who had put on their best
.baJas' and "sarongs" for the func-
ton.
Led In by Nose.
The bulls We're led in by the nose.
each by n Malay. and when within a
few yards of each other let 20 and
given n shove. They met with a crash.
and then followed n pushing match.
their horns for the most part being
locke together. with n %breakaway now
and again and then another bump to-
gether. The two bulls In this case were
badly matched-father and son, the lat
Ter n much more powerful animal
win Stouter horns. The fight lasted
only about six minutes when pa" bull
turned tail and fed. chased by his son.
a general stampede took place. after
an opening had been forced. everyone
rushing after the bulls to secure Thorn
and bring them back for their Wounds.
which were very slight to be examined.
Next day / went up river again to the
place fiXed on. This show gave much
better sport than the other. as the buff
faloes were immensely powerful brutes
and very we'll matched. the fight last
ing about ten minutes before one got
"A wound in the corner of his eve and
I'm consequence abruptly turned tail and
was chased off the ground by his OBJ
ponent. In these fights one buffalo al
ways defends his home and will only
fight when mother comes into his own
particular haunt. - -
In nearly every case the ono dafo,d-
ing his home proved the victor, spurred
on. ] suppose. by patriotic feeling. Az
the fight lasted only a short time. he
Sultan sent for another couple OF buff
faloes, but when they arrived after
twenty minutes wait, they absolutelv
refused to fight and were obliged to be
led away again. When buffaloes are
really we'll matched, as In the first
fight. there is great excitement among
The Malays, but I'm the ordinary way
one buffalo turns tail after a few min
utes charging and snorting and the
whole thing Is over.