, 1906-03-07

the horse falls on the Picador, but as he
is padded like a foot ball player he us
ually escapes serious injury. AS the
now thoroughly maddened bull starts
to further gore the PROSTATE horse a
cloak is thrown W. his head by the
Capeadors that swarm about to blind
and draw him off. This flung aside he
charges other cloaks that allure him.
Suddenly he is confronted by another
horse and rider. The second Picador
has purposely crossed his path. In
stantly the bull lowers his head and
with a terrific spring forward, his horns
pierce the horse from below and rip
ping upwards, disembowel him. The
Picador has either fallen or dropped
off. The wrecked horse tries to escape,
dragging his entrails on the ground, but
the Infatuated bull knows no mercy.
Again and again he cores the horribly
mutilated horse until it tails dead. This
ends the first stage of the fight, the
part in which horses are concerned.
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move the horses if yet alive, if dead
they lie where they fell. No time is
lost, the bull is not allowed to rest a
moment. The furied colored cloaks
are becoming less effective. TO further
rouse and gOad to frenzy another de-
vice-the banderilla-is now employed.
This is a wooden stick two feet long,
gaily decorated with gilt and colored
paper and paper flowers. AT one end
it has a sharp steel barb two inches
long. To place these properly is the
one really artistic and scientific act in
a bull fight, and seemingly the least
brutal. The bull fighter takes two BAN
derillas by the top, II in each hand,
and with them confronts the bull at
short distance. By shaking them and
stamping his foot he attracts the bull,
who charges straight for him. The
fighter, who is an expert athlete, at the
right instant steps nimbly aside and as
the bull rushes by thrusts the bander-
illas swiftly into his shoulder. This
performance is repeated three times,
until six banderillas hang like festive
decorations from the shoulders of the
tortured bull. This ends the second
stage.
The bugle sounds the signal for the
final act. This is performed by the
star bull fighter. The Matador, sword
in hand, first salutes the judge and
asks permission to kill the bull. This
being granted he proceeds to another
part of the ring and addressing a por-
ton of the audience, graciously dedi-
Gates the bull to somebody or some
thing and promises to dispatch him in
the highest style of the art. He then
losses his cap to some nearby admirer
in the audience, his long straight sword
in his right hand. In his left he holds
extended on a stick a piece of red WOOL
en- cloth three to four feet square. 1t is
the first and only time the SO called red
rag is used. In this n he APP
proaches the bull, which meanwhile
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fighters, and goaded to desperation by
the torturing banderillas, his shoulders
a mass of blood, his splendid strength
we'll neigh exhausted. The MatadOr
now confronts him and tauntingly
waves the red cloth before his eyes.
The bull charges, only to find the usual
fimsy nothing. He repeats this sew
eral times as the Matador flags him,
but finally in seeming disgust and
WEAKNESS stands %squarely facing his
tormentor. This is the looked for mo-
ment. For an instant the Matador,
sword poised in hand, aims for the
vital spot and then like a flash plunges
the sharp steel to the hilt through the
heart of the noble beast. A leap for
ward, a gradual swaying from side to
side, then dropping on knees and Slow
ly sinking down. A fighter springs
forward and with a short dagger stabs
the PROSTATE bull between the horns
causing instant death. While the
Matador is circIing around the ring to
receive the wild plaudits ofthe audience
the four decorated mules are dragging
out the dead bull and horses. Mean
while the band plays and the people
shout themselves hoarse. When all is
cleared the bugle sounds again, the gate
opens and another bull bounds wildly