The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-23

bun lighting - the best m the world. IWo
years ago the people demanded a change
and horses we're gored In the style Of SPANS
best brutality. Out Of respect for the
Americans. and by order Of the President,
the horse goring feature was omitted this
time,
There was plenty Of excitement. All
three Of the matadors we're injured, One
was tossed by the first bull three minutes
after the animal had entered the ring
That settled the famous Bonanllo. He
went out OF business. Another mstador,
Padilla. was gored in the throat by the
eth bull and for a time II was thought
| that he was injured MORALLY. The third
was scraped up the side by the last bull
as the death thrust was delivered, and
Largartijlllo chico, the young Largartiiill
just as we say Young Corbett, came near
going to dwell with his fathers e~ternally.
Oh, yes, there was lots Of excitement
and agility and skill and all that, but why
describe a bullaght as a bullfghtl No
story ID older. What was peculiar about
this fight was the presence Of 5000 American
sailors. That's a different story. You
want to know how Jack saw II and what he
said and thought and did. You can see
bullhghts any time you want to pay for
them; you cant sec American bluejaokets
at such a spectacle as the chief guests
Of a Government, and that's what made
| this fight tremendously interesting.
Well, this one was held in the famous
ring almost as old as Lima. Six bulls
from the famous stock Of Rinconsda de
Mala, the property Of DR., Don Jesus de
Asin, had been provided. They we're the
| fghtiest bulls in all Peru, and to make
sure that they would do their best they
had been leased privately beforehand.
The fight, as the handbills announced,
was a grand gala one given Sin honor
Of the North American squadron to cele-
brate is happy arrival at the port Of Callao.'
BULLS NAMED IN N OF TIL. ADMIRALs.
Well, the hospitality Of the Government
went further, for II named the bulls in
honor Of the feet. The frst bull was the
gallant Alfred, In honor OF Admiral Evans
the second, the heroic Ranger, in honor
Of Admiral Thomas; the third, 'the Brave
Teddy, in honor Of Admiral Emory; the
fourth, the Shuhy, in honor Of Admiral
sperry-; the fifth, Banjo, in honor Of the
officers of the navy; the sixth, Yankee
Doodle, in honor Of the sailors Could
hospitality go further than that?
About l75 men from each ship and all the
officers Of the feet we're invited. The
sailors filed two-thirds Of the arena and the
officers and the high society Of Lima filled
the boxes. All had assembled on time, and
then came the President to sit in the box
directly opposite that Of the officers Of the
municipality, with chairs OF red plush for
the box and a dais TO- resident, who
was in full evening d. 4. '@rican
Admirala and Captaina were In IA vi
box. The Peruvian band played the
Spangled Banner and the bluejacA, s
stood at attention and then all hands
cheered. When the President came and
the Peruvian national hymn was played.
the bluejacketS gave three rousing cheers
for Pardo and Peru. Then all Was ready
for business. The key was tossed into the
! ring for the parade OF the fighters, capea-
dors, ~banderlleros, matadors, the rig to pull
the dead bulls out, and all that,
The Americans we're all intense, The
fighters took their stations, the Mayor gave
the word, a bugle blew, a door was opened
and a great brown and black bull with
horns, as one Of the local newspapers de-
scribed them. like the spires Of steeple, "
bounded into the ring, took one look around
and dashed madly after an aged horseman
riding a beautiful iron gray pony and
Haunting a red cape over his mounts tanks.
There we're two OF these horsemen and the
exhibition they gave Of fine riding would
have put the best cowboy or rough rider
to shame. The man the bull put after a
more than eighty years old and the way he
twisted his pony here and there and just
escaped the lunges Of that bull, turning
sharp angles, pulling up short, making his
horse fairly leap out Of the way, lodging
this way and that until the bull was as
tonished ELECTED roars Of applause from the
| bluejackets. They liked that part. Then
a younger man took up the same work.
He a even more skilful. Bullfghting
was fine so far,
BILL WATKINS ELUCIDATEs.
But let Bill Watkins. bosn's mate, bs
heard fioHl, Bii, you sec, had heer -
these things before in his gyrations round
the world, nov having five stripes on his
sleeve. Bill gathered a group Of youngsters
about him and invited THE sun man TO
come along to have a bullfght explained
proper"
"Yol see said Bill, these Spiggoties
Ia sailor term applied to Latin Americans
because they say Me no spiggoty English)
| think they know all about bullfghts. They
doesn't. TO use good grammar. You want
to look at 'em from the standpoint o sea-
manship an gunn'ry, There's whore you
get the real benefit. Why, many a m ddy
en- earn more bout selnGnship an
! gunn'ry here than he kin from two years
| on bridge. Itell We these bullhghts oughter
he In the kricklum, or whatever they call
il, at Annapolis
just then a bu gle blew telling the mounted
! cape men to give way TO those on foot.
Bonarillo, the last matador. advanced
with a purple lined cape ito feel the bull
out" He waved the garment gracefully
from side TO side The bull dashed nj him.
Bonarirlo's foot caught in the corner Of the
/ cape the hull gathered him on his h orns
and agilely tossed him over one shoulder
and then dashed away after another
capeador Bonarillo tried TO get up, but
| couldn't. Soon he was carried out Of the
ring. Glory was not to he his that day.
Bill took 1t all in and explained:
There We 90! Ye see, that matador
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