Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-13
bull Fighting
in old MEXICO
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF PASTINIE
IN THE LAND OF THE
MONTEZUMAS.

Have you ever seen bullfight? y
real bullfight, such as they have in
old Mexico, where they adore the
when he is the proper stuff,
and where they raise a riot if he
isn't? w. j. Wilson, who has just
returned from chihuahua. has seen
a number of these CORY spectacles,
for they have them in Chihuahua |
every Sunday and every holiday. Mr.. |
Wilson was in Chihuahua several
Sundays, and he never missed one of
the sanguinary encounters. If it is
a hot day, the price of seat on the
shady side of the arena was six dol
lars Mexican, and three dollars,
Mex, in the sun
lone of the rules of the fight is
that there must be four bulls kill
ed" said Mr.. Wilson, and another
is that if a bull fails to charge upon
the horses, he must be taken out of
the ring If an attempt is made to
foist one of the latter bulls on the
audience, the people rise en- masse,
and break up the chairs and throw
the furniture into the ring. They
| have a regular riot. If there are not
four bulls killed, the management is
fined 800.
he nh IC
crowded, and those in attendance,
you may be sure, know all about the
! game. First, the band plays airs
which are calculated to stir the fight
ing blood of the audience and you
can hear the believing of the
pulls without. Then the procession
starts The matador, with his gaily
colored cape, comes strutting along
in advance as proud as a peacock,
and he is given the cheer as he
marches around the ring. Then come
three bandarilleros and two horse
men. There is another ring outside
that where the fight is to take place
. for the bullshas been known to JUMP
: into the auditorium.
The bull is showed into the rims
5 through narrow passage, and a.
! he starts a picador sticks barb int
) him, and he goes into the ring witt
) a roar. The bandarilleros engag,
him with their colored capes, fiashin:
: them before the brute's eyes in
i bewildering fashion. He makes TO
b cape, and the bandarillero jumR
2 nimbly aside, and planks a barb il
n the bulls shoulder. They mus
o stick six of these ice-picks into tn
:. bull to make good, and then tn
5 horsemen take it up with him. TIL
|. right leg of the horsemen is encase
Il in an iron Logging. They goad tn
@ bull until he charges upon tn
: horses, and meet him with anothe
n barb at the end of a pole. If tn
n horseman should miss the prod.
II is all off with the horse, for the an
D NAL will be gored and ripped t
S pieces. Then it is up to the matado
/ to save the rider.
y After the horsemen get throug
n with the bull, then the rest of til
.e entertainment is up to the matado
lc The bull is now supposed to be goa,
s. ed to fury, and the matador fir
lie with him, waving his gay Goa
it kneeling in the ring, as the enrage
l. animal charges him. A wave of tt
coat, and he is out of danger. Aft
several of these charges, the blu
ceases to move on his tormentor, b,
;, stands still, paving up the cart
:. Then the matador approaches hill
and taking careful aim with h
!, sword, plunges the weapon into Il
heart of the bull If it is a straig
! thrust, the animal rolls over al
- dies; generally he staggers like
drunken man, reels and falls into Il
ring, when he is dispatched. TIL,
20 there is crash of brass, wavil
= of hats, cheers and bows and smil
on the part of the matador. 1t do
not seem brutal sport except as
the horses. There is more excit
- ment in game of football or bias
ball"