The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-17
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Lion and Bull
Fight No Bueno

Fight No Bu2no
failed. The hardest heart must have
pitied this poor beast as it stood there
with protruding tongue, bleeding
from the mouth, neck and shoulders
scorched from the cruel fireworks and
covered with blood from his wounds,
with blood running ia riVUlets to
the ground, eight banderillos dang
ling from ais neck. and only the hilt
of q three-foOt sword left as an evil
denee OF where the cursed steel had
plOwed its way into his tortured body
It indeed presented a horrible spec
tacle Another thrust was required
Tor put the poor beast out of his tor
ture.
This matador was very punky. He
surely must have been an amateur.
He was Kissed and Kissed by the sun
ny-siders.
The fourth bull was rather tame
and would not charge the horses at.
first. This bull was a jumper. too,
and preferred the outside of the pen
He was finally goaded into fighting,
however, and did his work well He
hooked the first horse in the chest
and evidently reached his heart The
blood rushed from the wound in tor
rents, and the horse bled to death in
full view of the spectators. The sec,
ond picadOr managed to keep the bull
from reaching his horse. A bander-
Hero successfully placed two ban
Z in, Of
doing SO jumped the fence The bull
started after him, and jumped the
fence too, but too late to eaten MS
tOrmentOr. After going through the
same ordeals as his predecessors, ex-
cepting the fireworks. he was finally
taken to the butcher shop.
The Lion and Bull Fight (?)
And now for the thrilling CD ex-
perience of an African (?) lion vs.
an Ell Chorro bull
1t was 60 American time, when
preparations began for this event
The iron cage which was round, was
about Is feet in diameter, and had
been placed in the center of the ring
on Saturday. The bull was the first
to enter the cage. A long rope was
placed around his horns, and he was
pulled up to the entrance of the cage.
The door was small, and at first it
was difficult to get him to enter. as
his horns would catch in the bars.
They finally succeeded in getting his
head in, and with a dozen MeXicanS
tugging on the rope and a couple of
husky attendants pushing on the rear
end. they finally succeeded in forcing
him in, and held him tightly in his
corner" Next the lions were rolled
into the ring in small cage. There
We're two, lion and a honess. The
sunny-siders became frantic when the
two lions were placed in the cage. ]
They thought there would be high do
ings.
The bull was mad clear through.
He first said howdy to the lioness,
caught her on his hooks and sent her
spinning into the air. She evidently
had been up against this game before,
and used every precaution to avoid
him. The bull then very cordially
said good evening to the king of
beasts, and gave him toss which
turned him over and over before he
came down. The non did not relish
this and tried to get away. The lions
evidently believing that in union
there is strength huddled together. !
snarling and growing The lion was
bleeding at the mouth and his left
foreleg was badly lacerated But the |
bull didn't care a jot for their grOwls, |
and proceeded once more to tear
things up. He sailed into the lion /
and pegged him into the air. The
victim came down with a thud and re- /
NAMED perfectly motionless. Every I
one thought he was killed, but he /
finally arose and returned to the side (
of the cage. All this time, the bull /
fighters were pOking and prodding
the bull and the lions to make them
fight. But what's the use of saying
more? 1t can be summed up in few
words: The lions positively did not
want to scrap, and in fact did not
even have the courage to protect
themselves. They evidently had
fought or been fought by bulls before
and knew what was coming. 1t was
a farce pure and simple.
The crowd soon began to file out and /
he small boys had their inning sur
the cage until driven from
he field.
After the arena was cleared the at
endants tried to get the bull out
It was only after much cOaxing that
ne came, and it was really amusing
o see the exit the attendants made
The gate was opened and the bull
inally walked through. And thus
ended the much-advertised thrill
ng (?D lion and bull fight.
Tricentennial of Pilgrims Landing.
Boston has launched a project for
. great unrlds fair in 1904 To aon,