Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-17
OBSERVE MEX|CO'S
DAY Of FREEDOM
Bull Breaks Fence Crowd Stam-,
pedeS, and Deputy Sheriff
Shoots Animal
ESTIMATE ATTENDANCE 1000
Barbecue and Feats of Horse
manship by Vaquero Club
Mark Celebration
ESTIMATE ATTENDANCE 1000

Crashing through the seven-foot
fence encircling the arena, apparently
intent on charging through the on
looking thousands to the freedom OF
the hills, only to fall before the aim
of a deputy sheriff, Bert Rico, was the
fate of the first bull in the bull-dodg-
ing exhibition scheduled for the CEN
tenniaI celebration of Mexico's inde-
pendence at Schuetzen park yesterday.
The break for liberty ended the exhi-
bttion, as officers on the ground halteo
the entertainment.
At least 1000 spectators were on the
hills overlooking the bull ring and in
the grandstand erected near the ring
when Enrique Robles, bull fighter
from Spain, and his two assistants,
Jose Blanco and S. Pla, both bander-
illos, entered the arena and were in
troduced to the spectators.
Senior Robles Immediately strobe to
the doors Of the bull pens. Drawing a
bolt and swinging a door back.
brown -hued, lean and rangy bull
dashed into the ring, stopped and
stared a moment, then commenced
clrcling the arena, apparently looking
for an opening. Robles and the two
banderillos attempted to attract his
attention with their scarlet-hued
cloaks.
One of the Vaquero club riders had
entered the ring and was attempting
to close the door to the stall vacated
by the bull, when the animal, finding
no opening In his circle of the arena,
saw the entrance where the vaquero
was doing his best to close the cum
bersome door and made a dash for 1t.
The vaquero ran into the bull pen
with the bull at his heels, and had
barely time to scramble up the wall
4 IL l. tNnv0n Ia
boards as the bulls horns grazed him.
ROBIEs DODGES BULL
Darling out into the ring again, the
bull made straight for Robes as ne
stood in the center of the ring. AS
the bull-fighter deftly side-stepped,
the folds OF his waving cardinal cloak
swept over the horns of the charging
animal.
Circling the arena again, paying
slight attention to the waving cloths
of the matador and the banderilleros,
apparently intent on escape, the bull
suddenly made a dash for the 7-foot
board fence on the west side of the
ring and leaped. But the wall proved
too high and he fell back after hav-
ing succeeded in knocking off the two
top boards.
The bull-fighters again attempted to
attract his attention with their waving
cloths of cardinal, Robles showing -dar-
ing in taunting the animal with his
cloak, but the bull would have none
of their game. Refraining from
charging the bull-hghters, he made
another dash for the place in the |
fence where he had knocked off the |
boards and this time crashed through |
it.
Above the screams of frightened wo- |
men and children and the shouts OF |
excited men, a shot sounded, and the |
bull toppled over close to where he |
got through the fence. Bert Rico, a |
deputy sheriff and member of the |
Vauuero club, shot the animal to save |
those in danger of being trampled. |
Several others drew their guns and |
fired bullets into the dying animal, |
but the latter shots were unnecessary |
as the first shot penetrated the brain |
of the animal.
CLASH IN ARENA
After the killing of the bull, one of
the officials OF the day, believing that |
the bull~fighters should, have prevent
ed the bull from attempting the fence.
entered the arena and reprimanded
Senior Robes Friends of Robles re-
sented the accusation and there was
a clash in the bull ring, which was
soon stopped by the deputies present.
Further exhibition of bull-fighting was
declared off on the order of S. L.
Browne, chief of detectives Of the dis
trict attorneys office.
Earlier in the day, after the crowd
had partaken of the barbecued beef,
the Vaquero club entertained with
feats of horsemanship. Its first exhi-
bition consisted of tug-of-war with
three horsemen on each side. r. F.
Cruz, A. Arguello and A. Lugo COM
posed the winning team. Fred Rico,
G. Rico and DR.. A. B. Ellis were their
opponents. The match was close and
exciting. Several times a horse went
down, only to be jerked up again by
its rider and started tugging away
again.
The second event in horsemanship
was the "Ensartar la Argolla" game,
which is spearing rings about three
inches in diameter by riders while go
ing at full gallop. Each rider uses
a short, wooden pointed spear, and the
rings are dangled from a bar at a
proper height. The one spearing the
most rings is declared the winner.
A. Arguello won the short spear con-
test, while A. Lugo came out first In
the trial with the longer spears.
California Boy" a cowboy member
of the Vaquero club saddled and rode
the wild bronco. After having prop
erly subdued the animal he took up
behind him another Vaquero, who also
stayed on the plunging horse.