The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-26

be desperately wounded by missile and that his end
would come with sbuddcring suddeDncss unless some
Su'NWinE "NPeutnt WIS deNlNeu py nl7 llehus cum
monine Vestrr PcEg. cowboy, the ranchmon com
mandcd;-
strip OF your red Shirt"
Now. when Pickett drops You leap into the
closure. your garment close to the bull as
dare approach. and II you can save your COM
radc's llfe"'
our witches showed that Pickett perchcd pre-,
carlously the bulls head had wths,ood the storm
OF missiles for exactly seven minutes md half
when the dreaded moment A bottle hit him
with Il thud full In the side He groaned In sudden
pain. Caspcd for breath. n last implorlDg,
agonzcd look us. his long time friends and oosed
the iron clasp which had dc6cd the fury Of 1ercc
md strong bull as ever paved the curth OF FL Toreo
FrlJoli ChlqUita the incarnation OF brute ferocy,
relieved of the maddcning burden, lowered his horns
for the death thrusts Pickett lay a limp and writh
Ing form almost under the animals nose. The Me1l-
yelled their JOY
over the barrier nj one bound hurdled half naked
Dguro. The bull glimpsed II even more quickly than
the astonshed and dismayed human audience for the
hned color red being brnndshed almost In FrJoli
ChiquIu's face Ncstcr PegI was obeying orders IN
the desperate emergency with hazardous implicitly
The bull hcsitntcd for provdental moment whcth
er 10 turn upon the lnsolcnt newcomer or 10 vent OILS
vengeance upon his helpless and fallen adversary
Short the respite II saved both men. Pickett
staggered 10 his feet scrambled grogly to the bnrr
cadc md outstretched hands dragged him to
safety. Pcgg retreatcd precIpitntcy and beat the bull
to succor by foot FriJoll Chquita douby robbed OF
prey, beloved his impotcnt rage and hatred 10 an
empty arena,
SO ended the only struggle Of It's kind that ever
or probably ever VIII take place The tumut the
unexpected delivcruncc was, of course. appalling We
took refuge behind iron gates In Of FL
Iorco and remained concealed for two hours The
Governor then sent two hundred mounted soldiers
To the scene They dispersed tho violent OF the
spectators who remained threatening safety aud
escorted back TO tents. There sDIall dem
onstrations ugalust W. that night quarters
the Poseo dc la Reforma but IN twentyfour bours the
hotheuds had cooled. The feeling against Pickett
personally remained bitter. however. he did not
again make public appearance.
We folded tents and left for America three days
later Mr.. Miller publicly offered <1oOOo any
torcador who would dare try duplicate Plckett's
pOlt A great silence fell upon the fellows OF the
craft and all. All Mexico. bad the patriotic
satisfaction OF contemplating could put forward
intrepldy brave this dusEy Oklahoma
bali breed gladiator.
Pickett bAs always Insisted that he would 1nnlly
conquered Friloli ChlqutA bad he not been mo-
tested II was a month before he fully recovered from
the effects OF his awful experience Then be bought
quarter section OF land eight miles from Chandler
Oklahoma, where he still remains modest and con-,
tented rancher The pet Of bis cOrals Is the faithful
war horse Spradley. great his shoulder thei
only reminder OF his Mexican adventure.