The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

scramble to another mount and again
face the bull.
When the bull is specially vicious the
tunity he seems inclined to make use of
In the gentle art OF horse goring AT
fight | recently attended in the Mexico
particularly combative in the picador
scene. and no horses were killed outright.
much to the disgust of the onlookers. But
the fifth bun was fiend incarnate. The
first poor stecd that came before him was
tossed high into the air with a horn
through his heart Another and another
we're brought on in rapid succession un-
III six were killed in as many minutes.
and their broken forms were strewn here
and there about the arena, The teams
that haul out the dead got busy. while
Spanish the equivalent of Sausage Will
be cheap tomorrow" The first act was
at an end. The trumpet was sounded
for the withdrawal OF the picadors.
In Second Act.
The second act Is calculated to appeal
more TO the admircr OF the 1.-the, the ath
letic. the daring, than to the grosser
blood letting OF the first scene. 1t is here
that the bandcrillero plays the leading
part. and the banderiilcro is the artist
who places the spiked waudS in the Shout
ders of the bull to drive him on to greater
furies. This Is one of the most difficult
and dangerous phases OF the game. The
banderllero, or wand, Is stick two feet
long, with two-inch harpoon III Its end,
1t is ornameuted with colored paper. and.
as a compliment TO the comba tiveness OF
The bull, sometimes with flowers, The
object is 10 drive the spike into the with
ers Of the bull and allow the stock TO re-
main erect. thereby waving about as the
animal moves. and constantly goadins
him.
The chief actor in this scene appears IN
the ring with not so much as a cape viii!
which to confuse the bull. His task is
TO allow the beast to charge him, TO wait
until he is sufficiently near that 1t Is pos
sblc to reach over his very horns and
thrust the harpoons into his neck, ami
then get away before those horns have
done their deadly work. Those deadly
horns pass regularly within an inch or
two of the vitals of the man. slight
miscalculation, slip or a msstep means
that he would be transAxed.
AS the bull charges the haIdrrillero
makes his calculations. awaits the on
rush, reaches over the beast, makes a
thrust with each hand, side steps. and
the bull rushes on with a roar OF anger,
other man with the same task before him
appears and receives n similar charge.
Yet another banderillero comes into the
ring and another charge and thrust en-,
sues. Now the bull has six tasseled
wands sticking In his neck and gnawins
into his flesh, The torment and the
frenzy has reached its maximum and the
sitting Is ready for the final act
Matador Enters,
Enter the matador. Here today is the
greatest man In all the republic. TO the
mind of the rabbe. Here is the most
honored and courted-the man who would
turn green with envy. lie responds 10
"A call of the bugle from the presidents
box. lie. of them all, appears before the
curtain. as 1t were, and makes a speech
gloriously brief Then he strides away
In unsurpassed majesty to drink
the life blood Of this the mos, vicious
creature In the world: Armed with
scarlet cloth. the muleta, and his trusty
sword he goes forward.
The dlspatohng Of the bull in best ac-
credited style Is very delicate opera
ton. 1t must be done In certain way.
The threo foot sword must reach the
heart of the beast while he is charging.
To do this il must he thrust between
the shoulder blades from above. between
4 mistake of the fraction Of an inch
means all the difference between failure
and success and the rabble takes un
kindly TO failure,
The natador walks deliberately into
the face OF tho agonized hull, He casts
his mucta into the beasts. ewes The
the red OF the cloth rather than tine form
OF the man. The latter bends his body
gracefully 10 one side and the bun goes
past and turns and countercharses Ihe
natador is studying the characteristics
Of his enemy's every movement 10Y
there Is as much individuality in bulls as
in men. The straight fighter that mere
ly lunges Is easy 20 dispatch, but here.
perhaps, is a bull that gets IN close.
moves but step from side To side. and
thrusts hjther and thither with his horns.
This bull Is hard to get at.
Bull Is Slain.
Now the mutador Is playing close in
As the bull fights hi,her and thither he
is measuring tho stroke that must bo
used TO Kill him and the manner OF Its