The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-23
Opening Night of Spanish
Festival at Saltair Fur
nishes Thrills to Salts
fy Nest cling.
ONE MATADOR rs
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Other Fighters Receive Mi
nor Wounds; Scene Like
Medieval One of the
Old World.

FOCR members of Felix Robert =
II troupe of Mexican bull fighters
were wounded last night. one of
them seriously. at the opening
performance at Saltair of the Spanish
fiesta and bullfghts The herd of wild
bulls imported for the fights showed
surprising amount of fcroclty and al
though the matadors and torcadors
composing the troupe are among the
best produced by Spain and Mexico,
they were not agile enough to escape
the mad rushcs of the enraged animals
The bullfightcrs gave an excellent ey-
hlbtion of grace. skill and agility and
The performance was full Of thrill and
narrow escapes for all of the troupe,
while four Of them unfortunately did
not escape injury.
The Injured.
Joaquin Delgado Paqura. matador;
gored i'll the groin and seriously hurt.
Felipe Boncta. toreador; finger brok-
en- and bruised about the body.
Jose Gonzales, banderillo; badly
bruised about the chest and sides.
Alfonso Paquita, mono ss bios; shout
der strained and many bruises.
Pggura. one Of the stars Of the
troupe, received the wors; hurt, The
sharp horn of the charging bull struck
him In the groin. ripping the flesh for
six inches. The matador showed his
pluck by continuing in the arena for
several moments longer. evading the at
tack of the bull He was given emcr.
gency treatment BY Dr.. Wilcox and was
later carried to the train on a stretcher.
He viii be out of the bullfightlng game
for some time.
Knocked Down, but Escapes.
Bandcrillo Gonzales had an extremely
narrow escape, He was unable tn evadc
Il sudden rush of huge bull and was
struck fairly in the chest by the ami
NAL s head Luckily for the man. the
bull 5 head and not his horns landed
and the fighter was hurled TO the
ground. Others came TO his rescue and
Haunting their red cloaks in the face
of the bull, distracted his attention
long enough for Gonzales to regain his
feet
The two other men were injured In
the last act OF the entertainment which
was a hurlesquc i'm which MANY OF the
fighters appeared in padded clothing and
IL was exceedingly rough PLAY and when
the bull succeeded in fastening horn
In the Daddinng worn by Pncuita, he
ripped through The layers OF hay and the
horn struck the mans shoulder painful
ly laceratinG and spraninG that member.
Eoncita who PLAYED the part OF the
Devil In the burlesouc. was hurled
against the wall of the ring and has a
broken finger Ia show for the force with
which he landed,
In fac', those who went 10 see the bull
nght with feeling OF sympathy for the
bull. soon transferred their sympathy
60 the men. III there is any cruelty i'm
this game 1t is at the expense of the
men and not the bulls was the consen-
sus of opinion OF the crowd.
Like Old World Scene.
II was touch of the Old World when.
with flourish of truupets. the troop OF
toreadors headed by two mounted plea
dors marched into tho ring and saluted
the crowd. II was medieval Spain trans
planted into the heart OF America and
the twentieth century. 1t required little
stretch of the Imagination 10 think one
self In the royal bullring of Barcelona