El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-17


pointing their carnage loving nos
towards Juarez with six big guns ar
from 1900 to 1000 men. The lat,
word now is that Rabago and Luqu
their noses aforetime warlike re
now pale as candles, are hurrying I'M
Chihuahua 800 miles away. They 81
they will fight at Chihuahua.
Not too much reliance can be place
upon these stories. 1t is without Goul
true that Rabago and Luque. wit
their men. are to the south Of Ju&re
and distant not more than $50 mile
But whether their faces are towarl
Chihuahua or Juarez is the thing I
one may surely say.
Mexican Exaggeration.
A Mexican is always an exaggera
tor. He will take some small nugge
of fact. and after he has beaten it upo
the anvil of his imagination, what be
fore covered no more than your thum
nail, will then cover an acre.
The "Tender- Ball Fight.
The rebel army occupying .Juare
should have started south after Raba
go and Luque Monday night. Blu
manager Pasquiro. of Juarez, promul
gated bull fight for Tuesday after
noon, and naturally the army's star
southwark was postponed. 1 ATTENDED
the bull fight, which had a moral pur
pose. The Mexican tenderness and sen
were indicated in this bull
fight, in that it was given for tn,
That is to say, with admission $3.50
$125 and 10 cents, Mexican money
the insurrecto sufferers would b.
Of 70 n
mana cement, also said to be suffering
would take the other three-fourths.
Let me tell you something abou
come learned There are four grade
Of bull fighters These are variously
the matador. the piccadores. the ban
derilleros and the mulflleras mono
sablas, or wise monkeys" The lat
ter are mere servants of the ring.
Bull fighters go in troups. and The
matador is commonly owner and head
Of the troup. The bull ring manage
ment deals with him. A high grad
matador-a sort of Edwin Booth O.
the bulls-will get as high as $10,o0i
for himself and troup in killing foul
bulls A first class banderilla-e
Louis James, SC to speak. of the bull!
will be. paid 500 a. show. I do no
know what senior Moreno. the Brave
matador in the show yesterday, wa:
paid. I should not call him an Edwin
Booth, however. Senior Hernandez
whose ring name is the Wager
Driver" was scheduled to do unhearC
Of feats Also ne was to act. as ma.
tador in the fourth battle, and kill tht
last bull With him were selIors Cas-
tiIlo, Herrera and. Yslas, the latter
known among bull fighters as. the
Little Lizard" because of his dartins
quickness.
Work for Bed and B,ard.
Most of the men in the ring are paid
nothing. but work for the boss mata-
Tor for bed and board. They are ap-
prentice bull fighters. and studying
their art. There is no other way tt
study it. They cannot afford 500 fol-
4 bull and practice on him by them
selves
The -four brave bulls" killed yes
-erday We're, of the Wanted Las Varas
breed They were years old and
lad been tested for courage and fero-
.ity in their babyhood. The baby bull
: pushed against with a spear, the
read Of which Is short and enters the
1esh no deeper than an inch If the
,aby bull will face the pain and strug-
gle against the spear TO get at his
orturer. he is rated a brave bull, y
md reared for the ring
When the game opened yesterday
thermometer. Orozco presiding
here was q crowded attendance. 1t
vas a noisy, sweaty. bathless genera
ion. and the doors were not the doors
II the spice islands. 1 tried to forget
had a nose. and to remember only
hat the affair was one of charity and
0 relieve the suffering. Thus 1 stuck
t out
To Protect Spectators.
There was a double ring, to the end
hat the bulls should not get out and
wander aimlessly among the speeta-
ors. approved of that double fence
1ea- 1t was splendid thought.
There was murmIir among the
dorous crowd A gate opened in the
ase of the grandsfand, and a bull.
D which something startling had hap
ened from behind-came plunging.
cad down, and tail like the letter
S." into the ring. AS he whirled
trough the gates. one of the wise
lonkeys drove a dart into his side,
.here-held by its barbed head-it re-
lained throughout the fight This is
allied -tadorning'' the bull, and as
SITS to irritate him. Also it is part
nd parcel of ancient bull ring usage
The bull halted 20 feet from the gate
nd began paving the sand. Head
Iwered, with threatening roars,
: considered his surroundings with
ID eyes.
The Battle Opens.
Across from him were the brave Mo-
no, the Wagon Driver. the Little
zard and.the others. each flourishing
blood red scarf. striking attitudes
ID doing stunts. These attitudes
ust he classic in their character, and
bull fighter whose attitudes are
umsy or lack grace is shooted by the
alookers. who, as by some mighty
stirct, know what is classical The
ave Moreno and the others were not
,oted. Plainly, from the bravo Mo-
no. down to the last enlisted wise
onkey. each and all they knew their
lsiness.
The bull was brave" bull That
to say, he was so weak minded as
face the music Had he turned in
lligent tail. he would have been
nbbed into the security of private life
the wise monkeys, and a reserve
III brought in.
AS I say. however. the bull was
rave" and indicated it by rushing
on the foe-doing stunts and step
noes and f1ourishing vain scarfs
st across the ring, The charge was
IT by a picadore, on broken down
rise that should have been in some