Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-11-25
A BRILLIANT EVENT
IN THE BULL RING
Seven Bulls Slain by Famous Spanish
Bullfighters-0ne Matador Was
Tossed by a Bull.

! The curiosity Of hundreds of nor
therners visiting Brownsville was
satiated yesterday afternoon when
they had the first opportunity of
! their lives to see a Mexican bullfight
/ As bull fights go, the performance at
Matamoros yesterday was brilliant
one, and at times spectacular Luis
Munoz, the first matador was the
hero of the afternaan having made
several attacks that brought him the
/ applause of the crowd.
/ There was one accident during the
performance This nearly cost the life
I Of Montana Cito Cito was the sec
ond matador of the troupe. While he
was attempting to place two banderil-
los in the shoulders of the first bull
the animal caught the daring man on
his horns, and spun him around twice
He coolly walked TO the fence, was
helped over and had to be carried to
the infirmary.
Upon examination Cito was found
to have a wound about four inches
long in the rear of the left hip A
physician who was in waiting took
several stitches in the wound, after
which Cito asked to be allowed to
return to the ring. This the doctor
would not permit The wound is not
considered dangerous unless blood
poison should set in, which is pos
sible as the bulls horns are said to
be very poisonous The tip of the horn
which wounded the man was split,
probably from contact with the hip
bone. Cito was taken to the Monte
yuma hospital.
Munoz dispatched four bulls, and
though he several times failed to
reach the vital spot with the first
stab his work as whole showed him
to be a bullfighter Of the first rank.
Enrique Finito de Valencia, the third
matador, killed two bulls, each time
driving the first thrust of the sword
to the hilt He was literally ap-
plauded, especially for his work in
placing the banderillos. Valencia i
| a tall man with a good reach, max
4 ing him especially fitted for work OF
| this kind
| Though the program called for six
bulls only, seven were fought. The
seventh was fought by banderillero
named Armillo. Manager Puig gave
him an opportunity to show what he
could do, and as a result the crowd
/ had an opportunity to see bull
thus were enabled to properly appre-
ciate later the fine work as shown
by Matadors Munoz and Valencia. Ar
milo used three swords before he
killed his bull, but previous work in
placing the banderillos had placed
him in high favor with the crowd
and he was rewarded with much ap-
plause
A particularly daring trick played
by Munoz came near resulting SER
iously for him. In an attempt to place
! a couple of shortened banderfllcI
with his hands tied, he catapulted
over the bulls shoulder by placing
his knee against the animals fore
had. He failed in his attempt, and
whila lying on the ground in front
\ of the animal he rubbed his toes on
! the bulls nose. The attention of the
/ bull was promptly taken from tbc
man on the ground by one Of the
/ banderilleros.
Three horses were killed by one
| bull, and one sorrel that became fa-
nous during the afternoon survived
gouging by three of the brutes. After
each wound he bounded about the
ring after his rider had dismounted.
He reared in the air through terror
from the pain, and once nearly fell
over backward on the picador. This
animal was shot after the fight.
Though the crowd was not so
large as that which attended the
fight onSeptember =, the attend
ance yesterday nearly filled the
grandstands. The bulls used yester-
day were the Guaname bulls from the
Guaname Hacienda in the state of
San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Another
fight is announced for January 13,
at which time Espiritu Santo bulls
will be used, the same as those used
on September Is.
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