New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-04-03
BULL RING ANTICS
Mexican sport" as vIs,ved
Through American Spectacles.
TACTICS Of THE ToRERos

TACTICS OF THE T0RER0s.
They Wsrs Setter Runners Thss
Fighters and Displayed More csw-
ardies Than eravsry-Mirth Thse
the Natives Couldn't Appreciate.
'Thank you. Aguirre, but hardly
think want to see one Of your bull
lights. ] have heard enough about
them to make me sick Of the thought
! had seen every other kind of fight.
from messenger boys up to bull moose
and buffalo. and Aguirre felt that
would forever regret It II left Mckee
without at least once witnessing the
national sport.
l reluctantly consented to accompany
him. and after our dinner, instead ol
taking the usual siesta, we went o
the ring. l had often read the stories
Of such fights. and after the series Of
three had been finished wondered r
any writer had ever taken the troubls
to describe the ridiculous and funny
stunts that crop out during the course
Of the fights.
The 6rst bull that was released went
through the ordinary course Of sprouts,
FIRST goring a broken down race horse
which had seen service on many Of the
tracks in the States and was used n
the bull ring only because he was
Thoroughbred Finally the bull was
put to death BY stab between the
shoulders, which paralyzed his spine
The second entrant was little black
fellow full Of Ore. which had been
especially raised on the big ranch Of
Governor Tirazsos. Between the torn
pen) and the ring there was short
alley. just wide enough to allow tn
bulls to get through without rubbing
tho hair from their danka Leaning
over the boards which formed IL
sides Of the passageway Was Q Msxt
can negro, who, when the little bsn
was showed cot Of the torn, jabbed q
0shhook ''barbo" into biz left shook
des, which maddened the animal -
such an extent that b hardly knew
which way to turn, % eager WAS b -
locato his enemy.
The crowd at this time was going
mad and from all sides could b heard
frantic cries Of "Cobardo. podri0o.
putrefaccion" coward. rotten, rotten
ness). and Eel toro e muerto'' Nhe bull
q dead). On the contrary. he was
very much alive and showed It few
moments later. After he was chased
into the tori the torero. whose name
was Albertis. appeared before the
presidents box. as il the custom when
q failure is made. to explain himself
and ask for another chance before be
was condemned. The opportunity was
given, and the result was only . repe-
tition of the former attempt, except
that the bull was prevented from
catching him by helpers who were arm
ed with long pixies and prevented the
beast from scaling the fence.
Springing ten or dozen yards
toward the center of the ring, the
frenzied creature stopped short, spread
bis front feet out rs far as he could
and madly paved the ground. In his
shoulder the wicked barb still stuck,
and to it were fastened big yellow
rosette and half dozen red stream
ers trailing the ground.
Presently a volunteer novice tOrero
(bullfighter on foot, jumped over the
fence on the north side of the ring and
advanced a few feet toward the defiant
bull One flaunt of the toreros red
bandera (banner, and the bull became
q demon. With head down he rushed
at the novice. who meanwhile had
lost his nerve. for he stood quaking
with fear when he should have been
advancing to meet the onrushing AMI
NAL. When the latter was only twenty
yards away the volunteer dropped the
bandera and espada (sword) and put
for the fence as fast as be could 60.
The fence was about four feet high,
and the torero cleared it In q straight
way dive.
The poor bull was not 20 fortunate,
although he was game enough to at
tempt the fence In his mad effort to
catch bis tormentor. He landed on
top Of the boards and stuck there,
With his hind isss III ths,sairs 0ntn
he was released by some attendants
who ventured from the other side Of
the ring.
Z I took q heap Of fun out Of the antics
Of my little hero. the bull. and was
having a good laugh all to myself while
the mob was going wild with disgust
1t the cowardice Of Albertis when
Aguirre advised me to suppress my
mirth or there would be trouble for
both of US.
When order was restored the little
black bunch of muscle, Drawn and grit
was brought into the Enclosure for the
third time. but 1t took the efforts Of
two toreadors bullfghters on horse
back and a professional foot fighter to
beat him, and his defeat was then due
only to the fact that he was exhausted.
Aguirre told me that 1t was bad