Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-08-22

si fit, = pursued and Sfaafes.
wild III semi.wiId cattle Of the plains PROBABLY
the next step was the Introduction Of the pun
into an arena where the prowess Of the Knlsnl
could be witnessed and criticised Dy PIP ilieAus
ana rivals If the rider was endorsed, he endeaV-
orod IL Viii the hull with bis sword, One mar
vels how he did it with a scimitar; but POSSIBLY
by this time the Moors had adopted the straigne
swords Of their rivals the Spaniards, with Wholh'
during intervals Of peace, they not lnfrequehtly
hald combined fiesta de toros, In which potn
Christian ana Moslem We'd In friendly rivalry a.
the Staying Of mighty bulls TO quote Mr. Anel
Chapman In UNEMPLOYED Spain AZ TINS Pc
Rod during the thirteenth and fourteenth cen
turtles the knight who, lance in hand had Oeen
hurled from the saddle might draw his SWORD anu
XIII the bull bis vassals being ahoWeu " paw
the bull (by deft display Of colored cioaKs3 -
posltion 10 facilitate the death stroke Hs.e
Doubtless originated the art Of playing the Dull
ana incidentally sprang the professional pun
Arhtera need not quote Mr. Chapman urtner'
N this ID sufBcient To show the origin 81 the
s,nro y matador. and the present decadence OF
me snort Is not difficult to follow.
NJ time went on owing to opposition on the
nort ~ kings and queens and popes, the afls-
toeracy of Spain gradually fell away IRON ene
snort and the mounted spearmans pOrslon z
the spectacle became Of less and Tess ampolsauvs
n the knights withdrew from the contests lhus:
II due course. we arrive AZ the ghasIiy larcs Y.
the present day when the skullIui sius, nv
80 II not disgraced, at any rate poorly thougnt
u II his horse sustained damage in the contest
Il rarlaced by the professional picador whose
$500 pac II never intended to escape the pun
harrs Al the horsemans role In the show mas
shrnnk IL has the footman's part lhcFeaseu
Wnftl NJ come To the highly paid mataoor o. tne
nresent day Though not much patronlzea " ~
aristocracy Oh the army, and nomlnaiy con
da,oned I'M the church, yet bull nghting sun TT
mains the sport Oh the people, ana cohseuuel1s
III the press Shooting, racing ana polo ~
taken its place among the upper classes pue -
Corrida comes before everything " tne popuAa =
s4...satton you may 70 to a race meeting 10
cnasn and az English and French Thoroughbred
sprsas Enqlfsh. French and Spanish jockeys, z
snshionahle and crowded paddock, ponce ana
1900 NJ kaan the course--but no crowd 70 De
81 ynncb for the Importance Of the sport q.
arht;nos now ag to the animals eMployeu
e 4 ana thu method Of training them, y mus
arst ~ Iii be borne in mind tnat the 0pan l. Z
s,phting BUN Is very different amman lfon 80
big stolid and solid shorthorns ana HsiSlo.u 8
which We see In this country, Like ~ 800
horse he IL an artificial creature Orsu II IL. u
.son for generations for one purpose, namely, =
sss+ ana 4 can assure the reader that with every
against him. he will fight, from 1ne
III II tba f1aea to his last conyulsve emory Y
80 III Ia faaf again when stricken to the heaEe.
s various PARTS Of Spain there are many SUI
ssrns which keenly compete with each osnsl
8 nroancing the best fighting stock. mat u 80
as,,~o II narhaps at present the most famous !.
rsrhting INNS are iii appearance G0t unlike shs
nIs English ioDghorn Praed onsa smaller 49, rs
But as they way Chasepeafanee nv ,s sar