The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04

| heart. He plays with him, getting him
| to rush thss way and that and finally
he points the sword at the lever o.
| his shoulder and aims by running nus
eye along the blade at the point ne
| wishes to strike in h bulls neck.
| He tries this again and again. He Is
evidently afraid. and the audience
| jeers at him as he tries to stab the
bull and falls.
He now takes q new sword, and TINS
time he succeeds in driving II tn 10
the hilt. Nevertheless h bull charges
again. He has a yard OF steel through
his body, but he makes one f1nat eHort
to charge his tormentorS, only to stag
ger n fail. AS he does 50 the band
bursts forth once more and au-
dience cheers.
Then In comes a team of three white
mules in gay trappinga They r
harressed to the horns Of the dead
bull and they drag him out on the
run while tho band plays and the
audience cheers.
This, in brief. Is the sport which I
saw repeated again and again in six
long acts. Each act resulted in the
horses. after torture of the most brutal
nature. Nevertheless. the men who
did the killing were heroes in the
eyes of the audience, and the more
brutal their actions the greater the
cheering. The most talked-of man to-
day in Mexico City is "Machaquito,"
the chief matador. and his pictures
sell at the rate OF one hundred to
nj in comparison with those Of Bonci.
who 10 now hero in grand opera.
Bullfghtng is the favorite sport Of
the Spaniads ard the Spanish-Amer-
leans. You will find bull rings in near
~ all Of the Mexican cities. There
is a big one at Lima, Peru, and others
at the various South American capt.
tails. In Spain. Madrid has q bull ring
which will seat $4,000. Valencia has
one which seats over $1,000. while
one at Muricia has seats for 1880.
The bull fight came here from Spain.
It was common there about eight hun
dred years ago, having been brought
in by the Moores. The first bull fight
eFS were ariStocratS. and It Is said that
ten knights lost their lives at a Span
ish bull-fightin& festival just about
twenty years after Columbus first came
to his part Of the world. AS time
went on the sport increased in popu-
farity, n that notwithstanding thai
Pope Plus V threatened to excommu-
nicate all princes who permitted
bull fighters within their dominfons.
AS time went on tho sport passed
from the hands OF the ~aristocrats int
those OF professionals, n modefr
bull fighting Is now everywhere done
by professionals. The best fighter
still come from Spain. and the city o.
Seville has bred the most noted.
have a statement before mo that say;
that 80 per cent OF all the Spanish
u fighters came from Seville anl
which cites Pedro Romero as the
greatest Of all. He was in the ring 70,
more than thirty years, and. died a
, , the age OF eighty-6ve, having slail
! over 5000 bulls. I Arm told that TIL,
! average yearly kill Of a crack matado,
is 100 bulls Or more.
Where the Bulls Come From.
The best Of these fighting bulls ar,
y bred for the purpose. They are a,
s carefully matched as the animals OF
! u American stock farms. and Their,
are certain breeds which command tn,
highest Of rices. The best come from
Spain, n q good one will bring $500
s American money. In addition to thi
Y Is the cost Of transportation. SO tina
s q Spanish bull costs $500 or more b,
e h time it reaches Mexico City I
then has to be rested for seyera
3 months before it can be brought int,
the ring, and at the same time ever
h effort Is made to keep it vicious an,
easily angered. AS to the Mexican
d bred bulls. there are certain hacienda
which make a speciality OF producin
t.. NEW ORLEANS REVIEW.
New Orleans, La. March 1.-Th
cotton market was quiet this week
II Prices moved within a narrow rang