Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-22

they do attend on foot, and there is no
OF any description. the onlooked must at times
have amusement quite exciting as those TAX
ing part in the trials.
The method of procedure at the tentadero is
somewhat follows: The herd IL rounded up"
the plain and the cowboys (ganaderos) then
divide it. cutting out large number of decoy
cattle. which they drive some few hundred yards
away. When the two herds are safely rounded
up, each under the charge of silent, watchful
horsemen. the sport is ready to begin. The farm
Is en- fete topen house, in facO. and lots OF
friends of the owner turn up well mounted for
the occasion Though. personally. am not an
admirer of the Andalusian 'oss). The owner and
his sporting friends now appear on the scene,
mounted and armed with the garrocha (lance),
which is twelve feet long and has a small, blunt
point about a couple of inches or less in length.
When the owner gives bis signal. the CANA
deros let bull escape. on 1t runs to its friends
In the distance, and after 1t gallop three horse
men-two in close pursuit and one following
more leisurely The latter is picador. pro-
fessional spearman. The two horsemen gallop
on either side OF the bull. but l could not make
out whether the rider the left spears to the
right and vice versa. whether the spearing is
done from side only and the other horseman
merely rides to keep the bull going straight. 1t
seemed to me the horsemen usually tried to spear
high up and behind the flank, and from the off
side of the bull 4. e., left-handed. When
cessful. they turned the bull over in cloud OF
dust, like shot rabbit. Not infrequently the
Dull 1lnked. SO tnat II was not always the nrSt
man alongside who got first spear" The bulls
being young and active gave good little gallops.
and quick cats very different from
their later appearance in the ring). l
horseman bowled over. but could not see how 1t
happened he was between me and the bull
Generally speaking. after the bull had been
"grassed" twice he turned nasty and would gal
lop no more. but got up. breathing heavily, and
faced his pursuers At this point up comes the
picador (called ell tentador, correctly speaklng).
lam n ha ITS he ph Wht
usually comes promptly enough, to be received
on the point OF the garrocha and warded of. II
the bull charges twice. he is considered good
enough for the ring. but should he fail to charge
and show a not unnatural desire to escape, after
coming off second best. his fate is beef agri-
cultural work In pillow or cart draft So
the sport goes on until all the animals (of both
sexes) have been tried. The ladies apparently
go through the trials to see II they will make fit
and courageous enough mothers for future scions
OF the illustrous
For several years more the bulls Craze at their
ease the plains. guarded and guided by the
ever-watchful ganaderos. for they are animals of
considerable value by this time, with prices rang
ing from forty pounds to seventy pounds apiece.
The occupation OF the ganadero. however, seems
likely to decrease. If not vanish. Barb wire is
changing the face OF the earth in most places,
and in Spain it is bringing about the passing OF
the cowboy. Strange that Spain, the originator
OF the cowboy, should practically see the last Of
him!
/ have often been asked II the bulls do not
fight among themselves. They do occasionally,
and had passing glimpse, from the train. OF a
CORY battle, which fought IN clouds of dust
beside an almost dried-up pool. There is, am
told always master bull among the herd, who
tyrannizes over the rest; and in the "Encyclo-
pedia OF Sport" there is account of how the
herd unable at last to stand his tyranny any
longer, unite to say him, and having slain him
curious to relate. stand and below mournfuy