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

triumphal march. The ~ball-fghters
are coming. Some are on foot q
some are on horseback. h algul-
elias, or police officers OF the ring. are
on capering stations, and the plumeS
Of their hats wave AS they pFaNco
around the aren Those horses are
different from the ones the plcaoofS
Will ride during the fighting. Behind
ca me the m~atadOrs. or
proper. three walking abreast. They
are gorgeous in gold lace, gold braid
and silk tights. They have cloakS
| over their shoulders. and make one
think OF the knights Of the stage.
They are the stars. and the audience
clap their hands in salute.
And then come the banderiIleros.
with their harbed arrows. and finally
, the piCadOrs in their broad
hats. short velvet Jackets and breeches
OF light yellow leather. They have
! gay scarfs about their waists. frilled
shirt fronts and gold waistcoats.
This procession is ended by the ring
servants. sometimes called the wise
monkeys, who attend to the horses
and clean up the ring after the fight,
and after them are the mule teams,
gayly ca~parisoned. which, three
abreast. drag the dead bulls and dead
horses away at the end Of each act
Enter the Bull.
This procession goes round while
the band plays, and as the music
stops the bull fighters and %torturers
have taken their places Then the
drum beats and a trumpet ounds
Every eye is turned toward hat doc
in the walls Of the ring. See, it has
opened. and the bill rushes through!
! AS he does SO a man leans owe drives
into his shoulders, up to h hilt, a
dagger from which ftutter bright-col-
ored ribbons.
The bull snorts with rage. He paws
the sand OF the arena, and then. see
ing the matadOr waving a red blanket,
he goes on h rush, with head down
to wipe him from h face OF the
earth. The matador leaps of to one
side. and the head of the bun Is lost
in the blanket. The beast now catches
sight of another man with a purple
shawl and rushes for him. He runs
this way and that. his tormentors leap
Ing out OF the way. or. If crowded
too closely, jumping over the walls
into the space which between the ring
and tho seats. Now the bull stops a
, moment and one Of the picadors rides
The bull rushes at the horse ond
! drives his horns into its belly. The
horse falls: its bowels gush out and
. picadOr narrowly escapes by crawling
over the fence.
, Now the bull sees a second horse OF
( n opposite side OF the ring and
rushes for It 1t carries the animal
( to the ground and then goes for thu
picador. See. the great black beasd
. Is goring him! He has torn q piece
8 from his thigh and the man onl,
a escapes by the matador throwing his
t blanket over the eye Of the bull, and
3 some OF the other b~ullfghters drag
. n wounded MAJ to the wall
! Exquisite Torture.
AS this ts done the band play.
again. There is a blast at every new
n rush Of the bull. and the music keep,
time to the fight. After a time Ii,
u tires. He is desperate at his fail
ures to kill his tormentors. He i
now further enraged by the banderil
leros. Of whom there are three. Eacl
a IS armed with two sticks of ash abou
Q u yard long and tipped at the en-,
with steel barbs These barbs ar
IS much X harpoons or fsh-hooks
9 each being attached to a long shat,
decorated with bright-colored pape,
le The banderillerOs stand in front o
e the bull and taunt him with thei
= harpoonS. AS he rushes at them the
If jump this way and that, and. watchin
le their chance. thrus the barbs dee
ir into his shoulders, only the shat
lr ticking out. These shafts bob thi
way and that, as the animal runs. an
. as they do SO the blood fows dow
his shoulders, and makes great re
blotches which extend to his feet.
n Each man does his work, and a
st n there are finally six OF thes
re terrible shafts torturing the bull a
~ every motion he makes. Sometime
re- to make him more angry and increas
the pain, f~irecrackers or explosives {
es one kind or other are affixed to til
h. Darbs. SO that they burst and bur
n, inside the flesh and a mist of srnol,
p- n blood rises.
But let us stop now and look at til
crowd The walls OF humanity whic
ed rise up from the arena are alive wit
cd enthusiasm and shouting. Thousant
or han~dkerchiefs are waved, and til
Id c!appinS and stamping and cheerin
ne go on. As the b2rbed shafts al
lst thrown the band plays, and as Il
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