Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22

they do attend on foot, and as there is no cover
OF any description. the onlooked must at times
have amusement quite as exciting as those tax
Ing part in the trials
The method of procedure at the tentadero is
somewhat as follows: The herd is rounded up"
on the plain and the cowboys (ganaderos) then
divide 1t, 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 (open house, in fact), and lots of
friends of the owner turn up, we'll mounted for
the occasion Cthough personally, l not
admirer of the Andalusan 'oss). The owner and
his sporting friends now appear on the scene
mounted and armed with the garrocha Qance),
which is twelve feet long and has small, blunt
point about couple Of inches or less In length
When the owner gives his signal, the gana
deros let a bull escape OFF 1t runs to its friends
In the distance, and after 1t gallop three horse
men-two in close pursuit and following
more leisurely. The latter is picador or 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 or whether the spearng is
done from one 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, L. e., left-handed. When sue
cessful, they turned the bull over in cloud of
dust like shot rabbit. Not infrequently the
bull linked" that it was not always the first
man alongside who got first spear" The bulls
being young and active, gave good little gallops
and were as quick as cats (very different from
their later appearance in the ring). saw one
horseman bowled over but could not. see how 1t
happened as 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 the
picador (caled ell tentador. correctly speaking).
With lance in rest he awaits the charge, which
usually comes promptly enough, to be received
on the point of the garrocha and warded off. If
the bull charges twice, he is considered good
enough for the ring, but should he fail to charge
and show not unnatural desire to escape. after
coming off second best, his fate is beef agr-
cultural work in pow cart a 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 If they will make fit
and courageous enough mothers for future scions
of the illusrious race.
For several years more the bulls Craze at their
ease on the plains guarded and guided by the
ever-watchful ganaderos, for they 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 1t 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 If the bulls do not
fight among themselves. They do occasionally
and had a passing glimpse from the train of
CORY battle which was fought in clouds of dust
beside an almost dred-up pool There Is, | am
told. always master bull among the herd. who
tyrannzes over the rest; and in the "Encyclo
pedia of Sport" there is an account of how the
herd, unable at last to stand his tyranny any
longer, unite to slay him, and having slain him.
curious to relate stand and below mournfuy