Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 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 y
somewhat as follows: The herd Is rounded up"
on 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, Watcnrul
horsemen, the sport is ready to begin the farm
Is en- fete (open house, In factl, and lots 81
friends OF the owner turn up, well mounted for
the occasion Though, personally, am not an
admirer of the Andalusian 'ossl. The owner and
his sporting friends now appear on the scene.
mounted and armed with the garrocha tlance),
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 CANA
deros let q bull escape. on 1t runs to It's frienos
n the distance and after 1t galop three horse
men--two III close pursuit and one following
more leisurely The latter is picador, or pro-
A fessional spearman. The two horsemen gallop
On either side Of the bull but could not make
out whether the rider on the left spears 70 the
right and vice versa, or whether the spearing -
done from one side only, and the other norseman
merely rides to keep the bull going straight. It
high up and behind the flank and from the OF
side Of the bull, Il g., left-handed When sue
oessfuI they turned the bull over In CLOUD OF
dust ike shot rabbit Not infrequently the
bun linked so that 1t was not always the first
man alongside who got "first spear The Dulls,
being young and active, gave good little galops
and were as quick as cats Every different from
their later appearance in the ring) saw one
horseman bowled over, but could not see how Il
happened. as he was between me and the bull.
Generally speaking, after the bull had been
B "graased" twice he turned nasty and would gal
Top no more, but got up, breathing heavily, ana
faced his pursuers AT this point up comes tne
I nicaeor (called 81 tentador, correctly speakng).
with lance III rest he awaits the charge, which
usually comes promptly enough to be received
m the point Of the garrocha and warded on. II
me bull charges twice. he is considered GOOD
enough for the ring, but should he fall to charge
and show a not unnatural desire to escape, after
coming of second best, his fate Is beef or agrl-
cultural work In plow or cart as draft OK. 30
the snort goes on until all the animals (of bofn
sexes) have been tried The ladies apparently
ID through the trials to see II they win make 1T
and COURAGEOUS enough mothers for future scions
OF the iIlustrlOus race.
For several years more the bulls Craze at their
ease on the plains. guarded and guided Dy the
@EeTwWaEC0Iul
considerable value by this time, with prices rang
IN 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
ana ii Spain it is bringing about the passing Of
the cowboy Strange that Spain, the originator
II the cowboy, should practically see the last q
him.
have often been asked If the bulls DO not
apht among themselves. They do occasionally
and had passing glimpse, from the train, q
cory battle, which was fought u CLOUDS q gus
sssiaa Al almost drledup pool There Is. an
told slways master bull among the herd, who
tvrannizes over the rest; and IN the ~Encyclo
nsasa 81 sport there Is an account q how the
herd unable at last to stand his tyranny am
longer unite to slay him. and having slain him
curious ID relate. stand and below mournfnlls