Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-04
|BULLFICkTIN1 IS AGAIN COMING ID ], OWN IN MEXICO
Barbed Dart, Instead of Sword, Defeats the
 Law

Ainstead of giving him the fatal ' sword-thrust which usually ends r the spectacle. That the nationaI r, pastime is still the favorite one there was evidenced when more than 100000 people of all classes turnea 1out to witness the first big fight f staged in the local ring, which more than 25,000, and where 2. the open-air performances of Ca :, ruso were held Sundays pre- a,viously. ! Encouraged by the fact that ii small fights staged in the suburbs Yin makeshift and hastily construct ed bull rings were allowed or ;, winked at by the municipal au- ttithorities, the management of the :. old company in the city advertised | two weeks ahead the grand t1ght s,wherein four bulls would be dis patched" the remainder of the . program being filled with "rop- ling" contests. Usually six bulls are killed at fight, others being
 brought in at times in case some of the animals were not game, sand refused to fight.
 [ The newspapers of late havlng a published numerous reports that dthe Senate would soon put through ,lthe bill authorizing bullfighting ilagain, inasmuch as several pet u tions with thousands of signatures hfrom different parts of the coun- Itry had been sent to the two s.houses, the public was readily de- %eiyed in believing thhe unpopular z decree had been lifted and the na- z tional sport allowed full sway. Like Baseball Fans.
 K In the afternoon never-endlng E line of coaches, automobiles, jit- sneys, and any other contraption which could be used to convey one or more persons was seen moving in the general direction of the famous bullring, where in the "good old days" so many wonder | full flights" had been staged. Most { of the tickets had been sold in ad- .vance, but before you could ap,, lproach the place you had to wind . your way through many little stalls and stands selling fruit, ta- tmales, frijoles and mole de iguajalote and tortilas. The great bowl was not long in filling up { The fight began promptly at 3:3o as announced.
 II The fight was also given i'll hon Tor of the sailors and marines o' the visiting ships in Vera Cruz from Cuba, Uruguay and Argen- < tina. These men served as a1 sl honor escort at the funeral @i
 Amado Nervo, the nations grea' { poet and diplomat, who died ]!
 Uruguay last may and was buriei There in great pomp.
 HI Four bands were present, an. { lat the first familiar strains-spc {Icial music had been written fol bull fights-the crowd began t' Ehowl their delight. Though ther' are box seats, ringside seats, etc. the poorer people sit in the sui
 and the shady side is occupied b! the middle class and aristocrats fThe sunny side usually furnishes the fun. Snatching hats ant throwing them around IS one O. { the favorite pastimes till the figh
 starts.
 Enter the Bull.
 Then every one settles down fo
 business. A trumpet blows, tn s band starts up, the bull comes 1T
 The animal, dazzled by the brigh
 sunlight. is usually at loss for < few seconds, then makes for hi nearest antagonist; it may be
 horse with it's rider, or one of tn fighters. The thrills are all there
 The procession in the beginning the entrance of the bull, the dis
 emboweling of the poor horses lit
 orally forced on the horns of tn
 enraged animals, the placing Q
 the bandarillas-parbed darts wit ribbons or colored paper trim
 mings. In this connection if a
 animal slows up in his attacks c
 shows little fight, specially pro pared darts are used. These hay
 some kind of fuse and firecract 8s CT attached, which ignites whe thrust into the animal. A lou sS hissing is heard, the anim; [ prances around in agony, and the
 an explosion equaling our glal
 firecrackers of boyhood days, If a bull refuses to see "reo
 after that there is somethin
 radically wrong. This procedu,
 to open up the spirits of a bu
 was used last Sunday, and if tf
 bull before had paid but little a
 tention to the horses, he prompt
 started in to work and dispatchs
 three, charging one in particul'
 till the poor animal fell over. Maj of these poor horses are killed ou
 right or bleed to death, sometin being thrown clear over the bull
 neck, rider and all.
 It is generally supposed u
 crowd wants to see blood, and a I happiest the more horses al
 gored. This is really not u ! case. The Mexican has peculis Y character. He admires skill, bl q has no real stomach for blood
 sights. The reason horses a
 used at all in the ring is simp
 to tire the bulls neck muscles
 that its head drops low, thus 2
 lowing the "matador" at the fl
 ish to stick the thin razor-edg,
 sword through the neck into u 9 animals heart. A bull enteril l.. L.<