"THE GLORIOUS PASTIME OF BULL-FIGHTING."

Impressions of an Artist at Madrid.

s Yob aught to see a bull fight while you are here," was the invariable advice of my Spanish friends whenever the subject arose, and m Spain it rises pretty frequently. "It *m last historical link," said one who was probably pretty shaky in hiß.arcb.seal- JRFi 'between the ancient games and spec kles of the Roman Colisseum and the sports of modem civilisation." "It is the .sport of Spain," said a second ™i greater accuracy, "in which every ■™, Woman; and child of the nation takes ? tteepan4 lively interest, and which it is ™i«pensable to sco in order to form a just etomate of the. national character." "In many respects," urged another, "it is a 3°«»*nt spectacle, full of colour, life and S°\*»• if only *s a Painter, you cer ™iyshonld,not raiss seeing." "After all," ■Swa a compatriot, "barring the beastly ugiiter of the horses, the game contains Si ements of fair BP°rt, as courage^ yjince, agility, a.nd skill are demanded Lh^i ma itedores' and as the bull un" Et™ ~y "M wany chances to balance •mMt' In "Pty to all which I was WW 1° • raS my shoulders and inquire i!L w ß. ll' was of mlne t0 assist at affi b9. nn>versally admitted to contain W Judge of iUairly without having 3A.*** th? "tol*."and perhaps an T£l mi Anyhow, when I happened S ? n"lis& frie»d here the other fcEfL"? WM inf°™ed by him that "coif t two excellent tickets for the Cie^ rdmaria " «that very after aWte?K W6 Ousht to starb in five *nu£ Ta' . my L s? ruPles had somehow Tor J> ft °fth T s immense " Plaza de P°sHbleW -t'- 1 should fchink > »c it SS co^ Wlthln one buildin S such a concourse of human beings as «tHf ailable sPace> step Ibove 0,, L .)00 ° or 20,000 souls. SEE?*1 ai? d after, to the HSlyr b 3 e 1 at, exf llenfc «*»** 49 expectant• kuv \ri' ¥ wever, above the pSei?11?]1131 of v°ice. advanced **$?T* d tOl"? ros to mak)'their **WMd«SJ» c.president of the sport, 81^ th. em^lves about the SSL! ba? eri Ati thepreai- 6«2 iete ! 8°Unded ashrill fa^ve. wft el towards the fatal to S M n Cr the unfor tunate bull, 6-' efflerged wifch a Yl? °Ec& un. s Pinned into the crest fc'y snrwiS S"* 1 avound in » of JJicose SCh*, ♦ quickly turned his KNireS Wards a knot of fcbe W M fcgled "Hdiadores," 55*3 iOT ,char gin g at the i lch *** flaunted be £,d^ onclll^ Pr°Ceeded to ™> S^ wl»«fim Wre.,, at the excited S^^^aSrwT^ frora sideto i olnt 'ons of ,! ternately engaged. The 1>» s^i OS Ben^y,X astist^ S^SWJ£ 'by fche Populace, evaded «*ith the horns with marvel-

lous dexterity, but it seemed that if the bull had known the value of a continuous charge when his tormentor was at a distance from, the barrier the latfcer's escape. would not invariably have been so easily effected. Once the bull leaped the barrier, but was precipitately stopped in his career around by one of the doors being thrown open across the passage which mrrounds the ring. The bull's attention was now attracted to wards a " picador," who, mounted on a snperannuated horse, advanced towards him, pointing a spiked lance. This was too much for the bull, who immediately went for the horse, burying his horns in the unfortunate animal's body, and, literally lifting it off its legs two or three times, disengaged himself by throwing it over. The picadors frequently get violently thrown, but prepare for this by being pre viously well armoured and padded. Never theless, they must often sustain pretty severe injuries. The wretched horse, un less absolutely unable to rise, is then prodded and beaten up again by the at tendants of the ring, who armed with stout goad-sticks, appear, by their treatment of the unfortunate wounded horses, to be devils incarnate. It is a horrible fact that one horse was thus gored no fewer thaft half-a-dozen times in quick succession, with what revolting results need hardly be hinted*, but so often as he could be bullied on to his legs again he was ridden as a target for the horns, even if his entrails had to be prodded away to enable him to walk clear of them. After three or four horses had been thus disabled, the trumpet sounded, and tho second section com menced.

Three or four " banderilleros" then leaped into the ring, each holding a pair of " banderillas," or short barbed sticks ornamented with coloured paper. Waving one in each hand, a banderillero attracts the bull's attention, and, as the bull is just on him with lowered head, plants the barbs in his shoulders close to the spine, and lightly leaps aside. This maddens the bull, who delights the spectators by his prancings and endeavours to rid himself of the tenacious barbs. After three or four pairs have been effectively planted thus, the trumpet sounds for the third and last act of the tragedy,

The " espada," or swordsman, enters the ring, bows to the president, and advances towards the bull, baiting him with a clonk of the brightest vermillion. After playing with the bull for a time, he jerks off his hat, points his long glittering sword, and, while the bull is perhaps steadying himself a moment before making a final rush, drives it in between the shoulder-blade and spine, up to the very hilt. Then the spectators rise and yell their approbation, throwing hats and cigars to the successful espada. This coup de grace is attended wifch con siderable danger, and twice we saw the espada narrowly escape with his life. The bull has now but few moments more to live. After a short fevered rush he staggers, vomiting blood, settles on his knees, and finally lies down to die. The sword is withdrawn and wiped, and a "puntil lero " digs his short, sharp dagger into the beast's spine just behind the skull, and finishes him. At these last operations a team of three gaily-ornamented mules drag off at a gallop the three dead horses, and finally the just despatched bull. The ground is raked, the blood-stains saw dusted over, and the hats thrown up to their owners. No sooner have the gates closed on the trailed carcass than with

another trumpet - blast the door swings aside tor the next bull to enter. The circumstances are identical, except as modified by accident, and the character of the bull. Half-a-dozen bulls (which is the minimum) are thus killed, and when the last coi pse lias been driven off', the excitod spectators leap into the ring to congratulate the actors in this bloody scene.. These men are the idols of the lower classes.

It cannot be denied that this spectacle, which survives as a modified form of the sport as introduced by the Moors, has an in eradicable hold in the fascination it exer cises over all classes of the people, and few would have been able to resist doing as I did in allowing myself to be carried away by the spirit of the scene. Nevertheless, the sickened sense of indignation that I experi enced on witnessing the inhuman sacrifice of the horses will not soon be erased from my recollection. My first visit to the bull fight will certainly be my last also.

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