Show COMICAL BULL FIGHT animals were padded and so vere the matamors matadors Mat adors chicago oct 1 A despatch to the record herald from los angeles cal says A bull fight with the attachments of a comic opera thrown in was held at santa monica yesterday the action was there but of gore there was none for the bulls were clad in football armor until they twice their natural size and looked as it they had eaten something that had caused serious internal disorders the matamors matadors mat adors were similarly attired and when one hampered by his padding was usable to escape the charge of a bull the impact resembled a collision between two feather beds the fight was more on the order of a limited round pugilistic contest in that the palm of victory was awarded on points tho judges decided in every instance in favor of the bulls which would mean in spain that the matador should commit suicide as ho swears to kill the animal or bo killed by it up to a late hour last night the defeated matamors matadors mat adors were pleading manana and dilatory phrases in explanation of their failure to end their lives in the face of defeat the most amusing incident of the battle occurred when the judges representing the president in mexican bull fights announced their decisions with one accord the two dozen matamors matadors mat adors flung their arms wildly into the air and swore In Spanish and shouted mexican defiance at the decision originally the intention was to hold a genuine bull fight with plenty of but the authorities interfered it was the first event of the kind ever held on american soil on the pacific coast |