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Show TERRIBi-E SCENE AT A BULLFIGHT. BULL-FIGHT. The Madrid correspondent of the ljOndou Standard givtS the following account of the goring of Fr iscuelo, a noted matador in the bull ring at Madrid, recently, in the presence of King Alfonso and an immense assemblage. assem-blage. Frascuelo'a injuries were supposed sup-posed to be fatal: "A bull had knocked over in succession suc-cession two picadors and disposed of theii horses, when a third tumble called for the assistance of the cua driUa. The buli w3 a largo and ugly beast, with lon;, sharp horns, and he was in the habit of returning to goad his fallen foes. Seeing him menace the picador lying helpless under the horse, Hermosilla, as was his duty, sprang to the rescue, closely followed by Fntscuelo. "Either would have sufficed to draw off' tho incensed animal, made rabid at the sight ol the glaring capas. The two bull fighters got lou close 10 one another, and caused in their feint a moment of pause, which enabled the bull to come at them like lightning, light-ning, with head lowered, Hermosilla managed to escape, but Frascuelo was cuught from behind and raised off the ground, shaken on the horn, which had entered bis thigh, and then again gored. The others hurried up to the rescue and drew off the bull, which was on the point of again goring the wounded man. The whole scene had lasted but a few seconds, and a loud cry of horror burst from every part of the ring. "Everybody spraug to his feet, trom King Alfonso in the royal box to the loweut rabble down near the barriers. Shrieks of anguish' burst from the women, while others covered their faces with their hands or fans. Men ol every rank and age could not refrain re-frain Irom uttering expressions of dismay dis-may and consternation, which were again renewed when the wretched aufierer, after rising lo his (eet, staggered stag-gered a few steps and fell down pale and covered with blood, which streamed over his brilliant costume. "1'he guards and soldiers had much trouble in keeping the people from ; rushing into tlio ring and goiug trom the galleries toward the door at which the wounded man bad been carried out by the attendants. The confusion lasted some time, and no one cared much for the bull or his tormentors, who went on relentlessly and sternly iu their brutal struggle. The one and sole preoccupation of all was Frascuelo, and people awaited with anxiety ihe verdict of the doctors." |