Show SPAINS HOTSPORT At the recent celebration of Candle mas in Madrid hum day was dedicated to tile national pastime a bull fight in which the bull had for antagonists a Polar bear a lioness and a panthei Eight days before thc city was pla carded with huge posters giving a u low of the coming struggle In which tho beasts were devouring one another These pictures of course fired the im agination of the goreloving populace and the Plaza de Toros the scene of the conflict which can accommodate 1GCCO spectators was jammed In spite of time stormy weather In the cenier of the arena a circular space was fenced In by a high iron railing This was the ring in which hid battle was lo bo fought At about p m three cages containing the boar thc panther and the lioness weic brought In The nap door of the cage contain lug this lioness was opened but the animal retreated lo a cornel of the cage and showed no desire lo leave Haw meal was thrown into tIme pen and this proving futile the beast was las soed and drawn Into the ring by force No trouble was had with the others for as soon as thick cages were opened the occupants took to the arena The pan ther crouched low and remained mien tralNot Not yo the bear Thin powerfully built animal at once attacked the lioness lion-ess grabbing the yellow cat between powerful paws and threw her to the ground Thc lioness defended herself with claws and teeth but the polar bear was more than a match and Indicted such serious wounds that thc ground was dyed with blood Fearing that the lioness would bo placed out of the light before the real struggle began Ihe animal lamer Mnl Icn father of thc man who a short time ago In Valencia captured two escaped es-caped lions at the risk of his life cufted the bear with a pole and then tried to beat her off with the buttend of a gun Suddenly there was a report and the entire load of buckshot was dio cinirscd Into time audience wounding twentysix persons nmorc them three Austrluns anti one Italian One of the Atistrlans a baker host both eyes and the other a bakers apprentice lost one eyeThe The wounded men were removed loa lo-a hospital and the sport resumed as t though nothing i had happened The bull was brought out Immediately the bear i quit her attack on the lioness who seemed glad lo escape and paid her ai tcntions to the newcomer In the first onslaught the bear with a blow of the paw lore off one of the bulPs avs This advantage was short for the bull retched his powerful neck and Impaled Im-paled the big shaggy brute on his horns whirling It around in the air like a bundle of hay On being deposited depos-ited to the giound the enrnged bear resumed re-sumed hue attack Allh greater lleive urns and this lime wounded the bull in tIle mouth but the bull undaunted again speared time bear ihiew II lo hue ground and bored his hoi us iulo the I carcass half a dozen limes A the I 1 bear showed no more sign of life It 1II II j wau up to time panther and although I this nnlnmai ave no evidence of light It was picketup on the bulls horns and hurled with such force against the Iron railings that Ihe panther collapsed with every bone broken The next to receive time bulls attention atten-tion was the muchwounded Honors and she whined piteously upon the approach ap-proach of the bull But a fighting bull knows no i > lyr < and rhf lioness was compelled to defend herself < She sin efccded In fastening her teethin l I the nape of the bulls ntck but vtis shaken tiff as l hough s he were a cub spitted on the horns of Iho bull losed into thr air and Ml to the ground u seimmcmless mw of fliVh und liones Tin bull I trlumjihtoil was led forth from tne I pen and artiUl shouts and tu mulluoujs JtMlaitiKtlmi dcclaied the winner win-ner N w York Prmsr |