| Show PASTIMES Sta sho showing 10 g their number aud and variety 1111 lety 1 la sp spain t judging from the statistics bullfighting bull fighting is not decreasing in spain A spanish merchant writes a madrid correspondent could bear the loss of his king with more mora resignation than I 1 the abolition of his favorite sport and an iberian republican would prefer his ca coreida corrida cor rida de toros bullfight bull fight to any republic even if granted three acres and a cow A spanish caballero with more pride than hard cash will cheer cheerfully f forego his sunday dinner if by so doing he may secure his seat in the bull ring maria and juanita will re readily a d ily deny themselves for a time a new dress rather thin than miss the excitement of the plaza de toros besides a are re not their raven black hair blue black eyes rosy lips whence proceed sparkling wit and lively repartee the their ir small hands bands which manipulate the fa fan n with such grace and their tiny feet on which they glide all sufficient to attract glances of admiration during the present year the number of first class bull fights in important cities has been bee the bulls killed being 1594 there have also been lights fights of young bulls novil novillos nov illos losy in which 1407 were slaughtered of the chief fights IG took place in madrid 13 in seville 12 in barcelona and 11 in valencia two men picadors pic adors ors were killed of the espadas and bande 10 were mo more re or loss less seriously wounded in each course from six to eight bulls are deneto done to death but recently in madrid in a fight which extended two days IS 18 were finished off many of the enthusiasts judge the merit of the fight by the number of the horses slain on some days 24 or even more are gored to death by the long horns of the spanish bulls the bull ring in madrid holds spectators who are still apparently delighted with the barbarous and ho horrible arl spectacle in which blood flows plentifully and aged or unsound horses are disemboweled disembowel ed on the sandy arena |
