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Show ........ El Tcro L:.: ... TrctcctcJ LI-crc:;i:ll . PIaycs. ; CHICAGO. Oct 1. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Los Angeles, Cal.,, ays: ;-' , ' -"y f , - ' ; ' 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 wereclad in football armor, ar-mor, tyitil they were twice their' natural nat-ural slse and looked as if they had eaten something that had caused serious seri-ous Internal disorders. ' The matadors were similarly attired, and when one. hampered by his padding, pad-ding, was unable to escape the charge of a bull, the impact resembled a collision col-lision 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. The Judges decided in every Instance in favor of the bulls, which would mean in Spain that the matador should commit suicide, as he swears to1 klU the animal or be killed by it Up to a rate hour last night the defeated matadors were pleading "manana" and other 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, rep-, resenting the president In Mexican bull fights, announced their decisions. With one accord 'the two dosen matadors flung their acme 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 bloodshedding, but the authorities Interfered. In-terfered. It was the first event of the kind ever held on American soil on the Pacific coast |