Show r BULLS New Twist on Old Sport OKINAWA A Ashin shUt shin from the man developed spectacle of bull fighting matador matador mat mat- ador the bulls on on this Island fight each other other and and have been I doing it for centuries Not the same bulls naturally but each year the village village vil vii lage tournament is run off oU something in irs the style of a World Series or an Navy Army grid game with bulls buns being pitted against each other In the most recent tourney 11 pairs of bulls were selected The east villagers had 11 and the west villagers had 11 The rivals' rivals colors were painted on the bulls' bulls horns The bulls buns were led into a fenced ring two at a time They even had organized cheering sections which got into the ring too They blew horns beat drums and rang gongs The bulls met horn to horn and butted butted butted but but- ted each other around for 10 to 30 minutes By that time one of the bulls buUs showed a decided lack of interest Its only hope was to trot over th the fence to safety or flop down then and there Whereupon Whereupon Whereupon Where Where- upon the rooters of the champIon champion champlon cham cham- pion plon bull danced about the ring The owners of the winning bulls got prizes prIzes cloth cloth farm tools money and a fancy market I price for their an animals als The bull in Okinawa tires of this sport Even when it wins it loses It winds up as a locker I I full lull a of roasts roosts ribs and ond sirloins I |