Show pun at a Sot go the annual sid at pala or the feat of king st louis which was held at pala on wednesday of last week drew sn attendance of upwards of a thousand or more on the opening day of the feast fea st and although the gathering usually lag a week the of august i the real day of the feast and is the annizer an niter eary of st Lou ithe king of france in whose honor the mission of san luis rey at pala was named the feast proper i purely a religious observance rance but at the present day there are undoubtedly many fea tires connected with the anniversary not contemplated by th padres who inaugurated the festival for this occasion tha indians gather from ery section and fan deeo county and th whites and spanish natives frontu lowr calior neaon the south and san bernar the north we much regret that on we are unable to give anything like report of the betin all its details as buch a sketch cougil only be given by the aid of an interpreter to explain the various plumes and dance performed by the indians tho venerably vene rabla tile covered adobe church was tilled d aily by the natives and indian at mir m ir and on thursday mass lor the dead was chanted in the little burial ground adjoining the church and tb ard heads of the multitude within the consecrated ground many of whom were piously kneeling at the grave of some relative or friend together with the low chanting of the reverend father mul and his attendant mingling with the quaint tolling of the two little nautical belli in the open tower all combined to form an impressio ana to in kirpa tiger etith ven the abiding faith and piety dr played by thi people it bag been truth fully laid hal it but tep from tha sublime tr the ridiculous from grave to gay etc and thit was no exception for annae after mass everybody bended wended their way to the large corral on side of tb church a part of one aide of which i formed by the walls of iho church luelf to participate in the daily bull fights fence adobe walls and the window of the church even are filled with an eager and expectant throng within the some thirty matamors matadors mat adors and vaqueros ros nil mounted and equipped robes and blanket with which to excite the corn of the badly cared bull 03 they are brought into tha arena at the end of a long lariat now and then an animal i brought in who prove to be as full of fight as the proverbial irishman at donnybrook fc r j mala horns have been awed off rendering them almost harmless the bulls would often inflict serious ins juries upon their tormentors tor mentors As it is horses and rider are frequently knocked higher than a kite by the imperious charges made by the infuriated brutes others however are so badly frightened on being brought in thai they litber un able or afraid to make any demonstrations st whatever and are led out tamm the linol and yells of their audience animal has been brought in and nearly by he horseman an experienced matador omes bounding iha arena en foot awed ui all the glory of tight and bangles pang les with a flaunting red banner in one hand and a steel lanca in the other in the aud of a broomstick about a foot in length the lanco iut being baad tomo thing like a fiah hook aud about an inch in lo iga the handle U en baseil in a wy W y colored paper bal toon as lace ai a good sued pino apple with one or more aar apr streamers attached with the red beinner the matador draw alie hulls his now antagonist fora moment the bull apparently hakea up his mind that he has got to tight the whole crowd with a shake of the head and a low hoarse bellow he charges down the corral upon his foe amid the breith less excitement of the multitude as if determined to annihilate hh enemy with a single blow bull however sees nothing but hateful red banner which the matador is careful to hold out at arms length As the bull reaches the banner the man to one bide and aa the bull him n hi maa catar he receives the cruel lanc in the neck and amid abe shouts and applause of audience is permitted to retire lanee ia perhaps the only cruel tea turo of the fight but for one we failed to see where the fun cadue in when the buls had all been disposed of there arse ar se a areat shout Trl gin el oso trainan trai ean el o the bulls had all broken booie at once and were bout to a charge upon the multitude we were about leaping from our twelve foot wall into a bunch of cactus to cape aher a friend understood began to shout yes bring out the near bring out the bear I and every person on the I to catch up abo cry either in spanish or anglish trai ean eloson el bring out the bearta in fie pro gramme a bear fight bad been promised and the crowd were determined to see abe pro gramme clied out to tha letter unfortunately however and aa is too often alio ae the bear bad bieu inserted in the iho purpose the feal ln other worda imily to draw swag tho restlessness of the as hud the necessity nece sity of prompt action one odthe highly matador mounted hit and then sl amling upright in the saddle b gan a akil pk il fv lie pur pose of quieting et the ellece of which was gradually to di persa the audience without the ato attraction atie president WM the gautt of cepl woodall of san fran cico tho reward offered for victoria scalp tim been railed from 2000 to robert ht received the grand cros of the order of bath |