SPANISH "SPORT"

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 9

SPANISH "SPORT"

BULL FIGHT HORROR

ATTENDED BY EOYALTY

(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Publuhed in Th« Tim...)

• LONDON, 30th May. The Times" Madrid correspondent states that the King and Queen of Spam attended a bull fight to raise money for a new university in the city ■mne bulls were killed. The picadores rode unprotected horses, several of which were killed by the bulls' horns. The public did not protest, but seemed completely to forget their previous interest in the horse-protecting armour. The last half of the fight was broadcast, and should have enabled English listeners-in who understood a. little Spanish to form a good idea oi' a bull fight and the effect on the publis. There was very little applause, but there were 14,000 spectators, and the hum and buzz were incessant. The announcer described every phase, once warning the listeners that the fight was a poor one, and they might soon hear the multitude snore. The bulls were considered not fierce enough, so three pairs of darts, to which fireworks were attached, were plunged into their necks in order to torment them into aggressiveness. The noise was plainly audible by wireless.