A SANGUINARY BULL-FIGHT.
The novelty of a bull-fight by electric .'; light drew ah immense crowd to the Colon Plaza, Mexico, recently. Among the spectators were President Diaz and several members of his Cabinet. The ' • ' " aiena was brilliantly lighted with ten electric lights, and the gaudy costumes of the matadors fairly blazed. The door of the bull-pen was thrown open at - eight o'clock, and the first bull made a frantic rush at the picadors, and in a minute was master of the arena, . having killed one horso and_ gored two . others. One matador and a picador were laid •at, though not-killed. The fighters became very_ timid, and plied the sword ! from the side, being afraid to face the animal, as is usual. Of the five bulls, every one was desperate in the blazing light, and horses and lighters were rolled over and tossed in a terrible manner. .' . . One swordsman attempted to kill a bull as he charged, and caught on the animal's horns and tossed out of the arena ■• - almost lifeless. The result of the fight . lv'as four horses kilhd and several tom and crippled, two matadors nearly killed ! and . several picadors disabled. The dazzling light seems to make the animals ■ '.•wild. This was the first time bull- ; ' Sighting has been tried by electric light.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7779, 25 June 1887, Page 4
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214A SANGUINARY BULL-FIGHT. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7779, 25 June 1887, Page 4
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