MOCK BULL-FIGHT

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10578, 6 October 1910, Page 6

MOCK BULL-FIGHT

At .Eaton polo-ground-the King'and : Queen of <Spam were present at a gym-: kliana. "While the games vere m prosgressfi the . Duke -of kWestminster. :,and > a -lmmfyer of/the houge party* i.p.U'e. the Royal guests a novel and. 'amusing surprise.. Out of the woods a troop>. ot Spanish emerged in - all the;, glory - ofc'-national. costume, tlfe picadores on horss and. the li.mderilleros and matadors following on foot:- As they . approached -- it •was nofr"di'fficult "to penefratc 'the' disguise of scarlet coaks, gold lacc, iand twirling moustachios,- and tp identify* the l)uko of- Westminster, Lord -Shrewsbury.'Mr.George Wyndhamj/and:" other members of tliti house -party. Into the arena they ere followed by the bull,: a;horned creature of the'stage • yanety, gan. Tho picadores prodded 4 ' the men on foot irritated) him.bj waving red "scarves m his face,* and the .bull, ■opened-nhisi -jaws'', and | m a tono that suggested a motor horn Tho J£ing and Queen greatly,-enjoyed .fcho For a timo tho bull .kept 'his assailants at bav and his 'charges sometimes swept the attackers off" their , feet. At last- the matadors andyCTanung' a' showei - - of stabswith "short canes, laid-tho beast aff their, fetefc '' They stiinped Jand,Yamidst~ great" lanVliter, tov^aie3~'L , ord*'Herbert;and the Hon v A.