A BUIL HUNT.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12398, 13 November 1908, Page 3

A BUI L HUNT.

MANY CASUALTIES,

The Portuguese town of Moita has been the scene of a. terrible _ panic, followed by serious loss of lire, through the bulls which were to^have been used at a great tournament get-tmTwcnTy-t*vo of the fierce- animals (specially imported from Spain) were confined in a paddock close to the .atcs of the bull ring. About 2000 people had" gathered round these gates, when someone, either as a practical joke, or with the idea of profiting by the panic which was sure to follow, let the bulls loose. Bellowing wildly, the fierce brutes rushed among the people, who fled in all directions, but wherever they went so surely a bull or bulls followed. Through the town the terrorstricken people fled, pursued by thenow maddened animals, who only stopped to toss those who fell or were knocked down in the stampede. A fair was being held in the town at the time, and an extraordinary scene was witnesed as the flying crowds dashed pell-mell among the stalls in their efforts to find places^of safety. The bulls completed the havoc caused by the people, and the fair was completely wrecked. Finally a detachment of cavalry was ordered out, and a regular bull hunt began. It was only partially successful, however, for though ten were kil]ed, the rest escaped into the adjoining country. ■ When it was possible to estimate the casualties, it was found that seven people had been killed and 40 wounded, several very seriously -