. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . \, p i(\iij)^« * tl rnloaxliug Lighters, Mazatlan. We passed a quiet Sunday in Mazatlan yesterday. That is to?say, we took in the sights, which included a brief inspection of arooster tournament and attendance at the regular weekly bull A GLIMPBE OJ ()Lij MEXICO J07 fight. Jhese are national pastimes and the latter partakes of thenature of a great social function. Personally, I have no taste foreither and dislike both as cordially as I detest pugilism at
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . \, p i(\iij)^« * tl rnloaxliug Lighters, Mazatlan. We passed a quiet Sunday in Mazatlan yesterday. That is to?say, we took in the sights, which included a brief inspection of arooster tournament and attendance at the regular weekly bull A GLIMPBE OJ ()Lij MEXICO J07 fight. Jhese are national pastimes and the latter partakes of thenature of a great social function. Personally, I have no taste foreither and dislike both as cordially as I detest pugilism at when one is a)jroa<l. it is necessary to have experiences to geta fair idea of national character—^and I had them. I came awaywith none of my previous impressions changed, but rather deep-ened and the cock-pit and the bull-ring shall see me no ^tJf-et. Hf^fiTl-h MJd/,i> This prejudice on the part of Americans is looked upon by Mex-icans as one of the strangest aberrations of the gringo themsehes have very strong convictions on the subject of 108 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO prize fighting. They regard it as a brutal and degrading spectaclewhich should be frowned down by all good people; and they willargue to any length on the viciousness of the game of football^which risks the lives of promising young men, simply to affordamusement to the multitude. But when it comes to a chickenfight or a bull fight, that is quite another affair. The simple mis-sion of these animals, according to their logic, is to grow up, bekilled and eaten, which is not very far from the truth, after being so, the manner of their taking off is a mere matter ofdetail and if they can contribute to the entertainment of the pub-lic in their last moments by displays of courage and steadfast-ness, what harm is done? Moreover, if the animal ha
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