. Ralph's scrap book . rdice is trans-formed and becomes a virtue. The picadores (mounted fighters) mo\e to the attack. Theslaughter of the horses is an essential feature. As they arealways either killed or badly wounded good stock can hardlybe afforded, and the ones ridden are pretty bony come into the ring blinilfolded, not knowing theirdanger, and as a horse is too wise willingly to attack a bull,several men do nothing else than to goad the poor animalson t(.) their destruction. Waiting his chance the picador thrusts his long spear intothe bull, and, stung to fury, toro turns
. Ralph's scrap book . rdice is trans-formed and becomes a virtue. The picadores (mounted fighters) mo\e to the attack. Theslaughter of the horses is an essential feature. As they arealways either killed or badly wounded good stock can hardlybe afforded, and the ones ridden are pretty bony come into the ring blinilfolded, not knowing theirdanger, and as a horse is too wise willingly to attack a bull,several men do nothing else than to goad the poor animalson t(.) their destruction. Waiting his chance the picador thrusts his long spear intothe bull, and, stung to fury, toro turns upon the horse andrider. The picadors legs are safely protected, and the hornsof the bull sink cruelly into the flesh of the blindfoldedhorse. The horse is always terribly g(.)red — sometimes re-voltingly disemboweled and his intestines strewn into thering — and the crowd feasts its eyes and cheers! After the picadores retire, the capeadors take turns intaunting the bull by flapping their red cloaks before Discomforted toro charges with the utmost confidence, buthe is baffled by the cape before his eyes so that he seldomovercomes the agihty of his tormentors. Now the bantHller(.)s are ludged. It is a scientific tricksuccessfull\- to ])lace these barbed sticks in toros hide andescape his horns. Here is a good pkice to ha\e it under-stood that years and years of practice are required to make abull fighter. However, the great secret is that a bull alwayscloses his eyes when he charges. The most skillful bullfighter in Mexico refused, though offered a large purse, tofight a cow. When toro has been abused until he shows signs of tiringout, the matador, always the star of the occasion, announcesto the attentive crowd that he will now kill the bull. Hegoes alone to the encounter and it is not long before his two-edged sword has penetrated to that vital jjart of the bullsneck where spine meets skull. An expert matador willsometimes kill his bull at a single thrust, but of
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