File:One way round South America, from manuscript, notes and letters of Delight Sweetser Prentiss illustrated from photographs (1905) (14578612449).jpg

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Title: One way round South America, from manuscript, notes and letters of Delight Sweetser Prentiss ... illustrated from photographs
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Prentiss, Delight Sweetser. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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s he dropped a man ran out and gavehim the coup de grace, though I suppose he wasalready beyond suffering, severing the spinalcord at his neck with a small instrument. He laythere a moment, a limp, pathetic heap, whilesome boys quickly tore out the banderillas, assouvenirs, I suppose; then the Arrastradores deCab alio (!), (who get their names on the pro-gram at the bottom) came in with a grand flour-ish to take him away. The bulls head was lashedto a low two-wheeled drag, and a hook beingfastened to this, the four horses hauled him outat a gallop, making a great sweep around the cir-cle at full speed. The first of the six bulls wasdone for, and we had seen a bull-fight! The mat ad ores ran over to the presidents boxand bowed low, while a shower of coins fell inthe ring around them. Then they all marchedaround, the crowd cheering lustily, many throw-ing their hats ahead of the procession, the menpicking them up and tossing them back again.This pulse of the crowd is one of the stirring
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IMPRESSIONS OF A BULL-FIGHT 155 features of the fight. They follow it so closely,are so impassioned. My heart was dancing withmingled feelings, interest and repugnance eachhaving a place, for bull-fighting is a sport likeanother where skill and daring call for admira-tion, and is undeniably exciting. The bull repre-sents a certain dangerous force to be overcome.His rights, mores the pity, are not considered.I appreciated in a measure the fascination, forwhile I was there the cruelty of the struggle didnot affect me as it did afterward, when all thegruesome details stood out clearly, and the horridwounds in the poor creatures throat and theflowing blood haunted me. But like other things of which we hear hair-raising tales, bull-fighting turned out to be ratherless dreadful than I expected. For one thing, thebull is in the ring much less time than I thought.The third bull, El Fuego, who was a quick, dan-gerous fighter, was killed six minutes and a halfafter he entered the ring. It seeme

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