A BULL FIGHT IN CALLAO.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4261, 16 November 1874, Page 3

A BULL FIGHT IN CALLAO.

The South Pdcific Times, published at Callao, Peru, on a late date, reports that a bull-fight took place the day previous (Sunday) iu that city, in which a Chinaman and two women took part. Previous to tho appearance of these performers, however, two or three hulls were brought out and worried for half-au-hour each. One was slowly tortured to death, after being stabbed in about twenty different places, but the other two, after undergoing the same process, refused to ’ die, and were driven bleeding and wearied back to the yard. The fourth was a celebrated hull, and the Chinaman took particularly good care to keep far enough from it to prevent damage to either party. At last the chief attraction of the day appeared. A chola woman on horseback took her position in the centre of the arena to “receive” the bull, as it is termed, on his being let loose. She did receive him, but in a way she had not expected. The whole affair was over in a minute. Directly the hull charged, her horse turned tail, and the bull knocked him and the equestrienne over. The horse stood still; the bull proceeded to gore the unfortunate woman, and the gallant bull-fighters amused themselves by keeping a respectful distance from the animal. The bull was prevented killing the woman by his attention being drawn off by the appearance of a volunteer with a poncho, who was also knocked down for his pains. At this stage of the proceedings there was intense excitement, and the bull was finally dispatched.