The Fort Wayne Sentinel from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 14

"mil iss iiwwt hhw wiwii i ''fCWlJifWBr' Tr in'J ii '1 If Ii 3 i 'M, 1 If i I I I 7. THE FORT WAYNE SENTINEL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1910. i 7 1 Fii IHH HnnrMbr sSBWIIfM Rvt iiiTm rnri i i ra nw I ixZEA rtfwfl ffi J7' MAND HOLN BAT wttTt did man to Impress me with Ihq virtu of physical Courage and a of death. Then. 'While, the.

crowd was noHrfnff Into this encloSf Jure, co mo luo staggeiiag news that tlio Governor of tue leucral district had foibliiden the Dame, a. aeio gatlon of American women, residents of the city, had waited upon Lira at noun and protected in the name ot humanity, arguing that tlie outconm of the affair would Inevitably be tbe dcutb of (bo, bravo but rash Oklanoman. They bad earner enlisted tbe inmienee and assistance of powerful American ofljcial nnd bus tured. Not fl sound uttered, but a concentrate paean of wild exultation was waltiug on tbelr lips. Baiting the Animal, But down lu (lie arena tbe unexpected no, the' supposedly Impossible was happening.

The dreaded brtll was fiautlcally tossing bis bead with all Ills grelt strength, bellowing his rago and bewlldermeit, pirouetting In dizzy circles, aud there still dangltd Flokctt, bis benrlllce bug unshaken and he cllnglig like, a bnrr. Never before bad such disrepute octn an hith cnnM not rcslt, and he cast (lpon the noble sport of bull fighting. IIoW In fan ENRAGED BULL ERE Is Told in Full, for the First Time, I "VHf ii' titcJiUFy rUi uut 1 ilkcu a L.UG gnu Death Struggle in a Mexican Arena, Bom 'BaTdedht'While withhsilesThrown bj Hostile Spectators ,09. had grudgingly revoked the permission glieu. nits' several days before.

The bul ring managers, much relieved at their escape from the awkward position in which they found themselves, attempted to promptly announce tbe can rellatloit nnd dismiss tho spectators, but Mr. Mil lervtibnuled and ready ltted in dire exigencies, would tiot agree. "Tbe (Jovernor hits forbidden Flckett to light Do nlto," he affirmed 'quit klj, but you have otber bulls Just as savage. Fickcit will meet any one of them you pick." A new license was In our hnnds beforo nonplussed Imnresitrliy and lU'csldoute could frame otlinr excuses, and while the well muauliur Aiuel'kiUI woill en1 complacently congratulnted tliemselves In their homes fur tbe cruel struggle vent on Oiiajrx, As a substitute bull rrlrJrrit Chlqulta (Llltlq Beans), fully wild, wary and wicked tt creature as Boulto, and awaiting his call to combat In F.1 Toieo stalls. Tho bull was bred on the famous Tepeyabmileo gnuiadei In.

II short, thick, powerful neck commended him to' tho experienced Impresario ecn jnoro forcibly than Itonlto, for it would be upon the neck and horns that Tlckett would exert his stiength to throw the beast If etor be succeeded In getting a bold. Bulls Exchanged. Meannblle an unfair advantage of us, was being taken In the arena. A twenty foot board wug ills played before, the gnre 6f the pattlsnn, xnrclators beating In Spanish this nnnonmcmeutj "Ily request llonlto Has been withdrawn and another 1'iiH substl The Imputation, of coiirae, tt tlrnt we hod made tbe request lu fear of Bonlto's The crowd howled Its rage and derision, which was little assuaged when we discovered the Imposition and posted a second bulletin with the emphatic declaration tbaf! by order of the authorities llonlto woutd hot appear, and ring Impresario had selected Frlloll Cblqulta as quite os worthy combatant. na nail planned to iiresent our regular circus, lour TlreTlje stieuKlU.

I1UW ililmsj tbe sk tm lw courage of tbe adored toreadors in comparison wh the exhibition belug given by this bated stranger from tho north! A shout of anger at tho ignominious eight swept through the seats and some one crted in Spanish. "Kemember BlemrnkU'a words, rickctt'a funeral will follow foolbardlncssr' Aud then pauds uonlum broke loose. l'ickctt was meanwhile giving continuous nl convincing demenstratlon that I''rUolI Cblqulta bad mot bis human match. Not only could tbe bull not toss or trample or otherwise harm, his antagonist, but the cowboy actually had the beast tottering on bli feet. The haughty, shaggy head was aslant under the i'oittt ctel'iud upuu the boms by the swinging mon.

The bold wna I'lckctt's favorite and nerer before had four footed creature lthstood it, Whether Trljoll Cblqulta would hae been added 'oT'anrlsTrjrtcrncrlni tif the OUftlionin man. ri.wcss Vlll ci er remain a moot question. chair cushion, thrown with accurate' aim and Judgment struck him full In tbe face. A great thorns of approval and a fusillade of the canvas missiles followed. I'lckett became quite as btiKy dodging the shower as saving Mtusclf fiom the bull's savage evolutions.

The Bomo one shied a stone, It hit tbe luckleis, be sclged man on the cheek and drew a stream of blood. It seemed then as If every person In the seats tiocame a participator In the ensuing shameful proceedings. Fruit, bottles, canes, and even opened knives fell upon thebralecowboy who was battling for his Jlfe, single handedwlth that Wood hungry bull. Not one Jeraon lu that great bostllo throng lifted band or voice In protest or defence. I am not exaggerating.

The arena was bedded with Weapons. The Sic lean Record, next day, published a photograph of the deadly litter, and even tbe instantaneous picture lq El Imparclul, tbe govern ment organ, plainly tho jmlsstlea on their course. You can Imagine the helpless wrath of us handful ol Americans. We appeajed frantically to the police. They 'laughed in our faces.

I'lckctt'cowboy friends pleaded with Mr. Miller for permlsston" td retallaU with American cartridges, but the rnnebnian forbade, He nnd the wiser bends knew one wholesale extermination would have followed. One hats were reeklnj bument as a pteiinlnary to the fight between luari and but tin renipndou and lenriv wonlil lint lin ro It so. They demanded tvtm fenoineuo' negro dc expectorations from the mouths, of the human OklabomaT Tbe mad lust for hull ttne blood and brutes over our beads above the barrier. Tlckett was The Bull Hesitated for One Providential Morhent It Saved Both Icn In that publication1 and In tu native pou Pickett Became Quite as Busy Bodging the Shower of Mts siies as Saving Himself from the Bull's Savage Evolutions "BILL" PICKETT Oklahoma" Half Breed Cowboy BY W.

C. THOMPSON. palmiest, 1910. br tb Ne ytirlt llei thl a. 'Alt iIrU frnrrei IT will come 'as a isurrirlse to the people of this country in Iraru thaf an AituMlrnii only man in (be history of bull Agisting who cer bat tint, bare handed and unaided, with Spanish bull; that tbo cnci'Uiifcr took plnOrsln foiu Ittentf flie Jiousand persons fn tbe JlexlOo City anna: llmt all he southern republics are mt 111 (INi'iisxinp thu jnprecedented event, and that llewi nnpers UbHshed pages In text.oml plttuiosi No sooner had Bill ticket, an Oklahomi Jialflirw! 'owboy, performed the tent nud t)(en drniged lo an My From a fusillade of mislles hurled ly Ihe 'eurugi'il llcxlcan onlookers thait eiej'y outlet ot.news was Jlosed.

ether by word if piouth, hy lelegrapli'imrhj nail was news permitted to be cnrrled outside of ilexlct that an American had ghrn a einonslr.il Ion nerve, courage, strength and daring that had lie Ifttled he boasted proweslt cirry professlonni toreador and that his achievement had nearly cost bliq his life at the hands of th rnoli But In fplte of all tbo prccuiiddin. bit lr bit, tbe itory has sifted lulo lore nnd there a 1lcl are or a hint of (be nmnfliiB tnhtt lu appeared, itut tbe full tale' In all Its ppleudld liorior nerer befoic haa been told exactly a Ii enrrr d'. The narrative Is true In all Us detiiU. If you seeK ot robnrntlon I romfnetul'th pages if El Impnrclar, EI Dlarlo, HI Tlcnipo, El Ieido or inly and all Mexican iiewspupcrs up to and iwliidliig December' tk, lWjn. After that dafo they gheno Inkling of the ctont that for days hadhoon ttietr 'conspirnoui sensntlnu, Or Inlerrognte (be bull Jlghf.

devotees eten as far north the Jnnrez or. Ijircdo arenas. They'll shake Ihclp Ists and blss tbelr abomlmtlnn of the name of Fickett and art (Ik; natliui.il shnme It rccalH. Question one of the forty IliotHaud American residents of tbu Cly of Mexltoandlhogh iiiiitia memoiyot It will momentarily subineige even tho oiuillprcVpt, all iiervndlng tlrcnd of a reVolutlii'ii and lis possible consequences to tbe And that's some emotion, fot I dou't belicVe Jefc's oucif idem Who has neglected aeerot arrangements for sale; and hurried fHght It the. dreaded clash of arms Is heard' Pickett U'a strapping tnwboy, whose mother was full blood Oliocta Indlnu and "mixture ot the hire, Indian and Africanraces.

Ho' commonly known In luo Southwest as "the dusky demon." On tho New Mexleo, Tea and Oklahoma ronches they ucur tiro of' tbe stories of Ids reckless daring with wild hoises mid cattle. N'ovor has Ji failed to: respond nitb grinning nlflcrlty (a the challenge of tbo rouijh nnd ready Westerner who Vowed he could never subdno this man killing horse of nrestlo and throw that murderous xter. Oneqi they pitted bliu at (bo Vnso fair against a furloas elk, with a trc nieildouslsweeir of snaggy, bladcd Iiorna and strons enough In )ts forefeet to ha killed blm wltU a single stroke, Flckett threw the on its back in less than ten minutes and emerged from the combat unscathed. Then the Southwest decided that tho four footed herbivorous beast who could bent tho piun )n aland" up right didn't cxNr, and It was with this conviction that w'c penetrated Mexico1, His Great Feat, ricketfa exhibition of 'daredcVlltry with the feut show that had inVadert Mexico consisted of a Bind scamper, a horse, lu chase of a Texas steer, a indtilr leap from the saddle of the galloping horse i the horns" of tb still Her Ing quarry and a struggle firt; surremacy'whfqli inevitably ended In1 the brerlurnlng of the steer, The feat (s not an uncommon ono at prairie gatherings, bnt tt waa ueir to (he Mexicans. It was the' Only Vmerlcan achievement they had ever seen that bad anylhingat all In common, even Tflgi.e.

ly, with tbelr own bHAied bull fighting, 'One afternoon the bull fighter? tyinie in a body to They laughed contcmptuoucfyi Joo Miller, one nf three brothers who Own the big 101 Itanch of Oklahoma, bnppened to ulso own half ef the show. Thnt night be was at the CnM Colon. the rsndezvoua of tho mill fighters, announcing lis prumlaptl, for human deaflt in the bull rng afford H' arena alhe. Kicry belief that for fun or money none of the fraternity, only hereditary tho yatrcna' of tbo "10 vi uui.fri wrui iuq ru'i Aenveniaa, ra.moua ror hi eye and stroke1, as cnnnlngly dexterous and deadly a ntatifW a. Spain or Mexico ever produced, accepted challenge.

He would be at the acene at ten o'clock the following; morning' and glv the boasting Americans a lesson In courage and skill as applied to the SUbtneatton of Ihe hOTln nU. Jiim in. seieci ins animal in nit ot ik. Correa, of the Mexican Herald. wi the Interpreter at should ntled.

ni. a tain thnt I'lckett would lone eourntfe at the last mo the interview, and the details were duly chronicled the black bull, who hadouce been loqse'd In IbeUaV who buttle, come to them through generations, vfnsrtipoi) theui. Soon tbelr attitudo became menacing and we desisted. A mob of twenty fire thousand frenzied, hostile Mexicans, many of them irresponsible peons, Is not force to wittingly antagonize. Wa retired behind Hit) barriers and tho "Gran Lueha Taurlna Huniaua" Was announced.

There is no doubt that Flckett had underestimated no longer on the offensive aud weakening fist It seemed Inevitable that hla funeral wonld take place In Maxim, after nil, as Blenvenlda had promised. Once his hold related the furious foe'would have hla Ot his mercy and gore him to death. The Solution. in nil that awful bedlam Joe Miller alone kept hit nits. lie realized that eooner'or later Flckett would next morning temporaries.

Well, Iflenvrnldit didn't, show up 2a word of ex puliation or apology came from blm Tw score ghrprs waited and wondered. We drapitclicd a lncsciigpr to his hotel, T'herb lolled Blenvenlda, and languidly egret fill that'he bid lircn forbidden hy (ho tuiIT ring adthorltlei uudec their contract with him from rlfcklng his valuable bones and body ouuide the national arena! If wti'donly been with this moral triumph fur we were convinced1 that Blenvenlda had deliberately show (i tho cn ward's white feather mid so publicly expressed our exultation he most exciting chapter In the hlslpry of (lie bull ring would never have' been written. But 'Joo Miller's glee knew no boiihdi and his Atneilfiinlsni was running' rnrnpan't. To 'tint Calf Colon he npd Sefilir Correa fiuirlod agnlri, nnd the diiuifoiiudod bull flghlers and their rfUerobled 'wor whippets hertid him propose' jnateliJjj.dUokctt, bate handed and unaided, against the most fcWbd hungry, limn haling, flghtlilg bull Ihe repullllc could provide. Incidentally, may mention (hat ho hadn't ecr consulted 'Ickett In the matter: The apparent fctticr.lnt'lro folly the proposition nud why to the.

Mexican uilud its execution meant the, speedy and sickening death of the luckless man nuiy not be olous to (lie American tmranilllar Hit the hull ring and its practices, I'll explain, lint see, Iii the combats as professionally provided for the entertainment of 'the public the bull fighter' relics upon quickness of eje and foot, lie evade Ihc wad ni Jies of bis nntagcmlst never grapples. The fight has been described as tragedy in three (icts The phhdoics, ruomllcd on woitbless, blind folded horses, first receive tho charges of the bull with lances. Whenever a horse Is wounded the rider beUkes blmsejf a ind when lthcr this happens or a picador Is. thrown iho'icbulos rush In and attract ibo animal', from his prey by'lheir red saving themselves, ir need be, by leaping over the palisade which encloses the areifn. Rousing the Bull.

When tho bull has been roused to frenzied fury by tho prodding tho r'cadorcs are replaced by the chuluH, who bring with them the darts wl(Kh they dilve Info the beast's shoulder. Then the ruqtndor entets to complete the tragic buhl nets, The bul) weak from loss of blood and be wlldcrerf, but JJexce nnd active. In his right ImH this iblef conibatnut holds a naked eWord; in hl.s left (he mulctn, a stick ith n' plei of scarlet silk! jg ifeiZB8sfl." If the ViaBMtejaWXy 7 Piiotograph Published in Mexican Record of Some of the Deadly' Litter Thrown at Pickett hiid, killed two men and half a dozen horses, nnd who had been spared the death Ibruntupoii the entreaties of the spectators. So uereo and strong bull, they cried, sbouldnot suffer an. Inglorious death.

The trlbuto was one paid not inoro thnnonce or twice before or since In the history pf Mexican bull lighting. Bonlto waa returned to the corrals, and (hero he remains to attached, As soon as the bull' eves catch the tnuleta this day, pawing tlio ground ceaselessly and hollow the awful danger of hla undertaking. Ills Uctorlea In the American Southwest had made him overconfident of his provVeox, lie bad never even seen PpnrilHli fighting Itull, I nm told, and In his. mind had likened the big bellowing monsters, quivering with life and strength and iage, unto the vicious Texas steers whl he had so often conquered. Frljnll Cbiqnitn's size and proiimues were as mucti tike tils bovlno be desperately wonnded by a missile and that his eud would iMmej Ith shuddering suddenness unless som succoring expedient was.

devised by his friends. Sum moulng Vcster I'cgg, ft cowboy, tbo ranchman commanded: "Strip off yur fed when rickctt drops, you leap Into the enclosure, wave your garment as close to the bull ai yott dare approach, and see If you can save your com indtt'B life!" Our watches' showed tlntt Flckett, perched pre tnrlously on the bull's head, had withstood tbe storm u( missiles for'exattly seven minutes and a Tialf when the drCadril moment came. A bottle hit him with a thud full In the side. He groaned iq sudden pnln, gasped for breath, cost a last Impairing, agonized look at us, bis long time friends, and loosed tho Iron clasp which bad detied thq fury tit as Acres and strong a bull as ever pawed the earth of El Torco. Trljoll Cblqulta, the Incarnation of brute ferocity, lelleved of tbe maddening burden, lowered his horns' for the death Flckett lay a limp and writhing form almost under the animal's liosu.

The Mexl cans yelled their Joy. Over the barrier at onq bound hurdled a half naked figure. The bull glimpsed It even more ouhklv thnn tho astonished and dismayed human audience, for the be rushes blindly at it, the matador dodges 'nimbly, dexterously plunges the sword Into the spine and the aiilnial drops dead at his feet, Tho bull fighters (bus, you will understand, per form their deadly work at distance from the four fouled foe. Never woutd tine of thrui.daro 'to even lay bands on a bull. They 'save their precious llveg by their remarkable agility In evading the, animal's furious assaults.

Moreover, tbe brandished clotn, the color of which Ibo bull has been taught from lu iancy detest, la tho target of attack, not the' man log his unabated longing to light and kill, This; Uien, waa tho lamblike creature selected1 to nro the American to death and fling the lifeless body triumphantly In tlio aif. A rare afternoon's cntertuln ment, Mexico City agreed, Blenvenlda accelerated public anticipation by publishing over his signature la Ihc newspapers "El cntlerro este Flckett Sera el brothers' as lidcat Is Uke'n chipmunk. And while belnK almost In Frljol! tbe cowboy was saddling bis horse and receiving front Jjhlqulina face, ester I'fgg was obeying orders In us worthless sinrirestlon as tn lm tnnilm. in despernto emergency with hazardous lmnlleltv l. fcr VlHll 1.

(.1 imu a uozen ui jtsreo vaquetoS were tormenting and moment wbctli. totturlng the bull In Hii effnit imu htm to to turn upon the Insolent newcomer or tn vent hi extreme pitch of man hating fury. ricaciis entrance into tbo enClosuro. received min gled hisses and cheers; then wild tumult of acclaim as a gate was thrown oren and KrIJoll Chlqulla dashed Upon tbe scene; sighted Flckett and made for him with me power ana spceu or luiinwny locomotive. The vengeance upon his helpless and fallen adversary, Short ns vvns the respite It aaved both men.

Flckett 7 "mlMn mnn's face blanched moiiieutailly: for the tlrst me be Is. "Flckett a funeral will, tnllaw il' fn.JhiLt,un.. fmi Mibi How much tffect the dire prediction Juid upon tho Miii.j' uemoii do gained rroni tne fact tlpit we fully realized tbe peril of bis position and the over nneiniiiiK imkis against turn lu a tight for life with this iKivlno deiiiou. But every nerve Was steady, everv the night before, tho baltle kept blm awake until dojhi'enfcr. hla reluctant steps tct the Hotel St.

Fronds, ami saw to It that lie was Hcuircly locked In a room for the night. Vast Throng Present. The largest crowd ever assembled in VI Toreo was there to view the speitacle. Figures showed ai at' tendance of more thnn twenty flva thousand persons. ana probatiiy not ono hoped or expected that Flckett Which would have slstiblo onslaught.

Nor less instenti, wo cirecteil "'u oirait, irarpen long, stern ho nourishes It andsrvHn ald. A bvit eio.n. persdaded him with dlfflcullr from allendlntr nthr l. T. XI cm wummate and cu hn.hr...i.:..

mffi. Mmiw.ihirre. I. ew not futlmatery famillhr with bovine hal.lta know this. To return (6 Miller and his cowboy, Flckett, the gay Mexican capital was Immediately agog with the slory cf (he audacious Challenge.

The bull, fighters laughed uproariously, phe Mexican newspapers and the Mexican public demanda that the. Americans make good, it I'lckett wanted io sacrifice himself jiptni the altar of American egoism let him do It. They would turn ont In force to witness the "fun." thet As for Flckett himself, no one was urging Mr, Miller more lgorously than he'to see (he, thing through, cnor nivero, Impresario of VI Torco, tho big new Isltor to. Mexico for Americans. Added to this rervndlng general, hostility was tho Knowietigo that I'lckett a successful accomplishment of bis hand to horn combat would shnroo tho efforts of every toreador.

We American circuit nentile. sev. rrnl hundred Strong, escorted Flckett to the bull ring. experience on the prairies to know the mood's and uurrn ui niiip as a snepneiM nog knows bis sheep. Never before had such a terrifying thing burled itself toward bpriidloy, but tbe of It dldu't bewilder J.Mh doU''! nn'l 'Iniplanted bis hind hoors with nil bis strength mil on the charging bull's side.

Back rushed tho bull, not at all disconcerted, and the attack was too suddenly jenewed for defence or eva jinn. The cruel, needle pointed Iiorna penetrated the helpless horse's shoulder. As they withdrew, blood covered, Flckett leaped between them to the bull's head and ebsped his arms around the neck. iJJ! moment that had' drawn twentj flve thousand Mexicans to EI Toreo (hat after IbP wonderfully lltae and sgllo American might, perhaps, securo a hold i it laFJ "cciarett, coiHd be main staggered to his feet, scrambled croffirllir in i i ciidw and our butstrctched hands dragged him to safety, Fegg retreated precipitately and beat the bull to succor by a foot. Frljoll Cblqulta, doubly robbed of prey, bellowed his Impotent ruge and hatred to an Ko ended the only struggle of Its kind that ever has or probably ever will take place.

Tho tumult over tho unexpected deliverance course, Wa took refuge behind Iron gates one turner of El Toreo Juidrctnnlned concealed for two hours. The Governor then sent two hundred mounted soldiers to the scene. They dispersed tbe more violent of the Spectators who remained, threatening our safety and escorted us buck to our tents. There were small demonstrations ngnlnst us thnt nlgbt at our quarters on the I nson de la Heforma, but In twenty four hours the hotheads had cooled. The feeling against Plclfctt personally remained bitter, and he did bo again make public appeaiance.

We folded bur tents and left for America three dais ntcr. Mr, Miller publicly offered iounr to any toreador who" would dare try to duplicate Flckett's ex. plolt. A great silence fell upon the fellows of the croft, one aiid all. All Mexico, we had the patriot satisfaction of contemplating, could not put forward Flckett has aln'nva Iiave ctmqueretl Frljoll Cblonlta had ho iL b.

faod tbe encounter there, and Mr. Miller delegated dente, received us. w.lt, were obviously apprvben be a matter of second as ho effnct' PrleDce, Vhe 7hl bo'ght blm. to. select tb aalmal against which the cowboy sfterward that they bad felt ter lmiisteT Prostrto wrlnn V'ht miles fron I Chwdfer It looked to rue ns If everv man.

wnnmn was hlji or her feet, straining for a clear view of the mwsome spectacle tbe Mexican mind had fondly plr Oklahoma, where be still remains war horse Spradley, a great senr on his shoulder tba only reminder of bis Mexican, adventure,.