Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1911 — FIRM GRIP OF BULL-FIGHTING [ARTICLE]

FIRM GRIP OF BULL-FIGHTING

J “Sport” Continues to Amuse People of Southern France, Despite Efforts of Officials. Paris. —The extent to which the practice or “sport” of bull-flghttogi still exists to the south of Frauoe,i despite all the efforts of the authorl-t ties to stamp it out, is Utle known bjH the rest of the world. A meeting wan recently held at Beziers of those Inter- 1 ested in the spectacles and a protest! drawn up against the bill of the mtois-i ter of justice which provides for the! punishment by fine and imprisonment! of those connected with bull fights. It developed at this meeting thatj there are 27 associations for the pro-! motion of bull-fighttog to the south of France, with a total membership of 24,000. According to the protest the hill would interfere with the fa! vorite pastime of these and many more people, would be a check to the liberties of the south and would bd against the interests of the country! Nevertheless there is an excellent chance of the bill becoming law.