Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — Saw A Real Bull Fight In Mexico. [ARTICLE]

Saw A Real Bull Fight In Mexico.

Elmer Gwin returned last week from his trip to Pharr, Tex., and reports there very prosperous.. The parties who accompanied him on the trip remained for awhile longer. While there Elmer went across the Rio Grande and saw a genmine bull fight at Matamoros, Mexico. Six bulls and seven horses were killed, while one of the matadors was sent to the hospital. It was pronounced an extra good “fight.” There were about seven thousand people who witnessed it. The tickets run in price from $1.50 up to about SB, depending on location and elegance of seats. The $1.50 seats were “bleachers.” Elmer paid $3 for his ticket and got his money’s worth of curiosity. Several men and women in the audience could not stand the sight of so much blood and had to be assisted from the amphitheater. It is a cruel and barbarous sport, and Elmer says he doesn’t care to see another one. He brought home with him several postcard photos of scenes about Pharr, which section his land company is exploiting.