The horns of the bull are sawed off, so that he cannot gore, and spears are not allowed of more than a certain length, so that the bull cannot be killed by a direct blow; but, in my opinion, it would be really better for effect upon moral character that a bullfight should be, as it once was, a battle for life between man and beast, for then it was an exhibition of skill and daring, around which were sometimes thrown the graces of chivalry.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
To see a Britisher scalp a Britisher is equal to a bullfight, anytime.
"The Attache or, Sam Slick in England, Complete"
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
"I jumped into the field with them, chasing them with my biograph, getting a series of moving pictures of that bullfight which was sure the real thing.
"The Last of the Plainsmen"
Zane Grey