The Graphic. August 6th 1904.

The much advertised bull-and-tiger fight at San Sebastian ended in a complete fiasco. Ten thousand persons paid for admission, and so great was the demand for seats, that for days before the fight £1 was being offered for the cheapest seats in the ring. The animals were brought together in a large cage. At first they refused to engage in combat until the bull, goaded on by the attendants, charged the tiger. Then came a lull in the fight, and rockets were let off in the cage to excite the beasts. The bull charged again and forced his dispirited antagonist out of the cage. Amid the panic that ensued among the spectators the soldiers present open fire on the tiger, shooting the unhappy animal dead and also wounding several members of the audience, including the Marquis Pidal, Vice-President of the Spanish Senate, and the Marquis Urquijo.

Now that’s entertainment! You don’t see that on the X Factor. 

I wonder if they did a risk assessment?