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218 218 RULES OF THE TOU&NAMENT. forming i^e first horseman to the right to make the first selection to constitute the troop on one side, then the drawing is to continue until the other red grain is reached, the contestant procuring same hav- ing the right to designate who shall make up the sec- ond company. Then the Holy Father, to make the matter comprehensive to the young girl, teUs Ysopete to explain her duties, and also to announce to the spectators the equality with which every man is to be treated. The first red grain that comes out is for Private TruzHlo, the other f eU to the lot of Sergeant Maldonado. Now the selections are in order: Private TruxUlo chooses the general, the sergeant points to Lieutenant Perez, and thus the selecting continues until the party is equally divided. Then according to the rules of the tournament (which were much more technical than the Marquis of Queensbury rules governing prize fights, or the French code of dueling) the Herald announces the manner in which the com- bat is to be conducted, as follows: The first thing to do is to draw lots for place, which is done by the pri- vate ajid sergeant. Private Truxillo selects the west, which gives his troop the advantage of having their backs to the sun; then the herald orders the company of the private, which has in it Coronado, to proceed toward the west about half a mUe, where stakes are driven in the ground to designate their alignment, the'btfi'efs ^re {■o'g6'"toWatds the east, making the party about a mile distant from each other; so they will have to ride about half a mile before coming in contact, and he further instructs that v/hen each party reaches the rendezvous they shall have their horses'