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Great cheers greeted him; and all around the ring Cogan could hear the residents from the high one in the box with the American admirals, from the President down, explaining that this was their famous mounted capeador, Juan Roca, and to have an eye out for Juan's unparalleled skill and his bravery and did they notice that Juan wore no iron, nor even leather protection to his legs?
Once he put his head down he had eyes only for the red cape, and so long as the capeador handled his cape and himself with speed and skill, and no accident happened, he might count on getting safe away. "Cogan only tried to repeat in the ring this day what he had been doing for weeks in practice.
But the señora, Mr. Cogan, takes occasion to point the finger at me. "There is your mounted capeador, your brave toreador," she says to Luis, "and they are all alike." But Torellas is not so. My heart withers for him. You must understand, señor' Juan turned anew to Cogan 'that Torellas is as my own son. He tells me all.
"Don't worry," said the bartender. "We're all awake and alive. And you bet it's great to be alive again! Ain't it," he turned to the Finn woman, "you mother of eight?" The Finn woman made no answer. She was nursing her baby. Cogan Capeador
He had a brother Juan, who was a famous mounted capeador, he said that's the man who sits with a red cloak on a horse in the first part of the bull fight and Cogan could see that he was very proud of him.
He inquired further of Ferrero, who in the ring was a banderillo that is, one of the people who stick the decorated stakes in the bull's neck possibly Señor Ferrero knew of a mounted capeador by the name of Juan Roca. "'Juan? Who does not? Yes, sir.
And again that fine band arose to play the 'Star-Spangled Banner, but this time our brave blue-jackets also arose, four thousand strong, in the beautiful muster white suits, and yelled as one 'Oh, cut it out, cut out any more music and bring on the bull. And they brought on the bull. "But first a bugle call rang out, and into the ring came the mounted capeador.
And then they brought in another and placed the two side by side, and Cogan jumped over the pair of them, at which they all shouted 'Bueno, bueno, Americano! and Ferrero slapped him on the back and told him he must stay with them and practice bull-fighting. "Cogan had another question. Was not the mounted capeador Juan Roca a brother of Luis Roca, the hat dealer?
Very much, sir, and went on to tell Cogan that Juan, the best mounted capeador in all South America, was that very morning breaking in a new horse on the ranch of Don Vicente Guillen outside the city. "Ferrero was a most friendly person, and invited Cogan to eat with him, and Cogan went.
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