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Updated: June 11, 2025
It is idle to compare them with bull-fighting; the torture and death of the wretched horses in bull-fighting is enough of itself to blast the sport, no matter how great the skill and prowess shown by the bull-fighters. Any sport in which the death and torture of animals is made to furnish pleasure to the spectators is debasing.
"It was now high noon, and warm enough in the sunny streets outside, but in the patio it was cool, with a breeze from the Pacific, and after lunch the bull-fighters sat around there and smoked cigarettes and played stringed instruments, all but a few wild ones who went leaping and springing about the garden walks.
None are more liberal to the funds of these voluntary charities than the bull-fighters, who, if they make large fortunes, never forget the class from which they sprang, and are most generous in their donations. When occasion demands an extra effort, a fiesta is given at the Plaza de Toros, and the whole of the profits go to the charity for which it has been held.
And all dressed up he was a great swell. As he passed out those in his way skipped to one side, while those in the corners ran forward to catch his eye and smile at him. 'Torellas, Torellas, Cogan heard again and again in the most admiring and affectionate tones. "After he had gone out the door, Cogan asked one of the bull-fighters who he was.
A propos of bull-fighters: Shortly after my arrival, I one day entered a low tavern in a neighbourhood notorious for robbery and murder, and in which for the last two hours I had been wandering on a voyage of discovery. I was fatigued, and required refreshment. I found the place thronged with people, who had all the appearance of ruffians.
He should be keeled no other way. No. And in the ring there was always a hope to make man pay but in a slaughter-house p-ff-f. And some day, my friend, the bull will obtain his revenge. Have no doubt of it. Bull-fighters die one way all matadors surely. Let them attend to it long enough and no fear some day the bull shall get heem. View Torellas now.
Branch was unwontedly meek. He acknowledged his total inexperience, and begged his friends, almost politely, to call for a substitute. Judson explained, gravely, "These Cubans don't know any more about cows than you do." O'Reilly agreed, "They're good bull-fighters, but they can't milk." Leslie eyed the speakers, white with rage; he was trembling. "You think you're damned funny, don't you?
"It can never be known what they will do next. They are wise. They are half cow. The bull-fighters never like them. See! He has turned!" Once again, baffled and made angry by the walls of the ring that would not let him out, the bull was attacking his enemies valiantly. "His tongue is hanging out," said John Harned. "First, they fill him with water.
"But the bull-fighters in the ring did not believe that all was well. 'Torellas! Oh, Torellas! they were saying, and some were shedding tears, as they carried him to the dressing-room. Torellas was now conscious. He smiled at Ferrero, and he was smiling while they were undressing him, and he took Cogan's hand and held it while the others were telling him how it was.
'And a humane one, he added, with a bow and a smile. I bade him good-morning. If all Andalusians are potential gaol-birds they are also potential bull-fighters. It is impossible for foreigners to realise how firmly the love of that pastime is engrained in all classes.
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