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Show FAMOUS TOREADOR WILL LEAVE ARENA froatest Bull Fighter In Spain Yields to Matrimony, la Beport, MADRID, Oct. 4. Bomblta, the most famous toreador In Spain, has announced his rotlremont from the bull ring. He will kill Ills last bull October 19, for tho benefit of tho Bull Fighters pawnshop, an Institution of which ho is tho founder. Bomblta mado his own fortune, estimated at $000,000, entirely from the ring and has (besides given away great sumo in benovo-lcncoK. benovo-lcncoK. , Bomblta's real name Is Rlcardo Torres. Hn was a typenotter as a youth, but soon loft this calling to follow his two elder brothers Into the arena. Fow toreadors have aoaulred such a great repxitation as Bomblta. His popularity in Spain is universal. uni-versal. Ho Is chiefly famous for tho grace of his thrusl and for a reckless courage in giving the hull a chance. Ho has boon gored thirty-eight tlmoH. and It hns been pooslblo for him to save himself by his acrobatic skill even when on the horns of tho bull, His smllo Is known from the boulevards of Paris to tho Puerto del Sol. and la one of tho tilings about him most often talked of. During his most reckless feats Bomblta smilcH. Tho reason for Bomblta's retirement aro not known. Some of his friends aver that ho is giving up his career for tho sake of a young girl of Barcelona whom he is about to marry. . , Bomblta's departuro from the ring coincides coin-cides with thn return to It of another famous fa-mous toreador, Mnzz&ntlnl, who gave up Mie calling for politics eight years ago. During theso eight ycarH Mazzantlnl has heen a municipal councilor of Madrid, assistant as-sistant deputy mayor of Madrid and a gonral councilor. Ho recently ran for narllamoiit and just failed of election. Ho hTs suddenly felt tho call of his former profession and Intonda to return to It. |