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Show Bull Fighters Superstitious Reports from Spain tell of a campaign cam-paign against bull-fighting but with little evidence of success. The sport holds a big place in the lives of most Latin peoples, although citizens of other countries fail to get the same thrill. Every once in a while a bull unexpectedly un-expectedly wins a fight. Recently, In less than a month, following the goring of a famous fighter who mis-Judged mis-Judged a charge, five toreadors and two spectators have been killed. A strange coincidence is that the famous fa-mous Me.iias. after a series of bad omens, protested vigercusly against carrying out his appearance In the ring in which he was subsequently killed. This superstition strikes us as strange but it is said to be quit? common among the fighters. The story goes on to say that El Gallo, one tof ( the most popular) fighters in Spain, thinks nothing of quitting a fight if he concludes that the bull opposite him has "an ev:l eye." On several occasions he has dropped his sword in flight and jumped over the barrier to safety. At other times, he has trembled and given every evidence of fear, but without drawing any jrsor abuse frcm the spectators who like bull -fighting and admit that few can perform better than El Gallo in form. |
