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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1955.
SAND AND BLOOD
The message in the leares
was quite clear. A matador would be injured... did this story really happen? Tomorrow the answer will be published.
I
HAD. flown out to Gibraltar to lecture to units of the garrison. On arrival 1 arranged details with the Education Officer, Captain Sullivan, an Irishman.
"""And for relaxation, there's a bullfight nt La Linea on Sunday," he said. "That is, if you like bullfights."
"I do not like bullfights,
modernised und
even in their
restricted form. But I co enjoy the study of crowds
The
in any country. Hence I always go to the arena when in Spain."
де advertised
L Linea The curridas promised interem for they included a "local boy inakes good" element. A mau from La Linea had achieved national fame as a matador, and was now returning to his home town. crowd renctions should be worthy of study,
When I fold It was arranged that I should telling, and so on.
they lunch on the Sunday at Sull! them about my mother
dat. He had good were very interested, and at last
and two
I persuaded her to show them Looking Welsh
wife's how to tell fortunes by lea lively children.
leaves. So that there could be also there, on a mother WON
told no danger of upset, she an vlalt and she herself
"Yea?" pleasing mine." interesting study in a
old lady abroad for the first tour, straight from her
valley, Weish
down Gilt Gibraltar-and neither the Rock nor Spain interested her at all! She devoted all her attention to her grandchildren,
voinin
loved her.
wife
an
A reputation
I had assumed
to
They
that MIA
Sullivan was coming with us to La Linea, since such a devoted baby sitter was available.
"No."
she said, as we prepared "was coming
for the journey.
-I don't like the bulls, but the
And
toreadors Ihrlil me.
And she told me that I would see u matnder gored by a bult I couldn't stand that, so I'm not going."
Intrigued, I beguiled Mrs Eres away from her grand- children for a few minutes. 1 wanted to get one point clear.
"It is a matador wite is to be gored by the bull?" I askerl.
"Yes,
"You know what a matador ?"
Again, courage was the key to the moment. Men almost flung themselves on the bull as the groaning matador was carried off.
"I gather that the matador is to be wounded, not killed?" I suggested,
Mrs. "I'm
DID
The Oh, no
lenves were quite clear he won't die."
the last AI
10102 moment grabbed her hat. Sullivan coming." she announced, "You're right this ten leaves business is Bike caineidence, or something
anything. that. it in't mean How could It I'm coming."
"Yes. A bullfighter." "But what surfleular kind of picadors bullagher?"
All the same
pageantry
of grace
the
But some-
thing happened."
But
"What?"
A thrill
entered
IT HAPPEN
There was a ripple of excite ment through the crowd. Such Intrusions are not unknown. A
ambi youth with bullfighting
ions will take such a risk-will
with his play the buli until attendants take him away.
he has shown skill and cour
matador may offer him e age a post as a sort of apprentice In his entourage.
But this young man was un- ile turned me lucky and clumsy.
away from the bull's onrush too
We got seals on the shady side of the arena, and the series of six bullfights began. The first started with a thrill. The two on their
and the heavily-padded horses.
the black bull charged one of them furlousty. He got his great horns under the horse's belly the pudding prevented injury, but the bull lifted the horse of did not 18
the feel, and unscuted the old Indy know. Matados, picadors, ban- plendor. "Well I don't know if you derlijos to her they were
of thing,
Just bullfighters she had no believe in this kind
valley in
Walen idea of their respective fune- mother used to have a reputations. As she said, they weren't tlon as a wise woman. Among
O very interested in such other things, she used furtunes, using tea leaves. some years ago there was a turbing incident-she foretold a donth.
and it happened.
but in
our
was so upset that she
ever
to
tell in her Welsh volley. But
is-
by
She refused
read the tea leaves
again. You probably think that
the whole idea is
rubbish?"
Mrs
I have the traditional English distrust of anything I cannot explain.
case Bul the Sullivan mentioned could have been sheer coincidence.
'My fortune'
"Oh, I don't think that's the explanation," she said. "Mother was right far too often to dis- miss the results as coincidences. Anyway, one evening last week two Indian friends called in. The conversation get round to mugle, the psychic, prophecy,
"This
fortune-
Bernard
Newman
next night rushed in to the fallen pleador's aid. The furious bull was flashing his home in savage swoope, but men literally
him away
the from my The beast twisted turned with amazing agility, ankk Intent cx dealing cut death, but the volunteers never faltered, Cleverly they enticod the meddoned bull away,
Then, above the excited shouts of the crowd, I heard a sharp cry. A man fell-and a rivulet of blood appeared in the murid.
Must go on
Mrs Sullivad turned to 'white-faced. "It's a
mc,
matadorpi
to
She was right, The injured man was the local matador, who had rushed into the arena help. The bull's horns had ripped opon his groin an ugly wound,
Again courage was the key to the moment. Men almost flung themselves oni the buli 15 attendants carried off the groan- Ing matador. The attention of the crowd was soon diverted... the show must go on, But we were deep in uneasy thought.
"But how do explain 17"
you Mrs Sullivan demanded,
T
A
1 could 1201. Coincidence could not explain the old Indy's insistence, that only matador would be injured--though she did not know what n matador wast
On the sand
to talk
Two days later I went with a local newspaper man to see the in hospital, injured matador
is wound must have been painful, but he began about his disappointing display in his own fight.
"The cloak
worn ever fought!" "And In my he said bitterly. home town."
"Maybe that was the explana-
"It is easy tin," I suggested. to get nervous before your own people."
Yes. But there was some thing wrong with me. Usually I
But "It's all right" I said. "It's late, and was knocked sprawling am absolutely confident, things
Into the sand. The beast turned my concentration went wrong--| the matador we have to watch."
maul him, its great horns and in my profession concentra- Attendants
the to picked
lowerest. an.d
tion is first and last. I allowed heavily-armoured picador
little thing planted him on his horse, up-
attenticru The fight parently unharmed.
con-
BERNARD NEWMAN talks and writes with equal agility. As
a facture he has toured Europe, Asia and North Americo. As on author he has written about place as far apart as Moscow and Morocco, with espionage his favourite subject.
Newman is married, has three doughters, and lives at Horrow- on-the-Hill, At 58 he works off surplus energy by walking and cycling.
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"The "amili kažist with the big dinet
HAYER
Mrs Sullivan turned to anxiously.
עית
went on to its inevitable
A tox
"Oh!" cried Mrs Sullivar "It's all right."
"But he's the matador-in a
No.
clusion. That LA an English way!"
Ile's only an aspirant. objection to bullfighting. does stand a chance of escape. And he's only got to lie alose to but the bull always dies. True, the ground-he won't be, hurt." Now banderillos were waving to entice the buil their cloaks
The away.
youth, unhurt, scrambled to
and Iris feet returned to the barricade.
In The
If he fights bravely he gets a big round of applause as he is dragged out of the sanded ring
but he can't hear it!
third fight featured the local man. He got a tremendotia know the reception, but Spanish crowd. The most popu- lar matador can be booed If he fails to produce his best.
was
Thrown down
a
Lo distret
"What was it?"
my
"Well, as I eyed the bull for his first charge, I saw a leaves on the sand."
Quite clear!
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French Premier M. Eden, and Marshal Eder Feige has sent his Reiganin.
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FOR THE WATER JUGS?"
London Express Service
Nathaniel Gubbins
As
S this is the only column in the world read by animals
I hope my dog readers will pay special attention today.
Up till now the reign of the has been unchallenged. doggle Gradually they have
weather. The girls I took on expected.. the river, for instance.
Possibly they were not reclin- ing on the cushions in the punt under big sun hats. Why should
Lottle the (bandillero) usurped they want eun hats if there was
human rights
and taken over
human
acilities,
"What
to
trailed in the
their tiny
才
It
from of the cloak
Instead of crawling on the ceiling, where it would it settled on have been safe,
the the window-pane above
and made its doom sideboard, certain.
Devil no sunshine?
Cat wanted to use her claws as darts to weaken the victim, but Possibly they never
would have the best their small pale bands They have booked
matador Gubbins "Leaves!" I
seals in crowded trains. They water.
none of that unsporting stuff, kind of leaves?"
have learned how
tell the to
He approached the bluebottle, "Olives, I thrilk.
Possibly I suppose time. One dog has used a tole-
hands cloak in left hand, paper sword they'd blown in But it was phone,
Another has laughed at would have been frozen in the in right hand. The idea was to the glass with my own fault--I shouldn't have Jokes. There was also a speak cold river, if there had been trap it against noticed them. But I did. And Ing dog who was supposed any river, or if there had been the cloak and give it a quick,
deathstroke as clean that gave me a bad start.” have said "I want more," when any girls. Yes, or any me.
But the We asked about his wound. his dinner plate was empty. When once your memory has struggled underneath.
buzzed away "The doctor won't tell me Dogs are taking over police been proved wrong
you begin bluebottle.
the Arst flourish to such an extent that to doubt everything. he complained; then, duties much."
During the last wor there and dodged Then the suddenly and imploringly, "I'm a super-intelligent Alsation will
from the sword. to the not going to die, am 17
soon be an inspector and prob- was a hermit in America-un- "Oh no!" I assured him con-ably head of the C.ID.
les my memory has gone hay- Devil Cat became Lottie Fon- The dently.
"You're cot going to
One of my nightmares is that wire again-who refused to be-
The Leve in existence any- teyn the ballet dancer. and de-I have that on the best dogs will one day represent us
for the sideboard as a stape in Parliament.. The first step body. Including Hitler, though authority. Tho leaves Were quite clearl"
towards this has already been he might have found it easier if her hind legs, she danced back- takken.
A dog opened a fete, he had been in England during wards, forwards and sideways shook paws all round and bark-
as her front pains flashed on air raid. ed a welcome to local digni→
on the He told reporters that every - the clusive bluebottle taries,
body and everything existed window-pane. It was certainly It was obviously intended as
only in our imagination. He had poetry of movement and, with a speech and might have been long ago given up believing in her tail fluffed out in a grace- quite as Intelligible по those his own existence and, after a
ful curve behind, a pretty sight made by lesser M.P.s when they few shots of rye whisky, in-
to watch. formed the delighted reporters open dates.
that they were nothing but lot of bad dreams.
This was the unhappy fate of This bull was ogile indeed, He the gaily-apparelled man. He galloped from side to side of the could do nothing right. Once he arend in the preliminary bailing, slipped as the bull whs passing not reallsing that its Intention his waving cloak. and I heard
to tire him. Mrs Sullivan catch her breath. er
picadors entered, close Then he hopelessly bungled his barricade. One took up his kill. He made several thrusts with swords, but the bull stood position just beneath us.
bull saw him, snorted, ponting after its vain charges. Eventually it had to be des charged. patched by the dagger of the veterinary attendant.
Unlucky
This is almost the deepest disgrace a matador can
suffer, The local man retired, visibly disconsolate. However, later he would have a second fight in which he might retrieve
his
r
23
17
repulation.
Now
of came a diversión different kind. As the fourth bull stamped into the arena youth jumped
over the sur rounding barricade. He carried a crude red clook, and waved it vigorously.
wai
on unlucky day for pleadors. Long before the man could use his stout pike the bull's horns had toppled his mount over and thrown him headlong to the ground. I think be must have sustained soane for he failed to concussion,
the bull was a move-and Bighting mood.
Now bullfighting arouses fierce rgument about cruelty; nor is this countered by the grace and ef the tcreadors. But mo agility cné could ever doubt the courage who adopt this of the men
their dangerous profession; or devotion to their friends.
Our corner of the arena was suddenly a blaze of colour, as all the principals waiting for the
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It was then that Lottle the
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But, after all, it is the mata- dor's job to make the kill. So Lottie was brushed aside before she was injured by the whirl- ing paper sword, and the blue-
This was bottle was struck a mortal blow. the moment of truth.
This was death in the
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THOSE who enjoy bull-fight- fight and ate the victim whela BARK
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A Mohammedan husband has was only to say "Talak" (meaning three times to his plendor and wife and a romance which started to bravely and so hope- The matador (me) was arm, fully is over..
lor. She won't mind cating truth when I killed my first biscuits and gravy on the floor bluebottle this summer. for a while, If it leads to
The bull-ring was the dining room
one hot afternoon Jast wedding bells,
Even I might get the job of week. The only spectator of brandy round its neck. would also do it for nothing, bandillero. the price of brandy being what it is.
the St. Bernard with a barrel Lottle the Devil Cat, who also "Got out)
I wanted to
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Though it may S
one of those its excoation, umware of the be a precaution against a word As I have been
bis saying over and over again matador with
of cloak-poken in the hebt the that. English
diah were red chequered
cloth- moment. Or it may be intended longer and hotter. when I was and his påper sword, or the to give a third chance to wives
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