The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pasttimes 1896-01: Vol 2 Iss 6 (1896)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 70
he box, the espada makes a set speech by which he dedicates the bull to the various personages present, beginning with the President and finishing with the audience generally. This final dedication is accompanied by a sort of swinging circular bow, by which all the spectators are saluted with one… … I once saw the effect of this impassioned dedicatory speech sadly spoiled by the bull, who evidently took offence at the espada’s swagger, and proceeded to chase him away in the middle of his eloquence, just as he had assumed his pet position. These bull-fighters are a type as distinct in their way…
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