The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-02

be tardy.
Prices range from 2:50 to II
pesos, or $3.50, with boxes listed al
80 and 100 pesos. But scalpers have
all the better tickets. You pay three
to four times the box office figure
1t was no more difficult to obtain
ducat to the record-breaking World
Series of last fall.
CHILDREN ATTEND TOREO
There Is as much excitement and
color outside the arena as In It,
Streets are blocked by stands where
women serve tacos and other highly
favored food to thousands.
Bullfighters in their bright-col-
ored silk suits line up to greet cell
ebrities and admirers at the main
gate.
The arena is four tiered circular
, structure accommodating $4,000;
but this day almost twice that many
jam 1t from guard rails, aisles and
stairs to the narrow roof skirting the
place. Plainly the bullfight appeals
to all. You see children barely out
Of arms.
A band plays Spanish music
Addicts on the sunny side toss
hats as entertainment. Suddenly
you hear an understandable cry. The
band is playing ia Macarena,"
Spanish closely related to the ma
tional pastime. The aguacil rides in
to the circle as the clock ctrikes 4
preceding the fighters at the head
of their cuadrillas.
Toreros put the bull In position
after he chases all hands to cover
for q spell. Fighters work on him
with capes. A picador on a padded
and blind folded horse plunges the
plea, a long wooden rod tipped with
sharp steel, into his nevk. Banderil-
leros stick 18-inch darts into his
neck. Then the matador, usually as
sisted by flag-waving toreros, takes
over.
Style, technique and execution are
important throughout auromaquia,
or bull combat, of course. The idea Is
for the fighter to stand still and
make the bull miss by as narrow a
margin as possible. When he does
this cleverly the crowd shouts, "Olel
Ole!"
MATADOR A BALL PLAYER
If the matador does a neat job Of
killing the bull with one clean thrust
of the sword between the shoulders
and to the heart, hats are thrown In
to the Enclosure, handkerchiefs wave,
and the spectators demand that he
be given the ears and tail of the bull
as trophies.
A matador gets five stabs at q bull
and Is in disgrace II the animal
leaves the arena under his own
steam. Naturally, a bull winning this
dubious honor Is so badly wounded
that he has to be disposed Of, any
way. Bulls are butchered on the
premises.
Fermin Espinosa, known as ARM
illita" after famous Spanish mat
ador of many years ago, Is Mexico's
most celebrated bull-fighter, and
some Of the worlds best now per-
form south of the border. A resident
of Saltillo, the capital Of Coahuila,
Espinosa, 80, Is reputed to be worth
$1,000 gets $4,000 pesos a perform
ance, breeds fighting bulls, pitches
for mad backs an amateur baseball
team.
FELT SORRY FOR BULL
Lorenzo (The Magnificent) CARA,
also 80, of Monterrey, rates next to
"Armillita," has fought In Spain.
Silverio Perez Is an idol of Mexicans.
Luis Castro, "El Solado," is q crack
and wealthy performer who plays
second base for a ball club. Carlos
Arruza, Ricardo Torres, Jesus Guer-
ra, David Liceaga, Manuel Cutter
req, Alfonso Ramirez and Chato
Mora are stars. Luis Briones, "A, is
one of the newer and more brillinat
prospects.
There are three or four woman
bullfighters In Mexico, but Conchita