Gore: The Brutal History of Bullfighting
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The First Stage of a Bullfight Is the Act of the Spears
The act of the spears is also, historically, the goriest stage of a bull fight. A madrid newspaper recorded horse deaths in the bull ring over a five year period from 17 90 to 17 95. In 18 69, a bull called soberbio killed 12 horses in a single day at palma de majorca. That same year, a bull named gordita, awesome name, killed 21 horses. And then the second act begins, the suerte de bandaries, or the stage of the bandaries. No american loved bull fighting quite as fiercely as ernest himinway, but the first time he saw the act of the banaries, it turned
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