WOMAN BULL-FIGHTERS
HONOUR FOR TWO SISTERS. Women bull-fighters have commenced to invade the ring in Spain in view of the success of Juanita Cruz who last year fought in more than fifty rings. One of the newcomers, Beatrix Santnllano fights on horseback, in the Portuguese style, a. difficult feat in svhipli she has had considerable success. Two sisters, Amalia and Enriqueta Palmeno, have won applause, and in a recent fight in Seville—the home of hull-fighting—wore each awarded an ear from the bulls they had killed,
which is one of the highest honours conceded in the ring. The highest honour, it may he added is the tail. When the. president of the fight orders a tail to he cut off and given to the torero then the latter lias achieved the height of ambition. Apart from the more serious aspirants to bull-fighting fame who are mentioned above there are dozens of senoritas who have commenced to take part in the very unpleasant spectacles known as “comic bullfights” in .which it is not unusual to see incompetent amateurs stabbing for ten. or fifteen minutes at a yearling bull in an attempt to kill it.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 300, 2 October 1935, Page 8
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