BULLFIGHTING IN SPAIN
ATTACK ON “BRUTAL SPORT”
Frank criticism of the bullfight is seen so rarely in the Madrid Press — exception must be made of El Sol and El Socialista, which refuse even to report this “sport”—that many were surprised to see an article published in the Conservative “A.8.C.” owned by the Marquis Luca de Tena, an ardent supporter of bullfighting, in which it was said: “When shall we terminate this cruel and brutal sport?” The article was written by Senor Fernandez Flores, one of Spain’s bestknown writers, who was a great friend of the bullfighter Ignacio - Sanchez Mejias, who was recently killed. Senor Fernandez Flores drew attention to a recent bullfight in Corunna, at which a spectator was killed by a sword knocked out of the ring. The public, he said, showed complete indifference to the fact that a human life had been lost and, the bullfight was not even stopped.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 10
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152BULLFIGHTING IN SPAIN Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 10
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