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9 comments:
HIYA WADE!
Thank you for the posting!
The first bull that I jumped over was in your home territory.
It was in New Town,North Dakota,near Minot. The bull was Fettig Bros.,#8, Wooly Willy. He was a Charbray, cross between Charolais and Brahma, as you know.
Your posting photo was taken in Ft.Smith,Ark., Homer Todd's bull, #56. I repeated the jump the following week in Oklahoma City,OK.
As a youngster, I found "Manolete" to be fascinating. I am sure that to this day, he is remembered by many of the Mexican Corrida de Toros fans.
Vaya con Dios,mi amigo et gracias!
http://www.lasrocosa.com/greasepaintmatadors.html
Skipper Voss made a career jumpin'
'em lengh-wise.
Mr.West,
In an attempt to be modest,I kept my horn blowing to a minimum,because my photo spoke for itself.
But if you want to compare statistics,bring it on.
I worked for practically every RCA, (before PRCA,) stock contractor in the country.
Most of the bulls back then were purebred high horned Brahmas, not the cross breds of today.
Depending on the bull, I either leaped frog over them LENGTHWISE or jumped over them LENGTHWISE.
Furthermore, I did it throughout my career.
Frank,
I am familiar with the Fettig Bros. stock, and it was indeed fine.
You can bet fan's still remember Manuel Laureano RodrÃguez Sánchez (4 July 1917 – 28 August 1947), better known as Manolete. For folks that may wonder why "the sad faced matador" is still remembered today, here is a short bio:
Manolete rose to prominence shortly after the Spanish Civil War and is considered by some to be the greatest bullfighter of all time. His style was sober and serious, with few concessions to the gallery, and he excelled at the "suerte de matar" or the kill. Manolete's contribution to bullfighting included being able to stand very still while passing the bull close to his body and, rather than giving the passes separately, he was able to remain in one spot and link four or five consecutive passes together into compact series. He popularized a pass with the muleta called the "Manoletina," which is normally given just before entering to kill with the sword. In addition to all of the major bullrings of Spain, he had very important triumphs in Plaza Mexico. He died following a goring in the right upper leg as he killed the fifth bull of the day, the Miura bull Islero, an event that left Spain in a state of shock.
In response to Manolete's death, General Francisco Franco, then dictator of Spain, ordered three days of "national mourning", during which only funeral dirges were heard on the radio.
Have you seen the movie released in the United States in 2007 about Manolete called "The Matador's Mistress," Frank? It was released in Great Britain as "The Passion Within" and in Canada as "Blood and Passion." It stared Adrian Brody(who was born for the part) as Manolete and Penelope Cruz as his mistress, actress Lupe Sino. In typical Hollywood fashion, I think they dwelt too much on Sino's "communist politics" and not enough on the man, Manolete.
Although bullfighting scenes were shot expensively without bulls, animal rights activists encouraged a boycott of the film. Protestors reject what they perceive to be a glamorous image of a matador on film. "It is inadmissible to release a film in which the hero is a matador," said the Alliance Anticorrida, a French anti-bullfighting group.
Listen ar nitwit's, it is impossible to release a film about a matador like Manolete with out it being glamorous and he coming off as a hero. He died sweating in the blazing sun covered in dirt and dust going mano a mano against an animal that weighed over 1166 lbs. to his 187 lbs. You can't un-glamorize or un-hero that even if you wanted to. It is what it is.
Wade
TO WADE!
Thanks a lot for the fascinating "short bio" of Manolete!
It certainly brought back the great memories I had of him.
Sadly,I missed the movie. I did not realize that it was about Manolete. The title turned me off.
In making the undeniable case for Manolete dying a hero, you paint a classic and memorable picture of his death!
"He died sweating in the blazing sun covered in dirt and dust going mano and mano against an animal weighing over 1166 lbs. to his 187 lbs." WOW!
Hemingway could not top that.
Tragically,Manolete was only 30 years old,when he died.
Frank,
I only own 3 Hemingway book's, The Dangerous Summer, Death in the Afternoon, and The Sun Also Rises.
Many matador's have died young. Their greatness came from always pushing the envelope, taking risks, doing things others only dreamed about. Quite some time ago, on the "history channel" there was a discussion about death and injuries. Some nit wit responded that if you got hurt a lot you weren't that good. I responded that if you had never been hurt, not only had you never taken a chance, but also you had never dealt with anything really tough, so you in fact "were not that good."
FYI Jose Gomez Ortega "Joselito" died from a goring in 1920 at the age of 25, and Francisco Rivera Perez "Paquirri" died the same death in 1984 at the age of 36. Juan Belmonte and El Cordobes were two of the greatest to step into a Plaza and live to enjoy retirement, although Juan died at the age of 70 due to a pistol shot by his own hand.
Wade
TO WADE!
I went to the hospital 5 different times in 5 different cities, that I can remember.
God blessed me that it was not a lot more than that.
TO WADE!
And I NEVER missed a performance.
TO WADE!
I went to the hospital 5 different times in 5 different cities.
God blessed me that it was not a lot more than that!
And,I never missed a performance.
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