Word: bombita
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cross themselves when Gallito's name is spoken. But not many. The sport is too popular to permit of a reigning favorite, like Juan, being eclipsed by the prowess of a dead man, or even by the exploits of great bull-stabbers, retired but still alive, as Rocardo Torres ("Bombita") and Sanchez Mejia...
...been a big year for bulls. The Spanish season officially ended last week with big meets at Valencia, Vitzria, Barcelona, Madrid. When all the figures were in, it became known that during the season six matadors were gored or trampled to death and three picadors crippled. Bombita, acknowledged king of the Spanish and Latin-American arenas, fractured his skull racing by auto to Seville for the last spectacle of the year...
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