Word: bulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Right Down Main Street. The folks around Parnell remember young Ben as a rough one. Quick as a cat and strong.as a bull, he could lick any young buck in the county, and frequently did, and he would bet on anything...
...Bull Lea, sire of both Citation & Coaltown, Calumet Farm has the most valuable stud in horsedom today. The waiting list of those who would like to breed their mares to him, at a fee of $5,000, stretches clear to the Quarter Pole...
...Bull-headed Ben rolled up his sleeves. Month after month, he led Whirlaway around like a puppy dog, let him inspect the inside rail, sniff the starting gate, look over the stands. Now & then, Ben would stop to let the horse nibble at some grass. Whirlaway visited the paddock so often that it began to seem like a second home. Gradually the addled horse seemed to realize that there was nothing about a race track that was going to hurt...
...colt whose Calumet Farm report card carries these impressive comments: "Extremely great hay-eater . . . has everything a good horse needs." Another is a fiery chestnut named Urgent: "top Blenheim II colt." Nevertheless, Ben Jones suspects that when Derby Day, 1950, rolls around, a brown son of Bull Lea may be the colt to beat. His name: All Blue...
Finally, the author succeeds in his major purpose of making his audience understand the bull fight, its violence, bloodshed, and death. The bull is not the hopeless underdog most American think it is. In Lea's books, the bull becomes the brave animal whose fighting spirit is the prime example of valor. Man must muster all his skill, artistry, bravery, and strength to conquer the animal, and he does not always win. In painting the skillful technique which brings the bull to his death, Lea creates a picture of violence and beauty--a rare combination that makes bull fighting...