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Other books: Monies the Matador, The Bomb, The Man Shakespeare, Contemporary Portraits, My Life...
...bull-breeder, a Madrid police official, a Matador (sword man), a Picador (lance man), a Banderillero (dart man), a member of the association of Bull-Fighting Impresarios, a sports writer, a veterinary surgeon, a season-ticket holder at the Madrid Plaza ring, all under the chairmanship of Madrid's Director of Public Safety, have been sitting as a high national committee to consider and meticulously represcribe the details of Spain's great national pastime, bull-killing...
...Famed Matador Sidney Franklin (ne Frumkin) of Brooklyn has had a bad season. Many times he has been tossed, (see cut), never seriously gored. Madrid cafe gossip holds that he is about through, that few impresarios are offering him contracts...
Last fortnight, however, Matador Franklin proved that his courage has not deserted him. One Tomas Cobos, 29, dairyman, was drowning in the reservoir near El Pardo palace. Twoscore other swimmers stood about gibbering. In plunged Matador Franklin, fished out Tomas Cobos, revived him by artificial respiration. Dairyman Cobos prepared a petition to the Government, asking the Cruz de Beneficencia (Spain's Carnegie medal) for Matador Franklin...
Sidney Franklin (real name: Frumkin), Brooklyn matador, was tossed high, gored badly in the groin by a big, black, sharp-horned bull, in his second appearance this season at Madrid. Week before last he killed four animals in one afternoon...