Word: muletas
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...wonder with the cape and the muleta, standing immovable, close to the bull, forcing the bull to charge between him and the barrier-a very dangerous trick. Because of his daring the bulls have ripped his skintight pants in every fight so far, have often tossed him in the air though never gored him. (He thriftily rents his suits for $50 for each performance instead of buying them for $600.) His greatest flaw: he was not clean or quick enough at the kill...
...Kill. In the third scene the matador with his sword and muleta (a red cloth draped across a stick) goes forth to the kill. The art of this work consists of the number and variety of the passes which the matador executes, how close he can let the charging bull go past him, how well he can control the bull's charges...
Silverio, homely and nervous, is a gay showman. His capework is undistinguished and he is not adept in using the muleta with his left hand, but he works closer to the bull than any other matador in Mexico. He has been badly gored four times. Although he is not above pressing his body against the bull's side to pick up a bloodstain, when he does, the crowd has already seen the horn pass within inches of him. And for that the crowd adores...
Procuna did some brilliant work with a brave, black Piedras Negras bull named Meloncito. Stepping out with the muleta before the kill, Procuna stopped to salute a friend in the stands. As he did so Meloncito charged, tossed him, goring him in the thigh. He leaped to his feet smiling, played the bull brilliantly and then killed it. The crowd went mad as he limped out with his white pantaloon and stocking red with blood. At the infirmary they found his wound was four inches deep...
...decadent style of the imitators of Belmonte and (Lorenzo Garza thought) was not of sufficient worth to exhibit himself mano a mano with El Magnifico in the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City. Lorenzo Garza spat in the sand. Then he drew his sword from underneath the muleta, profiled and lunged at the bull...