Word: silverio
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manolete was not to be the only star. Mexico's own Silverio Perez took his bull with almost equal skill, got as great an ovation. Determined to outdo Silverio, the visitor from Spain returned to the ring. When Manolete tried a lance (pass with the cape), the bull evaded the cape, drove a horn deep into the Spaniard's left thigh...
...season in Mexican bullfighting. One reason is that two of the best espadas (swordsmen) in modern history are now performing in Mexico. One of them is Fermin Espinosa, called Armillita, now 33, who has killed some 2,000 bulls since he was 16. The other is Silverio Perez, 27, a daring matador who deliberately risks death every time he faces a bull and who last year was the idol of aficionados...
...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...
Sunday before last Procuna got this award for the third time in a bull fight in which he appeared with the idolized Silverio. Silverio won some applause for his handling of the first bull, then did badly with the next two (perhaps because the temperature was below freezing), and got whistles and catcalls from the crowd...