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Title: The land of the Dons
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, Leonard, b. 1871
Subjects: Civilization, Spanish Spain -- Social life and customs
Publisher: London, Cassell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rk), and abjures the telltale short jacket andtight trousers which constitute the mufti of thenormal torero. His education and tastes are un-exceptionable. He is well-read, an intelligentmusical critic, and a patron of the fine artsgenerally. The very furnishing of his study betraysinnate refinement and the instincts of a (here it isagain!) gentleman. Pictures, and statuettes, andphotographs of non-torero friends, but nothingsuggestive of shop; never a bulls head stuffed, nota single framed programme of a famous corrida, nogory banderillas on the wall, or framing monas; onlythe landlord and man of means and culture, quietlybusy wdth his books and correspondence. In aidof others less affluent or fortunate than himself hispurse is always open, and the name of LuisMazzantini must prove a grateful memory to manyof his poor and suffering countrymen. Guerrita, the greatest classic of the moderntaurine art, is quite a different type, both mentallyand physically. He is shorter of stature than
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iTu face IK 210.) (From a photograph by Company, Madrid.)LUIS MAZZANTINI. A RCA NA TA URINA. 211 Mazzantini, and quicker on his feet. Mazzantinitrusts preeminently to his strength, which is pro-digious ; Guerrita to his cunning. The movementsof the latter are the very embodiment of lithe-ness, prettiness, and grace ; his pases de nnileta areclassically correct; so is his manner of plantingbanderillas; and he detects at a glance the exacttemperament of every bull he fights, and the exactstrokes and artifices it requires. Personally, he bears a reputation for stinginess,but, fairly speaking, he is careful of his moneyrather than miserly. He has made an enormousfortune, but his family is large, and he has ex-pressed his determination to provide liberally for hissons. Friends who have visited him at Cordobaduring the shooting season, when the plazas are idle,assure me that they have met with royal hospitalityand lacked nothing. But Guerrita is quite im-pervious to criticism, which has the

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