ABSTRACT

In Spain Antonio Ordonez and Paco Camino seemed ready to infuse new spirit into toreo in the historic pattern—and if it was not already too late, it was certainly high time. Antonio Ordonez was tossed and injured by a bull, and the elaborate schedule of matches between the matadors has been called off for at least a month until Ordonez recuperates. Ordonez had landed hard on his forehead and right hand, injuring his spinal column and wrist. Somehow he missed a horn wound. The very thought of a summer of mano-a-mano between stylish bullfighters of Ordonez' and Camino's quality refreshed the sporting spirit and put new light in old eyes. Ordonez now has been a full matador for twenty years and is the son of Nino de la Palma, whom Hemingway made famous as Pedro Romero in The Sun Also Rises. Ordonez and Camino have faced their fair share of underbred animals.