New men ride up, as incalculably similar to the first as if some mill were making picadors for all Spain on one pattern.
But, the picadors pass us, and urging apart the crowd slowly, push forward considerably.
It may be said that were it not for that flock of chimpanzees waving red capes, the work of the picadors would be impossible, and at every representation as many of them as of horses would perish.
The picadors had stood hitherto on their lean horses, like statues, their lances pointing upward.
It may be, moreover, that the picadorsare like his half-wild herdsmen in the Sierra Morena, whom he saw at times from a distance, and before whom he was accustomed to flee with the whole herd.
The picadors dispose themselves around at the paling, and each one drawing his lance from its rest, grasps it firmly in his right hand; the men on foot form picturesque groups; they stand in postures full of indifference, waiting for the bull.
Six picadors complete the cortège, with a hanger-on or two behind to help direct the horses.
There are three picadors on their sorry mounts standing round the fence, but before these come a little knot of chulos, men with cloaks, inviting the bull to a species of game of "touch.
The risks run by the picadors are terrible; although less, perhaps, from the horns of the bull than from bad falls, and from their horses rolling over them.
Again he upset two more steeds, and the picadors fell heavily to the ground; the plaudits were deafening.
The three gala coaches carrying the distinguished amateurpicadors and their ducal patrons who graced this marriage feast, still circled picturesquely in the arena, making a pageant of the Middle Ages.
The blindfolded horses trotted in, ridden by professional picadorswith indifferent, sullen faces; and then a stir of excitement ran from tier to tier of the audience, as a breeze blows over a wheat-field.
Twenty glittering, spangled espadas marched with elastic steps into the ring, followed by the yellow-trousered picadors on their sorry horses.
I watched her sitting there until the first bull had entered, and, after a rather brief play with the picadors and banderilleros, was dispatched.
A vague uneasiness had infected his adversaries; the picadors held aloof, the banderilleros skirmished at a safe distance.
The horses were not miserable, worn-out hacks, but young and alert mustangs; and the display of horsemanship by the picadors was not only wonderful, but secured an almost absolute safety to horse and rider.
The hearts of the picadors are as devoid of feeling as their iron-cased legs; they only think of themselves, and have a nice tact in knowing when a wound is fatal or not.
The picadors are subject to most severe falls; the bull often tosses horse and rider in one ruin, and when his victims fall with a crash on the ground exhausts his fury upon his prostrate foes.
These will be brushed across the bull's nose as the picadors rush past him on noisy motor-cycles.
The picadors will now enter, bearing pikes with ticklers on the ends.
Over and over again the picadors stabbed him with their lances and thrust their naked horses at his head, but his whole attitude and manner said plainly: "Why should I toss these poor old, trembling horses?
The picadors had had their turn, the banderilleros were ready to appear, but the people were thoroughly enjoying themselves now and they stamped and roared "Caballos" till they were hoarse.
The picadors with their nail-headed lances seemed veritable Don Quixotes on their more than Rosinante steeds: poor beasts doomed to the knackers anyhow.
The bugle sounded once more and the picadorswere led out of the ring.
They were all of them slight, lithe and agile, and behind them the picadors in the Moorish splendor of their dress looked like giants on horseback.
The horse of one of the picadors was gored, his side torn up by the bull's horns, and in this state, streaming with blood, he was forced to gallop round the circle.
Meanwhile the matadors and the banderilleros shook their coloured scarfs at him--the picadorspoked at him with their lances.
This was really a most revolting sight, for even after these cruel inflictions upon the poor horses, and when their entrails were hanging out, the picadors who rode them goaded them still onwards.
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