Ever since I was a kid growing up in Ogden Utah back in the early 80's, I've been fascinated by the Spanish bullfight. I even searched out books on bullfighting at the Weber County library, where I found and read "Death in the Afternoon" by Ernest Hemingway. I'm probably the only kid in Utah to have ever read that book. Now here we are 40 years later and I still enjoy learning about and keeping up with the bullfights.

July 6, 2020

Death of a steer


I haven't been able to find any information on this photo other than it was taken in Madrid on the 15th of May, 1920.

It appears to be a steer and that could be the pastor looking over his steer with sadness.

The steers are used to herd the bulls into the corrals and out of the ring if a bull needs to be removed from the plaza for whatever reason. Bulls do attack the steers once in awhile and it is possible that that is what has happened here, the bull gored the steer and it died inside the plaza.
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