June 2 Sunday

Afternoon: bullfight. Lalanda, Barrera, Ortega: all at their best. Each corto rabo y orejas1 in at least one bull. Only mar: a puntillero2 who couldn't finish off a horse trying several times & distracting attention. Ortega, ×××× [crossed out] whistled at for the dullness of his performance with the first bull ×××× [crossed out], a difficult one, did some particular stunts in the second - turning the bull in a semicircle (kneeling) with a hand on its horns ending up with his back to the bull 2 yards away. Remarkable pic-ing by Ortega's picador.
Letter from an Express3 man, whom I put off, from John Graves, Ros, A.G. [Amy Graves] and Eliot, saying he had forwarded my letter to Arnie L.

Editorial Notes

1cut tail and ears. KG
2In the bull-fight, finishes off a bull or horse with a dagger to its brain once it is on the ground. WG