She saw again, with marvellous fidelity, the whole colour-scheme just before the death of the big, brave beast: the huge arena in its unrivalled setting of mountain, sea and sky; the eager multitude, tense with expectancy; the silver-mounted bridles and trappings of the horses; the many-hued capes of the capadors; the gaily-dressed banderilleros, poising their beribboned barbs; the red flag and long, slender, flashing sword of the cool and ever watchful matador; and, most prominent of all to her eyes, the brilliant, gold-laced packets of the gentlemen-picadors, who, after the Mexican fashion,-so she had been told,-deemed it in nowise beneath them to enter the arena in person.
"The Girl of the Golden West"
David Belasco
Every year picadors, chulos, and such small deer are killed, without gossip.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay
It promises two picadors, with three others in reserve, and warns the public that if all five become inutilized in the combat, no more will be issued.
"Castilian Days"
John Hay