Preeeeetttty.....danke a007apl i knew that i could count on you. So the name Espada is dropped, eh? for Lagartijo? The name means Little Lizard opposed to Murcielago's bat. Apparently, Largatijo was an espada who spared the life of Murcielago.
"In the late afternoon of October 5th 1879, after a fierce fight in the arena of Cordoba, a bull named Murciélago from Joaquin del Val di Navarra's farm, had his life spared by the famous matador Rafael Molina "Lagartijo". This was a very rare occurrence in bullfighting, and an honour accorded only to those bulls that have shown exceptional courage and spirit in the arena. And Murciélago was indeed such a bull. He was subsequently given to the breeder Don Antonio Miura, and went on to father a formidable line of fighting bulls that extends right down to the present day."
I'm sure that you knew that already, a007apl
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