Muleta Muleta A muleta is a stick with a red cloth hanging from it that is used in the final third ("tercio de muleta" or "de muerte") of a bullfight. It is different from the cape used by the matador earlier in the fight ("capote de brega"). The muleta obscures the sword, and as in his earlier work with the cape, the bullfighter uses it to attract the bull in a series of passes, demonstrating his control over it. The red color of the muleta is actually unnecessary, though, as bulls are dichromatic, meaning neither the cape nor the muleta color
A Costume Piece A Costume Piece "A Costume Piece" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, and his companion and biographer, Bunny Manders. The story was first published in July 1898 by "Cassell's Magazine". The story was also included in the collection "The Amateur Cracksman", published by Methuen & Co. Ltd in London, and Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, both in 1899. Raffles visits Bunny's flat at midnight to tell him about a banquet at the Old Bohemian Club he attended earlier. The banquet was given for Reuben Rosenthall, an enormous, brutish, alcoholic