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Life has these things, sometimes in understandable.
A person at this age, 83 years, he is a physical decline, but to "THE ARTURO, whose real name was Antonio López Espallardo, no analysis had detected any disease, no cholesterol, no sugar, no tension, no rheumatism, as we say here, not even any coz of his beloved horses along with those who spent his entire life.
Had to be due to an accident involved in a series of circumstances, or cursed chance, which has swept away much of the history of the horses came.
Great nostalgia has made the football world since the late 40 and 50 was goalkeeper Caravaca Football Club, left the goal to be the team masseur caravaqueño to mid 80's.
He lived a great time and got great achievements with the club with "the Chinanos" and other colleagues.
Maintains that link today his grandson Albert, Caravaca player in his first appearance in the second B.
Another remarkable facet in the life of Arthur was to be a bullfighter.
We do not know exactly how old is dressed in lights, but as seen in the photos, was also a bullfighter, showing that he had plenty of value for this and many other things.
The family rider these days have returned to remember the great deeds and feats performed by "THE ARTURO" living, contributing and participating in the horses came to be what they are today, both in harnessing career, there is no a single rider or small, or medium, or large will not feel the loss of a legend like "THE ARTURO". But certainly nobody will forget, stay to remember in the history books as a legend and will spend word of mouth as the heroes, as people who did not for profit or for goals but because he nursed through your veins and wore your feelings, the feelings of the horses of wine, a real horse.
Thanks to your genius, was completed the harnessing of the horses, the mane, the wristbands, were the first to draw a cloak of two colors, etc ....
Yours was also the idea of creating the figure of Godmother or Dance of the Amazon and the scarf.
It goes without saying that the family and friends still do not understand as Arturo did not become distinguished as a horseman of the year, because if he does not deserve .... In order ....
Do not you married or you were selling, it gave a good account to priests and wealthy, a few months ago received the sure to be the emblem of the real horses' THE GOLDEN RAMALERAS "the same that you have in your coffin, and we hope to serve you this coming May 2nd to raise your beloved galloping Cuesta del Castillo, which forces the grips and get your deserved first prize.
We were privileged with Manolo Fernandez and Juan Antonio Torrecilla, Peña Albino spokespersons, to communicate the decision so justly deserved.
You received in an emotional ceremony at the hands of the Government Delegate, Rafael González Tovar.
Two conversations we were outstanding, a football and the other bulls, but assured that your best friends have told us so we can pass
Your friends Gil Lopez and Juan Frc.
Morenilla, they write these lines, you will always be remembered as a man of integrity.
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STATISTICAL DATA OF ARTURO -
Antonio was born in Caravaca de la Cruz, a 14 May 1927 Torrentera street, n º 2.
His first outing on the horses came was in 1955, leaving Joseph the rooms, Tomatoes and a fourth could not remember, with the horse "Panterry", which was first out with its own name and that was owned of "The Arthur". He went out the horse with a blanket of a woman who owned the Mayor.
The horse started Panterry Arturo, continued with her children and now stays with his grandchildren.
The horse's name arose from the mare of "The Arthur" had a colt, her sister Mary, who worked at Diego Marín, was the one who gave the name the foal.
Won six first prizes in the race to harness but had several awards but not get the first.
Arthur came last in 1969, but has continued sporadically connected to the horses came with their friends.
"The Arthur", was commissioned to dress a horse in the International Tourism Fair in Madrid, FITUR, when he was President of Horses "The Banana."
The opening ceremony of this exhibition attended by the then Deputy Prime Minister, Alfonso Guerra.
There was a year that left six horses on the street, owned by 'Arturo', five of them occurred in the sixties, as president of the Wine Horses "The Chatico."
"Arturo", helped everyone who asked for his knowledge and experience in the world of horses, was the developer to take the first sponsor of the horses came, Manolo Romero, the daughter of Agapito, was celebrated then the first Scarf Dance, which cost eleven thousand pesetas and was undertaken with the collaboration of Dr. D.
Miguel Robles.
Source: Gil López y Morety
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