farms and wear, like any other team of sportsmen, their own colours. Each écarteur wears an embroidered suit, which makes him recognizable to fans. The cows...

spectators. The course landaise is not seen as a dangerous sport by many, but écarteur Jean-Pierre Rachou died in 2003 when a bull's horn tore his femoral artery...

Mont-de-Marsan in Gascony is renowned for its fine sauteurs or 'leapers' and écarteurs ('dodgers') dressed in brocaded waistcoats. They compete in teams, attempting...