European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A v Sov mfr a i ,.jaai m 4?y i a. S .4 v$v3 to in the South of Spain where technical development is slow in coming the annual Market for horses and mules can be the most important three Days in the year in the town streamers Are Hung and vendors stalls seem to reach out to the dark eyed women strolling the walks in their Best clothe. But the real action the reason for All this res Lendence takes place in the great Square in front of the Gates of the a there the braying and wheezing of hundreds of horses mules donkeys   the hard bark of a professional buyer the Lazy whine of an andalusian breeder  the. Up of a Noble accent Down from Castille. It s the annual horse Market in Cor. Doba Spain. And it s hot. Autumn has come to the North but at september. End the temperature along the Banks of the Guadalquivir still stands at 96 degrees. There Little Relief in the Square except beneath the bellies of the animals. There s no color in the Square Only shades of White dust Gray Brown and Black. But Here a a . Ing time of play men barter for the instruments of work. Mules the of Donkey and Mare will carry stones for building wheat from the , a Mother and her child to town. The whirling cutting hectic scene before Cordoba is a Happy me three Days out  a year of toil during which these animals  lighten the Burden of Man struggling As he has for centuries in a hard environment. Money in hand a buyer buttonholes Straw hatted mule breeder. Tethered string Waits patiently while a Mouth of dust is washed Rowoy. 1959 the stars and stripes Page 13