The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-22

z a less and the night of his ambition was to possess two pesetas which to swim river. This he would do. equals about 50 cents), He had to get his training with the bulls on the sly and at night. In order to reach the < field where the bulls were kept he had sometimes alone, sometimes with other boys, every evening, and fight the bulls by moonlight He would go without clothes, carrying the red cloak or rag on his head.
 Needless to say he received many of his scars during those nights, but fin ally, he decided he was good enough to try. his skill in some of the little towns. He. soon attained quite a reputation and managed by walking from town to town to earn enough money to buy one regular toreador suit. This he kept and mended, SO it was at least pre- sentable.
 One day man cane to him, told him he was not getting enough money, and urged that he ask for a big sum the next time he was asked to fight. Sums of money meant nothing to Bel monte; two pesetas was still about as much as he really understood. So when he was asked to fight the next time he said: T want a million pe- setaslY When told that he must have gone crazy he immediately replied: Al right. Then give, me twenty-five" think the picture of this young boy jumping down from a million to twenty five, both sums being almost equally huge to him, is quite remarkable. Since then this little, ugly, forceful man has killed three thousand two hundred bulls and isla millionaire. He is still as simple and .unassuming as though he had accomplished nothing, and while he may not have accomplished much according to our standards, with his . own people he is 6 great man.
 .Algateno is extremely fine looking, with a beautiful figure but has not nearly so much force ih his face as one sees in that of Bennsonte's.a He is only 21 and has been fighting bulls for two years, The son of enormously rich parents, he was going through law school when he suddenly decided to be- come bullfighter. His father has used every persuasion possible to change him, even offering him a pres ent of a million pesetas as an induce ment, but to no avail. The boy is quite mad about bull fighting and cares for nothing else, so the father must live in terror for his only sones life. Luck fly, it looks as though Ehe father will at least have the conseation of being justly proud of his son as' great ma tador-which means much in Spain.
 Through zuloas he artist, ap in- terpreter, Algaten0 told ne an amusing story of some Americans. It seems that at Pamplona amateurs are allow ed to fight bulls in the morning The day before three Americans had gone ito Algateno and demanded to learn to fight bulls. Algateno loaned them three cloaks and they started out. For these amateur attempts the horns of the bulls are, covered with material so that though they can toss people, they ean4ot easily wound them.
 The three Americans ran for the bull, and of course in minute all were toss ed high in the air. One of them, wear ing spectacles, returning from his air voyage, landed on the bull and imme- diately grabbed hold of his horns. The bull then went flying around the field, the rider madly holding onto the bulls horns and also his speetacles His glasses never left him. The sight was marvellous. He was finally tossed again, landing nnhurt.
 I don't think bull fighting will ever become a popular American sport. I certainly hope not