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Show TIIE SUND AT HERALD. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923. And Nou)--Hav- Won the Enthusiastic Plaudits ing of the Mexican Bull Ring--- a Boy from the Sandlots of Brooklyn Has Gone to i - l Challenge the Laurels 1 Jf0 ... . ... ," . . A Tense Moment for Everybody Below Is Show Sidney Franklin ,f . Rayfully Taunting tee IafurUted fun iutam wiu rii '" ' ' X . V,, A- r i ' . . wVi (VFC'A , . s and Ready to Execute the ' Final, Deadly Thrust , with His Razor- - i """wM' ' f . . 'r - . Vf . ';. VVj l irr I KXr HV J ' 's ;, , w "J. of Spain, t Leading Matadors " """"" L: , Below, Sidney Franklin, the Brooklyn Youth Who, ai the Bull-Fight- er In the World, Dazzled, - Mexico City with ' BraTery and Fear leu Exploit in the Plaza de Toroa. - "I t I A Nw 1 1 S . ill f ll i ' Ss, V . ' - ' . , i. , ' T J" " .and . him down with oneI - 1 - bruight ' , , ' mighty thrust Mats, xans, ' flowers, jewels were showered into t!u currida by the crazy throng. Franklin lighted a cii?ar-ettand, walked out calmly, leaving manyto-wondewhy he failed to join the beautiful vBenorita and her party. But that was because they did not know the atory behind the triumph of the Americano. They never had heard how the senorita's taunt made the Yankee turn toreador! It was a couple of years ago that who now is twenty-twsdw his first franklin, A youtig fellow, six feet tall, with blue Teyfca and fair, curly hair, he is a typical ' American. .When-hwent to high school in Brooklyn and later when he was a student at Columbia University, he played football, basket ball and baseball fairly well, but had no special love for those sports. As a commercial illustrator, he went to Mexico City to work for several large firms there. ",And one day he was invited to a box party at The fight began. The bull came out of hi pen with a rush, bellowing and pawing the ground. A fat picador, lance ready, rode at the bull, which lowered his head and charged. He lifted the horse on. his horns, throwing the picador clear. Then the banderilleros thruit-the- ir sticks and they landed upright In the animal's back, cover- ing him with blood. Gaona appeared, bringing ' the crowd to its feet, mad with excitement. .The matador waved his cape and the bull, pink foam dripping from his mouth, thundered forward. Gaona danced out of the way, his sleeves cov-- " ' ered with foam. Gaona played with the' bull as one play with' a puppy. Finally he approached the stand and dedicated his prey. Then the fight was over, after a quick thrust, and the crowd roared.' "Ah, senor," cried ' the senorita, "is it not marvelous?" ' The senor, who had been watching without e- V: ( i" : er - o, e ! . , . !"" i- 1 J. H i r if i, tan crMl e '. '. , '':.' he.-ws- to the American side of the ivtr ffuibed In h) ha caps, cj gold inlaid fighting equipment' '' and wig.' s-"' Once he performed 4 signal feat in the Lull of a. Mexican ring at Matamoras" Sis ca-rnational holiday. V'th. .a: Mexirn, - Ortiz, he was booked to Vrtt Ftut bads ar? foaght to death in a rinf as the ngh is condxetad in Mexico and in Spain, i Thars are always two matadors, each matador saving niretf somewhat while the other is ki!rr a ban. On that d7 Ortiz was gored by the fiist Kvll b ttm lW tns and had to b carried frwi (he snas. Tijs ml Franklin to kill all fur of &. bulls, and he did ft so veil nat We wsn spec tacular rproval of KVs retsp, -- J-- alr - sutcsful appeser-anc-es has geoe to liouth Afiumca. wharj he baa tentracu nai C3 for keep him ocenp-'tnext few monthv Afi ward he will vistV Jpem, where he is booked to rj ' - ' th pew sosm of Cm best dors of " A ' e o mo try, In Mexico Cfty, b ' d p-- . S' ", back with their ribbon-woun- d Now the sticks,, matador was coming along the corrida, dressed like a cardinal of the church in his cape of bright crimson;. He wVlked like a soldier, with the sun flashing on his long sword, yet oddly at ease despite the animal half way across the arena. . The proletajriat, peons barefooted and in rags, screeched from the Sol the sunny side called "bleachers". in the States. And from Sombra,' the grandstand the wealth and beauty of the city cheered as wildly. All were avid for the thrust which would lay low the magnificent toro. The matador came to attention before the gayest of the boxes, one" which held the reigning . queens of the Mexico City stage. A cry went-up- : ; . "Franklin 1 Americano 1: Viva Franklin V ThelonlylAmerican bull fighter in the world, Sidney Franklin, of Brooklyn, New York, saluted smartly. It was the ceremony of the dedication, and the plaza was silent ' "To you, Rosario Vargas I dedicate" The assemblage cheered again.- - A wide American grin spread over his face, and ha waved airily. Senorita Varpaa, with the great saucy eyes and face like a dark rose,' blew him a kiss, while the crowd yelled,-"Kil- l the bull!" r ; k ' Franklin tossed his hat-intthe crowd, threw htt cape over one arm, pointed his long sword at the neck of the charging bull . steel-pointe- d. ; wVt he hotws to rof to dors the Plaza de Toros to witness the great Gaona, called the King of Toreadors, vanquish a bull. The box party included the beautiful actress, Senorita Rosario Vargas. Franklin looked over the assemblage, rather puzzled, and the senorita asked him proudly, "Is it not the most beautiful sight, senor?" "Beautiful?" answered the senor, more puzzled than ever.. Then he said with enthusiasm, "Gee, but the chaps that own this shed must rake in the dough!'' - The She .had heard senoritja was wide-eyethat all Americanos were "loco," and this boy's words seemed to prove One who talked of "dough" ataull fight! The band struck up a march and the grand parade began. First the picadors rode in on prancing horses dressed in gold and silver, their, long lances pointing toward the sun. They wcto followed by the banderilleros, and finally by the matadors, the stars of the performance. . The senorita cried "Magnificent!" and waved, her handkerchief. But the American senor was impressed principally by the magnificent apparel worn Dy ine toreaaors. a word, inquired suddenly: "How; much does that guy get for stick- - ; it . - . r ' ' ' '" ' - . - i iiiiji i tttum ; of "Sangra y Arena" are not confined to the Latin. The chief of FranMm's Spanish rivals is the famous Juan Belmonte, conqueror of two thousand bulls and Spain's . greatest hero of the cor rida.- - It has been teld that these toreadors Spenish nd American resemble each other son what in their method in the baU ring. And their views are similar, for .Belmonte too has declared that bullfighting is - i not a sport, but an art Belmonte is noted wherever the plaza de toro flourishes, for his daring, the astounding spirit with which he baits the animal; for finesse and dexterity. And these are the attributes that have brought triumph - - to rranknnl But of all the glories that await him, none will equal what he felt in the corrida at Mexico City when he dedicated the bull to Rosario Vargas, the beautiful senorita, whose taunt made the Yankee turn toreadarl .. A Close Call in the Bun Rinr at Mexico City. A Pksdor, Hsrinf Missed His Aim with His Lance, Is Saved by His Horse from Being Trampled and Gored to Death. Mmpuht f Ji. C mg uiese duiibi "But thousands of pesos for every one. He is a very rich man because of his wonderful skill in ' the corrida," "Well," said Franklin, "that beats my racket I guess 111 go into bull fighting from now on I" At this the party laughed merrily. "Americans are always thinking of money," they exclaimed. "Besides," said the Senorita Rosario Vargas, "no American could fight bulls. It takes the Latin to make a toreador!" "Is THAT so!" was' Franklin's d. three-cornere- d' 7T Slid th BpaviBh peorJe tnct thv eiv ' Cglij,l,'BW',,,1WSJWBSWW . s IT . . mde,a Srtu ttafii the JUa ')rW e valley r:jstid4 with Mfte cu. Ite by Americans than.b "ri.-.cfc Now. HEREFORD. , MEXICO CITY." was a gala day in Mexico City and the Plaza de Toros rocked with the zest of Combat,' wilder and more bloody than usuaL . The banderilleros had made a bright pincushion of the "bull's 4 jI IS ' achieved. When he By ROBERT i r lc).ed self .in action. ' Froer, the hotcgraphi i out the fault 'with' his pocu,-- ar"f His idea was t iea a hlicr ftUixf of art and skill ,ln1 jthe rrg than, am, lad been ' i .hh " The Ametfran boy begnn to appear In n btH risat about Kr;.a Cr.tr Matamoras., He regarded his fint rgl'ts ai pracv iiiiiniin fsB in- iiinrMH) - - small-tow- . Bull-Fighte- rni - I am." Below Is Shown How Practise and Are Trained for. the Arena. A Ranch Hand Charges with the Stuffed "Dummy" atjthe Student Who, in Torn, Executes His Thrusts. i "I7 an-pU- I saw my first fighssomething seeme to awaken (in me. - Probably it was the thrill of jth art involved in standing in front of a bull,' toying with death, and moving the body swiftly and evenly as the animal dashes by. There is "When 3 art Jn a bull fight It is an art b;'eY mb.;.diej i acience and skilL"and has a tcrCl whtoh nr--1 n It srcusv; passes turning loop in an a passion wmcn wiu keep one in thK arena at' ways, once he has become faacinassd wfta it at - er . UC ftnt and iSt answer. And it wai all he said about ' bull fissatlng for ... the tinie being. .Gaona Kodolfo and out he Later . .. L sought talk. As a result, he gave him a moved to the matador's ranch outside" the city and for twenty days went through such a course of training as would dismay most candidates for fame: tio matter how ambitious. Franklin was buffeted around and put in bed for two or three days at a time, but he always came out smiling and went 'back into the ring. "t soon Iconrtnced myself that an American; could become a bull fighter the same as anyone else, and be thrilled by it, too," he said after-'war- d. ' . ' Flippant RemarXhH'-NAfrican tW4 Bulls." Touched theNPrtde of th ntc-n-o rrompted Him to 8hw Ho. tr. tw d , ' - SotIm IMS. t ' .ii, ... ...... m |