Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-26
MORRIssEY's TRAINING.

1neloifo"inS Oouutoi morrlssey training,
BY the Clipper, sporting weekly of New York
city, will prove of interest to the uninitiated:
II being now half past III, the usual time of
Mr.. Morrlssey to return from his morning walk
Of ten miles, We accompanied Shepherd iprin-
cpal trainer) on the road to meet him. After
preceding ashort distance, we met Dan Burns
assistant tTsiner) returning, and shortly after
MOrrissey himself, well wrapped ND in warm
clothing, passed rs on run, he usually finish
ing bis long mornings walk Gf we may be al
lowed to use the Hiberncism) with half mile
run in" After being well rubbed down, he
jumps into bed, between the blankets, and re.
msins there about a quarter of an hour or
twenty minutes, to facilitate the increased se-
eretion Of perspiration arising from his pro.
longed walking exercise. After again being
well rubbed down, he changes his clothes and
commences fighting the bag In this exer-
else he uses pair of dumb bells, and finishes
of with his " bunch of fves," the hands being
protected by pair of leather gloves He then
takes a twenty minutes turn in practising
with new and ingenious apparatus for raising
heavy weights, and which is so constructed and
arranged as to call into exercise and deyelope
the muscles of the arms and shoulders, as well
as Of the chest, and bring them into every pos
sible form Of play. He then, at o'clock takes
recess for dinner, along with which he takes
small glass or two OF the finest sherry wine
This meal he partakes Of leisurely, avoiding
the too common practice Of 'bolting," which is
so universal among US. -.
We must, however, shark back" little
until we show how the earlier part of the day,
before we arrived, was spent; the experience of
one day, IN fact, being that of all, at least at
this period of the training The subject of our
notice rises at O'Clock a. m, and after washing
and spOnging in cold water and undergoing a
thorough rubbing, he dresses and commences
practicing with the dumb bells and the weight
machine which We have noticed above
Alter half an hour thus spent, he, accom-
trainers, starts off on four or FIVE miles walk
before breakfast. On his return, after being
thoroughly ubbed, and having changed his
clothes, he quietly awaits the hour of breakfast.
o clock. AT this matitudnal meal, he par
takes OF a cup of tea with yolk of an egg
beaten up In 1t, and mutton chop without fat;
and at o'clock he again starts on the long
morning walk, which we have already alluded
to. During this pedestrian tour he occasion
ally lmbIbes glass of fine old ale which he
obtains at a house on the road. On such oc.
casions be omits his glass of sherry at dinner.
In those walks he changes his route nearly
every day; as from the number of roads in
every direction in this locality, he can vary his
walks, and thus avoid the monotony which is
naturally associated with the same route
Alter dinner he rests an hour, and then again
starts afresh in the parsuit of the acquisition of
muscle, and the necessarily consequent redue-
ton Of obesity and fat. Attended either bv
shepherd, Burns, or Lawrence, (who assisted
him when In training for his fight with Sulli-
yanJ he takes seven or eight mile tour
through the adjaeent country, and his long,
regular, and rapid stride, result of continued
practice, makes it a matter of difficulty for his
companions to keep alongside him. On his re-
turn, ne again changes his clothing, and after
being well rubbed down and resting a short
time, he again exercises with the weight ap-
paratus stuffed bag, and dumb bells diversi-
ned with set to's with his trainer, Shepherd,
with the gloves. In the art Of sparring Nor
rissey has acquired great degree of proficiency,
ana his trainer informs us that he has never
witnessed quicker counter hitter. He also
has improved surprisingly in stopping and get
ting away, and his theoretic knowledge of box
ing viii be found widely different to his exhibit
l0ns In his previous contests with Sullivan and
thompson.
After these varied exercises, at 6 O'Clock, be
Is summoned to light supper, in which, as at
me preceding meals, his trainers join him. At
tals meal he partakes of light and easily dgested
1000, with young and tender chicken, and
hgnt oroiled eggs occasionally.
An interval OF rest eDsues and then he is
summoned again to his work This consists of
rowing exercise. The Abbey Hotel stands on
Tue banks OF the Hudson, with a beautifully
shaded lawn extending from the house to the
IlVer and here, convenient of access, are the
boats belonging to the hotel, in which Mr.. Nor
Tlssey takes his rowing exercise. In these
ooaung excursions ne is generally accompanied
oy bis trainer, Mr.. Shepherd, and in the de-
ilghtful and athletic recreation Of rowing, an
hour or two insensibly passes
The value and importance of the practice of
the oar is not sufficiently estimated among
trainers One Of the principal authorities OF
the science Of physiology, DR.. Andrew Combe,
assers .na. there 4. no exercise, without excep-
non, which tends to develop so many muscles
OF the body, and so equally in their action, as
that Of rowing. Aware of this fact, from ex
Perience, 1t is not to be wondered at that Mr..
shepherd makes the regular practice of the oar
an indispensable exercise with his pupil Thus
the day passes. and shortly after O'Clock, D.
N, Mr. Morrlssey. In most proper condition
to court natures sweet restorer," retires to
his yirtuous couch, to prepare for the repetition
On the succeeding day, Of all the same course
OF preparation which We have family attempted
10 describe above. In three weeks he has de-
creased from 2O5 pounds TO 1917 pounds, and
before the day Of battle, is expected to lose ten
or twelve pounds more