M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-11-04
From tho New York Herald October 20. ]
HERMAN AND MoRRISsEY.

w nen lne Denlcla boy put nlInselI
into the hands Of his trainers at Rock
Cottage he weighed two hundred and
sixteen pounds avoirdupois, which
has been reduced to about one hund.
red and ninety.five pounds, which re-
duction was brought about by walking,
running, use of dumb. bells, sparring
with his trainers and others, fighting
the bag, &c. lie usually rose about
halfpast four in the morning, and re.
tired in the night about nine o'clock
to rest. The training process to which
Heenan was subjected embodied the
following principles, viz: Evacuation,
for the purpose Of cleansing the stom-
ach and irtestines; sweating, for the
purpose Of removing fatty humor, ex-
ercise, for strengthening the muscles,
and suitable regimen for nourishing
the body. Having gone through a
course Of physic, he commenced his
regular exercise, which was gradually
increased in severity as his training
proceeded, III conjunction with regular
sweats at stated periods. His dict
consisted of beef and mutton, with q
very little seasoning, it being known
that fresh meat was the most whole
some and nourishing. His meat was
always broiled, and a little under
done. No vegetable matter was al
lowed, except biscuit and stale bread,
with as little liquid as possible. This
mode of life he continued for nearly
four months, which, to him, was the
most trying that he ever passed thro'.
Some Of his pedestrian feats, while in
training, used to astonish the people
in the neighborhood OF Harlem, par
ticulurly his race with fast trotting
horse from McComb's Dart to Rock
Cottage-about two miles-on which
occasion lie beat the horse. His ac-
tivity was generally remarked, and it
is said that he would run backward
as fast rs any ordinary runner could
go forward. With all the excessive
training, however, to which he was
subjected, his stamina was so good
that it was impossible to reduce him
below a weight of one hundred and
ninety, five pounds, and his health con-
tinuOd unimpaired until he stepped
into the ring to fight for the ehampi-
onShip Of America.
Morrissey's training was done in
the neighborhOoG of Lansing5urg, on
the banks of the Hudson River. His
head quarters were at the Abbey Ho.
tel, where he was under the care Of
Shepherd, his trainer, who proved
himself an attentive and skillfal man.
The system adopted in the training of
Morrissey differed in some respects
from that of Heenan, although the
amount of labor which each had to
perform was about equal. Part of the
training of Morrissey consisted Of
rowing a boat. His diet also differed.
In the morning, for instance, he took
a cup of tea with the yolk Of an egg
beat up in it and a mutton chop, and
while on his pedestrian exercise would
indulge in glass of old ale on the
road. Atsupper he frequently par:
took of tender young chicken, and
occasionally a few light. boiled eggs,
dainties which would not have been
allowed by so severe disciplinarian
as Captain Barclay. However, when
he took his ale on the road he omitted
his sherry at dinner His usual hour
for rising in tho morning was about
five o'clock, when, after washing and
sponging in cold water, with Il good
hand-rubbing, he dressed and prac-
ticed with the umb.bells and a weight
machine for about halt an hour, and
then started on his morning walk, of
four or five miles, before breakfast,
which took place at eight o'clock. AT
nine o'clock he again started on an.
other walk OF nine or ten miles, and a
run of half a mile at the finish. AT. |
ter being we'll rubbed down he would
jump into bed and remain there some
twenty minutes to facilitate the in.
creased pelspiration arising from his
prolonged walk. After having had a
good rubbing he changed his clothes,
and the exercise of fighting the bag
commenced with pair of dumb bells,
finishing with the gloves. After that
he practiced twenty minutes with a
machine for calling into exercise and
developing the muscles Of the arms,
shoulders and chest. One o'clock was
his dinner hour, after which he rested
an hour, and then started on a seven
or eight mile tour through the country,
in company with his trainer. On his
return he again changed his clothing,
and the previous exercises of the
morning were repeated, with the ad
dition of sparring with his trainer
Six o'clock was his hour for supper,
after which he would take to his boat,
and employ an hour or two in rowing
on the river, accompanied by his train
er. Thus the day was passed, until
shortly after eight o'clock he retired
to rest, to resume the same labors on
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