New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-22

Sttled the go into training. The training pro-
Gers ass from might TO several moths, and l. I'M
dergone for the purpose OF getting the man into the
most rerfcct bodily condition Of health and strength.
To this erd he il put under the If trainer whose
business II IT, first to know eIaorly how to train his
man into the required condition; and secondly to se,
tha, bis pupil adopt every neans calculated Ia sent
him into the field the very perfection of a human
ANIMAL. What boxer need 10 obtain by training =
tie highest degree Of strength activity skill IN t4c-
cs Of tense aud defense wind or capab,liiy Of long
continued physical exerfon without exhaustion and
bottom the power Of receiving pubshn en withou,
beirg thereby incapacated for continued hosiilies
The very Consciousness Of Possessing these qualities
tends o increase Of "pluck." which term may be
defined persistent courage, bravery that doe- Mt
ki ow when ii s whipped.
In training. the tw, main things the trainer should
look to are diet and exercise. Not meaningless and
poLtess exercise but exercise always 10 the direction
OF victory in the struggle he is preparing for The
clients knew good deal of the science of training,
though the nodtrns have improved on them in this
in other respects In Rome. tho-e who designed TO
cut figure at the public games required TO
ercise daily in the Gymnasium for ten months. In
training a man for the modern Prize Ring, the Fl It
thing be done is TO nd him OF every par oe Of fat
and Of every ounce OF superfluOus flesh. This is
accomplished by sweating, by long-continued vio-
lett exercise, and sometimes by the use, in the
early stages Of training, Of purgatve medicines.
Then, when this condition of body is attained,
the diet is most carefully regulated, the food given
beirg that which is beet calculated to make muscle,
and Lot fat. Spirituous liquors are forbidden, but
single glass OF ale wine each day Is times per-
mttod and tie chief articles Of food underline
hroed beefsteaks and mutton chops, no yegetab es
beir 2 allowed save an occasional potato.
The exercise consists, for the most part Of walking
and running for the benefit oftho lungs and legs row.
ing, for the good of the muscles Of the back AMI
shoulders and sparrng for the Improvement Of the eye
and arms and for the attainment of skill in the tactics
Of ofense aud defense. These various exercises are
kept up unIemtiDgly until the day of the fight, when
the man should be brought into the field in the most
perfect health end with every muscle of the body de-
veloped to the utmost, and with all the skill and
sceIce which long practice and careful teaching can
give.
The fight takes place in square space called the
"rg" this space 81 feet on Zach of the four sides,
and is surrounded by rope railing. There Is general
y circular rrg outside of this, FIX or eight feet dir
taht within which spectators are allowed save those
Immediately interested in the battle umpires, back
ers &c.
Across the middle of the rrg a line is drawn, which
is termed /" the scratch. In opposite corners OF the
rrg are the seconds and bottehodes of the two men,
whore duty it is to attend their principals, wash the
blood from their faces give them stimuants IT needed,
and relieve them from all necessity of exerting them
selves, except against their antagonist When every
thing is ready, the two men are brought to the
" scratch" where they shake hands in token OF NO
malice and then square off and commence hostlltIes
When man is knocked down, the &" round Is
finished and half minute is allowed for the men to
recover their breath and return to the scratch Al
the end Of the thirty seconds the umpire calls Time,
and ca. combatant must rise from the knee OF MS
second where he ress during the half minute and walk
to the scratch" without assistance. If man fails to
toe the mark in eight seconds after time scaled he
is declared beaten. No blows allowed below the
wasibard; no gougng, biting or kicking is permitted
and tie man who escorts to any of these devices to win
the battle is declared to have fought ou and he loses
the fight Nor is it permitted to strike man when he
is down nor to seize him by the leg anywhere below
the waistbano for the purpose of thro sing him. Each
principal see cts umpire, and the two umpres
choose referee Whose duty II TO decide all questions
o. foul or fair with impsrality, and from his decision
there is appeal.
The botte-hoder has for his spec al charge bhtle
not of liquor, is enormously surmsed, but OF water
for the pups of dampening the sponge with which
the blood is TO be wiped from the flcs of his principal
and the bottle" is generally atwo-gaon demjohn.
THE GATHERING or THE CLANS.
Tie Roughs and Sports and fancy mcu of every va
rety. began to pour into the City OF Buffalo in swarms
on Thursday and Friday, before the fight, the object
in reaching there early being to witness fight be-
tween the two igbt weights, "Scotty" of Brooklyn,
and Barney Aaron, which came off two days before
the other Nearly every sportiog man of notoriety,
who could raise the requisite funds present from
Nev.York. Albany Troy and Buffalo, and other cities
we're also well re presented, betting men having come
even from New Orleans to witness the battle. The great
Headquarters of this eminently respectable class of So
ciety was the grogshopofthe English jew Przehghter,
Izzy Iarazus This man, who is pat his fighting
DAYS has ught battles ID England, six c which
he won He has two sons, to whom he has given the
mott liberal sort Of education in the sporting way,
both being capital boxers, and the eldest one, Harry
Lazarus, has heretofore been tue Champion Of the
Light .Weig hts-he having that enviable title by
Lis great fights with Lawrence Harigan, when he
twice defeated that worthy The old man and the two
boys keep the barroom which is so well known to all
the lighting men, and which this and every similar
occasion has been thronged with the Knights of the
Ring. The old gentleman is now in about bis htisth
wear and in bis fourth hundred weight, be pulling the
scale beam at 80 pounds. The boys are quiet, civil
spoken ads but once inside the ropes they are game
to the bitter eud.
For week this house was crowded night and day
with fighting men from all parts of the country. They