New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-16
The sayers and Heenan ConSbaf-Their
Tralnins, etc.


II Both the men are getting into excellent conditio
4 Sayers il working yery hard at Newmarket. and
his daily exercise ia ~ follows: Al g O'Clock he
rises and after taking cold water bath he walks
two miles hefnrn Mas Witch consiets of ao0s
mutton chon beefsteak and othnr nutritious food'
He then rests ti] 10 o'clock when he starts off on
/ a walk of thirteen m;lps which he does In ahout
i three hours then. at . he eats n hearty dinner,
! after which he spends the afternoon and evening
Il leisurely and comfortabiy .saT- IL
i An enternrsina nr;nt sel,er in the strand whose
windows ara filled with fn Ianrth Mixtures of the
j prominent nugsts If the dav IN tigbt;ng costnn,e
and attitnde 5ffarS aarsnns W. n.snd Sa;n, ga
sent at the obt abaao nnnartun;,u 10 ;minorrtaj.
| lie themselves. 'e sff'i ''' y '-'AN -
/ He nronoses tn nph,;sb 90 soon as ,,oss;ble
after tba ~ 10 ;I 90
4 ton contanna fiftv nnrfra;ts IF natraps and ann.
Fac If charge ana Ia rennssis appnteysanp vbo
desire to rnr in this bisorical niciure 10 send in
49,; .ara = ~ ~ ~ -. . " iT IT,
in this window have l;ttle bIneranbca, sIatch
hanaatb thar, in svb;cb Il y statd M tha j. R i;
a ha u; .. ,to Gtat Se. VT I.s :, s''o IVY
San, H,rt toy n4. as +ba stafnbr;aoo Tfan. h,
has ;ssnad nbelanca nsar;ng 10 sa fiabt Haenan
whether be wins or iosa With Savers or anv other
man in Ianrand ,v;th tha oynantinn NJ Sauars for
fIno ada o. any faraigner sar s9o s;ds Il q
4 nat nnl;Eeiv thay after III term;nat;on IN III
match with Savers, Heenan will have plenty of in
yitations to test his powers further and should he
4 win the chamniou,a belt he will az eourse feel
bound to accent them. Hinder anv eircnnstanees
4 he intends remaining in England I'M June. attend
inp the nrincinaj races and en;ov;nr b;mself and
i seeing something Of England ana ENGLISH life. al
i of course he cannot now do while working as
| hard as he II "a nrenare bimself far he coming
| encounter. -
! have lust had a conversation with a gentleman
thororghju fam;I;ar With snort;ro, and 1rbn
| ia takinc The odds on Heenan He savs however
that athonph there are sueh quotations ma s;y III
4 four he cannot ret them. and has never been abe
1 to get over five to four Savers he saws il hard
/ fighter bnt he has been once defeated and NAV he
| again: and he considers that If he il beaten BY
Heenan it will be no disgrace to him TO be defeated
by man Ave inches taller three stone heavier than
himself and a man in the fnli yipor of vonth "a
| Heenan is. The fight he thinks. will he Of short
duration. and Savers, game will be to keen q the
Bow, as far off from him as possible not allowing
him to close and overcome him by his superior ave
and weight If he can avoid it. Nat Laneham tbe
only man who ever Whinped Savers. has been gving
Heenan some lessons in sparring. and savs he has
improved wonderfully.
The fioht ia ooing 10 he a verv sata.t ono The
price of tickets fer The esenrsior viii he mt At
such price as to exclude the 9 rowahs', who nan
ally gather on such occasions and the locality Of
the " nlilin will be made known only the dav he
fore it comes of SO as to prevent them from reach
ing It in advance by the ordinary means Of conway
ance Still it ia altogether probable AN immensa
number Of persons win he nresent
AT the point of time at which 7 now write uee-
nan is marveIoysiv rvaii odanaa ~ NV a,a ~ t.
made ready for his battle in wsel were, il necea
sary to hurry him for that nurnose INIT tlere il no
such need and be is lust where he sh0nld Ne fonr
weeks in advance Of the day of trial The object
of training Il to nroirce man Al his h;pbeas ,ont
of physical peyfection at q given dau and snnr.
and tie art Of the trainer is exhibited in nnssct
ing his man to his climax by regular degrees. bike
horse he can hjnon,-T INT once dnrino a NC
marathon an. II ia ali innortant tbat he ~ ~
bloom day too soon or a dav Too late m c,n
hold perfectioa INIT 4 lttie wh;Ia ana ,vba, tsa
climax is reached we at once NAV see the beoein.
ming Of the deoiine Al An ;lIustraton hnuy n;ea a
thing condition Is and how keenjv II ia stnedi ana
understand nv the nnp;Iists III Tondnn tha trasna-
of Mace, who recently pitted him AGAINST Travers
the BLACK honnd, his man yybo ,yas ovar 80 ~
fight at a certain redueed weight tncordin,, t "a
the rules the man went tn tbe scaIo tbc ia :, h.
fore. but as soon MS Mace Nod been shown IL he
within the mark required he was let mn, for the
next twenty-four hours from his abstemions d;et
supplied with generous food. and his released com
diton expanded into three or four more Mounds
of weight The trainer is. therefore. not only the
aplomatist and general Of the aght, but the anato
mist, surgeon and doctor of his man. I am pIad tn
be able to say, from the personal ASSURANCES IF
Macdonald, that Keenan, takes 10 bis trainine tbis
time with the greatest good will, and impiicitIv
ebeys every instruction riven Ii him M uee
Jacks own words he could not desire In have a
more willing and mindful mar. and II he does mot
win it will not be for want of proper effort to get
himself in due condition.
HE ,,o5e ne ,rarawa,; t t... .I.,
little within the last fel days and !, ia a s
@ d ias. y anu ~ = now as ioi
ing Weakened by his faithful attendant. Cusick and
after taking a good wash Of the face head and |
H.. emnnpa
the hour and d half between that and breakfast I
time in brisk walk, and With, ran in Of a few
hundred Yards at the ton Of his speed He takas
breakfast precisely at & aelaeh that mesl hoing s.
Ia forcheae beef or mutton. nicely broiled win
ont fat and bread being the features ~ Ina rpaaI
The breakfast being over. he after n ianse of an
hour takes a hath Of oald water With iI,lanty II
rock salt in il. il well and hriskiy rnbbed d9wn
from head to foot and then DISCHARGES tbe cIatbes
which had become saturated by the roornine RIM
and nuts on fresh linen. He Then starts ont a. q
o'clock, in heavy clothing with n nar of lgbt
dumb bells in his hands and takes a walk os ai9bt
or ten miles VARYING The direction accarJina ~ 3ia
wind. SC as to have ii behind him coming bom ,'
When within mile fron hame ha bnrsta fa,tl
a strong run. coming in at fun sneed and nndes
profuse persDiratioa He i Of onea sa;aad hn III
careful attendants as Green's seize a raaer ,yhaa
he comes in latherinr f from a q reeze > and
stripped of his olothng instanteF and thew fotl
upon him with stroog towels and r,b him, uiaian.
till tie whole skin il In ruddv gIow Fresh iiaan
and clothing is then nut npan him and he eits
down or walks gently about inside IF thu hause and
out of the air for n few min1,tes He tben nroosaas
to- the barn, close by the house and exerefaes sith
the clubs, dunbbeIls and bau. mil he ia we'll fa
tigued at each, and then loiters ahont mil the
dinner hour which comes at O'Clock, and which |
varies between beef one day and mutton the next,
with no vegetable, and the chief concomitant being
bread, moistened occasionally with glass Of |
Scotch ale.