Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-09-04
,Yr,rsr prn1cuLE OF ENGLISH
MI AMERICAN SPORTS.

nero Is Al IN
q ,acen, article in the London Times OF
the surprise-wc had almost said the scorn
with which the Chinese at Shanghai
have perceived the introduction Of English
sports inaugurated. II is said that when
a grand ball was given on board the Ad-
mlral's ship of an English fleet at Alexan-
dria, in honor Of a visit from the Pacha OF
Egypt, that Prince, after admiring greatly
the figures Of the dance and the graceful
ness of the dancers, confessed that there
was one thing that did astonish him : 1t
was that, distinguished officers and ladies
should like to fatigue themselves in that
way for nothing. For his part. he was
thankful that he had slaves whom he could
see dance whenever he chose, without
himself going through the labors Of the
motion.
In China there is the same astonishment
felt at the shooting, cricket, boating and
racing of the English and Americans.
What amusement can be found in getting
GU, boats from England at great expense,
and rowing them ourselves, and going up
rivers, to walk home many miles for the
sake Of shooting game, is to them unac-
countable, and a proof Of outside barbara
anism. To throw q ball at three sticks,
while another beats it off and a third
runs after it, seems 3 proof Of madness.
l, is quite clear that peculiar ply
steal inferiority is the mark, If not the
cause, Of that general diminution Of ma
tional power tina, makes the Eastern ma
tons fall so easily and so naturally under
the sway of the Western, who, through
the hardy privations which the great ac-
tive contests of life generate, and which
repeated emisrasions have necessitated,
have become a superior race in all their
powers.
Other things being equal, strength and
greatness OF mind will be very much in
proportion to vigor Of body. The power
of persistence and lon~g-continued. patient
thought by a single mind in a given d.
rection, will be very much in proportion
to the power Of ~longendurng bodily ia
tigue. Strength of will and the resolu-
ton to overcome all obstacles will, in like
manner be greatly in proportion to ply
steal health and vigor, so that a few hours
sleep will often give resolution to the
timid and wavering, while great ia
tigue of body eneryates the mind. In
like manner, delicacy of body is greatly
connected with d~elicacy Of mind. Hence
il is that in all their instincts, perceptions,
emotions and actions, women are so much
finer than men, and all Of both sexes be-
come coarse in their tastes in proportion
TO that Of their exercises and employ
ments and health.
There is no doubt but that mental exer-
else strengthens the body as much per-
haps as bodily exercise the mind, for the
effects are mutually reactive. That which
detoriorates the body degenerates the
mind, and ell tina. injuries the mind,
sooner or later, tells upon the physical
character.
The greatness OF our future as a nation
will depend upon our keeping up this pro-
por,ionate and increasing development Of
the whole man. Our youth must have
exercise, and in proportion to their mental
culture and occupations they mus, have
play. At present, DR.. Winship, DR.. Dio
Lewis, Fowler and Wells, and a few Of
theiL followers, seem alone paying ade-
quate attention to the subject. But there
ought to be professorships established in
all our colleges and schools, and for pri-
vate consultation, on all questions Of food
and exercise. rest and study, morals and
social life, as they bear upon the improve
ment or deterioration of the constitution
of each individual. Every young man in
Virginia City, of ~seden.ary employment,
should join the gymnasium.