New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-04

the spania,ds cruel. Rat pits, wi
j. chicken fights and dog fights. are st
IS kept up in New Orleans on Sundays. Su,
t disgusting and beastly sports do US gre
S dishonor, and in q comparative NOR
s sense we should be obliged to take bat
4 seat a: a Spanish bull fight. We ha'
d base bal! and other sports admirably ca
: criated 20 .lemoralize the public ar
: break the Sabbath; but as they break .
+ many heads as they do Sabbaths, and 4
y not torture i:utes. little is said again
. them.
II Charity succeeds il covering multi
tude OF sins. What is called spor. trie
1 &c do as much. The trouble is that a
sports are overdone in execution. IL
blum. old English way of knocking a ma
i down 70: his impudence degenerated int
the prize ring. The manly az. of sell
defense had to be taught by professors
and the professors were bruisers who KEEP
the prison cut On their hair, and VIII
worked IN barrooms and fought in tn
prize ring for a living. Speeding horse
led TO regular races. This Was vel
enoug b when gentlemen drove their owl
horses IN the race; but the professional
Jockey steps in and makes racing :. gam
bling business. The best said fo- horse
racing is that it promotes the breeding 0.
better horses. In the case Of irotting road.
s'ers developed in the North, such may be
the case 20 certain extent. As much can
not De SAID for the running races OF the
South. kentucky breeds species OF
iong-limbsd. vicious animals which are of
no earthly use. and can be employed only
Tor the purpose Of running races. On
these animals little negro boys are put,
| and they fly around the mile course, as a
roulette wheel turns in its place. for the
crowd to bet on. These horses are most
expensive, and they must be cared for as
tendecly as children. They give no pleas
uce to their owners. and being useless
from one race season to another, they do
not raise the standard of horses.
Rowing was a manly exercise; bu, the
professional! business crept in on that
sport. and many young man has been
rowea 70 death. Send your son to Yale
or Harvard. He may not become great
lawyer. doctor. clergyman. suthor or busi-
ness man with fine education, but there
are ten chances to twenty tina: he will pull
a good stroke oar, become champion of
race, and get his picture in the GrobEic,
showing the whole crew in undershirt uni
form. Perhaps he will indulge in regu-
lar course of training before he graduates,
90 to England. and return with weak
back after pulling on the Thames.
Billiards are not claimed rs giving
muscle. The game is said to improve the
mind at the rate Of sixty cents an hour.
What sor: OF a mind can be improved by
calculating how 20 punch ivory balls
agains: each other on green cloth COW
cred table. only those who have noticed
the Improvement can tell. The billiard
game, though. was an honest and innocent
When it became popular
The everlasting "professional' took the |
cue. and billiard playing became busi.
ness. an adjunct Of harrooms. and 4, cans
0: ,obbing young men Of their time and
money.
Base ball is its cwn reward. !: may be
,lassed as sport, religion or insanity.
When played en- hot Sundays it is COM
2ination Of the three qualities. having less
Il sport than religion or insanity. Like
'ther amusements base ball has its pro.
essors. They go in mines. like the acquit-
al force Of the Brooklyn jury. and are
;nowr by the stockings they wear.
Shooting il; something we approach
autiousiy. How rifle target shooting
anne to be considered an amusement is
OF quite clear. In the hands of soldier
r a hunter the rife is a glorious weapon.
backs up a man and makes him strong:
is companionable and q protection.
ut G man on picket in = dark place,
way from his comrades, and he does no. 8
el altogether lonely. He stands proud a
I'd fearless. grasping a strong and pei
he'd friend who will send death to an G
lemy and call the reserve by speaking q
ice. The hunter is king wherever he q
anders. He can take command of a
rest OF prairie. and has only to point at Il
ha: he wants 70 get it. Right where 0
'nting and soldering ends the uses Il
the rife. the professional
ooter comes in. He shoots at targets, b
wing telescopes. rests, measured dis D
nces. and all advantages no. usual O
len rife IS discharged at game or an Il
envy. There is no glory in the bulls e,
e Of target. 4 man may become q e.
j. and train himself 70 hold rifle with nj
,e-like irmness. He is a machine, q
tn his mind in one eye and one finger. ST
re aim is taken and the trigger finger
ponds. :! target might be invented to NJ
, 8. man by clock work. In that III
e the man would lose his ne,ve and 70
} game would not be interesting. We I'd
We read much lately Of the American p'
1 Irish rifle teams. They have adver-
ID the Remington and other rifles, have
d a. targets in two countries, and -
led their bulls eye tournaments ~.
ional or international contests. The =,
erican team beat the Irish team at ~