The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-21
THE PRESIDENTS SON-IN-LAW,
What He Get at the Hands Of Mr.. oo,.
oourdain 7. Murphys
Stable.
DISPLAY OF MAGNIFICENT MUSCLE AND
uNDoUBTED COURAGE.

uNDoUBTED COURAGE.
On Saturday evening number 0
young gentlemen of sporting pro
clivities were gathered in the Yves
End Hotel, Long Branch. Very nat
nrally the conversation between
drinks turned upon physical develop
ment, and more naturally still, tn,
impulsiveyouths began to bare theil
arms to show the size of their mus
Gle. Of all the arms shown, those O
Mr.. Sartoris, President Grants son
1n-law, and Mr.. Goicouria, a young
stock broker, were the the most mus
cular. Each of these gentlemen ex
hibited lknotted cords which would
have done honor to a prize-fghter
and each showed as much pride a.
muscle, talking with that liberality
which Piper Heidsick and Mumm'.
Extra Dry always inspire.
Theupshot of the big talk was ar
agreement between the two gentle
men named to testtheir strength ant
skill u a glove fight. Mr.. Golcouris
wished to fight without delay, but as
the henr was late, it was at length
decided to defer it until Monday, and
to select stable belonging to the
Hon. Thos. Murphy as the place Of
meeting. This stable stands back Of
Ocean avenue, and not far from the
cottage presented to President Grant
by the Hon. Thomas Murphy, Geo.
Washington Childs, A. NJ, and 9th
ers-s It. is spacious building, and
the main floor afforded abundant
spase for the fistic encounter.
Alto o'clock on Monday morning
thefriends of the contestants drove
from the West End Hotel to Mr.. T.
Msrphy's stable, six coaches being
wdl-flled with sport-loving young
man, 1t is said, also, that President
Giant, Mr.. Thomas Murphy and his
son, George Washington ChiIds, "A.
NJ, and other cottagers in the aris-
tecratic neighborhood, walked over
to the scene and manifested great in
tsrest in the sport; but as to this
pint all who were present are pecu-
lhrly reticent. Indeed, like the
yeecher jury, they were sworn to Sc
Gecy, although enough has leaked
gut to justify the following descrip-
fon of the thrilling contest:
At about II o'clock the men strip.
ped to the buff, both showing mag
hificent muscle, and both being in
good fighting condition. Although
rather below the size of his oppo :.
nent, Mr.. Sartoris seemed to be har-
der in flesh and able to stand more
punishment; and in the preliminary
sparring it was plain that his knowl-
edge of the noble science of self-de-
fence was greater than that of his
adversary. But in point of strength
and in quickness Of foot Mr.. Goicou-
ria had all the advantage.
The first round was cautious one
on both sides, although Mr.. Goicou-
ria got in a left-hand facer, which
Mr.. Sartoris reciprocated with a neat
clip on the side Of the head, admins
tered with his right. Then followed
n series of feints and parties, and the
round ended.
Mr.. Sartoris opened the second
r o un d with bold attack,
which Mr.. 'Goicouria skilIfully par
ried, and seeing that his opponent,
in his eageruess, relaxed his guard
he went for him right and left, the
result being knock down.
From this time out the game was
all in the hands of Mr.. Goicouria.-
After getting first knock down he
drew first blood, and for six or seven
rounds battered the Presidents SON.
in-law numerically. Mr.. Sartoris
stood up round after round with bull
dog courage and endurance, but at
length his friends saw that his
chance Of winning was less than moth
ing, and persuaded him to retire.
The following affecting stanza,
which can be attributed to no less
celebrated an elegaic poet than Geo.
Washington Childs, A. M, who thus
expresses his horror at the pounding
Of the Presidents son-in-law, has at
tanned to great popularity at Long
Branch:
Affection sore long time he bore,
His parties were in vain;
For Goicouria mauled him sore,
And put him to great pain.
Gone to join his father-in-law.
In. X. Sun.