The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-02

aud they give him a walk ~ about three mlles,as
hard "a he can go and back Then they fotch MIN
IN aud 20 At MIN with the gloves and spar him
aa long as they can and then thew put him ut "A
swinging nag Of slwdust OF tan, and let him 60
II aud lodging II. aud following il up
It swings from hin, and bringing
into constant active play every muscle OF che
body. linen they strip MN and rub blm Wien
CO re towels, rub HIN ~ hard as they can. un-
81, aud he's perfe ctly dry and ia bealthv glow.
Then he lays OF aud rests about an hour, after
which he eats his bro kflst. For breakfast be
Will have cup Of to a good he III cak, not
raw, but cooked rare, ist 50 that the blood will
follow the Knife, IA meat should always be
cooked, some people like meat cooked day US
chips. Teen why don't they eat ohips At once.
Ana some folks have foolish notion that prize
n7hters eat raw meat. Nonsense. Raw meat 10
for doRs, not for men. But TO return to the
breakfast. sometimes they Will give him glass
Of good ale-Scotch ale-pourod right on top Of
the steak. Int they never let him use any COT
fee, nor any tobacco, and no liquor, except IL
may he plass OF ale once In wnlle; But espe.
cially no coffee and no tobacco. Why, good
trainer will not even lot hts man sit In room or
car where other people are smoking. After
breakfast he'll take a walk around. easy at first,
snd alter u while they will get him to running.
and jumping forwards aud backwards; and he
will take the dunno bells-small. iisht ones-and
practice hitting with them. For this business
man has TO hit straight out from the shoulder,
and ne soon as his arm begins TO drop ne has 70
stop. When he comes in ~ 10 ne Is once more
rubbed down with coarse towels; and 30 they
70 on with him, exercising and feeding him on
BEEF AND MUTTON,
rubbing him down often, keeping sometimes
two or even three men at work on him. one
taking hold when another Ia tired out, until,
When he Is ready To go into the ring, thore IA not
blood rises almost TO the surface OF the skin. be
has AN eve like hawk and the elasticity OF a
mountain goat, and from head to foot he's AS
smooth ana nne IA silk. That's man In per-
feet physical training. OF course such work re-
duces a mans weisht but In good hands he
doesnt lose snythinR That he Is not better with
OUT. My brother has been worked down FROM
go pounds to $50 through such exercises pad
ali at nj mi n al In hat ~
In training Is going to bed early. Inc man VINO
is in training must retire at orc o'clock in the
evening. 30 the result u achieved OF bringing
man, by the time he IL READY to enter ~ ring,
into near tho condition Of q perfect piece Of
machinery M Is possible. And all for the brutal
purpose OF being hammered or hammennK
somebody else out OF tho semUlance OF man
n11p .ssras na haa p,Ss aso or
barroom ngnt where there is biting and kicking
aud goupiue out ey 8 and all that. OF all brutal
tLlngs, a rough tumble" nKht 10 the
worst, and a prize nght between two men
trained Tor the rag. though II Is a brutal thing,
and should not be recognized bv decent people.
and should he stopped uy law, II not so bad.
But just think nov c.uel and beast-ltke thing
| II Is to DC a professional hgnter. Suppose here
| sre myself and another man, both III the ousi-
ness, anu he rs the best friend l have In the
world. We love each other IKE brothers. Well
/ some night a man SAYS 10 another man. iii
bet tl,VOJ Howell Gardner can whip 80 aud So
my FREUD mind YOU - don't believe ne can,
says me otner. Dollars tilks," says the FIRST
man. ana to make a long story short they make
! no a match fnr us to ng q, we not knowing ny
| tulnk ABOUT ", anu NtNlnH no FthSon IlF nRut-
lug. ihs next morning we ere told OF IL, and
put In training, aud all the while we sre
nno,,.,e' ana n"ys taIk over }t-t,ienas all
mind yOu-aud we each seek to get ourselves In
tue best possible cond ton. for whatp Why,
each to beat the life out, or nearly Out, OF tue
be At and dearest ffiend ne has got.
When men come to enter the ring they 6nd
rules for everything there, anu all the forms OF
etiquette all ready provided. Each mAn comes
forward well say, In perfect cOudition, clean a.
A whistle, Ia the highest he alth, with an eve
. a IA x. Il "A = |
OF n bAndbox, There sre two rings, an inner
and all outer one, made Of ropes. odslds the
latter are the spectators. me referees aud
umekeeper's places are between the ropes. One
man comes w and throws lbs cap over into the
ring, rs his challenge Ike, ana follOws IL him
self Then the other throws In his cap-an ae-
oeptancs OF the challenxe-~nd follows H. amid
tue shouts and cheers OF the multitude Tor by
that time, let me tell you, everybody around Is
pretty fuIl Of eAci.euISut. Toe four secOnas next
enter u, rius, Nv Tor each man. Generally each
mans LIaiuer Il Ills head second. When
TINE" Is CALLED
the men about % asht walk forward to the
| centre q the rin< and shake hands, The two
their hands over those OF tnetr principals. 60
through the same friendly form. Iueu ali step
back 20 corners, choice for wnich has been de-
cided by toss each head second kneels on
| one Knee and takes his man ON tue other, and
there he sis unit "tlme" IA called. A time
mutual consent. suddenly Lime Is ct,led.
| and eacn uxnter, leaving hts seconds knee,
/ advances u tue centre OF the ing anu puts his
h4n1s up. II they onlv WOULDN'T hurt each
otner. the prettirrt sisht a man over saw, Of any
Kind Of machinery, is TO see two men, well
/ IT ined aud stripped for ba tle-cach with eyes
ike a hawk, loOking Hs II their keen, concen-
| trated gaze would pierce through MS antagonist
| eacn VITA hnely developed muscles ana skin
| like satiu-soarring for al opening. Great eau
uol ls exerclsel here, for often there is gre I
deal OF money bet On first bio /, as on hrst
knock down and FIRST fall; ana the least incau-
tious look or movement. and you IRE gone. That
! is.wuY the opening Is ALWAYS so slOw,ind the men
stand 50 long, movi-g their arms with the pre-
clsIon aud grace of beautiful machines, but after
nrst blood. and nrstknock down. and nrs fail are
decided then the oatlle. the quick, desperate,
nerc'leas hard work commences. Puen tnere
is not so mucn beauty. Then II is give and
take, swift and cruel, from the moment time "
Is called until one or the other man Is fellod u
tue earth As quick AS man falls his seconds
step forward aud pick min up, with one hand
under his shoulder, the other under his thigh
and carry him back 10 his corn r. lie Is not
allowed 10 move uand 70 help himself. All his
strength mast be Reserved Tor the com oat. liz
Is hand led "a if ne was cnlld. In his corn 4
they have brandy, linen, sponge, aud some
water. III his eye Is badly bruised u IL lanoed
and perhaps the clotled blood sucked out by
one 81 his seconds They sponge him on, give
him little water II his throat Is parched, and II
tue hsbt Is going hard with nm a lltue ctundy
Now the hgnt h horrible IN its brutillties and
need not pa sue the subject further ~ the las
moment Wnsh sponge tossed Ia mo air IL the
confession Of defeat OF one or the other pooi
battered, disngured, hdeOus, bloody wrecks Of
the two beautiful machines. l saw IN papei
the otner dtv that two men had fought q battlC
OF seventh ROUNDS. IA voice from tue audl
that must have been a desperate Bght. IL /,
sickenIng TO think Of IL. 1 know one Of these
men. he = an unfortunate fellOW-neyer wins
serves him right, ne has no business To light.
nYER, MACE, AND JOHN MoRRIssEY.
The best man that ever stood In the ring IL
this or any other country, IA uy uellei, wa
Thomas Hyer. The brst ,cisnced man that live'
to-day, or ever did live. Is Jan ,ace Of Englaud
Tue uest man England ever did raise VS. ION
Savers. The best rough and tumble fighter that
ever lived New YORK Island was william
Poole. he gamest man that lives. or ever cid
i've, IN my opini on, tho man who mas the gre IT
est endurance. 10 the Hon. Jobn Morrssev. Hel
the best game man that ever Went inside rOp,
ring or any where else. lie h IS retred from tn,
prize ring, however, anu Hm glad OF IL. He,
too good and honest a man to he In such busl
ness. Al that John Morrlssey wants - religion
aud II no had that he'd ue one OF tue greatest
men on Gods earth Hes got q heart in him a.
big hs he can carry aroul d, and I'd taks mis- wore
quicker tnan would the notes VI u good many
lOns-taced people.
Fighting Is poor business and leads always q
trouble aud sorrow but science Is a bi ssed goOC
thing man may be going along the street witt
his wife or some otner lady, ana rougns MAJ
aud II the man says A word they may knock hiu
down. Well think it's a good dead better 70
him To know how to knock them down. Ate
yoh learn how To HI, put the knowledge In YOU
pocket and uon't make any use ~ II witnou
necessity requires. il l could Do sure all mel
! would alwa5s do that | wouldn't ht sltate {,
teach anybody 10 spar.
Ine lecturer closed with an interesting accoun
of MS CONCESSION, nineteen ycars lgo, On the Oh
Of October, and Of the efforts he had sine,
made to spread the III tldings OF salvation