The sun., 1886-11-28

From my ral.Ie., ... Iliuooi," he said. II
Mss IN a d So weys many
members OF the fnmiy. but the spirit OF the
sport seemed to he condens"d in me. the
Of athletics as naturally az duck to water. II
l found that some boy con Id beat me at pulling
AWAKE tSnkns INIT It ali % over and fu trying to re- reason son
out the cause OF his superiority. / went deep
into all sorts OF contests, but as you want to
II have been pretty steadily in the wrestling
that had trained with The boys. an had learn
cd TO- throw them all. 1t was my ambition 10
tackle fell fellows who were bigger thnn me; VINO ryn
up. 1t gave me the incentive to study. for. rs
will show you the good wrestler must study
and he must be- quick. My muscles were never
Rss S wa. Hny %nTg ausH GS hsy bay
in my study saw that mon vary In the quick
ness with which they use different muscles.
into work. With others it is the reverse.
10 Eo"b be equally aaM '" Quick with both parts o!
his body. and must learn 10 move feet and
arms at the same Instant win his thought En
perhaps think. Most wresrers who pass for
good ones are expert In two or three move-
ments: 1t ia like a game Of chess-a man learns
Ignorant n @ Of n many any others. So studied out the
effective. and. havi ne detsrminei that. / tried
to flnd way to make each one ineffective. l
would imagine myself IN match ina and my my op-
How will break that says /. So studied
out all the different styles and praetised
% Whi1e lyine n In'f in bed % that % Thought would would
WORK we'll I tried it on as soon as pos
1t didn't but by constant study Of the pecu-
liarties Of the sport got so that could break
any lock attempted on mo. ana not only that
hu IN la h, ms the time he irving
accomplish something. and so was unprepared
for q counter attempt and worst him. Why.
eventually it got to be so that could tell by u
kind OF nervous telegraph Just what kind OF
lock or movement man was going to try on
That's what made me successful more than
anything else-the mental work put intoi it. I
never betrayed my plans by any suon nervous
well. ihis i getting ahead; ! wasn't SO
seventeen years old that circus came to town.
and l went to i. Of course. | was crazy for
paa nj Of who's
when he had thrown his, competitors. used to
CHALLENGE any one from the spectators .si to come
after quite a tusse. I downed him. Well. the
me would like to travel with the show. l was
only too anxious. And an 80 up l gets and runs
away with them When W. nrd an been m 9at al about
away and lusged me home. He wasn't so dis.
pleased. though. md l was so evidently bent
on becoming a wrestler that little opposition
was put in mv.wny. kept on learn ng more
and more about NJ sport and getting stronger"
" Did you train in n gymnasium ??
Not a bit OF 1t. got my development on
Vermont farm. In wha. WAS then the back
woods. It's the best kind of gymnasium The
use OF the fork in pitching hay. nni Of the hoe
in weadinE potatoes is not to he excel ed for
davsO ping the muscles OF the hack and arms.
Sine. loft the farm my lite has been divided
hetwern the show business and putting up
lightning rods. was bound for seven years to
u lightning rod concern for which rot Sl.2D0
year. and n good many bonuses for Wrestling.
for that was the principal ptrt Of my business.
and in all that time my elunloyurs never lost
a dollar on any match in which took part. 1t
was quite the fashion for the people Of some
town. sick and tired ot tho victories
achieved by some local wrestsr. to
send for me. Usualy we got a job at light
ming rod work. and made that kind OF
prsteXt for visiting the place. While there a
match would he arranged with the champion.
and l never failed To throw him, They put
some mighty heavy men against mo. too but
the reason | got away with them was almost
always because with me to think WAS to act.
Suppose You SOC an ODening: you say the foot
must go there. and then can bring my arms
into play and throw him. Well. most men fail
to act promptly with both extremes Of the body.
The feet may got there. but the arms will be-
slow. With me the ieet and arms and head
moved at the same time. have travelled all
over this continent. wrestling all the time. l
invented tho harness that all coilar-and-e elbow
wrcstlers use now. This style of wrestling.