The Washington critic., 1888-02-18
sUII.IvANIN GnAININa.
The Dtoaern Hercules Preparing TO
Thrash Mitchell.

trian statue of George Ill, which
among the citizens Of the royal bor-
ough passes by the name Of the cop
per horse. Had her Majesty been at
home this morning she would have
seen an unwonted sight. A man
whose frame Hercules might have
envied kicking q football up the
spacious avenue with surprising vigor
and running like hare for the next
kick, while two other men on the
left and right respectively kicked the
ball back into the straight drive If it
deviated from its course.
On and on went the trio until the
copper horse was reached, when they
turned about and came rattling back
to Windsor at the same mad rate.
Then, as they reached the end of the
avenue, Hercules sent the great ball
flying through space, and, finding
thereafter no other outlet for his
superabundant energy, delivered one
tap from his mighty arm upon his
right-hand attendant, who promptly
Quilted mother earth, made n demi-
volt through the air, and landed
fairly on his back on the greensward,
where he lay rubbing his eyes, un-
certain whether he had been the vic
tim Of q dynamite outrage, or had
been struck by thunderbolt
Hercules, who proved to be j. l..
Sullivan, shook hands heartily with
San reporter standing at the park
gate. The Injured one, limping and
holding his hand to his chest, proved
to lo Sam Blakelock, who made his
obeisance as he came mp. The third
man was Macdonald, the trainer of
Sullivan. Within a hundred yards
from the park gate stands the quiet
hotel which is just now the head
quarters of Americas fighting cham
pion John has his bath and rub
down directly he reaches home, and
then, in cosy little sitting-room, has
his meal of cold fowl, apple sauce and
tea. His hannels are changed. and
he sits with u blue jersey, which a
tight-fightiug morning coat does not
conceal. His face is somewhat thin
ner, hut hiseye Is bright asan eagle's,
and he moves about as supple as
Bengal tiger. He is about l0S pounds
now, but he will he about five pounds
lighter when he fights. .r.a
al think" said Macdonald, Amer
lea ought to feel proud of the way
Sullivan has stuck to his training. He
has not given q moments trouble
from the time he started. He has
not smoked a single cigar or taken
one drop of liquor. He does all he is
told without murmur, and runs his
two miles at top speed in the morning
like a young kitten"
"And how do you stand this train
ing, Sullivan" queried the Sua man.
First rate. | did not like tthe
first fortnight. My feet blistered.
But that is all over now, and am in
excellent trim. have said before
| would fight Smith and Kilrain in
the same ring. i feel now that l
could whip Mitchell, Smith and Kill
rain one after the other, and not take
much time about it either, if they
stood up like men,"
elias anything further been fixed
about the fight with MITCHELL"
Nothing definite. The next de-
posit is due on March /, and the fight
will come off somewhere near March
10-tlIat is, if Mitchell's courage holds
out; but the fear is that some of his
friends will let the police know where
the match is coming off and thus stop
the fight. They could easily do that
if the fight were in England. | am
not so sure that it would be successful
on the Continent. There is talk
among Our opponents of our having u
Tough crowd present. There is my
list OF dozen names, and am sure
you could not object to one of them.
Either Jem Mace or Mr.. j. b. Angle,
well-known aithietic stock broker,
will be referee. / hear that Jem
Smith will act as MitchelPs bottle
will second HIM. ] hope that crowd
will he there. Perhaps there will be
more fights than one that day. The
choice Of battle ground will be left to
the one that wins the toss.
81 don't think there is any pos
sibility of fight with Smith. have
offered him every inducement, but
without result, and / know that his
manager, Fleming, and his former
hackers believe that he has not the
slightest chance against me. Ii
Smith goes TO America he will have
no show there, unless he can do some
good work. Let him try Dempsey
and / will bet a hundred to one on
Dempsey"
"What is your impression about
England now ?"
"Well, / have had good time here.
/ have met q number of people who
have given me hearty welcome and
made me feel at home. This, as you
know, is the beginning of the end ol
my career as fighting man. ! will
fight anybody now, and up to the time
| of my retirement. / don't think any
man could have done more than tc
| get on match in this country. 1t is
evident to me that the day of the
| prize ring in England is gone forever
The highest class of sportsmen will
support boxing match but they won
go to knuckle fight. IL is q pena
offense, and they won't run the risk
of six weeks Imprisonment for look
ing on; but boxing contests, to my
mind, is the class Of sport which vii
| be favored in the future" Pr
John having finished his meal SCI
to rubbing his hands vigorously Will
black composition with view t
harden them, as though they were
not hard enough already to give
poor Mitchell all the punishment h,
can take. Macdonald assisted him
and Ilolske, taking mp the talk, sale
that Sullivan hoped to give his frs
show on his return TO America in Bos
ton on May day and his second il
New York on May 3. lie would
however, attend every show KllraiI
gave, and challenge him 10 fight ther,
and then upon his own platform, anC
if he refused he would follow him t,
every town and repeat his challenge
There should be no doubt as to VIII,
was America champion.
After his fight with Mitchell, JOIN
will do another tour through Grea
Britain, commencing at Mancheste