The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-22

OmoO, Nos, IS and 81 POurtssplh Street
A PUGILlSr In TRAINING.

Once, Nos, IS and ~ FOurtsspth Street
i A PuGILlsT IN TRAINING.
John L. Sullivan Tells What Ho Does AM
Why Ho Does IT.
Twill give as careful description o
my course OF training as ! can. Here 1
what 90 through every day from tn
10th Of May until the day Of the fight
get up about o'clock and start GU
on q tiye-mile walk, When / return
from that exercise am rubbed dowE
with coarse towel and rest for abopt
half an hour; then l am ready for break
fast. That meal consists oil chops o.
beehteak and o cup OF weak tea. l an
not allowed 70 drink coffee, because
coffee has q tendency 10 make 0 man bill
lous. Tea, II 1t Is not too strong, and you
don't drink too much Of 1t, Is good FOL
the nerves,
After breakfast l sit around awhile
read the newspapers or chat with my
trainer, and then Tor half an hour ! ex'
ercise with two-pound dumb-bells OF
swing small pair OF Indian clubs, !
also skip rope, That may seem very
womanish exercise and the statement
may make some people smile, but the
fact Is that skipping the rope Is an excel
lent exercise for limbering up the joints;
almost every joint in your body receives
benefit, l believe that such exercise
Is excellent for young girls, though they
have tendency TO oVerdo II, In which
case, OF course, II Is very harmful. An
other exercise indulge In at this time
Is punching the football, which Is sus.
pended by q rope from the ceiling, oil
these exertions occupying the time until
the dinner hour, They are continued
pretty constantly one after the other,
slowly and easily, and not to the degree
Of fatigue.
For dinner eat roast mutton, roast
beef or roast chicken. eat only the
lean Of the meat at this or any meal the
fat Is cut of and thrown aside. I con.
slider chicken, broiled or roasted, good
food; the meat Is dry and somewhat
strengthening. There Is no choice be.
tween roast beef and mutton-one Is as
good as the other. After resting awhile
after dinner, 30 out on my long walk
and run-ior distance OF twenty miles
walk and run alternately. This is the
most severe exercise OF the day and has
for Its objects the strengthening OF the
legs and the wind. When ! come In
from the long run / am rubbed down
with coarse towel, after which Jump
into a bathtub with salt In the water, or,
II l am in the neighborhood where there
is a sea.bathing / take the benefit Of
that; l also let the water run over me In
a shower. Then am rubbed dry with o
coarse hand towel, after which my trainer
rubs me down with his hands-always
rubbing in downward direction not
both ways. The object OF this rubbing
Is To harden the flesh; II you rubbed
both ways instead Of one u would have
a tendency 10 make the flesh sore, be.
cause under this high training the flesh
becomes very sensitive until, under
proper treatment, 1t begins to harden.
By this time 1t is 0 o'clock. After dress.
ing myself In ordinary costume pass
away the time for an hour in reading or
chatting, and then l have O good appe-
tite for supper. That Is not such
heavy meal as breakfast or dinner, l
generally eat little cold chicken, some
dry bread Il always eat the bread dry
and drink q bowl OF weak tea. AS rule
l eat no dessert, though ! am sometimes
allowed a little rice pudding. l don't
smoke or drink any kind Of liquor,
though for dinner l sometimes take q
bottle Of BASIS ale. That drink, taken
in a very moderate quantity at the noon
meal, l consider beneficial; 1t Is, to a
certain extent, strengthening. l 70 to
bed at 0 o'clock, and, 1t Is almost need
less TO say, enjoy a good nights rest.
Now, the reason / don't eat fat is be.
cause fat makes fat. The object OF train
ing Is TO get rid Of your surplus fat, To
develop your muscles and to harden your
flesh, and to get what fighters call your
"wind" all right. An ordinary man can
not run up q flight Of stairs or three or
four blocks without becoming "winded."
II makes no difference how strong man
may be, II his "wind" gives out easily
he Is powerless. A man,can reduce his
weight by sweating, but the proper way
is 10 reduce your weight by exercise and
harden your flesh by rubbing. OF course
II is necessary 10 take sweats; they help
a man; but you cannot rely upon them
altogether.
Again, as 10 eating, do not eat a large
quanty Of food, but l eat three good
meals during the day, and | eat food that
is adopted 10 make strength. Idon'tin.
dulge in what the cooks call "palate
ticklers." ] suppose many business men
eat more than do, but don't think
their appetite can be healthy one.
Then, again, they eat a lightbreaEfast, q
moderate lunch and consume a large
meal at tho close Of the day.
People sometimes express surprise
that priSe.fghters recover 80 quickly
from the punishment they receive in q
fight. After tho fight is over the fighter
Is given q hot bath that takes the sore
ness out OF him and keeps the blood In
circulation. II he has bruises the blood
hasn't time 10 CONCEAL. For very bad
dwellings tho tinCture OF iodine Is used.
II your eyes are all bunged up use
simply hot water, Just as hot as you can
bear, and that will soon reduce them To
their natural state. | suppose the great
secret Of the fighters quick recovery ID
the fact that he is In such high state oil
health nature does most Of the work,
They say II you cut an Indian with q
hatChet--I mean O strong, healthy In.
dian that hasn't been soaked In bad
whisky-the wound will heal Of itself In
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