Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-16


Gets Down 20 Weight
How Do fazzo1s jockeys live While
traiuiaE7 What d they Do % reduce
their veirht IN rasin<T How are the
various hour q each day e~naPloyed7
These and many Ike questions are fire.
q9eutiy asked b. n large class OF race
rueE bu- never hare been answered
r<htT- The PabIic generally believes
that when l. i necessary 20 take OF
some % the Surplus fssh the Jockey re-
sorts % 4 heavy dose Of medicine or
sleeps FOR N evening % two under \
Ton % Blankets Hence the following
accDu-s - how N~cLauxhIfu. the noted
knight % the pi<sCln. r~vsiaees down 10
one hundred AMI fifteen pounds viii be
fcund Interesting 10 all but Instructive
20 those holdfu- notions On
ths sah5cr. AT 3 o'clock Ia the morn
iu~ asshc Old song has il Mclaughlin
l. called By hts valet and begins the
dav- A cold water bath is the first
thing IN order. ant this : followed By
Z virrrurs AMI fh1roggh rubbing down
-Theuce be goes 10 the track ani spends
about two hours on horseback and walk
Ing exercise. The morning he has horses
- work he Will devote al his time
- them bat On the % days he takes 20
p~les-ri1nrSm Not till : O'Clock ices
he H1ve BREAKFAST and then ir Is a r10ei-
ct repast. consisting OF twoIeaa chops.
dry toast and tea without sugar On
this foundation for the physical man he
d1ns his sweaters These weigh no less
than twenty pounds complete. In them
he runs ard walks a distance OF seven
mie~ Dripping with PRECIPITATION.
which runs down him IN streams and
-eadv 70 drop frOm sheer exhaustion. he
rpturrs % his rooms more dead than
alive After being stripped a. quickly
A. possible he = rubbed down with all
thr latest appliances known for that
purpose
E1. this is b. 10 means the lad 81 his
/ orisaL Upoa being rubbed do~u be Is
I put into the bla1sst& and when eooged
oE. Is taken out - them and given an
other ba-L He then gets another rub
bun-- Whea entirely dry he i again
subjected 20 one more thorough rub
bEu- rhS tiue wth n BODY dressing
BY ta6s tire b. wlshes he never was
/ born. ard A. he soogiy contemplating
speedy saleule. be- Is allowed To Assume
his ordinary attire nrd saurter around
FOR a good parr oe -he renaiHd~r 0f thu
DAY F-rpqupntlv- aovever- BE- exercises
( for a -1rtt portion OF this leisure time
with ths boxinErloves. f1ils dumb
bells. T1tE1n clubs and ether sporting
rarapheruaIia. with whb-h his rooms
are uiorueL ITe $ very f01I Of these
implements. and manages To derive
much am1semeat fru1 exercising with
them. a. veII a. Knocking of an oc-
c-n~5su1I pouud of flesh By the
zest With which he eaters into
the several pastinss represented
by them His dinner. IL the
slight meal h. tliSes at : O'clock can be
GfruiS-d with such a name. Is not quite
- liberal in character and amount ~
breakfast even. white his supper l.
lighter than either sugar. butter. POI
tat7ss soup. fats Of all kinds. and IN
fact. every ARTICLE - food that baS any
terfencv 20 i~G5-rslss ones bulk. l.
se,iulouslv eschewcL Though founder
of coffee be- drinks tea because it has
been advised as euusim,ive so attain his
object ~ making himself thinner
What solid stuff he does eat Is s1ch
that VIII give the most strength for the
G~usntItv ~FartaSen Of
when supper is over there IS NJ sit
ting arnuast until midnight in u~I-veuti-
lated rrprgS. playing cards smoking
and drinking. or any similar way Of
Passing an eseHinc Instead a walk
ir the opcu sir Is taken. be- the weather
unprnpttbiErs 9r not. and at ID O'Clock
Mclaughlin u ouee mere in his bod,
enjoying a good. sound sleep after his
days hart work From the above II
viii be seen that. while the DAYS OF
fashionable iocESeys bathing in the
stable bueket are over. the life Of sreh,
even adays. y not always the sine.
cure anal one long round Of pleasure
that many imagine Like everything
else, America il Advancing IN the
treatment OF nelseEs. both BY their em-
pIovcrs amt themselves. But the sse,
ccsstul cues tint that 70 eoutinue To be
successful they must keep up, of their
own accord even a s~trbeter discipline
than that enforced upon them in other
tIales For all that. these are the davs
OF luxury for jockeys, like every oue
stsc--SE Louis esIgbe-Demasrat