The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-03
GOV. FLOWER IN TRAINING.
REDUCING MS WEIGHT BIZ BOXING
AND OTHER ExERCIsE.


Muscles OF His Arms Have Become Hard.
aud His shoulders Square and Firm, and
He Says Hs Never Felt Better In His Life.
ALBANY. Mny Gov. Flower Is rapidly be-
coming an accomplished boxer. He has train
ed down twenty-five pounds. from 240 to 21S.
and people who know him as no was during
tho campaign aud when he came to Albany
are all wondering over tho change. A man
comes around every evening to tho Executive
Mansion after dinner and boxes with the Gov
ernor for an hour. ana rubs him down after
ward. Besides that. the Governor has other
Cymnnstic exercises. which have hardened his
muscles and made him walk around straight,
with his shoulders square and his head mp In
the lir. and his lungs filled with fine Dir. which
Is an Albany speciality.
Since Gov. Flowers recent attack OF bilious
Indigestion his doctor told him that he would
have to change his way OF living II no did not
want to DO q permanently sick man. For some
years Gov. Flower has not taken much exer-
else OF any kind He would drive around Wa
tertown, and in tho fall he would spend some
time hunting In the Adirondacks and along
the st. Lawrence: but from the beginning OF
the campaign last fall until six weeks ago he
took no exercise that amounted to anything.
When he came to Albany he was new to the
duties Of tho office. and he started In ut once
to familnrlze himself with them without hav-
inc been rested after the hard work and worry
OF tho campaign. His appetite was good and
he alto three honrty meals day After break
fast he would light cigar md go over
to the Executive Chamber. where he
would go through the papers and smoke until
10 o'clock. when tho ONCE regularly opened.
From 10 o'clock until 1 he would soc callers
and work. At o'clock he returned to the
Executive Mansion and lunched heartily.
Often he would take some friends over with
him. and the lunch grew in substance and
number OF covers until it amounted to as
much as n dinner After luncheon he would
light another big cigar and walk back to the
Capitol From 3 o'clock until he went homo
he would smoke. and then he would dino
heartily and smoke until bedtime His doctor
told him that this course OF living for o
man OF his weight and habit would bring him
down to an early grave. and that he would
have to stop. He promptly stopped
From that time until now he has not smoked
cigar. and the way he feels now he does not
want to smoke. He is ambitious to learn how
to box we'll. and he knows that there is Moth
Ing like smoking cigar after dinner to inter-
fere with mans staying powers II he wants
to box an hour afterward. Gov. Flower never
was man who drank beyond littlo claret
with his dinner. but he has stopped even that.
and he is in training now that would put
many professional athletes to shame. Tho
result OF the training Is shown in tho work at
knocks around the professional boxing man.
who has to stand up against him for an hour
It is a week only since the work OF the Lecis-
&ature was turned over to the Governor. but
he has already disposed Of all the important
speetess o. ELECTION bilI; the Freedom = woT;
He eomes over and kies H the tis eSe
ssss = ass us As ss is,;
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have to cut my fist out"
hs It hs s pus fna
and co s., One mGrninE he tnkes boeisteaS
A. Hs 6 sH Mn Tile The and ns works
and 2 bit Of to9st. Then no walks again
H'S! " Men S'fys x sniEs H S%sk
tine Mansion and makes
his IrGhk fast and he i, is REDUCING tho coffee
sEseeciaIty Of the straight EiGht. and straight
arms have become hard and his shoulders nro
Est, an 6o rm After boxing
bed Besides boxing he works dumb bells OF
light weight through the regular dumb bell
exercises. and he leans against door or bar
and pushes himself back several times In
order to expand his chest
Unit! May 81 the Governor will stay in
Albany: Then no goes to tho Adirondacks
with Mrs. Flower for, two or. three. weeks:
There he will spend the time in hunting and
fishing and getting plenty Of ont door over
cise During tho summer he will make his
home ~ Watcrtown. whore Mrs. Flower will
stay. He will TO in Albany several days n
week MS business may require. Then no ex-
poets to make an inspection of all the n syums
that no mny personally soc how they are con-
Quoted. by fall he will be back again in
Albany in tho best health he has had since he
WAS Jefferson county boy.