The morning call., 1892-08-29

Prize-fghting in the United States has al
tanned to nearly the summit of honor which
the Olympic games occupied among the
Greeks. 1t is In contrast with the Olympic
contests in a conspicuous feature of de-
gradation. The Greeks sent their cham
pions into the stadium and the hippodrome
for the national honors OF the crown OF
wild olive and the palm branch, and the
heroes were commemorated in siatuary, in
poetry and in medals. The Olympic games
were really national festivals, and were
associated with religion. But pTize-fghting
is chiefly a vulgar brutality for money. No
body lights unless for stake or a share Of
one. Nobody fights unless with betting
behind him and the possibilities OF col
fusion and cheating to assist or mar the
betting. The pTiZe-fghter does not retire
TO be honOred by the citizens Of his native
town, nor have his statue placed I'm a tem-
pie. he usually becomes proprietor Of
saloon or corner grocery. aud may other
wise distinguish himself by training other
puglllsts. But while he is in The keyday Of
knock-down and Knockout success, the
puglllSt is nineteenth-century hero and
would in fight In an open arena, were
there DO charge for the privilege OF being
spectator. draw larger crowd OF interested
onlookers than all the politicians OF the
country On joint debate. 1t is demOTaliz-
ing TO pride TO think SO, bat let those who
differ look az the facts.
The big Bostonian COOS down to New
Orleans for his fight with Corbett in the
finest travelling car this country is said TO
possess It is, in fact, the car which was
used only few days ago by President Har-
rison. Possibly il is finer car than the one
constructed for Adelna Patti. II cannot
be denied that Sullivan has right to this
luxury il he pays for it. The strange thing
is that he and his hackers should be able TO
pay for II, and they certainly could not but
for the rage which exists for the brutal de-
lights OF Dugilism. Ii is quite time Presi-
dent Harrison got another car. or the
United States gave him Presidential train,
when he Is thus put ID contrast with
brniSer, who, when not in training, Is gen.
orally hilarious and abusive. Sullivan is To
have hundreds Of admirers in the train, and
at wayside stations there will be hundreds
or thousands ciqnOTiDg for a glimpse of his
physiogDomy. What a pretty study tits for
the moralst on the advancement of the
human race.
The steamship lines running between
European ports and New York appear
anxious to minimize the chances of cholera
being brought TO America. Some OF them
are stopping the business Of shipping steer
age passengers. This is precau tion
urgently advisable from such ports as Ham
burg. Bremen, Antwerp aud Havre aud il
may soon be advisable from London, Liver
pool and Glasgow. While some of these
companies will Tor their own sakes act in
good faith and with alertness. it is to be
feared that others will not 1t would be
quite legitimate and prudent to stop steer
age passenger traffic altogether, both from
Europe and Canada, If the sc0urge does
break out in the latter country. But il
must be remembered that stoppage of i'm
migrant traffic does not prevent saloon pas
sengers from landing by the hundred.
There are also on some steamers nearly 400
of crew. The risk is therefore qnite suffi-
cient without the nondescript hordes of the
steerage
In San Francisco measures are at once to
he taken TO flush the sewers and sweep the
streets and alleys and cart away the gar
bage which is only too abundant in the
dirty quarters OF what ought be very clean
city. The filth between the cobbles on some
OF the streets has been there for ages, and
probably Will be there still for ages in spite
OF cholera. But individual effort may ac-
complish much in the publication of the
city. 1f 1t does not exert itself a visitation
Of cholera would take its revenge. San
Francisco has the benefit of it's trade winds
and cool days and nights, and is better able
to resist attacks than interior cities with
bad and sluggish drainage, bad water and
hot weather.
The u; and downs of the turf are not
often better illustrated than by the victory
OF the two-year-old colt Morello, in carrying
of the Futurity stakes Of Sol, 600 in the fast
est time known since the race was inaugu-
rated. The winnings of the owner are
S41,00 in a whop. and he has probably
raked in good sum betting. Yet only a
year ago this colt was sold at auction for
500, and there was difficulty in obtaining
that amount From which Ii must be in
ferred that the judges OF racing horseflesh
are not ubiquitous at sales.
w. X. Vanderbilt, If the rumor be true.
has resolved to emulate the patriotism of
his father, who gave Uncle Sam his big
yacht, the Independence. during the Civil
War. Having lost the Alva. Mr.. Wander
bilt proposes to have huge successor built
in cruiser shape, and when the country Is
in dire straits he magnanimously proposes
to hand his yacht over to the navy. Ii is a
most generous thought on the part of tha
millionaire, and far may the day be
distant when his aid would be appreciated
A man-of-war yacht is not likely tn prove
very comfortable in a seaway, and ii life
afioat should not suit him Vanderbilt NAV
turn over his cruiser straightaway TO a
grateful and smiling nation. Were Rocke-
feiler and other mliionaires to follow the
example. we might soon have a formidable
navy. But the millionaire generally prefers
to add to his ducats, especially in Califor-
nia.
The little trouble between Gladstone. La
bouchere and Queen Victoria has assumed
an amusing turn. The Conservative press
all encouraged Labouchere in his attitude of
berating Gladstone for no: making his Cab
met Radical and for not having given him.
self a position. He asserted that il was the