Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-10-12


to Hand.
| accomplish this end he could waive all
traditional theories about training and
smoke 4 cigar once Il day. and he did
| this. too.
He smoked his cigar regularly and he
did Mr.. Sullivan. and the traditions
OF training for the lS.iZe ring received
| another blow. or rather made one more
step forward in the line OF the rational
treatment of physical Developments
For it is only ons-third of Il century
since John c. Hecnan fought Tom Say
| crS, and if any trainer We're TO advo-
| cate now the methods that We're used
TO prepare the "Rcuicia Boy" for the
great international battle he would be
laughed Al by every Sportin. man Oh
both sides of the water
The aim of the modern boxer is to ac-
Quire agility. wind and staying power.
while the aim of the older school WAS
primarily 10 pile up muscle and make Il
man strong even N the risk of Sacri-
iic!nG that all-important qualification
for Il fighter namely. nuicllness.
Gia Methods 0f Training.
How many trainers of the present day
would send :. man out for Il tcn-mile
run before breakfast: How many
would permit him 10 use 1ifty-pound
weights. TO punch the bag" and who
would think OF putting five-pound
weights in 4 pair of training shoes to be
USED by man whose success was to de-
pend on his C;ltlllc movements and sup
plenr>S:
And Yet all these things were done
and approved i'll the case of Hcrnan.
as is shown hy this description Of his
work as told in the weekly letters to
Frank Lcslic's papc. Just before the
great ba ttlc:
The Bcnicia Boy" the correspondent
says. rises every morning ut ) o'clock,
and. after bathing. ircsscS himself in
thick warm clothing ithe month was
February and The climate was that of
Englandl and tops off with Il beautiful
fur cap and muller. presented to him
before he left America by his friend,
Dan Bryant. Of them instrels. He then
goes out for 4 ten-mile walk in COM
pany with Cusick. Upon returning he
is stripped by Jack Mcdonald, his
English mentor and assistants. and rub
bed with coarse crash towelling until
his flesh is all aglow He is then COW
cred up warmly and allowed to lie still
for half an hour. Then his assistants
rub him again. and he is quickly in
III ulN ClotucS Stllu itllOWtu "
take some Wine and egg. when he is
ready for breakfast. for which l need
not tell you he exhibits Il ravenous APP
petite.
This over he goes out on the grounds
and commences his work. which varies
according to his fancy. sometimes roll
ing and tossing balls about. pulling at
weights, fighting Il suspended bag filled
with oats with tiftynound dumbbells
in his hands. Sparring with friends,
using the clubs they weighed twenty
five pounds. and other healthful eNer-
cises which will tend to develop the
muscles in all parts of the human
frame.
There is one exercise in which he in
dulgeS that seems to be Il revival Of old
time customs. Hccnan starts for run
on 4 small course which they have laid
out. and after having gone around a
dozen or twenty times two persons
whoever feel inclinrd-stand on each
side of the track. each with Il heavy
boxing glove on his hands, and as the
Boy runs through they simultaneously
cndeavor to knock him down.
This is, of course, very violent exer-