The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-19
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vhlpped BY a waiter last week has raked up
"reminiscences among New Workers Of the bar
room fighters Of q decade ago, who always
looked upon a pugilist ss an easy prey. There
we're At Least half . dozen men In different
sporting resorts in this city a few years ago who
considered IL . great opportunity when they
could pick a fight with a famous pugilist, and
they invariably cam on ~yictors. For twenty
years Larry o'Brien, who was an understood.
consumptive-looklng man, would jump ut q
prize fighters throat on the slightest provoca-
ton, and he always mads II q point to pick n
quarrel with the ~sluggers he met about town at
night. None Of these barroom fighters or pro-
fessional bouncers would have a living
chance with q pugilist In q ring. and the
success they all had out Of the ring
has given rise 10 the belief that prize fighters
are not able TO defend themselves under ordinary
conditions against the assaults Of professional
toughs. 1t Is very largely a question Of environ
ment. The bouncer is at home In his saloon,
seldom drinks. and always knows what he is
about. II a prize fighter is in the saloon the
chances are that he Is more or less intoxicated.
Boxers are taught so carefully TO avoid foulins
that they fight fairly as a matter OF instinct. no
matter how much under the Influence uf liquor
they may. be-. The harroom %sluRgers, on the
other hand. resort To every dlsreputablc trick
known in guerrilla warfare. from buttinR to
scratching, biting, and kicking their antagonist.
Ing Instructor, who believes the public is in a
condition Of rabid excitement over the defeat VI
Sullivan BY q rank outsider.
Runaway horses on East Twsnty-fourth street
do not call for even a passing glance from peo-
Pile vho live along that lively and much dis
turbed stretch of pavement. The art OF driving
has reached its highest development In this
famous horse market, and people who think
there is danger In driving q runaway or vicious
horse should spend one Of these splendid sum-
.... -z-.s.- L.. Al. .u,,,r. sol. 1.-n-
or, II possible, at q second story window, and
watch the stable hands as they take the horses
out for an introduction To the sights and sounds
of New York. Literally hundreds Of horses are
taken, raw and underfed. from the Western
horse trains In Jersey City and landed In the
Twenty fourth street stables every day. The
horses are fed, rubbed down, and then dragged
out and fitted into harness singly aud In pairs,
and sent out on the street. They lunge at the
kicking straps with tireless vigor. aud the
stranger holds his breath as he, sees the
plunging, rearing animals dragged out into
the street. Then the driver, who Is in
hat low down over his eyes, approaches the
wagon, vaults in, seizes the reins, takes a firm
grip on his cigar. and drives under the elevated
piled high with brick, mortar, aud other build
drivers Is remarkable The horses run. bolt,
shy, and buck, but the driver sits on the seat OF
in his saddle. After a time he gets back q the
stable again IN one way or another, the horse is
s and tb eI foi nn% aI mopnihp@ s' tSe Animal on nai 4 a dne
tised in the papers Us III for ali harness; en-
s sSsy cs sSS d plsass sayi ariS Sssa driven SrG.sn in e S eisy Ydsf
two years by q widow lady going abroad"
Chicago, which has so often been described as
the wickedest city on EARTH. Is shocked at this
costumes of the Lyceum Theatre Company In
The Amszons." The Midway dance is going on
at three theatres In Chicago at the present time.
and Mr.. Henderson's buriesque show is said to
be a revelation so far as the costumes are con-
cerned. But Chicagoans have ignored these
things, and profess to be shocked at the cos
tunes OF Miss Cayvan and the other members Of
the Lyceum troupe. 1t Is evident that the biey-
Gle craze has not yet reached the Windy City.
The costumes Of the women In "The Amazons"
are not for a moment to be compared with ths
ordinary bicycle costumes to be seen any
where In the upper section OF New
York after the sun, goes down. The
public has become so thoroughly. accustomed
70 the sight of women in knickerbockers and
"The Amazons" are considered tame aud cor
ventionsl. Several women in knickerbockers
went out 10 Newark for a run yesterday MORN
ing, by, way OF the Pennsylvania Railroad, They |
arrived 4 in Newark at II O'Clock, just as the fac
e crowded GHiS With ~ wom oao~ aud S Soys ' sei stFe to t Gsis
noon meal. 4 few yesro ago the appearanne
hihphB luNSt idClOTy anu VI WOmtu ia hnlCk-
erbockers would have been the occasion for
hOOdlum tricks or a small riot. Yesterday they
merely glanced at the young women Indifferent |
ly, and devoted their IN TO criticisms
upon their style of riding and the merits Of the
different bicycles.
Miss Marie Tempest's sudden return from
Europe after 1t had been announced that she
had broken her contract with Mr.. Whitney and
signed a three years contract In London. did
not surprise the theatrical fraternity, all nc
counts to the contrary Notwithstanding. The
atrical managers for many years have made 1t a
point not TO be surprised at anything a comic
opera prima donna may do. Nearly all the
plump and chubby women who have sung their
way into popularity in this country have adopted
the manners and customs Of Miss Lillian Rus
sell, so far as contracts are concerned. The do
not pretend to pay any attention To written
agreements, and have apparently found that
the suTest way to advertise themselves is to run
counter 10 the law. Miss Russell has carried thiS
to such a point now that no fewer than eight
trail figure in q triangular series OF suits
when She attempts to sing In this country after
October next. IL Is only In America that the
light opera pTima d0nnas act In this extTaor-
binary manner. They have a way OF going be-
fore "a jury and smiling with such telling force
at the jurymen that the latter always decide In
their favor. In London, however, the managers
keep the cases Of the primA dOnnas away from
turies, and establish a precedent which makes
IL exceedingly difhcult for q singer who has
broken a contract 20 secure any sort. Of employ