St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-22

and after a very light breakfast, usually q
cup OF coffee and a roll, he runs from six to
ten miles in heavy flannel sweaters; on return.
ing he strips and is rubbed thoroughly and
bathed. After breakfast, the food being nu-
tritious, depending on the taste of the man
himself, he rests for half an hour and at once
begins the serious work of the day. It mat
tiers but little about the order of the exercises
at the beginning, so that they are carried out,
regularly and Systematically, afterwards
Boxing with his trainer, punching the bag,
wrestling, testing with wrist machines, and
After this follows long walk, variation of
the morning exercises in the afternoon, fol-
lowed again by rubbing and BATH when the
business OF the day may be said to be over.
After such hard work the athlete has
usually an excellent appetite for dinner, and
he requires no dainty pastries to satisfy
it. The evening is spent in reading,
social game of cards, without betting, or in
conversation with friends. The athlete
retires between nine and ten, and sleeps the
sleep OF the just for eight hours.
II jackson should win in our meeting, next
june, am sure he will be ready to accome-
date his old opponents. Ed Smith and Bob
Fitzsimmons. Of course, do not for an in
slant believe that Jackson is going to succeed.
1 feel quite as confident Of success in this
third effort as in the contests with Sullivan
and Mitchell; but shall not permit this feel
ing OF confidence to abate in the least nv
preparations. In the event of success, I must
hold myself ready to accept all challenges, in
order to maintain my position as champion
n q T hove {c{o foI r
defeat Jackson will retire, and engage in no
more contests. This is not true. If am
champion of the world, I shall defend the
title against all corners, no matter the country
or CLINE the challenger halls from.
AS to years, am not yet in my prime. I
have learned by experience that boxing and
training, with strictly temperate habits at all
times, add to longevity. Some claim that
athletic exercises result in an early breaking
down and a premature grave. There have no
doubt been such cases, but let me say, with
emphasis, they are due to the intemperance
Of athletes.
In William E. Harding's book, ssThe Cham
pions of the Prize Ring" many instances are
given of boxers who lived to a ripe old age:
Barney Aaron, Billy Edwards, Jem Mace, Tom
Adams and many others, all of them cham
pion pugilists in their day, are still living,
long past middle age, and as hale and hearty.
If not as active, as in the days OF their youth,
1t is curious fact that all nations recog-
nize some peculiar weapon of defence. The
1rishman has his shillelah; the Seotchman
dotes on his claymore; the Frenchman de-
lights in his rapier; the Spaniard and italian
are attached to the stilietto; the Malay to
his crease; the Indian to his tomahawk; the
Patagonian to his club; and the English
speaking American to his fists, the weapons
nature gave him.
should be sorry to think that man in
training to be boxer, must necessarily be
preparing for the ring. There is no position
in life in which a knowledge of the art OF
self-defence may not be useful. The training
is not to prepare man to inf1ict punishment
upon his fellows, though there are times, as
all will concede, when the ability to inflict
such punishment is a most desirable qualifl-
cation, not only to protect ones self from
brutal violence, but to defend the weak, and
promptly to resent vulgar insult that can
recognize no other argument than that of
force. If all men were equally able to defend
themselves there would be fewer DULLES in
the world. The man confident Of his own
strength and skill is usually manly and gen.
tie in his treatment Of others. But in box
ing, as in every other form of education, it is
not the thing learned SO much as the manner
of learning it, that produces good results.
It is the education, the process of develop
ment that benefits, rather than the acquisi-
tion Of technical knowledge, whether that
term be used mentally or physically