San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-26

lar powers and remarkable development
going TO pieces all at once, falling into
a rapid consumptive decline, all because
Of entertaining. Their vital forces had
been drawn upon too much in building
up the muscular system. was one of
the first to recognize these facts and the
necessity for proper training, and my
success in athletics is probably due in
some measure to this. DIR. Sargent Of
the Hemingway gymnasium was the
pioneer in the idea of healthful body
building, and Jim Lathrop of Harvard
was the pioneer in proper training for
field sports. knew both of them we'll
81 often sat in my seat in the house."
continued Mir. McEttrick, land looked
over my colleagues from an athletic
point of view. There were not many
athletes in the late congress. Champ
Clark of Missouri has model build,
and with proper training would make
a fine athlete He has the body, head
and shoulders of an old time gladiator.
Payne of New York has the head and
body of litter. Tucker of Virginia
could walk forever up and down his ma
tive mountains He has the loosely knit
figure of a mountain climber. For a
great big man Stone of Pennsylvania
has the most graceful, easy walk of any
man of his size I've ever seen. He starts
off like roadster, moving easily and
yet with strength. Baldwin of Mime
sofa if trained would have been first
class sprint walker and could have done
several miles more per hour than the
average man. LATE Pence of Colorado
is small, but well put together for box
ing athletics and has the head for it too.
McMillin of Tennessee is strong and
symmetrical, but not quick enough in
movements for good athlete. Bourke
Cochran with training ought to be
strong. He has the head and body of a
fighter and is very enduring horseback
rider. have known him to ride 20 or
80 miles without thinking anything of
it. Bailey of Texas is shapely and well
put together, but has nothing of the
athlete about him. Wilson of Washing
ton would be great scrapper. He has
all the spring of the boxer about him,
but not much strength. Warner of New
York is another athletic looking fellow,
built for strength. Bellamy Storer has
an athletic appearance, but is run down.
He used to be an oarsman at Yale. If
Hopkins of Illinois had more body, he
would be good boxer or wrestler, for
he has the head for it. Snodgrass of
Tennessee has head that looks as though
it would stand a terrible lot of ham
| mering. Judge Daniels of New York is
not an athlete, but shows a wonderful
amount of vitality. The coolest day in
winter he goes without an overcoat, his
| frock coat open, no gloves or scarfs
complacent and happy, when others are
all muflled to the ears He says he never
feels cold. Cockrell of Texas has a
shapely, massive head, which is sug-
gestive of strength. Meiklejohn of Ne
braska has figure that could be devel-
oped into great athletic force, latent
power that would amount to something
if properly brought out. Boutelle of
Maine is rugged looking and chock full
of vitality. Catchings of Mississippi has
remarkable nervous organization, SYM
| metrical and trim, with a fine head,
and if heart and viscera are right a nerv-
Gus organization amounts to a great
deal Reed of Maine has big, strong
figure, yet he has to avoid strong tea,
though he doesn't look like it, does her"
asked Mr.. McEttrick.
"There s a man here in Washington, /"
Mr.. McEttrick said in conclusion of his
comments on the athletes in congress,
"who is a wonder as an athlete. He is
in the government service, though not
in congress mean Edward A Moze-
ley, secretary Of the interstate COM
merce commission He is one of the
best boxers and swimmers in the coun-
try and probably excels all as a swim
mer. He's fighter, too, and fought
Jake Kilrain on one occasion for half
an hour and has trained Kilrain for sew
eral fights. He has a wonderful devel-
opment of thorax, his chest expansion
being seven inches. I"
How 1t Feels Co Be Shot.
One of the veterans in congress who
was severely wounded in the late war
is General Henderson of Illinois. Gen
eral Henderson has consented to tell me
the story of how he received his wound
"The line of my company had been
broken by the irregularity of the ground
traversed in an advance that had been
ordered. We had come through some
woods, crossed stream and reached the
top of a bluff where the enemy had
cleared away every obstruction to their
fire, even cutting away the underbrush.
Their Notifications and rifle pits extend
ed to a considerable distance on each
side of us The fire was so hot that our
men were obliged to lie down. While
the line was reforming, Dave White, a
brawny Englishman to whom I'd taken