The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-12-17
NO LONGER CULTIVATED.
Tho Noble Art Of Using Ones Fists scien.
ti6cally. .-.

The Noble Art Of Using Ones Fists Scien-
tiGcalIy. ..s-HE
We wonder If there is at this moment
an officer in the British army or navy
who would care to pull off coat, waist
coat and shirt ard to face a stalwart
bruiser with natures weapons" espe-
cially if his antagonist were far heavier
and bigger than himself. 1t is not that
modern young mek of rank are less
plucky than their predecessors; but
that boxing has, unhappily, become an
obsolete. &#. "ns
A more recent instance may he noted
of which was a British naval officer.
Not long after the outbreak of the
American civil war the English ship on
board of which the present marquis of
Queensberry was serving as midship-
man CHANGED to put in at New Orleans,
which had just been taken and occupied
by the federals after rather feeble
defense on the part of the confederate
garrison. In 1862 the animosity be-
tween the two belligerents was at fever
heat, and the officers and crews of
English vessels which touched at that
great southern port were accused, not
always justly, of sympathizing warm
ly with the confederates. The natural
result was that when officers of the
navy met officers of the American navy
at the hotels and barrooms, of which
New Orleans is full, the materials of a
very pretty quarrel between them were
easily kindled, SO as to burst quickly
and spontaneously into flame. @
Admiral Hon. Augustus Hobart, who
afterward passed into the Turkish
naval service and became Hobart
Pasha, relates that he was presoGt one
evening in May, 1862, at a scene which
he avowed made him proud of the blood
flowing in his veins. His young COM
patriot, Lord Queensberry, then iE his
18th year, got into an angry con-
troversy at barroom in New Orleans
with an American naval officer, much
older and bigger than himself, ON the
subject of the rights and wrongs of the
dispute which had set the two sections
of the American republic by the ears.
Straightway the two excited disputants
betook themselves to the street outside
with the intention of settling their dit-
ferences with natures weapons-the
fists. -Admiral--then captain-Hobart
watched the fight. if so one-sided an
affair can be dignified with that name.
with intense anxiety, which, however.
was not of long Duration. After three
rounds the American officer, though far
heavier than his boy antagonist, let it
be clearly perceived that he had had
enough, and the young English MILDLY
stood triumphant over his vanquished
foe. This ccnes," remarked Capt.
Hobart, "of knowing how to use your
fists; an accomplishment of which, DO
officer, either in the army OF navy,
ought to be ;enorapt." ....r.,s.
la like manner, we are told, in an ar
ticle which has just appeared i'll
Baiiy's Magazine, that Mr.. John Gully,
formerly member Of parliament for
Pontefract, told young friend of his
that, if he could have his way, no Eng
lish boy, whatever his rank, should be
allowed TO go forth into tn" world with
out having acquired at least rndimen-
tary knowledge of the art of boxing. 1t
is impossible for any young man to pass
through 10 years of his life, especially
If he visits. foreign countries, without
being confronted with emergencies
when he is compelled to show what
mettle, or, as the Americans say. grit"
he has in bis composition. II as boy
he has been taught even the elements of
what used to be termed ''the noble art
OF self-defense," he will know how 10
comport himself with calmness, manli-
ness and self-reliance when suddenly
called upon to meet challenge or re-
sent an insult. If, on the other hand,
ne is totally ignorant Of boxing, his po-
eition will he neither dignitied nor
| enviable should he find himself face to
face with seemingly resolute and
| skillful boxer.-London Telegraph.