The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-24
THE GREAT swoRDswoMAS.
.ra.uarfna, Who WIN Represent Amer
Tea ut the Ogymp Games.

ica nj the Olymp Games.
--nA 1lvrapic games which will take
rsseA a. Athens next April will now have
xneessl interest 10 the people Of the Pa
rIsc coast owing 20 the fact that JagAs-
~. the champion meanted broadsword
feucer OF America and champion woman
f@neer OF the world. viii be there as the
SOLE representative Of America IN her spe-
claI line. In the last number OF Gotcy's
Nfagazfne Claxton Wflstach makes the
statement that a number OF wealthy peo-
pie OF California have selected her as the
representative swcrdsnzn or woman or
America. which implies that they viii put
I'd the cash for the trip. Jaguarins is nov
living in Chicago. or az least she Was
when last heard from. but her reputation
was made in California She IS well known
In Portland, Or.
Wnstach makes the assertion that
Jarssarina was taught to fence by her
mother. and that later she was put in
private military academy. where she re-
ceivea instruction in the use of the sword
and foil A glowing picture is also given Of
how Jaguarina's life has been spent on
the family ranch in Ensenada, Lover Cali
for7sia- where she is known as 1.-The Span
ish Woman Soldier, for her chief delight
has been to ride with the cavalry in their
sham battles The writer has made
very pretty picture OF this remarkable
woman swordsman's life. bat it does not
tally with the story told a Post-Intelli-
gencer reporter last evening by Capt.
Jennings, the famous swordsman who now
lives in Seattle. Ii the captains story is
correct Jaguartna knew nothing OF the
sword or foil until he took her from the
Baldwin theater in 1855. and commenced
giving her instructions in private at Plitz
hotel, Piedmont, Cal
Il saw her while she was on the stage,
H.
pressed with the fact that she had the
carriage, action and eye that go 10 make
fine fencers. l mde her acquaintance. snd
afterward took her TO Piedmont. near the
state university. l had classes at the uni
versity, and also at this time was in
structor at the olympic Club. When
went down to the university / stopped at
Piedmont and gave Jaguarina her lessons
with the foils and with the broadsword. In
eight months she was perfect. and l am
positive there is not a woman in the
world who can successfully compete with
her either with the folls or broadsword |
selected for her the horse Salem mentioned
In the article, and trained il. Soon after
this she made her first appearance in the
Mechanics Pavilion, and defeated me
Subsequently she defeated Capt Marshall
and Ssrgt. Davis. / do not doubt that
many people in San Francisco will recall
the time she appeared in the fencing
scene in The Field of the Cloth of Gold
She is a remarkable woman and fully
able TO take care OF herself in any place
Physically she is a wonder. There are
very few men as strong as she. Ii would
be nothing for her to pick up a man Of
average weight with one hand, and she
can knock a man down with her fist In a
manner that would surprise many artists
OF the fstic art. l remember that Capt
Crombie. OF the ship Port Jackson, gave
her a large dog. She became greatly at
tached to IL, and one day while out walk
ing in Los Angeles man made some dis
agreeable remark about the dog. Jagua-
rina turned and said something. whereupon
the man repeated what he had said A
moment later he lay sprswlng on the
sidewalk from a blow from Jaguarina's
fist The affair was greatly enjoyed by
passer-by. and that evening .Jaguarina
received a magnificent basket of fowers
from some one who had witnessed ii. In
1888 l went TO Australia. and since then
have not seen her. AS 10 her ability TO
successfully represent America at Athens
all l can say is that there is no woman
living who stands any show against her
and for that matter. very few men,"