The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-08
MANY VISITORS OFT.
Thronxs From Carson Call o. the
Btx PagiIists.

rApsON Nev. March THE weather
today vas bad and the roads worse than
the weather. but In spite OF all THAI Me-
vada natives spIashed through the siush
and hraved a gale thar came sweeping
down from the mountains for the purpose
~ seeing the most famous punehers In
the world They came early in the morn
tn~ ard they remained until late in the
.sv.ninS They were in stronger force at
Corbett's than at Cooks ranch. because
ssorbett's headquarters are more easy OF
access and there IL certain air OF ufi-
popularity attaching 20 Fftzsmmons big
dog that is calculated 10 discourage mis-
cellaneous calling.
shortly after lunch Corbett took up a
mass o. letters shortly after o'clock
he donnad his long bath robe and hurried
into the woodshod. where he toiled away
al a little windlass with which he de-
velops his strength I'm the hands and fore
arms and then he punched the bag Tor
twentv minutes This work over he
sprtnted for the haudbalt court and spent
three-auarters Of an hour in the hardest
kind of work all gone through without
the slightest rest. He first went ut JET
fries Then no took on EdgTen for
round Then McYey came out 20 be
yanked around the handball court in the
liveliest kind OF a manner for three min-
utes of wrestling.
There was nothing new ~ toAh
today except a new dream that Fitz turn
ed out. This IL the third or fourth dream
Fitz has had bearing on the result OF the
fight, and they have all tended toward
the everlasting humiliation Of Corbett. In
this dream FftZ won the fight In the NTH
round. and be declares it so blamed
vivid. sharp and distinct-like" that there
Is no possibility OF its going wrong with
him on March II. II tell You IL was as
Il -
whole thing just plain as anything on
earth. ! had him going In the fourth
round, and then 7 just sailed In and fin
ished Il up in the fifth. I'll show how
did II. or rather how dreamed it, did
/; just this way" and the lanky fighter
did a combination OF two-step waltz and
kangaroo hop. waving his arm around In
a manner that made the air seem a tangle
OF freckIed fists and hairy arms. closing
up with a lunge that would have tested
the endurancet OF slab OF boiler plate.
'See?'' he asked but nobody did "see"
and so Fiizsimmons went through Il all
again 70 his own delight and the confusion
OF everybody else.
"Oh. ] tell you. can't lose on that
dream" he said. at was a regular cork
err saw the whole thing Just as plain
az am going 10 see II IN the ring. I can't
lose. anyhow. | have dreamed Il too
often"
Fitz did most ~ his work in the morning
today.
George Green, known as Young Cor
bett" who is 20 fight MYSTERIOUS Billy
Smith. had a narrow escape from drown
ing this afternoon In the Carson river,
near Empire. He and his trainer. Bob
McArthnr. were IN the boat. the latter be-
Ing at the oars. Macarthur attempted 70
grab a small object floating in the water.
but failed 20 touch II. Green made a long
reach for u. and leaned too far over the
side. upsettlng the boat Green is a good
swimmer. but he was taken with slight
cramp and but for McArthur's aid must
have gone down.