The herald., 1897-03-04
Mr.. F|TZS|MMOKS' TEMPER
Is Reused by Tales Told by
SIanderers
DAN STUART'S PNEUMONIA
Leaves Him Strong Enough to Attend to
Business
Betting on the Fight at New York ID the
Heaviest In the History Of
Pugillsm
Associated Press Special Wire

was very much annoyed today by a
story, that had been widely circulated
to the effect that he had recently exer-
cised very little care in his training, so
far as an indulgence in stimulants was
concerned. When he came to town
last night the New Zealander was cer-
tainly in a happy frame of mind but this
is not an unusual condition for him, and
| there was no good reason to believe that
his playfulness was due to liquor. As q
matter of fact, Fitzsimmons was
pleased upon receiving telegram an
nouncing the fact that his wife had
| left New York for Carson City.
| Bob gave an exhibition of wrestling
with his big dog Yarum in Dan Stuart's
office, while crowd of perhaps fifty
persons pushed and jostled in front of
the establishment in an effort to get a
glimpse at the frolic. Martin Julian de-
| nounced in the most emphatic terms the
yarn that Fitsimmons had been drink
| ing. Under ordinary circumstances,
| Bob's manager is an even-tempered
| fellow, but today he lost control of him.
self and started on a hunt for the man
who originated this tale. Up to late
| hour tonight he had not discovered the
author of what was described as most
malicious fabrication.
"Fitz is in good condition" said Ju-
| lian to the representative of the Asso-
| ciated Press. He never was a drinking
man and has not the slightest inclina-
| ton to indulge in alcoholic beverages
| l would not be in the least surprised If
some of the smart men over at Corbett's
quarters put this yarn on the market,
| just as they circulated the story that
Bob was trying his best to break an arm
| or leg in order to get out of fighting that
| big duffer. I'm going to be on the war
path after this for some of these imag-
| NATIVE fellows, and although have not
| any medals on me for fighting, guaran-
tee to make 1t lively for somebody If
only get chance. Bob has not taken
drink of whisky in months. excepting
day or two after his arrival in Carson
when he took two or three drinks or hot
Scotch for his cold. Nobody need have
the slightest fear that he won't be ready
to fight two weeks from today. My only
regret is that l haven't 81. 900, 900 to bet
on him, because the money would be
Just as good as in our pockets now.
Bob's dog Yarum seems to have taken
great dislike for newspaper men and
kodak fends. The Great Dane has at
| tackled several correspondents who WIS.,
| tied Cooks place. and 1t is likely that a
number of the visitors at Fitzsimmons'
quarters will be ''heeled," as they say in
| Nevada, so as to defend themselves
against possible injury from the big
| brute.
The tall auburn-haired fighter varied
| his program today by indulging in
bicycle ride for a short distance over
| the muddy road. The wheeling was SO
bad that he was obliged to return to the
ranch, where he left his wheel and took
six-mile sprint around the foothills.
| The warm, sunshiny weather had good
effect upon the New Zealander, and up
on his return to his quarters he said
he would not walt for the afternoon to
| go through the regular days program
| but would finish up before lunch. The
next two hours were, therefore, de-
voted to bag punching, boxing and
wrestling with his trainers. An hour or
| so after lunch Fitzsimmons took an
other short run, bringing up at the
state penitentiary, where he was given
a hot bath and a good rub down. A
good many visitors who journeyed to
the ranch this afternoon returned to
town disappointed at not seeing Fitz-
simmons work.
Jim Corbett made a change in his
usual work. In the first place he took
a twelve-nnle run through some of the
picturesque foothills close to Shaw's
| Springs. Jim and his companion. Al
| Hampton of San Francisco returned to
| their headquarters covered with mud,
| but the champion said that he enjoyed
the outdoor work very much. Hereafter,
| instead of putting in two or three hours
each morning at the handball court, Jim
| will exercise on the road.
| Mrs. Corbett and Miss Helen Corbett
will leave for San Francisco tomorrow.
| In conversation with the Associated
| Press representative today, Corbett
| spoke of his future intentions, so far as
his place of residence is concerned.
win or lose" said he, III make my
home in New York after March 18th.
OF course, my sympathies are with the
! west, but / prefer the east as place of
residence l hope to visit Europe next
summer, no matter how the fight goes"
Dan Stuart, who has been i'll for the
| past fortnight, walked to his office this
afternoon and was the center of attrac-
tion of strangers and citizens. 1t was
| thought that the promoter of the great
carnival which is to take place on the
18th and 18th of March would be forced
to go to San Francisco for treatment.
| His laborious efforts to carry his carni-
val to success has been a burden to him
and unfortunately he has fallen victim
| to a. common ailment in the mountains,
which in the east would be called pneu-
monia Mr.. Stuart, however while
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| altitude, will probably remain here until
he considers himself we'll enough to un-
| dertake a journey to California While
! he has been confined to his apartments
! Stuart has been directing the movements
of his clerks from a sick bed. He ex-
pressed himself as we'll pleased with the
| looks of things at the race track, where
the big amphitheater is being con-
etructed. A few days ago the owners of
that property decided to change its
name and the track will hereafter be
known as Seymour park.
Contractor F. J. Donohue of San Fran
| cisco drove with Stuart to the park this
afternoon, and although the big Texan
did not leave the carriage he was ena bled
70 get a good idea of the general appear
ance of the arena. Dorohue stated that
the structure would be completed by next
Monday, and there is every reason to
| believe that his prediction in this con-
nection will be realized.
| The force of clerks In Dan Stuart's Of
| flee has been kept busy every day for a
| week past answering the astonishingly
large number Of letters and kilograms
cent in from all parts of this country
! Canada. Mexico. and even from England
Some of the letters are very interesting
! IL man in Kansas town inquired
among other things. how much two $40
/ seats to see the fight would cost. In re-
ply to this communication one of Stu
arts bright young men wrote to the
Kansas correspondent stating that on
account of the long journey he would
have to undertake to get to Carson, he
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