The times., 1898-01-02
A new IDEA. IN TRAINING
The Present Work Of Muldoon,
Once Champion Wrestler.
WIN AND PRESERVE HEALTH
His system OF Observation-Disclosures
lufss Rest for Mind and Body-An
Ideal Environment at White Piai"s
Working in Perfect Harmony
with Nature.
Frem. the New York Times

Most people have heard. and heard
favorably. of William Muldoon, trainer
of athletes. and some time champion
wrestler of the Morid. He won fame
during those days, ten years and more
ago. when, as champion, he met and
overcame all comeIs; when he jour
neyed up and down the land, grimly
seeking. never finding. some giant who
could match his strength and SIKH and
courage with enough of one or of all
TO wrest that title from him. Substan-
tial, sterling fame it was; people
learned that the strength he could put
forth so irresistibly was the servant of
an answering will, and that both were
ruled BY a character of which the key
note was integrity.
The Muldoon of those days was an
impressive figure. stories of his
prowese, of his feats of strength and
skill will always make interesting
reading. There is as yet no need. how
ever to revive the recollecticns of
those Who saw him during what may be
termed his public career. Since that
career closed with his retirement from
the Wrestling ring. he has devoted him.
self to teaching other men how health
such as he is blessed with may be won
and preserved. ard it is with his work
in this great field which he has chosen,
with his purposes, his methods, and, in
part, the achievements that have
crowned them, that this article has to
Surely that aim of his is a noble aim:
To place Nyithin,the grasp of all whom
he can reach that priceless jewel,
health, without which gold is dross.
and fap, fame, and, good repute but
The active life of the professional.
athlete which Muldoon followed for so
long a period could not have been bet
ter adapted to equip him perfectly for
the fulfillment of this purpose of his
later years. Since he first began that
life at the age of IA Che is now 52) he
has been forced to study the laws of
health. Applying them, first to him.
self and later To others, keenly,
Hthoughtfully noting the results for
good or i'll of every habit, every taste,
OF til9shuman. animal, he has made
codiheation, as il were, OF the laws of
hygiene. Obeying them faithfully, he
has in himself attained the physical
ideal of health-looking at him you
laugh at the foolish notion that men
are old at so. Forcing others to obey
thems he is every day transforming
weaklings into robust, useful men, who
seem. by contrast with their former
selves. TO have surely quaffed the
Convinced by the long, hard-won ex-
perience of thirty busy years, Muldoon
declares that good and not ill-health
is the birthright and natural condition
of the great majority; and every day
he gives new proof that he Is right
Yet how few Of US are as we'll equipped
with health and strength as Nature in
tended us to be, or even as we think
we are. One man who is the fortunate
possessor in fun measure of both can
call to mind ten whose ambition is
thwarted. whose usefulness is inn
paired. whose very life is daily, hourly
threatened by some one Of those many
mysterious ailments that nothing seems
to cure. Breathing impure air, eating
unwholesome food, avoiding exercise,
energy lost in work is not recovered,
resistance to the constant strain OF
modern life becomes more and more
difficult until at last one disease or an
other finds lodgment in their systems
and sooner or later carries them off,
long before their time. They fall sick
and die, not because they must, but
because they know no better.
It is to these that Muldoon offers the
benefit of his wide knowledge and eX-
perience: to the thousands of men in
all pursuits OF life who are following
the pace that kills; to those who find
that health is gone; or going, and want
IL back.
Muldoon does not seek to belittle the
good that doctors do. He recognizes
the sound reasoning, experience and
logic that the conscientious physician
brings to bear. But he knows. as we
all know, that the patient seldom does
as he is told: remaining close to the
centre of his interests, still beset by the
cares and distractions that have sapped
his vitality from the first, it is prac-
tically impossible for him to avoid con-
tinuing the response to the very de-
mands that have brought him where he
is. Muldoon's system of training rec.
ognizes that the remedy must strike
deeper than that 1t establishes three
conditions: In the first place, mind and
body must for the time, have absolute
relief from the strain; then the un-
healthy tissue must be gotten rid Of
the system must be freed from the poi
sonous secretions it has accumulated:
finally. what has been worked off must
be replaced by new material in the
form OF healthy tissue 1t is on this
simple principle that Muldoon accom-
plishes his results, succeeding where so
many others fail.
He has found an ideal environment
for his requirements in White Plains,
the county seat of beautiful Westches-
ter county in New York State. The
rolling country thereabouts is pic
turesaue and pleasing in the extreme.
All about lie noted points of interest,
along the banks of the Hudson, on the
shores of Long Island Sound and
among the pleasant hills and valleys
that lie between. On well-cultivated
estate of some hundred acres in the
center OF grove of stately trees, set
well back from the highway, stands the
spacious old mansion house, wherein
for six weeks. or whatever your time
may be, you take up your abode--as
comfortable quarters as you could ask
for. There you meet anywhere from
ten to twenty other candidates for
health. .in whom you at once note the
contrast between the newcomers, in all
conditions of physical dilapidation. and
those who are about to finish the course
of training. They come there from
every waiksjn life and at all ages:
actors. statesmen, soldiers, clergymen,
men Of every profession; some, youths
not vel across the threshold of man.
hood others, old men already past the
allotted term of three score years and
ten. Ytu plunge at once into a life of
eNhilarasiflT exercise, in which you
repair the vigorously expended 'nargy
with the purest of air, with all You can
eat of wholesome food, deliciolsly pre-
pared by a past mistress of the art of
cooking. and with nine hours of deep,
grateful sleep. 1t is a life in which
your body is taken IN bondage by an
other mind; your own Drain is treated
as part of your body, and is forced
TO restrict its activity TO the direction
of your eye and hand in the strictly
physical labor that YOU perform. As a
friend and well-wiSher Muldoon