New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10

the late war came almost as a second nature to
him. so far as the alleged dscomforts are con
cerned.
ANY follower Of physical exercise will admit tina.
boxing and wrestling combine more good In
short space OF time than any other physical work
Handball Is good, for with all the arm swing
Ing end jumping around that take place In that
game every muscle of the body Is used. but for
downright genuine results there is nothing Ike
wrestling. 1t is even better than boxing II selsc
ton were 20 be made between those two for gs
one in the habit OF putting all the muscles @G
dangerous strain ersues, but simply good, hsaIy
one. IL good wrestler would never have any ai,
stagger most men. A man might Be proficient n
boxing, and yet not have what would 6e caIeot
useful SCI OF muscles. He would be good In KNOCK
ing down a corner loafer and he would be stronger
than other men who did not take exercise OF any
pursued the way wrestling is. therefore men IA
miar with athletics are not surprised at the w"
ernorG choice.
WALL STREET SPLINTER.
There seems to have been lull in the last ten
years IN the way prominent men engage IN exercise
Old habitues OF the New-York Athletic Club Um'
nasium Just after that organization moved into in
house at sixth-ave. and Fify-ffth-st can easily
remember how almost any afternoon men Of tho
stamp OF William r. Travers, Seth B. French, her
mann Oelrichs. George J. Gould, George W. WANDER
bilt A. V. De Goicouria, Justice Charles II. Truai
ana dozens of III ri 81 rS less 81 a rersse Old Mr.
French used TO plod around the running Ia aSs
In hsay sS We sg5 e eSTre a the sa
letc director, limited him 10 the huge distS Ss
Of running one lap Of the track when was sUOs
$50 feet around. After a few weeks MI. rIe.sA
could make several circuits az anything man u ,ne
snaips pace he was forced to take at iirst ga ~,
Travers used to stand IN the middle OF the gyli .:
SUM floor and laugh at his Wall Street partner a.
he dragged AROUND MI French b GSea 90 IG rsy he
dressed.
ud that he had perspred away og6 T Ss FACT ..
his FEELING so much better and stronger as the
weeks passed on even If he did not ose L. still
t linen ,ner re T S, Nr rvSauSe and who dozen
years ago considered the best boxer o nsolrirs
His short thick set stature was mos ~ standing IN
front Of him He was most regular ox,ug room
and after going through his part sS would put on
heavy sweaters and travel some distaneS aio and
the track or come on the t5ere was George
w Vanderbilt who In those days was a us Hs
and retiring user OF the gymnasium or VET he vac
cute Regular attendant lie handled himself Viz /.
a seeming lack OF confidence an, nU George
Could ON the other hand. was quite dnereh, ss,n1
into things with an air OF connaVap ~ hoxing and
mostly with old timers He vas b ,o'1 good breaths
each morning he would Ike nothing Le,SSh LING ths
bout boxing with some one VINO oou''
Mr.. Gould now takes great de si o, e ana 70
for one who is busy with other tii does d.
greater enthusiast on the genera sInIe lSrge ph
country have than he lie mas pun L otn,yo6d ths
vate gymnasium at his home az L'h " 40 fest
building being in the neighborhood o, az surirg
sousre II is large enough for track msA, ~ az
only ten laps 10 the mile. and WIDE e rSi track
ercse horses at considerable speed u ms ,skes %
what he calls the hippodrome, when taMs
nearly the whole ground Moor Oh .rT sppafsts
IN another part OF the building ana t hyn yi.s
are shower, spray, needle ana turk i II ts
also n plunge bath close 20 100 rect lohs, .,,y
80, ia horatn Mace of It's kind I'm this cOunu!'s
Few know that August Belmont was o ns 10
enth%siastic runner and oarsman When ,i s ns ~
duced the first spiked running sn3 noe, s ssnu 80
which he had brought gas 9 iSem Si mer S srps
Weighing 1870 pounds. ana tounu sreat ~, ,ac,l
encouraging any other b,a sors 20 IN hat line
took ~ rowing OF which he grew fond. ''suf.
country place at Babylon where ne mai
Savs by rowing even II the only Graf, on 'n'
consist caSs y entirely OF fat bottom AFFAIRS. or.
,ha old Mott Haven grounds OF the Nesws,hsSb
Athletic Club twenty-five years ago can rpaaessn{
Moving the hammer and the htty-six ba
weight The Judge was pretty stout even WED he
he handed sov iss Hs esrsa more for
pound weight than for the sixteen p Han,u properly
which needed % %Is,,n sse WITH 10 handle
ana 10 se shy 70 see how many OF the Cei
members b q the New York Athletic Cub ssassccsE
William r. Curtis and Henry r. Buermsysr S' ~
sixty-three, sixty-two and sixty,one yssa hearty
spectively are all apparently hale ana NOW 10
Among others Of the old arers wsG YEint, slx
two wears old; General George Moore smtvil VA
is Old enough now to have s gone sol 70 sa' wia
Van wvck sixty-two years old. and Z wss ths
the Msyor' ana Francis s. Kinney. VINO . ~rrunna
frst club champion one mile and tnres GEAR and VIZ
are now living are Elliot Burris. 9eols sses beins
Charles H. Cone and Daniel Stern, men nrty.nine
nfty.one forty nine. hftythree and .rS IN thcs
snsctively. The New-York Athletic C ,uv f,f 2,
days only had fifteen or twe ,nIsr compsilticSs
view. Now its membership is close !"