Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-01
FIGHTS IND FIGHTERS.
McGovern Win Become a Horse
 Trainer Some Day.

After His Pugilistic Days Are Over
 He Will Buy Horses-A Woman
 Sees Fight and is Discovered-Pu-
 gilist Meets Hard Knocks in Foot
 ball Game-Jim Hall Spending
 Money on Horses-Corbett Says Fitz
 Can Hit the Hardest Blow.
 When the days of his effectiveness as an exponent of the Quensberry art have passed, then will Terrence Me Govern turn his attention to the sport of kings" and become 8 trainer ot running horses. The Brooklynite real izes that he cannot expect to fight sue cessfully all his life,and has chosen tae occupation of a trainer to. succeed his career as a pugilist.
 McGovern has had many offers to open saloons, but has no liking for the business. While training at Hemp stead, L. l., for his fight with Dave Sullivan he often exercised some of the many horses. His brother, Phil Me Govern. stable Quartered there.
 Chris Martin. traip6r of the string. has offered to teach McGoyern the mysteries of preparing thoroughbreds for racing, and the former feather weight champion expects to spend next summer with Martin and the horses. His brother, Phil McGoyern, has been with Martin for some time. learning to be a jockey.
 Martin was much impressed by the fighters liking for training horses, and says that McGovern is likely to make a success of the business if he devOtes all of bis time and attention to it.
 McGoyern is very enthusiastic over horses and declared yesterday that from now on he will be with Martin whenever he is not training for some twenty-four foot ring battle. He showed no mark of his recent victory over Sullivan, and said that his in jured thumbs were recovering rapidly.
 Providence. R. l., March ITO grat- fly her sporting blood Miss McLaren, young girl, donned male attire and attended boxing match and amateur fight at the Wamsutta Athletic asso- ciation. ill North Attleboro, Mass. A rough jolt of the car disarranged her hair on the return trip, and it fell from under her derby, disclosing her sex to the unfeeling male contingent aboard. Leaving the car the girl arranged her hair and caught the midnight train for Providence.
 A St Louis pugilist took part in . football game at St Louis yesterday and barely escaped with his life Served him right. Perhaps he'll know enough now to stay i'll his class.
 James J. Corbett insists that Fitz- simmons can hit the hardest blow of any heavyweight in the ring Mir Cor bett's experience qualities him to state the exact facts with regard to the force of the Cornishman's blows.
 Friends of Jim Hall, who was saiG to be critically ill, subscribed towards a fund for the purpose of sending the former boxer to Arizona. where it was expected he would be greatly, benefited by the climate. Hall evidently came to the conclusion that the air of Louis jana would best suit him and he is now at the New Orleans race track wager ing the money of his friends on the somewhat uncertain horses.
 Tommy West is on record with the assertion that he did not show the white feather in his fight with Young Peter Jackson, but received a fractured rib and considered discretion the better part of valor. West presents a phy- sician's certificate to sympathetic public