Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-06
H'FARLAND
OF PUGILSTIC
TENDENCIES
Even From Childhood Aspir.
ant for Lightweight Champ
iOnship Was Of a PugnaCiOus
and COmbative Disposition.

i ~ HANN NNNNtWa MNINMllN TOT NiIN
lightweight pugiiistic championship Of
these United states was horn Novcm-
Der ]. iSss. Al the age Of weeks
and ! any he caught his nurse severe
risht hook under the Jaw because the
lady attempted 10 separate him from
his milk bottle when weeks old
hc rushed from the house at the sight
81 colorcd person who was rAkinE
leaves 10 the front yard 81 his home
and beat the African over the head
With his own rake
These incidents convinced MIR. Nc
Fariand's parents that they had "A
coming champion In their midst. and
/ Packey Was put into training. his crib
being fitted out With y punching bag
and pulley weights
Realizing that one 81 the greatest
needs ~ a fStic champion was tho
ability % write challenges 20 other
I champions. Mr.. Mcfarland was sent
as soon as he arrived M tho proper
age 10 81 AnEe's parochlal school.
where he devoted himself to reading.
writing and arithmetic
At Az eeFly aEe Mcfarland WAS
placed In q boiler factory. where TIE
boilers. heing deep black would coax
him 20 wonderful feats with the sledge
hammer. Packey loved his work and
beat three boilers out OF the ring and
hammered another one into insensi-
bility before the whistle blew al the
end Of the first dag.
There was an African child. aged Is
summers. employed in the boiler shop.
but the manager Of the establishment
knowing young Mr. Netherlands
aversion 10 persons % brunette com
] plexion. thought TO avert trouble by
Keeping tho African child employed
on the roof while Packey beat up boil-
ers IN the cellar However. soon after
the whistle blew the signal for the
commencement Of labor on the second
/ day Mr.. Mcfarland suddenly dropped
the hammer with which he was pum-
melting boiler In the basement and
haetened instinctively to the roof
The young African and the youthful
| Mcfarland fought all over the root
and down four aiehts Of Stairs before
! tho factory workmen could lasso them
and drag them apart. Mcfarland be-
gan hghtlng the young African the
next day even before the whistle blew
| and the boss Of the shop decided that
Il he wanted 20 manufacture boilers
ne would have 10 dispense with both
/ the African child and young McFar-
land. which he then and there did.
| Mcfarland had met with 80 much
| dinlculty In reducing the child Afri-
can 10 an uurecognizable pulp that
he hunted up the Park Manor Ath-
ietic club and went into hard train
ing. doing terrible execution To a
punching bag which the training
/ teacher. knowing Mr. Netherlands
| pet aversion, had cunniugiy painted
black and covered ~ the top with
| short wool died with coal tar.
| McFariand's nrst nght for COM
mercial consideration Was With "A
Young man named pete west. West
4 had the best Of the first round and u
looked as n Netherlands pugilisiic
career was 60 end ns soon as II had
begun Ia the interval between
! rounds however one OF the attend
ants ia Mcfarland corner whispered
1 to packev that his opponent was none
other than Booker r Warrington
with his face whitrwaFhcd. Accord
ingiy Mcfarland sailed out IN the
second round like a Kansas cyclone
ana not only forced his rival through
tho ropes hut chased him out Of the
barn and ten blocks down the street
| He received q purse of 50 for THIS
victory and took $3.50 home a. his
mother donating the balance oi the
purse to a man who said ho was rails
Inc a fund 10 pot dynamite under a
corner % Africa and blow II on the
world.
Paternal opposition 10 the career
selected hy Young Mcfarland became
so rtrenuona that he fed from HON"
and sought O. refuge With relatives 10
Davenport where he passed "a few de-
lHehtfui years lighting tho African
roustabouia on Mississippi HNof
steamers
MCFARLAND since those days has
fought many battles and accumulated
somsthlng like t2e0. on0. He is great
reader. especially Of Charles Dickens.
who is his favnrite novelist, because
he hos NO Africans numbered among
the many characters he has created
MCFARLAND ls so good looking that
/ ~ hen he went down 90 New york "a
few eerrs ago lady Rush writer de-
srribod him Ia large black headlines
az "A curiey- Haired Apollo Me-
! MCFARLAND Immediately had hia lovely
brave, locks shaved On with razor
and bald "a beauty doctor r. large price
to put two arilnciai warts on his nose
so that his charms woHid not again De-
| commented upon in the publlc press
an subject him 90 the Attention "i
females.
MCFARLAND does not drink swear
moi. .r camille. and screams loudly
FOR the police Y lovely women az
tempt 81 nlfi with him We " n"N
/ engaged in completing Martin 'huh
sieNit" developing e plan 20 e"inp'i
aii colored citizens GO emigraie ."
china, and iu contemplating hRhlinh
| Jack Hriunn in New YORK.
New pictures Pastime.