Outing . SPARRING. (plate I.) THEORY AND PRACTICE OF BOXING. BY A. AUSTEN. THE undoubted popularity of boxingrenders eulogy on the part of itsadvocates superfluous ; its utility isunquestioned and its advantages widelyrecognized. It is a splendid mental andphysical exercise : mental in that it fostersand develops pluck, determination, cool-ness, nerve and evenness of temper ; phys-ical, in gifting its votaries with strength, ac-tivity, health, suppleness of limb and graceof bearing. There may be differences ofopinion on the suppression of the prizering, but there can be nothing but honorand pr
Outing . SPARRING. (plate I.) THEORY AND PRACTICE OF BOXING. BY A. AUSTEN. THE undoubted popularity of boxingrenders eulogy on the part of itsadvocates superfluous ; its utility isunquestioned and its advantages widelyrecognized. It is a splendid mental andphysical exercise : mental in that it fostersand develops pluck, determination, cool-ness, nerve and evenness of temper ; phys-ical, in gifting its votaries with strength, ac-tivity, health, suppleness of limb and graceof bearing. There may be differences ofopinion on the suppression of the prizering, but there can be nothing but honorand praise for the noble art of self de-fense. Nobles and princes practice itsmysteries, sovereigns smile upon it, poetshave sung its praises, chroniclers haverecorded its triumphs in glowing the rotten and ruined empire ofprize fighting the purified and vigorousrepublic of boxing arose. The declineand fall of prize fighting, however, wasnot an unmixed blessing. It is an incon-testable fact that si
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