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 to build a first-class man for the terrible ordeal of the prize-ring. And so far were their blows from being unusually heavy in their fight at Carson City, that Sullivan—quite an interested on-looker—pronounced them "mere love-taps." One of his heaviest blows in his palmiest day would have crushed in the ribs of either of these men. Two inches shorter than either, he outweighed each by more that 20 pounds, and unlike them he is sturdily built from the ground up. Listen to Dr. Sargent as to his head and neck: "All of Sullivan's girth measurements are unusually large, and most of them exceed the maximum" (of the thousands the Doctor has taken in 18 years at Harvard). "The girth of head is 23$2/10$, inches (that is in its largest girth), and surpassed in this respect 97% per cent. of all those examined." Now we begin to see what Webster's 24-inch head meant. For he continues, "A large head usually indicates a great amount of nervous energy, and when accompanied by a large neck is as much a sign of physical force as a large trunk and limbs." So the neck of a Mirabeau or a Bourke Cockran, a Luther or a Bismarck means something after all. And, as to Sullivan's neck, Dr. Sargent adds: "In this case the neck is 16½ inches in circumference; and exceeds the largest measurement of this part taken by seven-tenths of an inch!" When you are dealing with such material as Sullivan was at his best—the tape measure is eloquent. It tells much of the secret of his power. And what a pity that this splendid man—as brave, honest, straightforward a fighter as ever stepped into a prize-ring; a big-hearted, generous-natured man of abundant good common-sense—for no dull man can be much of a fighter; should be old and gray-headed at forty, carrying nearly 100 pounds of freight; and of worse than useless freight—cumbrous,