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THE NEW YORK HERALD. | NO. 5363. ' MORNING EDITION----FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1849. HB PRI rr th of reach, he sould « ‘Theee arrangeme: boom made, and ratified | im hile parpore by a couple of bob- tailed ronies, no" vent EW RULES OF FISTIANA. 2 PRIZ5 Gur Jev: ity I oi pit an bi gh At (pad withs Sacra Sarees partis te: te ecaicy an sen ft the Fesha 6° me sakg Tashi rng tea be made om tart nd shall be BETWEEN too end drew breath of relief eolaten eetion im th: ace eight stakes Jest us), ped into the Gapaia tekaeman’ ox Secaped davger of eatrest iter which | suehan ‘sttention, wo yielded ‘to Mr. Collin: ud the somes is latter exten In double lines. ir pS, a ay TOM HYER AND YANKEE SULLIVAN, | tee _ rae of Broadway and Park Face, " Posies oB4 soon found ‘ourself whirling on t1+,v- aug | most line being four fest rom the ground, and the . b i or twofeet from the ground. That in the centre of the his goard with the foolish Iiquor in his bell; forte ibn af that place, baps by Paeer Do — Hing Ouerk be formed, tobe termed asocratch; and (who was somewhat in the same | that at two opposite corners, as may be selecte s THE RESULT OF THE CONTEST. | Tecstion thes an immediate aght ensved. Th s be ineloaed by other marks sutllently large for the re notes therefore invincible Sullivan, was beaten into insensi- hott he ma .gocmnad to feel the 2 highest com: mt mate. peenate |nd bottle-holders, to be enti- PRITE FIGHTING IN THE UNITED STATES, | ts Jus 4 Aken ont of the caller, leaving Hyer cock of | Atence tn thelr rerpective canes, the best evidence | vane ean Il— That each man rhall be attended to the ring poss H4 It is soarcel: ble to describe the excitement | rity with whieh the instalments of the monster er roug! 6 and a bottle hoider, the former provided wi whieh thie event secasioned tn the public mind. For | were putup, The long k period sot for the treluing ex: Teady green baise “out away,” brandished » short | 8 spoDge, and the latter coe bottle five or six days, nothing else was talked of in Eyres] cited some surprise in general mind; but to the | cudgel as he step ed along. in a manner that did not br ean ete, . ateki: ‘The great prize fight between Yankee Sullivan | and for the ing nights, Broadway swarmed | initiated it was considered meceseary, in order to eor- jee very sant entertainment for any who be begen J ved a0 aad T took place on Wednesday, at with the crowds which concentrated from all quarters | rect the irregalerities of Hyer’s mode of life,and asan | might provoze its ay Pomsangy Afew more revolu- ‘ tyra : ‘ om. Hye, Ys of the town to catch a glance, while parading from | ixdulgence, which Sullivan, on his part, required, so | tions of the wheels, however. and a second look, re- Wo the state of the wind orsua, and conduct Reach’s Point, Kent county, Maryland, to which | one drinking house to another, of the man wno hed | that be might take, for while, the light and gentle | Neved all our concern, nd we discovered that the gea- | bie spexete the Brae the opposite corner. dic. Ke. Gite pt up seomtent ed ui ji whi E Giscipline requisite toa man whohad trained so often | tlemen with the wee no less s person than the provided with s hand- wh Bese the cormbetanty’ a8G thelr Mies essped.. | Se Acas ane the wemmal eresectte sumee tor off wenee te ot Hon Mr. Hyer, 9 the other two with bia were Scoler suitable to his own fancy, and that | iicwaimaron ano Jonn Mcuxan, a dfower, fought at after being hotly pursued by the authorities of | gratification at the result Sullivan's friends, however, | With the view of doing this in the best manner, we | bus trainers, the tall ome being the roseed to ontel: handkerohiefs st | Hobeken for the un of the thing, oF rather to settle « Maryland. took strong objections to the manoer in which his | will here give fall reports, as published at the times of | famous George ‘Themgoon, stakes. That these | bantar ora grudge. On this occasion Harrigten wie F overthrow bad been accomplished, and insisted that he | therespective oocurrences, of the fights in which each | “novice,” and the Lee ee ee pee terete mate (obe eclors:' and thes winner {t appears that after sixteen rounds Yankee | bad been taken at a hopelecs disadvantege. The other | have been engaged, Sullivan was unable to comie to time, and that the | side battle wae given in favor of Hyer. Neitherof the | "9% th 4 fighting history may be Se Bor Wgh cee orien ot san belt riminated, of course, that such s com; it In the first place, Sullivan’s fighting m ir Hyer was not jBeive By ere vain pretence. AST | pdadcumnlinn bivenet teins teoen eink et | wekateee nly carried a 101 9 mesntime both factions armed themselves.and | March, 1815, at Ba: a. IL be en- Jim Regp anv Axpy McLain fc near Elise! titled to thels possession. as the tapphy of victory. | town, iu 1634, Head won by the tieachery of MeLene ker .-~That two umpires shall be chosen by the se- Ay sandecahaaien ca e aan Bs. Dobray eA, the fight Fe he pr: of the battle, om, near Cork, Ire! r rete the eomreee 6m rules here- ts! lobe parties is dangerously injured. for » period of five weeks, there was s momentary dread y nearly thirty-four years of and to take exception to any breach of the 4 Tead the riot act, made use of The great msi wholeeads the community, | {nthe minds of the pesce-loviog, that several lives m the other side of the Atle nla fecetved the ctvlities of reo atten stuteds: bas a refeces shallibe choos: done my duty, ow lost by the collision of the parties It seems, H Steward in a he 20 | three distinguished gentlemen with stay and see among the bigh and low, the rich and poor, in regard ir, took a sober second pare Smee Oe ALAM OM 18 REN Oe we ate 20 cclebrated, id then took 8 brief » Seanebeea eau sigue a gestion har Ua ised = to this Sight, induces us to give, is.connection with the | thought, and being sverse to bowie knives or shoot- eopversation with Mr. ' Falsed @ compan: for the pens mer pps aa ence g eee to the matterim dispute or the issue of the battle — | war and deserted with the traitor Riley. Me details of the last contest, a brief history of prise fight- | 175 irons, he concluded to dictate = personal chal- ue Hyer was, he did not on this occasion show to | L2St the umpires shail be provided with a watoh, for | cgptured and sentenced to be shot, but was suffered ro mm deen lenge, and tothatend and purpose, took in band ing in the United States, We are indebted to the | endsquared himuclfat a shecto! paper. Having Aaah. American Fiatiane, & pampblet published in Nassaa | +d bls card with the promptness of « men of goutas, be ten! te the New rl feraid a8 an advertisement; streot, and filled with pugilistic matter, for the follow- | S24 on the following day (24 June) it wee anewored iu ing particulars :— due form by Mr. Hyer. ‘hese two cards were subse- the purpose time; and that they matually | escape. rome Cee art le eee tee en eed | egreeupom whom this duly shall devolve, the call of | "Sin Brvins ano "Tow Hiwrunevs fought im 1895, ut werner pound 4 anaes hig | !28t umpire only to be gttended to, and no other per- | Williamsburg, and Bevin won the battle, ETB EURO tat am man tn se int | Stages ean RRcntc Reames | fon nbntere te etre cag on Tanto | Vrnevnun i etre ihe ae anaes Sesto , » hen not alittle. ‘This had been asteree shall withhold all opinion till appealed to by | former, though but an apprentice, fresh He beat George Sharpless for £100 « side, in 27 rounds, : om his work, The system of prize fighting which has flourished so | quently publiehed together in the columns of the Na. He beat the grea, Hammer Lane for £50 side, in 19 | produeed by the reaction of a slight eold, which he had epee ro one de umpires strictly abide by his 4 utting oe Prectioed pugilist, as the fancy” term it, extensively in England during the last two centuries, | fiunal Police Gazetie; and as the remarks which intro- | rounds and 87 minutes. caught upon the sharp physioking he had eodergone | ““y "That on be the Reigns Biwi UVa Any sallsg Penns. oun Theee whieh has received so much Guce and follow them are happy with our present pur: | His American victories were Hammond, in 7 rounds | to geb bis constitution rapidly in trim for hard w duty of the secon ah draw. | and Tom Barrett, aliss Long Tom, of Paliedelphi ouas tor fe oA =, unt akon oflbesiaiy peggy Received fortelt from ae Vandersce. tt ibe —— attee hie naacaiaes ane mare this tery ty sll appeal to thee be prceanee ty the neat the sehe Thee cel sinhy Odea ne iil Bell in 28 rounds and 33 minutes. inter more plearant, we ordered dinner for our- ; the Herold, to the philosophers BobCaunt in? rounds and 12 minutes, selves and the ponies, apd bad the good fortune not referee, shall diteot if any and what | tween them at the close of the fight, ceeded from personal grudge, or sprung fro! age. Like ali military corresponden yuKE anp O'Conne ts fought at Hart’s Island only to reoure @ very exctllent repast, but the felicity Sen ing ready, each man shall ist August, 1888, The fight ily b; nd heed e-s chaffin: The: bes point, TRAINI G FOR THE FIGHT. of enjoying duripg the dinoer, the conversation of the “ st gust, . 1 fight was won easily by til very recently, a recogni ween General Taylor aod YANKEE amiable and lovely hosters of the © Romantio Hotel.” od te that side of the sceatob next ieee in nine rounds only. Recrhbee aaeey ta pty rhea rer = Ppa lana aa by Dome Boer oe dene ee eae As we expected. ous in tillgnn’s heasone ag het Ore the \@ Year, at New Orleene, but Father better content to di ren4 famous opponent, Yantee Sullivan, have put then. | 20UoDs spout “ ibis fighting buriness ;”” and as it was ly return to their corners, and | terference of O'Rourke's or the Uheperate fut woich | Bot, "Bd never is, and never can be, the business of # | there remain within the prescribed marke till the round ip-Btaire sparring ex! fighting editor to dinegree in opinion with the ladies, | be finished, om no pretence whatever approaching About six weeks since, while in the saloon on the in active training to inour the peril of corner of Parl Broadway. in # condition ren- | !*to come off between them for the sum of $10,000, and erpeciatly with Indies who are amiable and hand- | their principals during the round, on penalty of losin, gloved sdverrary in the open field. dering me fend myrelf agaiost any attack, | ‘he 7th February next. Hyer, with his two trai stmavhes hadcen hak the antubentiantp mausacd al.thabeiier es ‘4 KY mcg . George Owens, the Im the year 1840, however, the fighting spirit took » sudden start, and numerous gentlemen who had looked mildly out of their’ eyes till that moment, became as fierce as terriers, and also famous without cause. Whe- Thempson and Joe Wivrow. bas taken up his quarters q most co manuer, Bimalor the nubecsaiaes ns ean mmpoles of tae | Geen inserted by Hyer hineelf or hie flende. 1 hed | Raee Cours o8 Long island and produced by the arrival in this country of the ain ght, ond hyo perscn who keow I was atsailed in th perfest acquiescence to all her observations on ‘the Vil—That at the conclusion of ths round, when | poids, near Cincin: ted MeCh id | wanly art of af defence,” and to mark, likewise, our | one or both ofthe men shall be down, the seconds and ¢ ghaw's, Kard by the Union | Betect aareement with every view sho advanced rela. | bottle-holdere eball step forward and carry or sondust |" OrConnas ann O'Rovnxe, any O)RovaKE ano Gat~ hoprics Acasa Live tothe *peoial match now pending between Mr. | their principal to bie coreer, there affording bim the | .,anex fought also near New Ocleans, but their con- ¥ } hid tar Meg Sulliven and Mr Hyer While on this portion of our | necesrary arsistance, and that no person whatever be | testsended in rows, and are undeserving of record jacent country furnish- bject. it is due to this wortby lady to say, thi erry “ interfere in this duty. among the operations of the ring 1 Dodge’s, at McComb’s Dam; and Sullivan, 7 he the entire fighting apything at al or had the courage to | 128 fire rugged bills for bim to elimb strenuously eets ber the expiration of 90 seconds (unless J “ ») fought famous James, ales Yauteo Sulliven.te stilt a matter | SeRt as's man, | should by while Sullivan has not much at bi tides ty obtedl fa pall eading be oom Marae’! Moby the Caden teecinie wee LS cee ear a this sity: in 164 Aptinb) fought Scmsidlopuse j:bats 16 de:eertaln, the8 Ma Saliva HoT op fhe flat rece courte, and such variety as he can mand- | ceived tbat wo agreed with her completely. upon which shall rise from the | ofthe sieter ; ° flourished with the agitation, thie way ef the real character of the ocourrence. 1 am | {#cture out of lew sandy ground, or by feats of picking g to his own ride of | Jim Wairen anv Joe Lounp fought at Harrisburg, nde abd bottle-holders | on the 2d August, 1841, for $100.a side. Lound victor nd either failing so to be | in 10 rounds, lasting 32 minutes. seconds, shall be deemed to pi Faanx (rapist Foley gr ee terra sn geo8 . ide, at MoComb's dam, 18th Augus Ms ‘That 6n no consideration whatever shall any | won'in 7 rounds,” ere % ® SULLIVAN AND Vincent Hammonp fought at sland, near Philadelphia, on the 24 Sept., 1841. event of such unfair pi OF victor in 8 rounds, occupying 10 minutes. being removed, it shail be in the power of the | Hammond eut to pieces. dt to award the victory tothat man | Tom Hren anv Countay McCuexsrer fought on the t opinion, shall have the best of | oth Septe Id dispute. The bat- X.—That the seconds and bottle-holders shall not Interfere, advise, or direct the adversary of their prin- cipal, and shall refrain from all offensive and irritating expreesions. in all respecte conducting themselves with ye order and decorum, and confine thems: to the Yankee Suttivan anv Tom Secor, at Staten Island, diligent and caretul discharge of their duties to their | feught next. They fought on the 224 January, 1842, prixcips for $800, It lasted one hour and three m:nutes, ] through 67 rounds, Sullivan being vioterious, with very conde or bottle: hol little punishment. pal. Dan Knox anv Sam Buiaas, two darkles, fought af Hoboken, on-the Ist June, 1862, for $26 a side. The id up fight lasted 7 rounds and 18 minutes, Knox wianer. shall wilfolly throw himself d ‘Jim Witiiams ann Sanvy Stewart fought at Hobo- biow, besball be deemed to have lost the | ken, Ju ide, Stewart was the winner, that thisrale shall not apply to either who | in sou: " lips down from the grasp ef his opponent to | Tom McCoy anv Cuzsuine Bon —The first of these punihment, or from obvious secident or | young men whipped the latter, in @ pitched fight, at immer, July, (16th.) of the an. Red Hook. during the ensuing year, Lally whipped ‘Tom Murphy, at Kngsbridge, knee of his bottle-bolder up stones at s fall run. ‘ Mer Hyer rises before day break, it appears, being an tbe serat Asthe roured by his trainers, and carried away on & brisk APL Bote oF itealaing faben tre he developemens | viii: to cesemstlovup'she bent ital billereiaa raise chetg:| emaiat ade on every side, in and around Bloomingdale, to th them in races, not only on the lev down the most desperate acelivi ard: all eides, not only as 9 personage to be no “Irish braggert,’ or © bully,” although | 2 oracle, whose opinion was infaliib! Tricbman, and Celleve I can show myrelt worthy " peal on ail subjects connected with the prize ring country whenever 1 am required. if there. are any | of tbe, highest. perfection of the animal health aad These complimentary attentionswere by no means | who think they can make me “ory enough, likes pgth in mi nnot be otherwise than interesting overstrained "Mr. Sullivan was really aman of mark | hipped child, Tif We. @ Chathors tavee ie ee tn will give the routine of Sullivan's adoairers were only | gui ey the way, Iwill be Boor te hare teen oe at d mode of living. We doit more willingly Rau aix sternly converted fights in the prize riog in | Make the experiment, As for Hyer. I can “finx him | 2# be iisclaims any intention of preparing himself for ry nly con’ es in the prize rieg in | out: ig) oolaiming hie ol 'y to Other lands, and was will fresh with the fame of theiast | Cv” Without any exertion. JAMES SULLIVAN. mst the coming cholera, by & puritcation of b hl deen a th A REPLY. m. He doubtiees will be properi od to meet it. iia teria Wes ores TES Te. |. sesterdayaneusing Spares tamale stated lo ono okie Lelie te asd intr ition into this advertisements of this paper, signed “ James Sullivan,” SrobabIy aCUld, Reve enOrentd ['thet'l hedieneatiod iar Ta aut wjastitanto, matreer; the fret ts ly. very modestly, ¢ Gret streak of dawn, pul ile breeehes cheerfaily. ces out on the race cou: 101 8 ruoni: imbelf. with the Mberal profts of an old fashioned | and at a disadvantage. about six works ago, ine | Son ca'se% ute acmoshay deeds ham toe esd of the tavern in Division street, known as the Sawdust | ssloon at the corner of Park place and Broadway.— | Eclipse, having accomplished five t House,” had not bis famerouted the envy of the Bowery, | | wish merely to state, that this fellow, Sullivan, assault. | Ecupee. faesil to his house, Ye p his and iepired a naturel feeling to have him “taken | ¢d me,and that I chastised him for it, as [canand | trainers, ti ‘up & heavy pair of dumb bells and strikes down.” Sullivan, who isa fighting man from his top- | rbell doagain on similar provocation, to him or sid, | Ot some six or seven hundred times to improve his knot to his toes, affected to play shy to the.e overtares | one else who improperly assails me. | have only toadd. | regch and the muscles of bis shoulder, striking mostly for a considerable time; but at length @ good chance | that Mr. Sullivan will find me always much readier to | 1, in consequence of the height of th offering, he embraced the opportunity to.ciore a match | meet him anywhere than in the newspapers ; any- Be bas to contend. He then lays by with ao Englishman nemed Vincent Hammond, for | where, however, 1am his master. THOMAS HYER. after afew minutes rest, puts on th $100 a side. This affair came off on the 24 September, | _ It will be perceived by the abeve, that each of these of his trainers, 1641, at nd, near Philadelphia, but prove: domestic heroes throws himself on the broad platform ‘to be mere child’s the champion’s experience. | of the championship, and de@ines his position with the confront each other, and commence a sort of spurious ht rounds, oeoupyiny same rapidity and ease with which s colonel ofthe | arr guilivap bay: warfare, punching esch other's heads with muffled ites to literally out hi light horse would perform the six cuts. Nothing is left squares hime ad amon, 86 ove purrsaves the other in advan- A circumstance which ocourre: owt. Sullivan goes for the Irish vote. and Hyer stands ¢ from Pe tenia | t2ee, closing in, and tussling to the floor. In these fight will serve to show the eunni: for the suffrages of the native Americans. We recom- encounters, report says that Mr Thompeon frequently the care, at the same time, which he | mend them to the politiesl conventions. In these days takes the measure of an unmade grave. Eight o'clock terests of his friends. Considerable | of wars, nd fighting men, let all sorts of bavirg by this time made its appearance on the dial, woney had been wagered as to which would draw the | heroes have achanee. Mr. Hyer apd his two friends adjourn to breskf rty resorting to this practice shall be first blood from the other ; and around the ring stood Th two letters, though sufficiently belligerent in where the former confines himself te a very large an ost the battle. namerona ef Suiivan’a countrymen, ad es a | their Some, (4id net oad, immediately | to the ‘arrange- penn Seaeapak. beolied: lightly over Se oer im ite SULLIVAN AND BELL next fought, on August 39th, \neir spare cash, in sums rai 1g from two ment to whiol parties seemed desirous to come, | Pio Pe 4 fe, and eat without pepper, salt of s-a:oning ball be deemed foul. Thats man with one | 1; 842.) at Ye I |, for 2300 @ side, the shulltogs, that be would win the point. It happen two months more ela 1m | Sf hic arme, chest geak and-hena, adjourne sits nag | Of SBY RING He te allowed no Yoqetables; indeed. RO- | Rygpand-one hand om the groand, or with both koove | formes winsine ihe Out aad valves peine elt 1a. Ob however. that im the vars fist round, Hammond le hope to catch each in some chance melie. Tao ducdaaiiobed ftendite Tanke hy food, bat bread and & ney Nec water, | on the ground, shall be deemed down; and « blow ads sounds. snd caught Sullivan on the upper lip. The blow was not he first week of August. however, a bar-room Mr. Sullivan eate for bis breakfast a large beetsteak | eee fried potatone benim tied to disuse | given in either of thore positions shall be oonsiderec McCoy fought on the 18th of September, bard, but it was suffislently suarp to cut the inner skin, | to Hyer, of $20, by one of Sullivan’s adherents, tothe | ofthe anest out and cooked Fare, over which he poars fou); providing always, that when in such position | «f the same year, un an elevated plateau, at Hast: and start ~~ elatet down Sullivan’s nae, With @ | effect that he arauce of eld Jie ale, sent to him, like the the man so down shall not himself strike or attempt to | North River. Th it lasted through 120 roun shrewd quickness of thought, the ultimate oaguerer eed the requis ad both cerefaliy watehed by and ended by McCoy dropping dead {n the ring, by the imson in, pursing twenty dollars, an ere, and tested with uch tion as ican, as, from the highest testimony we could low struck below th tband shall | revere neck blows administered to him by Lilly. Prize Pl face that is common to him when meditating mischief, | the wager, a meeting was had at Ford’stavern, at No. 28 close, seizing the anta- tates, and letting his left band go at the same moment, spilt | Park row, by the friends and backersof both parties on | of,te Sultan would exerclee in looking on gather on the subject, we ascertained that everything | gonist below the waist, by the thigh or otherwise, shall | ton stead evil’ by thie horsitie! cosecesbpe eaeane Hammond wofally upon the cheek, and deluged hisea- | ihe night ef Monds; 1th Auguss. To win the twenty be deemed foul. fighters, those who were not arrested, scattered in all di- tire eoun! e and chest with gore.‘ First blood” | dollar banter. tberefore, Hyer stood ready te make a Th ease savale v1 —Thet all attempts to infiiot | b; 1 . i y supervises the execution ant je attemp inflict injury by gouging | sections, Aiter # while, however, their spirits Teoovered, Sind Mr eaten Haumae oganeanaens apne | Retsh for $1660 ox fhe ae, and pat dove ot | Srparaton af vena Se Pe feeae re" | ss wae ste tie tient eee A Went laughing to hie corner. Another iustauce of yet | tremendous siske seemed to stagger the friends of Sul- | _ After breakfast. Mr. Sullivan takes bat. kick! 3 st Algiers, opposite. New Osiesee Lind The two you tne butting with the head shall be deemed Cuais Litty asp Munray.— m rounds, ig seventeen minutes. en either man is thrown mouth of aconjurer, or calvesfoot jeliy betwen the jawe of reporter for the dally press. The same high sutbority informs us that Mr Hyer now and then looks wistfully at the otber tempting condi ts around i deliberately falling on the Orleans, for $200 « side, di t fight during which he occupies his time him, end that on one occasion, despite all the vigilance hs y side. we Bel oe erg naga gainee, rain Pape ea eters one serene Atroneeccren za? © | mind ty reading “Bostane,” to beep bis imagination | ef sie Winsow wie parahor hiss nich the nésity of. | SSHRC ete Cae ea nee When dome, eet rags Sa he stood with Belt'satm arta wigat | | Asscon sa thie ceremony was over, the following | free tn all the diferent médes of Dphting in soe prise tidtously obtatned a pineh of sait for bie | ‘Ay it1-That all bets shall be paid as the battle mo- ‘whieh 41 founds eisadvantege near the Fopes articles of agreement vere drawn up, or produced, and | TPS; ak, and tbat om another and more egret | aey, after the 6 warded, t.. Wilson was the winner. being daly executed, became from eredulously yielded, and turned towards his corner ; for the contest :— of tke arena, Having thu ‘but mo sooner had he exposed his unprotected side, | Anricizs or AGREEMENT entered int wenth day | van starts out in eles, by the most celebrated of the champlous h fresbed himself, Mr. Sul- country, bestirs himeelf the XIX.—That re person on any pretence whatever Bitt Forp axp Tom O'Donnert fought sball be permitted to approach nearer the ring than | New Ori , in 1843, in which the latter won. equently discovered by Mr. Winrow, snd it was, thet Mr. Hyer received ten feet, with the exception of the u , . than Sullivan let drive a right handed hit, and cateh- | of August, 1848, between James Sullivan and Thomas | ®ctively for some eight or ten mi es, in a berger in | mand from that austere disctplinar! and the perens Cppclates to take ahi of the water pe nevereliC cf aaloaaane, Anatase in 1315, lone 6 AWshibinmer UT ald seltves;:| 72' '2! duis coins buyzanen ve wares obolee Bee Eten aabpaice csete or thes erebnenie eet ats, who shall | near Natches ; Winrow winning, after a severe eon- ! 5 cusses politios am im relating this event. The said James Sulll to fight the sald siifurnion placers. During this exercise Mr. Sul- | or'taie Rookh. Nay, he dew jake their seats close to the corners sel yy the | tert. seconds, Cnnm Litty axo Hanes Burcuent the Englisle XX —That due notice shall be given by the stake- | fighter, fought » battle at the same piace, in 1846; Lilly for the | holder. of the day and place where the battle money is eoming off the victor, in 84 rounds, lasting one hour t iven d that he be exonerated from all re- | and 40 minutes, mn obeying the directions of the umpires Bux Witson anv Jars Stewant fought in Connec- d that exch party be strictly bound by | ticut this same winter. the fight lasting two dage, it 4 The result of this fight, though it raised Sullivan in local jom a6 a pugilist, did not gain him Envy ie generai in the human breast, fight, half minute time, | liven ie jcoording to the new | he!p bi mpanied by his trainers, who occasionally | f2,',) as docs Mr Sulilvam, but yields to . to him by vielng im the | bot revere meditation, which no caleulati for 1848, by which | feat of pickt: n the cast atequal | battle, or any care of business seems to thrives ranker in foul ground than in a fine Hyer hereby agree mutually | distances, w This is fine exercise, hour bas been thus consumed, he is sum vated soil. Mhe battle helped the fighting fever, how- sent ” Wy | ana cbalierges every nerve and murclein the body. trainers tone forth, whereupon the trio start mt ever, snd so inspired John M:Cleester, who was one of AMOUNT OF STAKE AND PLACE OF FIGHT. Mr. Sullivan comes in from thie exercise in s warm and eccomplish before dinner a distance of fif- shail ‘eanees low, and while bis body fe in this state, he quickly being undecided on the first. Wilson was declare conties ter yaga thorns mg fy he bolted, tra et doliste's deat The sate ‘“fght shall” take place we Hirizeall ble upper elothing off, and, bending dew fee p mailons Dyes Comins, ister genta iat on the second ; they fought 83 rounds, and 2 the States of Virginia or Maryland or some other place, | wards, is soused with cold water from his loins down his | ‘thi <01 jours and 20 minutes. . 2 ifthe parties can mutually agree upon such other | beck and over hishead. This operation is repeated seve: pervise their rosy ven “May Asai, Ke'gineoe Han” ouitres erful man, of st ral times, when Mr. Sullivan rises up with a bealthfai , Va., May, r i LSALIRAGME ON OMA LARTER TS te © eiNdanskaey thks Fue erexe, nd bis trainers fall to on his skin, with coarse oth = Aa? A knocked his antagonist out of time in 7 rounds, which Yoriiite famein the ebance encounters he bad from | | The Oght an be made for greater or lesser sam | towels, which soon leave, him of the complexion of « enter the ring void unless again | “Wittis% Eowanos inp Janxs Jonweon fought May tame to ti met with in the streets. ir, or the an five thousand dollars a side, by mut onsen og 2 in themrelver, in case they should re- | by tual but that the battl A friends of Hyer, were not disposed to have the fight | the partics. ; a after settling birvelt 1m bis p 7 on by mutual sgreement; but that the battle | 15th, 1647, at the Coal Mines, near St. Louls, for 610 eome ceive a basty challenge from one of the opposing fac- side, Edwards was killed. ne seg tect oiples, aad’ no othe an tion. Mr Hyer gets im from this fifteen mile trip earl; ly won or lost by a fi Awrut Ganoxen ano ALLan McFee next fought, ART ho 4 wth enough befcre 12 o’oleck, toenab’e bi agree to withdraw his stake. in the summer of 1847, for $800 a side, at Spuyten lowed during a bap} bry Tt frpon.: bead and chest and arms with cold water, and to dress XXII] —That either one voluntarily quitting the | Devil Creek, North River, which was wou by Gardner, ily refuse, The Largest tise, seimmincin | With flesh underolotbesfor dinner. At dinner, which | ring previous to the deliberate judgment ot the umpires | jn thirty-three rounds, lasting one hour and nineteen, ¢ largest aise, swimming 12 | takes place precisely at 12.0'clock. he eats,his beef in | and referee being obtained, shall be deemed to have | minut ale. 4 either | the fame aboriginal styles at breakfast, but moistens | jcrt the fight, 3 z fee bets geet en ae tratae | Bis clay on this cocasion by about two wine glasses fall | XXIV.—That onan objection being made by the | for $5.00 Ld “ry in bo Dg in cs t win- | cf fine Sootch ale. An for @ Thomp- | reconds cr umpire, the men shall retire to their cor- | by Hyer in reading ‘ Boxians,”’ as In the morn ton, they usually perform such feats at this trencher | ners, gand there] remain till the decision of the ap- | minutes. Tk. as wi nie fecering “sont og bis caver Hort Alezandee wi ith confusion, | pointed authorities be obtained; that if pronounced 5 0 take @ t evening, but arranged the matter for the WITHIN s1x MONTHS, . Om the following dey they fought, and ‘The said fight shali take place within six months after ® contest of three hours, lacking five minutes, | from the date of there articles. Hyer was proclaimed the victor. CH THE FIGHT SHALL TARE PLACE. the ff of * Country MoCluskey,” as MeClees- ich the fight shall take piace. each nerally called, hed previously been very e ring on or before 1 o’oleck, P.M ,o @ reputation of | at an earlier hour, if the parties mutually agree. of the vit PROVISION AGAINST INTERFERENCE. y ase of magisterial interference or other interruy- I. joyed the credit of beings “tip top” m: Indeed, tion of the fight, which the umpires shal) deem feir | ing refreshed, he tak of youth. of | caure for sdfoural g the fight, the referee or yo "ann THomas Hyen, Feb Ttb, 1849, at Keach Island, Maryland. Won rounds, which oecupied twenty Hyer on YY he “foul,” the battle shall be at an end, bat if “fair,” the first clars in size, long in the elegantly made, | holder shall name the time and place for the ders in play, he wi + bag rt diepo k which overhangs the edges | « eball be called by the party appointed, and the TOM HYER, IN HIS YOUTHFUL Days. a@udeuperior in activity to most ot his much lighter | meeting of the parties to decide or terminate the fight. thowey it has never done him spy harm, and te Bo way | of the largest specimen of Devonshire deiph, as if it ‘abeent from the “scratch” in eight seconds after, wy a bownnt 9000; Here were the materials for a champion Each shall be attired suitably for fair fighting. | inimical to him except in being of Mr. Hyer’s weight, ing of smoked beef, or s wafer sand- loat the fight. SEE botat der tra Tove ait beved ren’ a" our and Sullivan found » rival to his poputar- nO ADVaNTAGN, he bangs it viciously and without meroy. Having pep- ionsehia lady who gave wee representa: yl pda Mn ape A ity, tho: het a competitor for its professional posses- No unfair shoes or unfair means shall be resorted to | pered it to bis satistaction, Mr. Sullivan takes another department of the training, could not ab- Ldeeh het oul thé jednoaat sion. Hyer, after his victory vver Country, had reso- | during the fight, or at the termination thereof. waeh with cold water, when, buttoning — io his ie portion of the story from rat eto th c When I Tein wie neater: Yutely deolared he would fight no more; he had fought, AGREEMENT TO GIVE NO INFORMATION. EY Svercoat and turning the collar up about his ears, | jonas ard tolemuly declaring. that the exploit the betan: My eyes spontaneous sought out bn as it was, be sacd, only to settle # quarrel, and woul It ia hereby agreed,that no information shall begiven | he ttarts out for # short moonlight or starlight walk of | 1315 on thene cecasions were &* sight to see!” Indeed he battle, shall be “And heoe wen ace barat bern. not goin the field again, ina set mated, unless it were | to apy person. whereby the authorities may interfere | four or five mileson the race course or the road, at | jt seemed to her thi re training “to eat” ra. om the requisition of the esconds | ie matted bon peated tceehossbiod, pall dba er Meade cmt Arup embod med ee See nen) me EMRE CROCS RIS O/AISEE, AV EPO | iber Wee to nght considered, we did not arty accused shall open his hands ‘As she went rushing’ by— ‘ eum was at that time entirely out each, or eon- cnercr, oF GRouRD. + ‘i ‘ ‘of the umpires 6 ception. cf Sulivan's soanty backers, the aifair was | The party winning the choice of ground for fighting, | ‘This is about the day's routine, rubject to slight ee of freainn No wantin ever hillod im York not to be thovght of. bal) give the other party ten days’ netice of the place | cb as the training advances, and subject also to emed fonl. selected for the fight, euch information to be fair and | th tution of mutton for beef, during the last two unequivocal as to its whereabouts, Hyer’s suceess, however, stimulated t! “eyowd” in the same degree that Salli had inspired “ Ceuntry ” ” CORVEYANCE TO GR.UND. fe Pe aes ee sidered ee, amed Secor was produc Should it be necessary te employ | H ae row t her out at Wauxhall parties and their friends to the place of | eonds to take their man away, and thus concled TUEE aes plise Gas cused 6, #04 a steamboat be chartered, the proceeds 0 moked; ang. above ail . o Wier ound, and that the man or ‘his reconde refasing to Oh! that beppy. happy evening’ such boat shall be Aang vided between the parties, parka dl ntath dal el tah re yn od teas sada ‘bout with that artist. t | (bey the directions of the referee, shall be deemed the Ltegellen fe yet. » Five hundred deiler throw him back whole weeks in his traiaing, and pat | ° for another hee tee add Tain ber ord — P dollars) are now deposited in t Lehn A pe fn ly eee nace | mat four o'clock, when tn SOME OF PRINCIPAL PRIZE FIGHTS IN THE Ob! that hoppy, vening? muary follow 1843), and Suuliva vistee F—, in pursuance of the foregoing agreem = [ssid a Left pele Into lead meal for the THE aren eee este gd, py evening’, vhre 5 reience and @ ebeerfa' % bales pion ee eS deposit of five hundred dollars aside to | th f animal perfection wh n ere tr Seaesn etiewal tok Wi heed sat «mae meee eee Lok hc phic ge fame was now at ite highest; but after t up at the h f Ji Sullivan, No. 9 Chat- 8 , «| (bis country ween n ths? Japee of time, the Sievert wees id | ay Fy oe foe Fr. ‘on Mded: except, perhaps, such as ring, the dumb bells, and the bag, wind up the exercises J Hye —This fight took And the neg we bad xfore us cry of the day, and eight o’elock finds Mr. Hyer sound upon his virtuous pillow. ‘The exeroises are varied a little from day to day, row- being eecasionally added to ps thrown in towards t) t, ing, 21st of August, bet’ the hours of 8 and 10 P.M. collision with sme other hum THIRD INSTALMENT. splendid condition as himeelf. On the 21st day of September, seven hundred ai their number are thouray per- | fifty dollars atide to be pat up at the house of Ford® | man “to take Lim down.” Out of the thousands on | made to suocessfally compete with | Phillips, 28 Park Row. both sides, however, there are none that can positively performance, or per! ‘the wiry Irich fighter. But this resuited like the others, nemed Beil, Went tweive mile afore he fell And though, ven he strack the pavement. The * ern” began to fail, I got another mile out— By twisting of bis tail. joferr or, bad apr who could road we cut a swell, FOURTH INSTALMENT, tellanything about the matter I is difficult to coa- por od ‘ and Sullivan came cif cong ueror again in 2 minutes | On the 2st day or Ootoder, ven hundred and fifty | ceive « mere splendid looking man then Hyer, ani we rerpecte, Mr, Hyer, like Mr. Sullivan. lives lasted through several revere rounds, Firm aetied oe 904 28rounds. He was row considered invincible, or | dollars a side at No. 9 Chatham 5 mort meke full allowance In bis favor for those nataral fectly obaste a: mious li i term | but was at length deo Sal im Lo nth e latter by am They acted cut » piece they called javince,’ as sporsing mem elegantly condense it ; FIFTH INSTALMEN advantages of youth strength, weight, and length of up middie al nd to | scefdent, and Hyer retired from the ring with « bro- «Phe Winerd of the Sea’ en@ reevived from his admirers the preseatation of a On the 2iat day of November, seven hundred reach which tell eo tremendeurly for their possessor, y ” 4 pralmistry In this con- | ken arm. N H Th ‘eo Ana w the sen. fight was fetched on, silver belt, which be retains to this day. fifty dollars aside, to be put up at No. 28 Park even though pitted sgainat the highest experience and | nezson. it is proper for us to mention that he maiatains Jim Sarronn ao Pwned : amma S e a at Elise er Hey! bay!” ‘The faine of Sullivan, however, did not sffect the SETH INSTALMENT. the most superior ekill. t) © reme domestic reserve, as does Mr Sulltv: a | we Leg gr aren be. prise fight ? een im San- Maen . oa, reputation of Hyerasiogle jot The latter was not, On the 21st day of December, seven hundred and The condition ef both men is now represented to be | would srerive Mrs. Hyer, abould he visit him at the | fe: k . iu wat i revere on ante Five hours allppea 7 to us lang expresrion, which seems legitimate in | fifty dollars a side, to be put up at No 9 Chatham st wry fine, and Hyer is working like Sisyphus tore- | Romantic Hotel. only wit! oided and Pickwickiam | on (Engl! is veourred Im 1821, near Belville, ons hae ‘thie sopnexton, considered “in the ring,” but was ra- The above mentioned deposite of seven huadred and | cever a pcint or two which he Jost previous to his | eourtery. The reader bas now reen the privations,the | Ni \ Jersey, but tes, & period of severe fighting, in ec the br shy. er ‘ ‘garded by wonder loving minds as one of those | fifty dollars a ride, to be put up at the places deseribed | ¢xhibition, Both sre continually visited by fiying de- | bardsbipe, and the relf-denval which 8 man murt prac- | which Sanford, though the lightest had much the I thevght bp boon Ha m - i. “~ t8, who. if he would but “goin,” might carry | between the hours of 8 and 10 P.M. tacbments of their friends, who. having reen them | tice before he can arrive at his physical climax, and | best cf it, it was interrupted by the sudden appearance The dey wae tied when she to m ing before bum, punch away at their bage, and show up thelr pointe, | ;tard as natureimtended bim, free fro vitiation of | of the sheriff with his posse comitatus, and was never Her hand avd art auould jing. thousand dollars @ | lesve with a full ecnviction that their favorite is perverted babite. 1c is asevere, nay med. The rum cid bore the father, 10 be put wp at 28 Park Row, on the 8th day ef M Sanrorn anv B of bis avtagonist with as much ease atrizip.—This Aight took He'd gin her, ou stone M P. would ef an apple woman t, corrisgs loa Snedicors pumerous foot | com pared with which, the fighting itself is | Men'y conrtitutions break down while undergoing it, while otberr, which are alittle worn, dare not Cana 4 the requisite extremes, but come ia only bef condition. as starte: was nightly ts. who came | Either party failing ar tho current | ditions, suall forfeit lancholy result of y, which took place ; ¢ in 1824, on this island, at “Stuyves January, 1649, between the hours of 8 and 10 P.M Brandy Muley,” as the lonely apct, ® leoati Dry Dock. was in those orin this fight agali ven rounds, p Gronce Kensert.—A fight took 1826. t Point,” Two hundred caeh ‘To number #'s But, biers me! if she didn’t allp Her halter on the day took them “ where they could see Sali on tle other hi rpetual ptember of the same year, altered this whols state payin, It was firet m Habert Couns, beot him the y happen fa apelin seer And ibovgh 1 didn st pI 5 a nay vos. matehod Bee One Po | ct health, aud beth prepared to bid d ‘aption which we have not'ced as having appa Perbeps | cussed ; RULES TO UMPINEA. chclera should it pay » visit toour rh Hys’s teor, his ein and flerb look fine, Well. let it pase— there ’s other gals » 1847, and lasted oaly 12 minutes, Sullivan win- | Each party shali furnish their respective umpires | In th's light. we commend their conditio ie pointe 1m a truly formidebie man: As beautiful as phe; din wight rounds, after literally knocking hisep- | with » copy of “Fistiana viituows absteniousners in every somse, to the serious and will doubtlees o' 5 And many a butcher's lovely ohild porent cumb. considcration of the shrivelled and wilted debsachees Fuller was the winner, Has cast ehi De ed struggle Hawsionn anv K no { 1848, there wae | It in distinetly understood that noundue advantage | of the town, aud give it as a tamillar it of the Mezicem | shall be taken by either party; but every tra stion | evidence to all, whether laity or clerg: thi teger,which necessarily result from cleanliness and BRetweea this battle and the spring NO toik of pugiliem. ‘The exeitem ‘War overwheimed all taste for th srr, in 1890, fought thoir dis. temer sports of @ | shall take place in a fair business-like man! uted battle over n for & new puree of $600, but Trop 4 it wae generally sadersvood thist Sut- ones REFERER. enerone, derives fiem the juices of bin beef, ani K ‘tt lost, on baviog fallen without « blow eae Nven had fought his Jast fight, and bad retired from Each party shall choove au uimpire, and they, the TOM MYER, thimbles fuli of alé and crystal fluid, an van subsequently offered to be renewed m3 the the ring forever. He the victor of eleven contests | cmpires, shall choose a referee, whose decision shall be ‘We gare Jast week an account of the mode of train- | jutely requires, By this ryntem. all the refuse of lorg t for the rame amount, but was not taken up by ‘without an overthrow, which seemed fame enough for | finat and binding upon the parves. ing purrued by Yankee Sullivan, preparatery to bis | period ct ease in inst leaving him, and his frame bids | other parties. wt BY MAIL, d be bad sufficient custom t» his tavern, ATAKES firthcomirg $10.00 contest with the above named | fair rocn to be reduced to the mere rudiments of mus- | Sanxyouv ann Axpy McLave —Elated with his ear- —_ am strect, to make him easy on the The stokes not to be ¢ up ontil fairly won or | chempton, in yuary be xt. we now diepo-e oor | cvler trength ly suceerres, Sanford had the ARRIVAL OF TOM HYR& IN PHILADELPHIA, ETC. Jont, by @ Sight or by rorfeitu: In pursuance of this | cbrervation upon Ayer, was still strong withia | egreement, the parties hereunto attach their names, oul ia himevif from looking Bigned, FM for awry at A: ver he oame ip contact with him, L nor of indica various signiticant ways, that, | Witness—A Botwithatanding that individual's size, his youth, and | TA h aspects of the mat- Having now conducted the Inst cperntion of the | self in 1452 against Amdy MeL be friends of both | American prize ring, wo will conciede by the following | cf Philadelphia, They fought Tal inen jromihe new edition of the Kogiieh | ° the Beil ‘ tana.’ which govero a! pugtiistic aperations in the Britteh isiee, and which likewise gov rned Sallivas and Byer here, Pur tay Feb, 8, 1840, The excitement that prevailed in the elty relative to the prise Sight, has subsided, in consequence of the am- ement of Sullivan’s defeat, This seems to gratify D ; TAOMAS HY ER

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