The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-06 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

Now that the Goodwood Meeting has come off
the less said about the mysterious doings of the
metallic operators the better. There was a great,
gathering of spectators, bookmakers, and welchers;
but the latter class had the worst of it, as the ge_
neral public went more for amusement than for
backing horses. What with bills of sale on horses,
others scratched when the last penny has been got
out of them, and the equivocal intentions of owners,
horseracing is fast getting into as bad repute as
prize-fighting. Brighton races commence to-morrow.
For the stakes there is a very moderate lot of horses
engaged. The top weight, Archimedes, has lost all
form, and has no chance. Tomato has clone no
work, and can't win. Ackworth has got too much
weight. Scamander, Bradamante, Rama, and The
Beadle are badly in. Of the remaining lot I can
see nothing to beat Wild Agnes and Westwick, and
I fancy them in the order named. Bradamante can
win the Marine Plate, should Mr. Payne think
proper to run her. Ostregor will beat The Duke
in the Champagne, as the latter will not forget his
severe race in the Goodwood Cup fur some time.
The Fourteenth Biennial Stakes will be a good race
between Cecrops and Auguste, and the former
ought to win, as he beat a better lot of horses at
Newmarket than the Frenchman met at Goodwood.
The Railway Stakes will be a match between Knight
of the Garter and Fripponier, the former for
choice.

A FRESH MAN.

RACING FIXTURES FOR ISGG.
AUGUST.

Egham l4 I Plymouth
Wolverhampton l4 Lichfield
Stockton l5 Tunbridge
I
Oxford l6 Yarmouth . 28
liastings 2l Derby Summer .... 29
York August 2l I Weymouth
Dover 'V Baden Baden 3l
SEPTEMBER.
Warwick September 4 I Monmouth
Leicester 6 Manchester Autumn 25
Doncaster
Brecon l7 Walsall
Canterbury lB Lanark 23
Richmond

FIGHT BETWEEN MACE AND GOSS.
This Day.

This morning the contest between Mace and Goss

for £4OO came off without interruption. The party,
consisting of over 300 persons, started from St.
Paul's Pier for a trip down the river, and on ar-

riving off Purfleet at about a quarter to 8 o'clock,
the anchor was dropped, and the passengers were

taken off in small parties in boats, and landed
on the southern side of the river. The persons in,
charge of the ropes and stakes were amongst the
first to go ashore, the object being to get the
ring formed with as little delay as possible. It
was the work of 20 minutes nearly to land the whole
of the passengers, but by the time the last boatload
reached the shore the ring was not only formed but
Mace and Goss had entered it with the usual greet-

Ong, awaiting the arrival of the referee, an office
fulfilled by a gentleman attached to the staff of

an old established sporting paper. On reaching the
ring this gentleman stepped inside for the purpose
of giving some necessary instructions, simultaneously
with which the belligerents retired to their respec-
tive corners, attended by their seconds, and they,
without the least delay, commenced making what in

pugilistic parlance is called their " toilette"—in other
words, they divested themselves of their walking

attire, under which they wore white breeches, trimmed

at the knee with a gay ribbon. Having " stripped,"
they each stood up, raising their muscular arms inthe

air amidst the admiring shouts of the spectators,
while their seconds rubbed with towels their brawny

backs and shoulders. Both men looked in splendid
condition, and though dressed, or rather undressed
alike, and of the same size and weight, still they were
as unlike each other as it is possible for two men to be.

Mace, with a skin the colour of that of a mulatto,

Looked the beau ideal of a highly-trained muscular

man. Goss, on the other hand, has a skin perfectly
white, with a not very prepossessing expression of
countenance, and a somewhat disproportionedfigure,
and appeared the least likely of the two to come off
victoriously. He manifested, nevertheless, the most
determined pluck through the contest, though he got
very severely handled. Both men, to use a thread-
bare phrase, appeared decidedly " eager for the fray."
They advanced from their corners to the centre of the
very limited area, and cordially shook hands, Mace
jokingly cautioning his opponent to "take care of
himself." Having gone through this form of " good
fellowship," they at once receded from each other,
and put themselves into position. No sooner had
they assumed their respective attitudes than Mace
led off the fight. After carefully feeling his way, and
making several feints, which Goss cleverly countered,
he succeeded in slightly touching his man about the
head and face, when the partisans of Goss shouted
"Go in, Goss, give him no time." This advice served
to move Goss to more energetic action, and after re-
ceiving one or two slight taps from. Mace he drew
his left fist up to his breast, and sending it forth
from the shoulder with fearful violence struck Mace
heavily on the chest. Mace, closely eyeing this
movement, sought to avoid the full effects of the
blow aimed at him by springing slightly on one side,
but in doing this he lost his equilibrium and toppled
a little forward. With extraordinary alacrity Goss,
following up his left handed blow upon his oppo-
nent's breast, struck upwards with his right, trying
to accomplish what is termed an " upper cut." He
failed, however, to make good his aim, for Mace
dropped back to his corner, and again springing
forward he struck Goss very severely on
the left eye. They then closed, and, after
exchanging some severe hitting, separated, and
striking at each other at the same moment they
both fell to the ground after fighting five minutes.
They were carried to their corners amidst tremend-
ous cheering. The favourable opinion that had
existed for Goss being already shaken, odds in
favour of Mace were freely offered.
They were up to time in the second round, and
after exchanging some heavy blows, Mace struck
his adversary on the left eye, which he sought to
follow up with his right hand, but this. attempt was
countered cleverly by Goss, who in return struck at
Mace but failed to land his blow. They finally
closed and fell to the ground, Goss undermost.
In the third round Goss's face was already covered
with the blood that flowed from a cut over his left
eye, still he was up to time, and advanced to the
attack almost savagely, striking with all his power
directly at Mace's face. Mace, however, who was
eye, laying
Goss, delivering a third blow on his left
k This was followed by
remarkably cool, smilingly countered. the efforts of
open e portion of the cheek.
and, closing, they
terrific blows were
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round
some
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rapidly
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Mace threw his man heavily to the
exchanged, and M
ground.
In the fifth round Goss succeeded in striking Mace
grhaongunecid. blows,
In the fourth equally
a terrific blow over the left eye, which appeared to
close up rapidly. Sharp blows were exchanged,
and, closing, they both fell heavily to the ground_
In the sixth round Goss again struck Mace on the
same eye, which he returned by striking Goss with
his left baud on the right cheek, completely laying
it open.
In the seventh round both men, who appeared
equally as determined as when
exchanged some heavy blows, and finally fell to the
ground, Mace undermost.
In the eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh rounds
the fighting was very rapid and severe, Goss iu every
case getting the worst.
In the 12th both men sparred a little more, and
then both men closing, Mace threw his man, striking
him twice in the face while he was in the act of
falling.
In the 13th Goss threw Mace.
In the 14th, 15th, and 16th rounds the fighting
was equally desperate, Goss by this time
• (25 mi-
nutes) becoming nearly blind from the blows
he had
received on his eyes. Mace in two or three rounds
was thrown by Goss, and in two Mace threw his
adversary.
On the 17th, 18th, 10th, and 20th the same
punishment was received by Goss, still he was up
to the time in each instance, but inM he 91st round
the sponge was thrown up,
and ace proclaimed
the victor, after fighting 21 rounds in 30 minutes.