The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

It is, perhaps, no information even for those lease
acquainted with the dirty arcana of the prize ring
to be told that the champion's belt, for the posses-
sion of which Heenan and Sayers struggled with
such cruel obstinacy, was eventually awarded to
neither. The trophy was left open to public com-
petition, though as the belt happens to be one of
those peculiar gifts of fortune which are not to be
had for the asking, and as its possession entails
some personal responsibility, in the way of having
to fight all comers, no matter how many or how big,
the number of candidates for the dangerous honour
t andde
Paddock.cidedlyli Hurst is h
limited. The fitrset
wereHhoulreosf Lancashire, a man of gigantic
frame and almost superhuman strength, but per-
haps the most unskilful boxer that ever entered the
prize ring. In his contest with Paddock he was
claimantsewh aaschampion
'p o i n
o n the
wrestler w
dreadfully punished, but almost by accident con-
trived at the close of the fight to hit his adversary
one blow, and one blow from such a Goliah was
quite sufficient, for Paddock was all but killed by
it. Hurst therefore came into full possession of the
turbulent honours of the belt, to which a boxer
named Mace at once laid claim. Mace is a very
small man, though possessed of wonderful strength
and activity, almost a harder hitter than Sayers
himself, and reputed to be the most scientific pugi-
list alive. Yet, even with these advantages, it
seemed almost monstrous to suppose that he could
contend for an instant with any chance of success
against an adversary so overpowering in strength,
and size, and weight as Hurst. Nevertheless, a
match was made for the championship, and yester-
day it was fought to an issue on an island in the
Medway, and resulted in Mace punishing his
gigantic antagonist so fearfully that he may liter-
ally be said to have almost killed him without re-
ceiving a single blow in return. The contrast
between the two men as they entered the ring was
even more startlinglydisproportiofiate than that be-
tween Heenan and Sayers. Hurst stood nearly six
1 feet three inches in height, and weighed 16 stone,
while his gigantic swarthy chest and limbs, in which
1 the muscles stood out in great folds and knots like
bosses of bronze, made his figure look even larger
and more formidable, if possible, than it was 11_1
reality. In looking at his massive proportions, and
the evidences of tremendous strength as the thews
and sinews crept and rolled with every, movement,
one felt a kind of fascinating terror, which
combat.
man who had dared such a Colossus
ave seemed a
Among ordinary men Mace would have
but, dwarfed
dlietstpleersahtoartthaonf
it was
terrible antagonist for any to
_ cope
.12 giant he had chal-
lenged, almost overshadowed by to almost sickening apprehension for the
to fate
a, changed
of the
lesds
madness. His heighthalf
is barely over sft. Bin., his
tone and a ha ; yet, as he pre-
paredweight only ten s
yesterday,
for the contest there was
himself
ml eandgee d,
his
about him which I
an easy air of nonchalance'coup ed
with his compact, fair frame, and lithe and active
and well-
developed muscles, showedout in startling relief,
figure, on which the small, but hard
t u
appear
to those acquainted with his skill and
strength.
Hurst to his other advantages addedthat
of winning
the choice of corners, and of
course took that with
his back to the sun, leaving its fierce rays full in
the face of his antagonist. When at last, after
shaking hands, the men stood al in
hvisentvue
along the centre of
the ring, it seemed almost like conniving at a mur-
der to permit a contest
between two men so din-

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Yet Mace, as he stood up almcst in the shadow of"
- great assailant, seemed confident, though of
course very cautious. Lightly Mace moved in and
out, feinting and smiling, as with a noiseless bound
like a cat he sprang just out of distance of the pon-
derous arms that seemed only requ'red to move to
crush him. Gradually they drew nearer and
nearer, the giant waiting for his chance, which the
other now aud then appeared to give him, though
in reality he ventured nothing. At last Mace
carefully ventured .n. and struck his opponent
slightly three or four times in the face. They
were only light blows, but enough to show him
that he could reach the slow unwieldy boxer when
he chose, and get out of all danger of return with
perfect certainty. Apparently satisfied with this
knowledge Mace began the fight with a terrific
blowy which completely closed Hurst's eye, and
seemed to make his bulky frame tremble to his very
feet. Before the first round, which lasted nearly
12 minutes, was over, Hurst was half-smothered in
his own blood, and his face so gashed that, as far as
appearances went, Mace might have been assault-
ing him with a razor. Still, as it was known that
Hurst had but to give one blow to win the day, no
one seemed inclined to back Mace, who might at
any moment get a stroke that would annihilate
him. Yet the tremendous blow that seemed always
impending never came. Hurst knew evidently
nothing of boxing, and his antagonist therefore
merely drew aside with the most perfect sang froid
from the slow, awkward, movements of the ponder- '
ous arms, delivering his own strokes full on the
head and face of the giant with a force and rapidity
that was terrible. In vain, like a blind Cyclops,
Hurst threw his arm abroad, and strove to grasp,
to strike, even to touch his lithe wiry foe--in vain
he strove to hem him into a corner. Mace would
simply inflict his tremendous blows full on the
smashed face of his opponent, pass under his arm,
and be gone, almost before the eye could follow his
movements. Hurst was literally deluged with blood
which poured over his huge figure in such streams
that Mace 1-,imsr, I , -as covered with it, and the
clothes of I „.Lst's two seconds almost saturated.
Nothing showed the enormous strength of the man
more than that he could sustain this fearful punish-
ment and loss of blood with apparently little dimi- .
nution of his colossal power. He stillpursued Mace
with unabated determination, but never once even
touched him, while, on the other hand, Mace's
, blows sounded loud all over the ring, till from a
sharp crashing smash they gradually deadened
down to a splashing sound like striking raw meat,
that was sickening to hear. Nothing stopped the
copious streams of blood that flowed from all parts
of Hurst'a face, and the whole of this one-sided con-
test became disgusting and horrible beyond all
description. After there had been ten rounds,
and the fight had lasted some three-quarters of an
hour, Hurst's seconds and backers saw that his
chance was hopeless, and urgently strove to make
him discontinue. But though now utterly blind,
his features smashed out of all recognition almost
as a human being, and reeling from his fearful loss
of blood, the gory disfigured giant still tottered from
his corner, only to be sent staggering back by an
antagonist that he seemed capable of annihilating.
Mace now no longer fought cautiously, but hit when
and where he pleased, and even closed with the
great wrestler and threw him heavily. It was all
over. Hercules himself would have succumbed to
such fearful blows, and the alarming haemorrhage
which followed them, and which ne w began to soak
all the grass of the ring. Brettle, Hurst's chief
backer, at last rushed into the arena, and insisted
on his fighting no more, but the maimed giant
seemed incapable of understanding his defeat from
such a little man, and groped and staggered out
again. Blind and fainting it only required one or
two more blows to finish the affair; but the inflic-
tion of those on the helpless heap of flesh was hor-
rible - and sickening beyond all description. His
seconds and backers gave in for him without his
knowledge, and kept Hurst in his corner till he
gradually became almost insensible, and all the re-
storative arts of the ring were exhausted in efforts
to keep him from fainting, which, in the absence of
a surgeon, and in his then fast failing power, might
have been a most serious affair. The spectacle which
he presented is too horrible for description. Even
the oldest championS of the ring were aghast at the
fearful punishment inflicted in 50 minutes. Mace
had not a single mark on him. The dockyard police
were despatched in a steamer from Chatham to pre-
vent the fight, and arrived just as it was over—quite
official that. It is a kind of set off to this revolting
business to say that poor Hurst's comrades on both
sides were most solicitous in their care of him after
his defeat, and Mace went about among them, and
raised a subscription for him amounting to £35. Such
facts, though undoubtedly praiseworthy, but poorly
counterbalance the horrible nature of the whole
contest. Yet pugilists think that in a few years the
Ring will again glow with all the brutal magnifi-
cence of the days of the Regency. Revive the Ring !
It would be easier to restore the Heptarchy.

CAPTURE OF BALTIMORE BY GEN.

BUZ LER.

The future course of the campaign is naturally
kept as secret as possible; but I have heard it
statedby a gentleman who has the very best means
of obtaining information that Harper's Ferry is
positively to be attacked this week, and that General
Butler has received orders to take Norfolk at the
same time. He is not the man to delay one mo-
ment after he receives his orders; his fault being
rather an excess of rashness than the reverse—at
least so think the regular officers. If he is the
extremely able commander that he is stated to be,
he is certainly a heaven-born general, as till a few
weeks since he was a lawyer, and a very success-
ful one, and was made *a U.S. major-general by the
Cabinet after his successful seizure of Baltimore.
I have not seen any account of the way he took
it in print ; so I daresay it may interest your
readers to know what turned him from a militia
brigadier into a U.S. 'major-general. He com-
manded the Annapolis district, and was with 1,200
men at the Relay-house. Baltimore was then en-
tirely in the hands of the State Government, and
was in imminent danger of secession. It :is within
20 miles of Annapolis, and consequently within the
limits of that command. Butler accordingly
writes to the War Department, asking if he is in
error in supposing Baltimore to be within his com-
mand. The answer, I understand, was that it cer-
tainly was; and certain persons were named to
him as being dangerous characters, whom it would
be well to look after in the event of Baltimore
being occupied by the United States troops. An
elaborate plan was in preparation here ; three
columns were to march on Baltimore—a sea force
was to co-operate—everything was arranged to
insure success. In the meantime Brigadier Butler
collects his 1,200 men, gets together a number of
railway cars:at the Relay-home, and announces his
immediate departure for Harper's Ferry. His men
get on to cars, the engine's head is turned to
Harper's Ferry ; the train starts, and all the Bal-
timore people who have been hanging about to
watch the troops go off to Baltimore with the news.
Two miles beyond the station he stops the train,
has the engine shunted round, and in an hour is
encamped in undisputed possession of Baltimore.
Extremely rash, unscientific, and completely suc-
cessful !

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