The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-22
I III E DISPATCH.
THE GREAT PRIZ . FIGHT

| '''''s'''VSAVDoA ~. 1905
THE GREAT PRIZ . FIGHT.
40SRISsRY THE v1CT0R-BRUrAL Err,
H1foN-HERAAv FAILING 70 CONF m
| 11AE-LigCg Sens or MONEY BET
The 'sreat" pri.s eight, which has excited III,
iAacy OF the country for the last four months
| came OH at Long Point, Canada, on wednesds,
last, tho combat commencing at 90 miuutss IN
oo'ock 10 the AFTERNOON From the Troy, N York
papers We gather some particulars relative to Tn,
| event:
| TN. CONDITION" OF THE nsy.
Both ,Aen are las they say of fat hogs AZ ..,,,.
shows Ia prnas condition When Mor,i.s.S ~ :.
| eere DO was Somewhat worn Ills traipin. 49,
eeen pushed TO q point beyond hf, powsrs ~ an
oaraass some ns.h hsd been taken or tina,
strained 90 hard-partic uIarIv in ionS SsIL.
exercise with the bells-fhnt they nava out ra.d;
" ii's oreathing had become too short. and hs
"inasd 30 soon as to kivs riso to q rumor that
oae OF his lungs was affected But aii tbi. -.
are told, has bean overcome
Inc course pursued st Buffalo has had the effec NJ
restoring the impaired energies of the rem ovnsd
eruiser and he 10 now 10 better condition to 40
l'o ol scientific mauiing than ever hsfore-bet-
Ter even than ut the time of his little sps ode tf
the defunct t1sor Of King Kameharneho Of the
eano~ich isissds lIeensn 10 emphatically fresh
man lie has uesar eDdared the pumm stijoo ard
oangerihg ms opponent has passed throu gh at the
! Iands OF Thoiapson, Sullivan, Poole and in a
! thousand and QUO bar-room epcounters mi. hra ~
ny muscles are hrm and tough as sole leather
HIS siedgs hammer fists present a os ii.d t,r the
opera'Ion o. cold chisei. HE iuues are like
biacksmifh's bellows in capacity The frat trsiner
under whose hands no went came hear rushing -
his sregimen too far; bus Aaron Jones arrived in
tine TO prevent the dirrfui catastrophe and he
mas therefore had no errors of judgment to over.
come The refined and scbolastic Mr. jones' who
10 connoisseur in such mattera-and rom his
early slaughter touse remIeisceuces a first class
Judge of fat cattie-says "he never saw a man in
primer trim" Ia the matter of condition. there
fore, everything is "siap up to the pewtsr as our
merry friends the sporting men say.
rHB AMOUNT OF MONEY BET
The amount of money depending upon the resn,.
10 immense. The mania created ia authorization Of
this fight exceeds any ever before nown for neysr
before have eeeiicereuts bean allowed to make their
arrangements with 80 much openness and unre
serve-been so iionized BY the press. toastad And
toaded by inefficient aud favor seek,n0 nfic;.Is
and countenanced by kind and indulgsnt pubIic
VINO are ooIy proud OF all scch evidences of our
superior civilization, and would lot by any means
be guilty OF putting dsmper upon the ref oed
sport. We have heard of bets being made a. ts r
South as Now Orleans. Ia St. Louis ana Chicago
auereh ptooaoiy more money AZ forfeit than in
Troy. A spanlatd, residing in Aibauy has inducsd
MS iatner. Cuban sugar planter, to put mn two
thousand dollars on Morrisssy against similar An m
S.aked on HeenaD by New York dry goods u,sr-
cnaht Ihose VINO cain to be posted, estimate
the amount OF bets in this State aisne at from 1900
600 TO $25O,000. Naturally, the character of tbs
bettiDg varies with locality Here il Ia hnndr.
to rom seventy to eighty on Morrissey, We heard
OF numerous chers OF such odds being m,de on Sat.
urday night, without any takers. In New York
on the other hand, the same odds are freely ofsr.d
on Heenan. Though both compefitors-and We
are sorrysto say it-claim Troy as their home the
fight seems to have resolved itself into an issue
between metropolitan rufianism. persopiaed bv
uSeu6D, and provincial Wis
Morrissey.
fHs NATIONALITY OF THE PCGILlsrs
The hght isa continuation Of the old Tom Hyer
and Yankee Sullivan quarrel, out of which has
grswn deal OF i'll blood The Benicia Boy is the
representative of America, and Morrissey OF the
foreign fancy.
THEIR "sIzl AND WEIGHT"
Heenan alias "Benicia Boy" Is about twenty.
six years old, this friends say twenty-five wears.
is Six feet two inches high, and weighed when he
mmenced training about 220 pounds He now
Weighs about lJo, and will probably go into the
ring with about that weight This his 5, gh
and his freUds say that be 10 iu 'good condition
powerful and very confident.
aorrsissy about thirty-four years old, six feet
IN height and weighed M $50 he is now re
THE CROWD THAT ATTENDS
A considerable number of sportipg men lefs hare
on Saturday aud this morning for Buffalo and will
be followed this afternoon by more, who iutend TO
witness tue fight. The number OF spectators from
New York will be mnch greater than that of tbcs,
| who witnessed the famous "mil,r bstween Uvar
and Sullivan indeed the inters in the fash cir
| cies of the metropolis seems to be greater even
than here. Most OF those attending will of course
have marked preferences for one of he h.
A gentleman from New York assures n, that 81,
will be the u9liest party that has left that ctv for
many years" The danger of getting such q des
perate body OF armed men together, under the cir
cumstances. and with the high feeling III exis,.
| mi he ina TlnAd W hA pon
wonder IL there 10 witnessed on the battle field n,
| Wednesday such scenes as we're narrowly e,caped
At the time OK the tight between Morrissey and
Thompson, and that of Morrssey and Sullivan.
Among the moro notorioussof the crowd are
| Lewis Baker, quis+. sentlemanly appearing fel
low. who killed Bill Poole Dad cunningham. who
did society similar favor by killing Paudeep:
Tom Ryer, and, in fact, all the great men of the
| fancy.
| TIE OPINIONS OF THE FANCY.
Morissey is the fayorite at ono hundred to seven.
ty, his party numbering seven teuths of the crowd
and the majority Of the moneyed men. Heeuan,
| nevertheless, 10 very sangIinc Of victory We
have no wagers to win or lose We simply re-
| fleet public opinion. From this We learn, on the
| one hand, that there is no chance whatever for
| IIeensn; Morrissey will die sooner than be whip.
| ped; the battle won't be long one: Hesnan will
be knocked out Of time in less than twenty II We
mnutss''-and, on the other hand, that s'if Hee-
uan has pluck, which is all he needs, he will
| whip Morrissey in very short time. that he il
a splendid boxer; tha. he il as strong as an OK
| aud as Spry as . cat; that he has more science
| than Tom Hyer ever had. and full as much
| strength; that he stands square and solid on his
ieet, while Aorrissey is 'tabgie legged" Either
| of these opinions may be correct. Both of them
| cAunot be. We do not care which is borne out in
| the result.
| the FiGHr-DEscRIpfIoN THE ROUNDS
| BUFFALO. n. Y, October 2l.-The fight bet weeu
John Heenan, the "Benicia Boy" and John Nor
rissey, took place yesterday, commencing at 20
minutes to 4Q'ciock, at Long Pcint, Canada.
Heenan nn4e an objection to the ground, saying
1t was not according TO the agroemen,; but as so
| many had como to sev the heht, he would waive
his objections The contest then took place ~
| follows:
First Rouad-Lasted seven minu tes. The fizht.
Ing w's terrible, Heenan throwing Morrisssy, aad
drawing the first blood
.%cond-Morrissey was again thrown In the I'd
round.
fhird-Heenaa was thrown by Morrissey.
F0srth-Both men came ep looking rather weak
| and Morrissey Sas knocked square down BY blow
| on the under jaw from ueenal's right. III
Fifth, &rth, Seventh and EightA.-Heenan was
| thrown by Aorrissey.
Niiath.-Bo,h men fought wild, and fell side BY
side.
3snth-Heenan was knocked down.
Eiersasth.-Morrissey very weak. and was carried
to the scratch. Heenan won't alone. This was o
terrific round, and Heenan fell fainiing.
1acelfh-Morrissey was carried to the scratch.
HetnsB v n too faint to come to time.
The battle MAS declared to lie won by Morrissey.
The eleven rounds were fought 10 ~ minutes
Both Heenan aud Morrissey were very badly cut
| and had 10 be usht away on beds.
AbIut 1000 persons witnessed the fght. There
WAS no disturbance.
FROM vrHI2UsLA.-We have news from Vene zu
ella, dated at Caracas on the 25th of September
Friendly reiations were fully restored between
that republic and England aud France. The coun-
try VAS enjoying repose, end the people auxiousiy
| awaiting the return of Gen. Paez, to whom the
next Presidency would bo rendered. The Constitu-
tonal Convention made slow progress n its delibe
ralious. A decree bad been adopted, BY virtue Of
which the territory comprised within the jorisdic
| ton of the Captain Generalship Of Venezuela oi
| 1910, 10 to be divided into departments, cautions
and parishes, instead Of twentyone provinces, a
preseut The pyovincA Marparita ID to be ruled I