The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-07-25
THE PRINCE OF @WHALEsn AT HOME

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John c. Heenan, the Beuicia Boy, jocosely
and aptly called the Prince of Whales, because
| he whaled the English Champion, arrived at
New York in the Vanderbilt.
Slipping from the vessel, in order to escape
the ovation his friends intended for him, Hee-
nan got ashore, and was taken to a Hotel,
where he was found by the Reporter of the
New York Herald. He says:
"The Champion of the World was in full
dress, doing the honors in the parlor of the
4 comfortable little hoste1rie. Heenan greeted
/ the party most heartily, and expressed his de-
/ light at taking his old friends once more by
| the hand. sIt's a good thing 70 be back was
his:sSrfiiHg semark, when aseed show he liked
I England. Heenan has grown considerably
since his departure, and Is now q very giant
in his proportions, and would seem to be very
much taller if he had not acquired an English
stoutness and rotundity with his increased
height. He seems more manly, and his bro
ken nose, short hair and burned face make
him look quite the pugilistic gentleman he is.
He was in the very best of health and spirits,
and enjoyed his voyage very much. Amid
roars Of laughter at his English accent, he
hustled about the room, delighted at seeing
old faces, and recalling old times by all sorts
of Jokes and stories. Macdonald had retired,
but after the first congratulations were over,
/ Heenan ordered him to be called, and IN the
meantime took arm chair and prepared to
answer his friends interrogatories. He had
not brought the champion belt, he said, for it
was not paid for, and Bowling would not let
him have it. Sayers' belt was in the same
predicament, and the manufacturer now held
the three belts--the original and the two fac
simi1es-to guard him against loss. Sayers
did not accompany him to the steamer, be-
! cause he had hurt his arm by fall from
wagon, and though anxious to go, Heeuan re-
| fused to allow him to accompany him further
than the railway station. Sayers would not
suit our people; he was too feshy, and talked
of himself too much for our notions. Heenan
said that he was much more popular in Ire
land, he thought, than Sayers was There
had been no disturbance while he was in Dub
lin, except from the immense crowd. Sayers
was grossly insulted there, but Heenan was
| lifted up in his cab and carried about three
/ miles by the people, who kept saying you
may walk over our bodies and souls, and such
Eexpressions ~ oa-1 s.s II
1.-THE conversation was here interrupted by
an invitation to drink, which Heenan declined,
saying that he never took liquor-a proof that
his strength of mind is equal to his strength
of body, for he is continually among drinking
men and has no lack of temptations. One of
the Staten Islanders thereupon drank the
z champions health, with many expressions of
admiration and regard. Heenan sat evidently
much annoyed. MY heart is broken with
such things he remarked in an undertone to
our reporter, 'if they knew how much 1 dis
liked it they wouldn't say any such things
"Some one announced that Heenan's father
was unwell, and Heenan would not resume the
conversation thus interrupted until he had
made arrangements to have his father notified
of his arrival and intention to visit him short
ly The remark was then made that Sayers
was a great little man. 'He is great man,
said Heenan; sbut little man do you call
him !? That's strange idea some of you have
about Sayers' size. Why, I tell you, he is two
inches broader across the shoulders than1 am
(glancing at.his immense chest, but not so
deep; and when We are both stripped Sayers
seems the larger man of the two. I don't
know how it is, but it's so.' In answer to
many interrogatories, and with that modesty
wLich has always distinguished him, Heenan
said that he lost his left hand in the third
round of the fight. After that he had to close
it before he left his seconds knee, and then
some one would halo you've got something
in it, and he would have to open and close it
again with his right hand. He could not
strike hard with it, and every time he did
strike, the pain went to his heart. Sayers had
been informed that he was a coward, and
therefore at first looked to see him run after
q every blow. Morrissey was the cause of this
mistake, and this explains what the London
Times says about Sayers peering curiously to
see the effect of his blows. Macdonald advis-
ed him not to rush the fght-haying seen so
many big men whipped by sayers-or he
would have finished it sooner. He put on the
gloves with Nat Langham three days before
the fight, and Nat had no chance whatever.-
AS it was, in the thirty ninth round he got
Savers under his arm to give him squeeze,
since he could, not hit him with his left hand
His other arm was over the rope, with which
it got entangled while he was trying to hit
: Sayers. Then they cut the ropes, hit him
with clubs and cut him from head to foot
fShephard hit him with club, in spite of Bob
Brittle's fourishing whip and threatening to
knock Shephard's brains out They then
pushed Savers up, only to be knocked down
and caught in chancery again. Welch then
tripped Heenan up, everything being in con-
; fusion, and Downing away. When Heenan
went back to his second he told him what
Welsh had done, and that now he should whip
not only Sayers, but "the whole bloody cor
ner" He went to the scratch, and called on
Sayers to come out or throw up the sponge
Savers was leaned up against stake in order
to stand erect Welch came between Heenan
and Savers, and Heenan knocked Welsh down,
then Broughton, and then hit Sayers, who fell
half over, supported by the stake. Then he
4 too chair at the scratch, and if any referee
had been there he would have had the fight.
He was sorry now that he had accepted the
fac sisniJe belt, but wished that he had just
come home without any belt, if they refused
4 him tie original, When Sheppard was accus-
ed of his conduct afterwards, in bar room,
he dropped on his back and cried, Don't hit
me when Pm down; dare not fight you, and
he wasn't worth noticing. ;5t,
"Some of the party then related to Heenan
the manner in which various women had
claimed him as their husband, dwelling par
ticularly upon the cafe of Mrs Adah Isaacs
&C., Menken, who had even imposed on Hee-
mans brother, who visited her at the Bowery
theatre Heenan seemed very much annoyed
at these claimants, and only said, shasn't she
got cheek. I'll give any Of them who come