The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-05-09

- DeI1ff|Ett1t Te4RseS40t menu Z4i
/. "a fellow FFho. 4gns hip4elffAaron Jnf'
and who Was Che trainer of the " Benici
Boy alias -Heenan, whose recent fight WDl
Tom Sayehs has enlisted an interest from .6eo
kpleg9EheeDise eiVilized that IS frAy appalling
publishes the sdbjoined skera~ u the Nss
York Herad.@U1 "a
M .NEA. p6ak. Apsa Is. 1885,. !.
NaFrom the various NEWSPAPER accounts of the re-
cent prize-fght between, John, g .Heenan- and ToF
sayerss I am 50 thoroagh1ye sonsiheed thatV Mr.
the money and the belt are not RdnotablS given up
to that gentleman, I shall forever ignore all CON
Re1ioa 81 Bar'ieiipaiiop in prize fg4tipg' a. az g
9essand 1pasaiihg profession; KIthink that MI.
counter, eand If he does not get them, it is J Ugh time
all Fespeetahle men who adpiye, 9nltiFsted physical
and manly sports to retire FROM ALI conhexion with
the Ring At bnee and withthiss1ew tiwodld be. OF
Fcodrse.. Irnitiess for me 10 after my candi,
date for fst7c honors. as, from fhex fepoftSw have
Teceiyeaot glands glory ana pride n the emblem
'NfaifPfdy' has, gsi H. ~ tse5 ,1lst. shstssy fully de-
iHPfF55effsI2 ga saDhI R GssPsSs'c Jcsrsg :
.Wbatts 4 9s hoe to- to iiSsiiiizzaft ID II this fellow
Jones should execute his threat and g forever
ignore all ascoopgipelxioonI fs q part eiP patti in prize
6ghtingu4beeause that whereas, sf~oraasmuch,
&c, Heenan didn't get the belt We honest
~ believe that both Heenan and Sayers are
Justly entitled to belts as q trophies of their
q Sa4or:n The 6abeks,5h Bowever, I should be
firmly, adjusted around their peeksThaye Sc
cure fastebings to a h6rizohtaf beam, by means
of a proper quantity of hemp-and thus made
to occupy . place, for an hour or two, better
adaptedntol their brutal instances than either
earth or heaven: @ .- ~
The conflicts Of the gladiators and cavaliers,
although they belonged to times which indis
cate the dark periods of the worlds bhistory,
we're occasionally relieved by, Instances Of true
-heroisra and enchanting romsnce.siWe End
nothing, onthe contrary, in the ways and cha
racteristics ofthe modern q bruiser,,o to relieve
him from a degree of brutality that places
him on a level with the lowest grade of qua
drupeds. The tribe of Sayerses and Heenans
fight only for the qualification of appetites
which are common to the brutes that p IRISH.
The chivalric knights of ld2often entered the
lists from motives of patriotism-often to de-
fend the weak, the fair and the pure, against
the aggressions of the strong and the wicked.
Mankind are now governed by Constitutions
and Laws, which aim to secure equal and ex-
act Justice to all;-and if they fail in this
fundamental purpose of their creation, no one
ever supposed that the conflicts of the prize
ring could redress a wrong in Government or
IN Society zhR sHE sex Tza3A
1t may palliate the interest manifested by
Americans, as this dog fight has been magni-
fed into an ssinternational concern, in favor of
KEENAN,. for 1.-THE reason that this beast was
born upon American soil, and because he pass
cd over to England tsssmelled the blood of the
Britisher,' and bearded him in his demand
further, because the first .ramors were that
HEENANihad been foullytdeprived of his s'laus
Let one, however, look, the matter
squarely in the face, and what is it, after all,
an aimless,, s~enseless conflict between a
brace of fools, wearing the external form and
similitude-of humahity--th prize being a
belt of about thesame value that A MAN would
attach to the bone that he would throw his.
dogs 27s7ss hm z57e@r crew 1851 esfk 'y'
It is evidence of q, corrupt and degenerate,
taste that can regard s-ucheexhibitions without
an intense feeling of disgust. Tt bears test
OF, a retro 4Fade towards a condition of
that would have made Goliath of
Gath blush that he belonged to the race of
mankind .ssrafs 5hs a sa5a2 1s7 ~
One has only to look at the barbarous jargop
Of the accredited organise of these p~rize-fghters,
to discover at once that the pack are aliens to
the manners, customs and even language of
civilization. For example, we are Inform
ed yyfhese ggabBliaS Journals, aAaE5m found
one,"
"Heeaan shook his nut and grinned."
In round three. +After a little lively Rddiing, Tom
got to near to the bigun, who Instantly slung out
his left straight and fun on the bridge Of Toms beak
knocking him 'clean1of his pins'o3 i5i3Ha9f z ID
Again we are ~enlightend about, Hfthe visible
marks on TOMS mag" "Heenan mapped an
other slashing crack on the right cheek, which.
had the effect of at once closing his derte,'
goggIe." ."Heenan shook his to6. '91teHeenan
gotsweH on the bridge Of Tom s. saose- as he
was retreating, and again knocked him off his
pins" GA straight one on the ,snifer."-
lodged his left lightly on the nozzle, and
once more turned on the tap" Let go his
left on the kisser." "Heenan's blow alight-
ed on Toms Grafton. trap atom now cfept
in, and pop went his left on the plague spot"
dTom was once more on the cheek a slogger."
"Heenan retaliated sharplyfeonft the bridge of
the snout." aHeenan getting another rum
one on the cheek, and dropping his left with
effect ON TOMS %snuffer." chilling on boIh'
aThe Boy followed him closely, and
at last got on Toms gob." :sFollowed suit on
the snufertray." "Popped the left on Toms
cork : eHeenan's mug disfgulred." @sTom
pegged away merrrily on the nosel'sq@An at
tempt with the right; landed on the side of
Toms nut" ~"Slogging exchanges aTom
met the boYvery straight and effectively on the
nozzle, opening a fresh 5aa." " Got heavily on
the top Of bis npasfp Each on the n'dzzdrd."
Tom was busy 9 n the boys q sF,r
3 Such are specimens, eaught at random, of
the literature Of the ring: Fhus do type, press
and ink become instruments for 1.-THE. communi-
cation of oibberish less inteHioible than