Daily national Democrat., 1860-06-02
Technical Terms.


The language Of the Ptize Ring is begin
ming to be used, holf jocularly aud half se-
rously. in rather refined circlcs.-the uatur-
al result of that thorough reading Of the
reports, in an The papers, Of the great 'mil'
between Heenau and Sayers and The discuss
ion Of the relative merits tho men and the
incidents Of the fight As in all other scion.
. c,s. SO in ,le science Of pugilism, there are
technical terms which have definite mean
ing. and which best express the precise
ching meant to bc conveyed A bnowlcdgc
OF these technical terms is required for a full
understanding Of the Hcenan and Sayers
hlttle and. OF course, everybody has more or
less posted himself or herself as to the def
milton Of them It Is no great wonder, then,
ii we bear from rosy lips wreathcd with
half depr,catiug smile, something about
Ifeeuan- "leiJ" shooting out" and "gettiug
on Toms 'conk, while ueenau received a
fright handler upon his "nut," which he
shook and grinned or a laughing obserya-
tion, that ON q certain round, Toms "mug"
showed Hocuans "sign-manual;" and again
that Toms 'peeper' displayed marks Of
pepper; or, ON the other hand, that Tom
"countered' Heenan "heavily on the right
check, drawing the "claret," whereupon
Heenan mapped" him on the right check and
closed his dexter google and directly after
got him on the "smeller." You may laugh,
but we ten youthat there are lively females of
the genus Lady Gay Spanker, who can reel
you off this kind Of talk as gliJly as YOU
please, and they do il in a style, too, that is
/ perfectly captivating. They seem to know
/ iutuiiiyely, so quick is woman's wit what is
meant 10y Straight one on The suiAer, or
/ lodging a left on the nozzle" or "letting go
his right on the kisser and drawing the car
/ mine" or "a blow alightiug ON lIeenau's
oration-trlp,' and bringing the "ruby;" or
Heenau's 'rctaliating sharply on the bridge
OF Toms snout y or Toms getting a hot 'un
on Heeuau's whistler, which shook his iyo-
res;' = or the Beuicia Boys "lunding a lick
on Toms COB, which brought the juice" and
Toms responding with blow on Heenau's
snuifer-trap with a Ike result" Gc., DC, dc.
OF course, the ladies are horridcd, at the
same time with the brutality Of the thing,
but, then, they have such clever way Of
taking of the absurlities of such encounters
that the subject in Meir hands actually be-
comes attractive
But, it is among the intellectual and re-
fined gentlemen, in the places Of public re-
sort or over the dinner table or in any Of
their accidental gatherings that YOU may
hear this prize fighting discussed with
warmth and energy into which the consider.
alton Of the brutality Of the thing enters as
mere incident Which was the better man.
Hoenan or sayers? That Is the question
with them, and so earnest DO they become in
their discussions that they run over the tech
nical terms Of "sniaer" COB nozzle" ct
oetera, without so much as cracking smile
at The heudieuloas yu)garisus Of the lingo.
The Champion Of England has been pre-
sented at the English Court and basked for
short time in the smiles Of royalty. IfI
Queen Victoria can give a smile Of recogni-
ton to the English bruiser, and approve his
mette IL is hardly fair TO debar our Ameri-
can ladies from just bostowiug a little wee
mite of reluctant praise, once in a while
upon the great dstc champion Of America
And if the members OF the English House Of
Commons can afford to get up testimonials in
honoro sayers, surely we on this side Of
the water need not be considered outside the
pale Of civilization if we "holer," in q brief
ft Of momentary enthusiasm, "Hmrah for
Heenan {"
Yet, for all this, and for all the excuses
that can be made for the certain kind of in.
-erest which intellectual men and women
cannot fail to take in this big international
fight yet (aud for that very reason too tits
to be hoped that no such engagement viii
ever take place again. The world can think
Of something better.