New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-23
p70gT BETWEEN KELLY AND KERR
800 GAN FOR 1900 a SIDE.
KELLY LOSES BY A FOUL BLOW.

year obsained 30 universally throughout tho "De
ard breadth Of Eagle guarded Ysnk land anu W AO
attended England has not al evsporaied ,no'o
koxis glove ambition So great enthusiasm 00uiu Nv
90 easily subside. Arguments have oeen pursue
with warmth, which in many cases mas uesener
Sed into wrath, especially among .a0 hsusis
men. who have earnestly discussed the SUBJECT
With word. not always the most temperatei am ing.
them rmny uusrrels have sprung up, some OF wh' Oh
,ave had fst;euc cisis teen and there and Of ners
have be,u pursed into dimensions admitting of TO set
tlenent outside a regular ropsd arena And while
fetts and fighting have been the TOPICS cou id not but
Asu,,en that new emulations should be born, that
suen, disputes should be revived, that former rivals
should again take mp the Old troubles, and that
sspirants should arise ambitious to prove theirpowess,
and press their claims to sc dsss cons in that only
Ccurt whose bonors are coveted by Them the twenty
four feet fghug-ing So il hes come about that the
has: years crop Of irregular fights has been most
prolific one and the number of legitimate ring battles
mast present, and TO come, 10 unusually great.
The most important and interesting match OF late,
wa fought On Tuesday last August q, rear Island
Pond In the town Of Brighton, in Essex County, in
che green State Of Vermont, between Dan Kerrigsn,
ssnd James better known as "Austraiar," Kelly for
81 600 sils. Both these men at present hail from
New-York, though beth are Of Irish birth, kerri-
gan having been horn in Cork in 1895, and is there
fore 25 years DID, while Kelys earthly advent ante
dates that o. his victorious junior by three years he
having frs. seen the light in Dublin in 1882, snd has
consequently reached the ripe age of %. Both men
have fought before several severe battles being scored
TO the account Of each.
Kerrieans early life was passed in piscatorial COM
erce that is tc cay he fshed for, and sold mackere
and was also employed in varioas coasng vessels and
-. ob alahO v
ehronicled. He grew up, tough as pine knot, an
expert in rough and tumble fighting, thoroughly conf
dent in his own powers, and IS game to the very
marrow. The complete list of his fights is TOO loug
to publish here. Kerrigans hight is five feet eight
inches his weight when stripped for the fight on Tues
day, was precisely l4l pounds.
Kelly is shelly knownto fighting fame ast the winner
Of the longest ring battle spoken of in the records Of
things pugilstic. His hight is five feet ten inches, his
weight on Tuesday was l54 pounds. The present
match was made about six weeks ago. Since which
time both men have been In active training The
village of Island Pond the battle-ground is distant
but eighteen miles from the Canada line and it was
feared sba: might be necessary to pay hurried visit
this part of the future domains Of Lord Renre for
the purpose of avoiding any interference on the part OF
our Uncle Ssmael. 1t happened, however, that our
common Uncle not only did not choose to interrupt the
festivities but actually rendered important assistance
in the shape of certain sledge-bammer muscularites
performed by one Of Samuel's own High Sherifis,
viii appear in the sequel
The last train arriving at Island Pond on Monday
night brought party of about sixty sporting men,
number had already arrived and few came after, till
the whole number reached nearly hundred Of the
&c fancy" among whom were many wen-known eiri-
xeus Of wealth and respectablty from Boston, well
as a number Of the most widely known fighting IN Of
the whole country. A visit, on the evening previous
TO the fight to each Of the men, showed that both were
in fine condition. and eacn confident of winning. The
friends Of Kerrigan were far more numerous on the
ground, and were Offering large odds their man.
100 70 75 and in instances 100 to 90 being freely
offered KerTigan, but this tempting offer found
NO takers. Key's friends had all been estranged or
discouraged by the result of his battle with Ed Price,
and the few that were the spot did not seem dis
posed 10 make investments.
At O'Clock on the morning Of the eventful day. the
miscellaneous party prepared to move. AS the busi-
ness Of the strangers had become known number Of
townsmen and Of the farmers by, were present,
not only with the intention Of seeing the sport, but
with sharp eye the accumulation of sundry almighty
dollars by Transporting their farming teams, for the
time into fast horses Every variety of wheeled veh
Gle that modern times may know mustered, and
passengers were eagerly solicited by the speculative
owners Of the horses. There were two omnibuses,
one or two trotting sulkeys, goodly number of re-
spectacle buggies and every kind Of farming wagon
thai ever was known. Every old hay wagon that was
strong enough to hold together with load suffered
rnetamorphosis into an omnibus, the magic change
being effected by such simple the placing of
haf dozen rough boards from side to side. And every
one of the mot ey wheeled craft found goody and
profitable freight that its rcketty joints hsrshly
creaked out their dsapprObaton of such strange pro-
ceedings. At 81 O'Clock the fighters were ready and
in a couple of goodly carriages took the leading po
sition in the file; a vehicle bearing the Indispensable
ropes and stakes followed and the ineongruous pro-
cession took up its line of march.
About Is vehicles trailed slowly up the hill, and
proceeded with care and caution the uneven road
for about two miles when a sudden halt was ordered,
and the men hastily adjourned to an adjoining
meadow while the horses were tied to the fences.
The Tner of the farm lent his aid in the selection Of
level spot, and decision made. The ac-
commodatng farmer also loaned his scyhe and rake,
TO get the spot in condition, and speedily all was ready
to set up the ring.
Professor Jack Montgomery produced set Of stakes
that had been deliberately finished iu lathe, and of
which be was evidently as proud IS Of new baby. |
Under bis distinguished supervision the ring
pitched and an outer ring formed and to his personal
the reporters indebted for the best places from
which 10 zee the combat. The mistress Of the farm
house near by loaned all her chairs to the distinguished
strangers and in fact, kind were both the farmer
and bic wife that Montgomery soonstepped into the ring
and in short speech, proposed subscrpio for their