The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-26
The sayers ssd Hsesan Fight.
7 AZ NEwSBOYs' HOAX ON THE PUBLIO--fHv EgOIrU
kINr In the CITY.

AE NEWUBOYb HOAX On The PUhklO-1Hv yx0IIHr
hINT In the CITY.
I,st evening he metropolis thrown nv N~sr a
excitement, consequence Of the snnowesnens sAss The
ste. nship Vanderbilt which - ksve sal,sA from
seutham the 18Th inst, vNA news q ehe savers
and Keenan, nght, had been interrupted sm Cape Race
by Tho ews yacht Of the Assosssa Press Asd he ss
hseDce teeaphed 10 this oy, M Of whsh Of course,
put the metropolis on the q& viue 70 learn The news me
whole affair turned ont 70 - Asa and sarslaoeA HOAX
appears some vide awake sharper hsA prepared 70
order bogus account u the "htessatienal mn with
vAW 10 hn bis pocket ~ the s1pense Of sreAxsss pub
he, end be managed As scheme sdrstly tA turned
Out 10 be perfect saccess.
appears hat the svndae was perpetNAsd in tha
wayAbou si1 O'Clock last evening, just incur business
men, me- chants and mechanics, were returning homo
from business, printed nsces were posssd BY
Known party, on al the Newspaper bulletins down town
announcing she arrival Of the Vanderbilt stating thai
'fe full particulars q tho great nsht between SAyeIs
and Heenan would be found In EXTRA which would b
Issued 1t seven O'clock"
Of course this document created 4ntense excitsnsut
and the alleged result OF the 'n<i appeared 70 gre
g. neral fsts'sctn, and especially 70 those who havo
il,,e Tor tbe r.
AZ soon as the trick was discovered by The
propretors the bills making The announcement verc
forthwith removed, but too late to prevent the bogus
ezwa from getting an enormous circulation
sheet Of paper l4x20, with the following flaming caption
and and three columns OF reading matter ap
pealed;-
AnuvAL OF The vAsDERMLr At CAPE RACE
SPECIAL RsPoRr OF TIE GREAT FIGHT.
CHEAT ExCIrRMKNT THE AVID ABOUT RI.
xHE HENC7A BOT VICTORIOUS HARD FOUGHT RATf1E
LASTING ONE HOUR AND rEy MINUTES
xExNAN CHALLENGES AoRRasEy ON THE sPoT TO nan IN Elk
WEEKS FOR f2u0 OR fbcO MDE
sacnr HlTwlrN CHARLEY LYNCH AND YOUNG suAx posi-
PoNxD Through INTERFERENCE OF THE POLICE
lh April specially and hen went :" On
tending to give AL the details Of the rounds from the hrs.
at was as our readers will have gathered determined
maly struggle for pre- sminence IN which The Old .dAsc
perior length OF tho Ben!ca Boy babe de6snce the
strength and fresbDess Of Tom sayers the repessed
be several reduced thereby 10 great dis
trees, which nothing but his upntnching game and perse
Ne
ferept Tom sayers porseverod in getting homo upon
the place most likely to find out Keenan, weaK point
and although, a. one time this method Of procee ling
brought the palm Of victory almost within his grasp, s
as he was compelled To- give his head Ia order 70
IN such state 10 DO casiy swollen than ought
70 be- the quckpess OF the Boy and his straight deliveries
On the nose ana S optics s1.dua but surely added
some that bad Sayers adopted another system the "boo
might have been on the other leg opinions vary, how
ever That he Is game, resolute fellow, and took his
licking Ike man. one viii deny and his conduct
throughout the eight entitled all praise; and tho
fact that nearly ESQ collected for him ring SIDE
sufficiently testiHes He did his best win, We ar
sure that the un.oward result will have effect in
diminishing his friends II must be recoeoted that his
opponent was 2Gb. heavier man, and inclined
to think that there few any, fancy In the P.
81 the present day, of his own weight would stand
chance with him.
"7he excitement which the result Of this match will
create in the public mind will naturally enough be as ex
traordrary "a unparalleled For there cannot be two
opinions but that the great International match just
cuded, will not be viewed battles heretofore of mere
personal local Interest," but nost positively In
iiopa light "Pslmam qui meruit fcrat'
This bogus extra was 30 mastery written, using the
mest polished P. phraseolcgy that it calculated
to and did deceive, many who experts In pugistic
matters.
By eight o'clock hundreds Of newsboys were selling
these extras all over the city hotels barrooms and other
public places we're visited by the ncwsooys the papers
readily fod at six cents each UNTIL it is supposed up
wards Of thirty thousand copies had been disposed Of
The fellow who perperaed this outrage In fair way,
and certainly deserves TO do the State service at
cling Slrg
The Vanderbilt sailed from Havre the 18th instant,
and would touch ut southampton the 10Th and will be
fully due OF this port on Sunday morning.