The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-12
b II AL r. IL IGHT IN
EN- G LAND.
Science VS.. Brute Strength.

On the 18th of June terrific prize fight,
SO far as one of the combatants was con-
cerned came off at Midway, England, be.
tween HURST, the Staleybridge Infant"
and j. MACE, of London, for GOO side,
and the champion belt. We extract from
the London Times few details of the
fight:
THE COMBATANTs.
Hurst Is the champion wrestler OF Ian.
casblre, a man OF gigantic frame and almost
superhuman strength, but perhaps the most
unskilful boxer that ever entered the prize
ring. In his contest with Paddock he was
dreadfully punished, but almost by accident
contrived at the close of the fight to hit his
adversary one blow, and one blow from such
GOliah was quite sufficient, for Paddock
was all but killed by it. Hurst, therefore,
came into full possession of the turbulent
honors of the belt, to which boxer named
Mace at once laid claim.
Mace is very small man, though pos
sessed of wonderful strength and activity,
almost harder hitter than Sayers himself,
and reputed to be the most scientific pugi-
ist alive. Yet, even with these advantages
1t seemed almost monstrOus to suppose that
he could contend for an instant, with any
chance OF success, against an adversary so
overpowering in strength, and size and
weight as Hurst.
THE FIGHT.
The Times says the contrast between the
two men when they entered the ring, was
even more startling than that between HEE-
NAN and SAVERS, HURST standing feet
inches in height, and weighing 224 pounds,
while MACE only weighed 147, and his
height was but 5 feet inches. Yet the
dwarf triumphed.
Before the first round, which lasted near
y twelve minutes, was over, Hurst was
half smothered in his own blood, and his
face so gashed that as far as appearances
went, Mace might have been assaulting
him with razor. Still, as it was known
that Hurst had to give but one blow to win
the day, no one seemed Inclined to back
Mace, who at any moment might get
stroke that would annihiate him. Yet the
tremendous blow that seemed always i'm
pending never came.
Hurst knew evidently nothing of boxing,
and bis antagonist therefore merely drew
aside with the most perfect sang from from
the slow, awkward movements of the. pom
derous arms, delivering his own strokes full
on the head and face Of the giant with
force and rapidity that was terrible. In
vain, like blind Cycops, Hurst threw his
arms abroad, and strove to grasp, to strike,
even to touch his 1.-THE, wry foe in vain be
strove to hem him 10 corner.
Mace would simply infict his tremendous
blows full on the smashed face of his oppo-
nent, pass under his ARM and be gone almost
before the eye could follow his movements.
Hurst was literally deluged with blood,
which poured over his huge figure such
streams that Mace himself was covered
with it, and the clothes of Hurst's two Sec
onds almost saturated. Nothing showed
the enormous strength of the man more than
that he could sustain this fearful punish
ment and loss of blood with apparently lit
tie diminution of his colossal power.
He still pursued Mace with undated
determination, but never once even touched
him, while, on the other hand, Mace's blows
sounded loud all over the ring, till from
sharp crashing smash they gradually dead
ened down to splashing sound like strik-
ing raw meat, that was sckening to hear.
Nothing stopped the copious streams of
blood that flowed from all parts of Hursts
face, and the whole of this one sided contest
became disgusting and horrible beyond all
description.
After there had been ten rounds, and the
fight bad lasted some three quarters of an
hour, Hurst's seconds and hackers saw that
his chance was hopeless, and urgently strove
to make him discontinue. But though now
utterly blind, his features smashed out of all
recognition almost as a human being, and
Keeling from his fearful loss of blood, the
CORY dis6gured giant still tottered from his
corner, only to be sent staggering back by
an antagonist that he seemed capable OF an
initiating. Mace now no longer fought
cautiously, but hit when and where ne
pleased and even closed with the great
wrestler and threw him heavily.
1t was all over Hercules himself would
have succumbed to such fearful blows, and
the alarming hemorrhage which followed
them, and which now began to soak all the
grass of the ring. Brettle, Hursts chief
hacker, at once rushed into the arena and
insisted on his fighting no more, but the
MANNED giant seemed incapable of under,
standing his defeat from such little man,
and CROPPED and staggered out again. Blind
and 1ainting, it only required one or two
more blows to finish the affair, but the in
Fiction of those on the helpless heap OF
flesh was horrible and sickening beyond all
description.
His seconds and hackers gave in for him
without his knowledge, and kept Hurst in
his corner till he gradually became almost
insensbIe, and all the restorative arts of the
ring were exhausted in efforts to keep him
from fainting, which, in the absence of
surgeon, and in his then fast failing power,
might have been most serious affair.
The spectacle which he presented is too
horrible for description. Even the oldest
champions of the ring were aghast at the
fearful punishment inflicted in fifty minutes.