, 1861-07-04
FIGHT FOE THE CH
David and Go1Iah-Defeat OF the Giant
"A Brutal, S1ckentng Scene.


lEf0m Ile LDuQou 1lmes> duHe ia.l
Il il, perhaps, no information even for those
least acquainted with the dirty arena Of the
prize ring to be told that the champions belt,
ior the possession Of which Heenan and Say-
e1B struggled with such cruel obstinacy, was
eventually awarded to neither: The trophy
was lett open to public competition, though,
as the belt happens to be one OF those pecqlmr
gifts Of fortune which are not to be had for
The asking, and az its possession entails some
personal Responsibility, III the way Of having
to fight all comers, no matter how many or
how big, the number Of candidates for the
dangerous honor was, on the whole, decided
ly fmited. The first claimants we're Hurst
and Paddock. Hurst is. the champion w1est-
Ter Of Lancashire, man Of gigantic
frame and almost superhuman strength, but
perhaps the most unski1lful boxer that ever
entered the prize ring, In his contest with
Paddock he was dreadfully punished, but a.
most BY accident contrived at the close Of the
fight to hit his adversary one blow, and one
blow from such Go:ah was quite sufficient,
for Paddock Vas almost killed BY it. Hurst,
therefore, came into full possession Of the tur-
bulent Donors Of the belt, to which q boxer
email 1nan, though Possessed Of wonderful
strength a79l activity, ,Elmoss harder hitter
than Saye7s himself, and reputed to be the
most scientifc pngflist alive Yet, even in
these advantages 1t eeemed almost monstrous
to suppose that he could contend for an In,
slant, with any charcc Of success, against an
adversary SO oterpowering in strength, aud
tize, and weight as Hurst. Nevertheless, !
match was made for the championship, mud
yesterday it was fought to an issue on an
punching his gigantic antagonist 80 feaEtuuy
that he may literally be said to have almost
killed him without receiving blow in return
The contrast between the two men as they en-
| tered the ring was even more starthugly dis
propertionate than that between Heenan and
nor Eiy faaf fhynh
inches in hight, and weighed sixteen stone, OF
| "a pounds, while his gigantic swarthy chest
! and limbs, in which the mnacles stood out in
great folds and knots like bosses OF bronze,
made his figure look even larger and more
formidable, II possible, than it was in reality.
and the evidences Of tremendous strength
| as the theT5 and eineWs crept aud rolled
with every movement, one felt kind
of fascinating terror which changed to a.
most sickeniDg apprehension for the iate
| 3 combat. Among ordinary men Mace would
hare seemed terrible antagonist for any to
| cope with, but, dwarfed ard almost oyershad-
| owed by the giant he had challenged, bis ven
tnre seemed iitt1e short Of sheer madness.
weight only ten stone and a hall, ~ pounds,
yet, as he prepared himself for the contest
| YESTERDAY, there Was an easy air Of nonch2
lance about him, which, coupled with his'com.
t pact, fair frame, and 1.-the and active figure, on
which the small, but hard aad well-deTe1opcd,
muscles showed cut in startling relief, made
his venture appear less desperate than 1t Was
| TO those acquainted with his skill and strength.
Hurst, to hi5 other advantages, added thai OF
winning his choice ofcorners, aud Of conrsetook
that with his back to the sun, leaving It's fierce
rays full In the face Of lis antagonist. When at
iaSt, aifer shaking hands, the men stood alone
in the centre Of the ring, it seemed almost
like conniying at murder to permit q con-
test between two men 20 dlsproportloned IN
size, height, strengt hand weight Yet Mace,
as he stood mp almost in the shadow Of his
great assailant, seemed confident, though, OF
course, very cautious. Lightly Mace moved
In and out, feinting and smiling, as with a
| uciseleeB bound, like 4 cat, he Bprang just out
of distance Of the ponderous arms tnas seem
ed only required to move to crush him. Grad
ualy they drew nearer and nearer, the gtsns
waiting for bis chance, which the other now
and then appeared to give him, though, in re
ality, he ytntu1ed nothing. At last Mace
carefully yentured in, and struck his opponent
slightly three or four times in the face. They
we're only little blowa,r but enough to shoa
boxer when he chose, and get out Of all dan
ger of return with perfect certainty. Appar
emily satisfied with this knowledge Mace be
gun the fight with IA terrific blow, which com
Plete1y closed Hurst'e eye, and seemed t.
make his bulky frame treaable to his very feet
Before the first round, which lasted nearly r
minutes, Was ovor, Hurst WAS half snnotaeret
in his own blood, and his face SO gashed that
"a far - appearances went, Mace might haT.
j; been asaaulting him with razor. Sill, a.
blow to win the dah no one seemed lne4ane'
to back Mace, who might at aug moment &c
3 stroke that would annihilate him
Yet the tremendous blom that seeme
always impending never came Hura
: evidently knew nothing about boxing
aside with the most perfect sang .faolid hos
the allow, awkward, movements OF the pondel
ous Mms, deliyeFing his oE0 strokes full Q
the head and face Of the giant with force 81
: | sapidity that VAS terrible. Ia vain, like
blind C5clops> Hurst threW. his AIMS abroa'
aud etrove to grasp, to strlke, even to touc
a his 1.-the, why foe-an Taan be strcve to hel
4 | him into corner. Aace would afmply infi
a bis tremendous bloWB full On the snashe
face of4ls opponent, pass undef his arms, 80
c be gone, almost before the eye could foAo'
= his mos ssments~ Hurst waa htera1ly delugt
I with blood, which pourel over his huge i
rre in such streaIqe that Mace himself VI
covered With 1t, and the CLOTHES Of Hnrst's tV
seconds almost saturated. Nothing shows
Q the enormous strength Of the man mora tht
q ment and loss Of blood with apparently lit
y 1iminution Of his colossal power. He st
=, | pursued Mace. with unabated deternalI
s. ton, hut nevet Once touched him. viii
- on the other hA1d, Maces blows sounded lo
= all over the ring, til from a sharp craahi
d smash they. graduAlly deadened down to
E eplashinK sound like striking raW meat, tt
!. MAS sickenang to heas. Nothing stopped
IL ccrious streams Of blood that hoWed from
parts Of HD fst's face, and the whole Of q
one sided Contest became d:Rg ostdng add
rible bsys,nd all description. After there b
been ten rounds, and the aght had lasted sol
Al three quarters OF n hou1, Hu1st's seconds
- - hackers saw that his chance vas hopeless, .
n1EesxE ssroTe to akc hin naIa a.e9at,n Y: 3at,a
=, tm,ssEed Out Of III recognition almost
et st hxman being, and reeains FROM his fcastH1
uf blood, ths CORY. diaigqred giant .a3 stu !
81 tefsd ftom tis corner, only e oe sens sss o.
espshie Of annlhi1ating: Mace now no lon
i'll fcneht cauiiouely j., but hit HAea .nd Hherc
to nIessed> and even closed With tho St
srs wrestler and threw him heavily: l. was
ia. over Hercules himself would Rave M saccum Cum.
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