The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-26
/" Fancy Work.

The prize light between BAN COLLIER, Of Baltimore,
and BARNEY AARoNs Of Now York. which took place at
Pohick Greek, near Fort Washington, Yirgins, was
mentioned In our telegrapho column on Thursday
morning From the Washington Star, of Wednesday
evening, get the following further account of the
affair:
About midnight night two boats loft Washing ton,
the wnnmisset and Mariner both freightod with par
posed prize aght to take place point down the
river at daylight. The Mariner party wore mostly
carried down the New York crowd. Tho number car
ried down on both boats must have been somewhere
Tho superintendent Of Police fearful of violations of
law by tho crowd of roughs and from
Cities ordered the police to arrest any Of them found
under tho N Of and S"s s
play of sparring up to the time tho crowds left the
The fight WAS between Samuel Collier of Baltimore,
and Barney Aarons. Of New York: for 5000 side and
the Of 1.-THE the light M weights pugi
contests Collier, It will be remembered, fought Hora-
tho Bolster f, Of Of New York White House Lending
the fight lasted fifty five minutes. with rounds
at the end o. which the seconds Of & threw up the
bis hands enry In the fight so badly as to have but little
that but for this mishap the result would have been
The boats this morning some twenty three
miles down the river and made landing on tho Yir-
guia shore, near Pohick Greek.
On getting ashore tho crowd proceeded somo milo and
half inland. where a suitable place for tho fight
found on a byroad, between q wood and q corn field.
to referee which was settled by the selection Of
Charles Godfrey Dan Carrgon and Dooney Harris, Of
Hsas'a er. anu D0nn'' A0Ff'e'n' H''n0r'' '0f Col
Both men showed excellent condition, but Aarons
appeared to have the most confidence and sprang into
the ring considerably in advance OF his opponent offer
ing to bet i've to one on winning.
Collier entered the ring at quarter before eight and
the mt having shaken hands and taken position, the
Aarons' fghting weight was 1913 pounds that of Col
lier 1853 pounds. Tho frst blood and irst knock
Gown was awarded to AaIons on the + 'urth round
tactics resorted occasionally to the drop down policy
illustrated by sayers in his tight with Keenan, but not
beyond the rules of the ring ....
At tho tenth round Aarons began to show signs Of
Distress and evidently lacked the Of endurance
of his more youthful adversary In the eleventh round
he staggered vsiby, and got into the middle of the
ring with difficulty. but afterwards rallied, and showed
himself active on his feet when he first entered
could effective blows. Through his activity
he succeeded In hitting Collier much oftener than ho
hit HIMSELF but Golfers powers Of endurance ems
! bed him to pull through: Colier'a hauds began to
swell early In the fight and one Gle sed after the
Before the close of the fight both of Aarons eyes
80 nearly closed that he was almost blinded, but per-
ever to his SacEers that his best ashns days We're We're
over, and that he stood chance with his athletic
young opponent, who seemed capable Of standing any
amount OF pounding; Of the forty
fight having lasted two hours and Ave minutes. Both
Collier and AaTons were 80 much exhausted and 80
to carry them to the boat on stretchers.
The boats left Pohick. on their return. about II
O'Clock, reaching Washington about P. NJ. Tho news
Of Oollier's victory WAS circulated about town.
creating much elaton amongst his partiaans, who
to be In the majority here.
Groups collected at tho street talk the mat
ter over and any person who had been spectator of
this 'hardest contested fight in America" to bo
the hero of circle Of eager listeners But later in the
afternoon uttering and scAteration of all such gath
erings was occasioned by circulated that the
Chief OF Police WAS making raid upon the prin pal
partcpants and eetaors In the affair. and pretty
not man could be found willing to admit that he
within twenty miles OF Pohick this morning.
both AARoNs and CoLLIER, the principals in tho
Aght, and number OF their seconds and friends were
arrested Wednesday evening" but the principals were
found to be too badly injured to admit OF removal
their lodgings They will bo held for recognition by
the Governor Of Virginia. The police were at last &C.
counts after other parties who aided and couraged
the fight and there was general scamper Of nonresi.
dental