Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-26
EXTRA.
THE PRIZE RING
BARNEY MULLEN AND DAN DILLON
A Disappointment
The Mill Does Not Come OFF,
A Row and Disorder.
Especial Report for the Star |

This morning, about O'Clock. the rumblina
CT carriages and the movement Of a prett,
steady procession OF vehicles across the Lon
ErIdge INDICATED that something "was out
and the initIated under stood that 1t was the
departure of the crowd who proposed to be
present at the prize fight this morning between
Barney hul!eh and Dan Dillon, OF PhiladeI.
phia, Tor 81 900 de.
A large number Of omnibuses, and nearly
every hack in the city was engaged for tns
"trip, and parties started from various points
Jack O'Leary's, near the railroad depot Prices
Stables, the Deimonico, Oys'er Bay, Camp.
bolfs, the kirkwood, &c. Barney Aaron and
his ,rty started from the latter locality. In
tn. anxiety to make a sure thing of being pres
ent tai ne affair, numbers of persons bad Goa
gregatsd in the vicinity of the various starting
places soon alter midnight, and the air bsing
rother cool, they had rather a shivery time
OF II.
The Preliminaries
The understanding was supposed to be tina
the fight would come off on the farm of Mr.
Bennett. formerly the Alexander Hunter prop
erty about two miles beyond the Long Br dce.
1t was not known rs 10 the exact locality nm
til late hour last night and even after word
was sent round to the saloons and other places
Wnere The friends OF the parties and those de-
sirous of seeing it were to be found Some
were doomed to make mistake and even Dill
Ion and his friends Travelled out OF the way.
a early as O'Clock buggies and carriages
commenced to pass over Long Bridge, ana for
some hours after carriages, buggies, and wa
gors pc sed over. the sides OF the road bsinp
well tired with pedestrians. On the arrival
Of tn, irsr of the party at the place. no one
seemed to know exactly the exact locality to
nj
The iarm for the attractive spot. Finally il
seemed to be understood that tue ring wouId
be pitched on The tia. ground next to the river
Immediately back of the house, and about on
posito the Half Way Tree on the MARYLAND
shore
About O'Clock wagon appeared on the
ground, IN which Were the stakes and ropes
with carpenter and his assistants. and a
well known sporting individ Ual, dressed in
red shirt and black pants, known as Oyster
ia r" haIling from Philadelphia. commenced
10 lay off the ground, and shortly the takes
were driven and ropes stretched, and things
weIe announced in readiness, but neither OF
the prin .lpals made their appearance, and it
was stated that Mullen was near by, but that
Di',n had made mistake as to the place, and
ut cup about four miles on the Leesburg
p.nt, but was on his return. AT this time the
party, numbering from four 10 five hundred,
amused themselves as best they could, some
hunting up the whisky, and others anxiously
iDqrirlng for sandwiches.
While waitIIg for the parties two or three
incidents occurred attracting the notice OF the
crowd. a newsboy, named NJ ickey, attempt
ed to hook bottle OF whiskey from young
mans pocket and received 2 severe blow on
the nose, bringing the ciaret before he succeed
ed, while She remarks of neighbor of Mick
~ ''tbat he had been taken On the fiy'' was re-
= we'd With shouts of laughter. Another
II Jss followed, when two persons on the Cd.
posite sides of the ring who are not PERSONAL
~ friends, had war Of words resulting In
one da 'og the other to step into the ring, aud
the other drawing pistol and threatening 70
shoot, but finally the pistol was put up and
good fnmor restored.
The crowd was motley one, embracing all
classes. one or two ex-GeneraIs, several clerks
member of the kichings troupe, sporting
men, and others. There were present, repre-.
sentaives Of the New York Clipper, Ncrs,
representatives of the Washington papers
NJ ullen is backed by his brother Arthur, and
the stakes OF 81 .O0Gaside are held by Mr. Jane
Smith, OF philadelphia. Mullen stoppc1 las
night In GEORGETOWN, and at an early heLr
this morning, in carriage, with h,s seconds
'Donney" Harris and Barney Aaron, both OF
New York, proceeded to house near by the
ground, where they awaited the arriv val OF the
other parties.
Dillon made his headquarters at Teddy Ry-
on's in Alexapdria. which place he left with
his second, Butt Riley. of New York, and
James Henrietta. of Baltimore, at an early
hour. but as before STATE be mistook the way.
Dillon is backed by Mat. Ulrich and others, OF
Philadelphia.
the result of the fight, and the odds seemed TO
be j, favor OF Mullen, although i, was not
doub Cd but that Dillon would fight game
The Crowd.
Among the crowd present were large num-
Der of me notabIes of the Prize Rirg. Barney
Aaron was OF course the ssobserv we'd OF ali OBJ
servers He looks in excellent condition, but
still wears dark circle about the left eye, and
slight twist Of the nose, the result Of some OF
Sam Colyer's soedologers in the Aqua Greek
II Int. Barney was accompanied by Bill Ryall
and Tom Allen, the renowned English pugil-
lists, who are now giving exhibitions In COM
panY with Aaron. Allen offers to fight the
United States, or the world, for $4,000 side
Among the other prize ring notables present
were Rash Bolster, J i'm Henrietta OF Baltimore,
10 Casey and Walter Goodrich OF Phlladel-
phia. Deoney Harris of New ork, (who fought
Tom Chandler in california, ssOyster jack
OF the Hammill House, Philadelphia: w f
Harding. of New York. the champion 3.mile
runner Of America, and who is matched to run
with De kelso, champion Of Can ada. for S.. 900
4 SiOP dt n uIcIln. Chuoud, Ou tuC Ict1 VI LIE.
cember next; Butt Riley, 10. Beard of B.lti-
more. Frank Thomas of Philadelphia, &. T.
Mullen, brother of the fighter, ana q member
of he Pennsylvania lie. islature. Jack English
OF Baltimore, I'm Cusack OF New Ysrk, Toe
Edwards, Jim Dunn, Jack Rooney, (of Rams
Head,) Alderman Billy McMullen of Phila-
delphia. Harry Mull,gan, Andy Arthur, Har-
ry Henry, John Walling of Philadelphia, and
others.
The Men.
Dillon is a young man, but IS years OF age
and spent his early life in New York, bat for
a number Of years past has lived in Philadel-
phla, where he learned and still follows the
clustering business. He is feet 6k inches in
height. weighs about 1872, is Of dark complex.
ion, with rudy cheeks, dark hair and eyes,
neat features. small nose inclined to be roman,
and his whole appearance is quite gentleman
Iy; there being nothing about him which would
lead one to suspect that he is boxer. For
over four weeks past he has been undergoing
q course of training at Bill Hastings Is miles
from Philadelphia under Butt Riley. and is
in good condition.
Mullen Is q native Of Philadelphia, and is
also plasterer. His age is about the same as
his antagonist, height about i've feet I've
inches, and being trlfie stouter than Dillon;
ne weighs about the same. He also has small
features, dark hair, long lower jaw, and has q
down-cast, q uiet look. He has been in training
for q month at Tacony. under Doony Harris,
and is in as fine condition az il possible for
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