The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-07

The AARON TEsTINosIAL-THE COMING
"MtLL."-The admirers Of Barney Aaron, tho
celebrated eight weight, y last night rendered
him q complimentary benefit at Columbia Gar.
deus, corner Of Twelfth and @ streets. The at.
tendance was the largest ever known to have as.
sembled within the walls Of the building, en-
bracing the most prominent "sports' 10 the
country, and those whose tastes inclined toward
Indiana The programme Of the evening was
varied, music, boxing, gymnastio exercises, and
sparring being the order Previous to the open.
Ing Of the ball" Mr.. Aaron stepped forward
and thanked his multitude Of friends for the
"substantial' manner 10 which he was received,
and said II II was ever his good luck to meet any
Of the company then present In New York he
would endsavor in part to reciprocate their kind.
ness.
The exercises then opened with q violin solo
BY Prof George Naokman in his usual style.
Time was called, and the hrst set.to was be.
tween Dublin Tricks (Cnllier's second In the
fght with Aaron) and young Billy Carroll, Of
which some pretty sparring was exhibited, aud
several knock downs." Carroll seemed to
have the bost Of the round. ~. 5z----
A solo By David Sempie followed after which
Dan Kerrigap, Of New York, aud Rasche Bolster,
Of this city oams to the scratch" In this
round Rasche had the advantage and showed
considerable science and pluck
Banjo solo BY Prof Berkeley, Of Tsutonia Hall.
The next on the "csrpet" was the exercise
with the Indian War oiubs. BY Professor Judd,
the trainer Of Aaron. The clubs weighed 81
pounds, and were handled as straws.
Nal. KurtI, Of Teutonia Hall, hero favored
tho audience with banjo solo and song which
was we'll received.
A set.to between Teddy Ryan, Of Alexandria,
and Denny Ferguson, Of the Seventh ward, was
then announced. This affair did not meet the
anxious expectations Of the assembly, for
Teddyt nos were too long for Pergy, and ho
was not char"
Tho great event now approached, the IN.
nouncement being that Dan Kerrigan would ap-
pear and try to "spile" the "mug1 Of the great
tight weight" All waJ anxiety; and, as the
combatants came forward to shake paws"
pin might have beon heard to drop, provided Il
was not o diamond 4 Kerrigan was confident,
and Aaron all smilo', and at the start both men
exhibited superior sciencei but Barney's fsints
were particularly Noticeable, for when he let fly
at him, Aaron would dodge under the shadow
Of his wing" Aaron, however, put his bunch Of
dves' into Dams ''pilibOI" or 'smsllsr," on
several occasions, besides gently tapping him
now and then on his "herring repository, - which
had the effect Of bringing the house down In good
style, and at the close Of the round, Barney was
greeted with tumultuous cheers.
Aaron Is In the best possible condition for the
coming contest with Coilyer, looking neat and
clean from head 10 toe, not an ounce Of dead
meat being observablei md he says he is per.
feet In all the elements that 20 to make up 4
muscular Christian" Iie declares there Is
no whisky in him, and should he live to see
the day OF the fight, he says he will whip Collyer
| II II takes threo hours.
Aaron leaves to. morrow msrning for New
York. accompanied by his trainer, Prof Judd.
Aaron acted the part Of q shrewd business
man, In selling the tickets and receiving the
money for his bsnshtisst night 1ga0o : .
| Mr.. Lilly was stage manager and master Of
ceremonies, and "Bony" Lee, Of Baltimore, took
the part Of doorkeepsr.' g.- o.