The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-24
THE PRIZE RING.

Fighs q Hunesrss Point, 4. Ia Plueky
Match Between CraWiey and Reilly. or Nav
York. for 01OO-Nlneseen Rounds N Forty.
oighe Minutes. EA4& N 1850
At late hour ON Saturday evening the sporting cir.
css Of this city thrown into unusual sass Of
excitement BY the announcement that light was 70
come on bsswsea swe well knsvn nsmbssS q ts psiss
ring q an early hour ON Sunday morning. largs
number OF persons intssasd in this ktnA q "amuss-
ment" congrsgated st wen known sporting headquAr
te in Houston street. 70 learn the locality and the time
Of nghtins Everything kept mystsrious and only
thoss isiated wsp adorned that tae pe.y vssla .e
q two 4 - for wsshawken. AccoFmney. M
sSs night %oS Vssse s1ss and
thence by small boats 70 Bulls Ferry. Arrived here all
looked for the principals and bets freely gwen
and mpromptu foot races we're got up IN order 70 pass
the time. =. sma1esr hsvng msn Hshaaa1g = az :
Houston street. and got badly BEATEN but yet the prn
cpals were not visible, and those present. In
sudins S s ~ =. an, ns esy
ing the arrival Of the "msle who, hcwever. a. npt
make an appearance for n the meantime the programme
Seventh ward. and Reilly, Of the Fourth with thsiS
friends adjourned % Huntsrs Point Lopg Island vhsrs
Both q these men have already appeared In the nns
and have very good reputation Reilly ID coope and
IS late . Saturday was working u bis trade %. ara
rate man the smany art" He is slight built fellow,
very wiry and athletic and weighs ono hundrse and
forty pounds while Crawley, hts opponent, y strong
one hundred and sirtysisht pounds nanSsr q he
friends Of both parties accompanied them and . tcSr
o'clock yesterday morning the ring WAS ptched and tne
men "peeed,n ana aiter exchanging the ueda saluses
set to work. In the earlier rounds the hgns va very
evenly contested but in the end Rally although
sllghtsr built and smaller than his opponenb was de-
clared the victor after having fought nnetesn rounds
The fight lasted forty eight minutes, and NJ pluckhv
maintained throughout By both contestant - ,asa
The men fought II catch weights TOR stake OF one
hundred dollars but the betting in consequence OF the
game shswn each side was very considerable ana
lent additional interest to the Tight Neither OF the
mon were badly hurt and the whole party returned 70
the city in the afternoon.
Fight between Con Fnrnam and Jack Crcgan
"a $500 for $3.50 Side. IL sfA s9o =
Before daylight on Saturday morning last light took
place the Palisades between Con Farnam and JACK
cregan, OF the Twenty second ward for $3.50 side
Farna stands about Ave feet three and half tnchAe
high, and weighs about 1876 pounds. He has already
figured in several informal fights but never before ap
peared in the roped He is native Of Bridge
port, Conn, but now resides in this State.
Jack Cregan stands about five feet seven inches IN
height, and weighs nearly 40 pounds He halls from
Duchess county. where he ha earned quite reputation
boxer but like Farnarn, had mover beore appeared
In the ring.
winant Both men entered the ring Invested Of all
superfuous clothing and without spiked shoes sIgT
The fight lasted one hour and ten minutes. curing
which time wenty-eight rounds were fought when ne
referee gave the victory to Crcgan.
The affair kept unusually quiet, and the hgns was
over before Ave A. NJ, when oil parties returned IA
safety 10 the CITY ~ ~f-e%s