Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-01
prize Fight in Ohio-MeCooI winner.


BUEsEyBARK's STATION, BUTLER Co,
OHIO, August 81 A. M.-Commenc-
ing at midnight last night the ham-
ilton and Dayton depot was the thea
ter of unexampled excitement The depot
was soon filled with a restless and eager
throng, but the long lines of empty
cars were kept locked, and not till half
past two were they opened. About thirty
cars in the depot were devoted to the
excursion, and in Eve minutes after they
we're unlocked every seat was taken and
the. allies we're crowded with persons una
BILE to obtain seats. Though there was
great deal of noise, shouting, .iostling, hur-
rying and bustling, no di5orderly conduct
was noticeable. By three O'Clock not less
than 1900 persons were on the train; at
half-past three the train glided away on
its Journey. The cars moved in two trains,
eyerv car of which was densely filled the
members of the press were congregated
in one car, filling it to repletion. Repre-
sentatives are present from New York, St.
Louis, Chicago, indianapolis, Detroit, Day
ton, Cleveland, and many other places.
Whatever element of the roughs or fancy
was on board it did not make itself obnox-
ious nor even conspicuous. The proportion
ofrespectabiliiy sin majority, it would not
have been easy to have told from appear
auces what mission the excursion party was
on. 1t looked as much like big political
delegation or a genial stag picnic party as
ANYTHING else. Attwenty minutes past four
the trains passed Glendale. About quar-
ter before six we run into Hamilton, 1t being
then broad day light. Here stop of twenty
minutes was made, and crowd Of passen-
gers made a peacesble but eager raid on q
German saloon for their morning bitters.
The train started again, and few minutes
after six reached the point Of debaTkation,
which Is Buseubarks Station, six miles
north of Hamilton and thirty-one miles
from Cincinnati 1t is in Butler county.
The site for pitching the ring is in pretty
grove three minutes walk from the track.
On debarking from the train the crowd
swept over to the grove in a dark eager
mass. Jerry Donavan, Jones trainer, ap-
peared on the scene and commenced
TO drive the stakes and form the
ring. At this hour, seven o'clock A. NJ, the
men are still forming the ring, and the 1000
| persons assembled are as good natured and
orderly as if on a picnic. Many are en-
gagged in reading the morning papers which
have Just arrived, others are carrying fence
rails, with the futile expectation of forming
good seats. The class Of people here Is
remarkably good for a prize fight. Many
| prominent Cincinnatians are present The
morning is a gem Of good weather, the air
| Is cool and elastic, and the sky Is unclouded,
! and thesunlight has an autumnal blaDdness
and altogether the morning Is a strange
contrast to the brutal and bloody spectacle
soon to be enacted in the ring nov being
traced. The outside ring Is about l20 feet
in diameter, and the inside ring is Of the
regulation size. Ii Is on a level piece O
forest sEard, and is surrounded by ar
amphitheatre of trees which form nearly a
complete circle. The indications now ar,
that the fight will be witnessed by 250I
people, which will form a big girdie eighl
or nine deep around the combatants.
500 A. M.-The ring is still unfinished
The ground is very hard, and before tn