The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-12
Canadian Authorities Interfere.
A FIZZLE THE RESULT.
The Sheriff Robbed of his Watch.


aging words were exchanged. About
midnight the crowd left the hotels fol
the steamers, which lay at the foot cJ
the main street. on whom they embark
ed for the scene of action. The Win
mona and New York, of the Fisk Gould
line, had been chartered by the Mace
and Coburn cliques respectively, and
each was well loaded. The remainder
Of the fiotilla steamed out Of the har,
Dor, which was made up of the propeI,
lers Berba, Of Buffalo; the Embcr, Of
Erie, and the Tiger.
Nothing of importance occurred dur,
ing the voyage on either vessel, and ev,
erything, saving slight alteration
now and then, was unexceptionably
quiet. About daylight Long Point was
reached, and contrary to the expecta,
tions Of the greater part Of the crowd,
the Winona, which was the lead steamer,
headed up the lake The party was
joined by a number OF vessels from
Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit and other
places till quite fleet was made up.
Port Dover then seemed to be the loca-
ton intended and was reached about :
o'clock. The Winona anchored about
two miles west Of the town, and sent a
boat to reconnoiter, but the New York,
which carried Coburns party run al
most into the harbor, and lay directly
in sight of the town for about one
hour, when the Winona called her
away. This was thought by the Mace
party to be a way OF informing the au-
thorities that the fight was to take
place in the neighborhood, and in that
way to procure an interference, but
finally the two cargoes, eager to see the
fun, disembarked and proceeded to the
spot selected, which was about half a
mile in the rear of high bluff on the
farm of Daniel Wiley, Port Dover
township. Here the ring was laid out,
the stakes driven and the turf leveled
and hardened. The Canucks were
fearfully surprised by the advent of so
many fierce faces, With so many solitaire
diamonds on their shirts. In conversa-
ton with some ofthem we learned that
they expected the fight would take
place on Long Point and the authori-
ties there would have made no efforts
to enforce the laws. The day was
bright, warm and sunny, scarcely any
wind, and in every respect all that
could be wished for, and after three
long hours of waiting, crushing and
crowdug around the ring, Coburn came
into the arena with his seconds, Geo
Hengon and Dwyer, and was loudly
greeted with cheers. Mace was not
long behind and came with Cusick and
Donovan, smiling as contentedly as II a
puglistic encounter was an ordinary
thing for him. Both men were in the
| est possible condition, Mace's weight
being l63! pounds and Coburns l543
Betting had now grown wild, all
offers at even being readily taken
Mace's colors, as displayed,w were white
ground with blue border, star shield,
and letters in each corner with the
motto, May the best man win. Co
burn colors were green ground, with
red, white and blue border, sham
rock in each corner and harp in the
center, and "Now comes the tug of
war
1t was expected that the well known
Alderman McMullen would serve as
referee, and his name was announced,
but he stepped into the ring and stated
that he would serve under no considera-
ton. Tracey, Mcdonald and many
others were proposed without success
till finally Dick Hollywood, Of Indian
apolis, was proposed and accepted. He
took the stakes and the bruiserS
stripped. The faction feeling had
grown very violent, and the mingled
outcries were deafening.
The crowd poured up with all posi-
BILE energy, having swelled to vast pro-
portions. Betting was lively, Mace 5
friends giving odds on him and Co
burns friends readily accepting. The
time of the contest was another hour
and was perhaps the most prominent
base of the betting. The propositions
came from Coburn 5 friends, and 1t
seemed that their intention was to pro-
long the fight as long as possible. One
rash individual offered TO bet $50 10
500 that Mace would not receive a
black eye. He received many re-
sponses. The shouting and turmoil
was brought to a close by the call Of
"time,' when both combatants took
position for the
FIRST ROUND.
Then followed an hour and quarter,
which was spent in parleying and spar
r;no Each one was reluctant to re-
ceiye the first blow. Mace stood his
ground in the centre OF the ring and
drove Coburn into his corner a dozen or
more times without blow being struck.
Coburn was called up four times by the
referee and again drove back. This
came was to coax his opponent into his
corner and then, with the aid OF his
! seconds have him in his power. Ihls
thinr went on, as we have first sad,
for an hour and quarter, the longest
time on record, and there can be no es'
innate of how much longer 1t might
have lasted had not Sheriff Deeds and
Judge Wilson, the supreme and lordIy
rulers of Norfolk county come into the
ring and commanded, in stentoFiar
tongues, that the assembly must dis
perse. no-son.
took Immediately to their heels, but the
fancy Immediately rushed into the ring
scarcely knowing what was best to o. o
done. The Sheriff, who was cio'heu u