The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-25
TAE MACE-COBUaN MUSS.
Another Match Made-The Fight 70 Come %
November 80 Near New crleans-Five
Thousand Dollars the Poultice
for the PoundingS.

or course the barest alluaon TO the prospect 0E
another ngnt for the championship between Jem
Mace and Joe COburn Is calculated to draw fortn
smiles and snOrs and grns and CALCULATIONS OF
incredulty: yet some OF the best posted sports ara
firm believers IN earnestness OF the snppOsedtO4
be-wlbe contestants and OF the ultimate certainty
OF genuine mill on the noss" before the end oe
the year. good deal OF excitement was create6
yesterday afternoon among the sporting fraternity
by the meeting which took place between Mace andi
Coburn at the ONCE OF Wtkes' Spiru. About
three O'Clock carriage left the Aston House
and deposited its precious freight. comprising
MIR. Coburn and three of his friends. at the SDtrtE
of1lce, wnerc were already seated MI. Mace and q
number Of his admirers Including Pooey Mace.a
Harry I'm and Rocky Moore, who had arrived thera
a few minutes previously. rhe meeting betweerp
the prospective and retrospective principals waS
cordial the extreme They shook hands warmly. /
and spent f!ll quarter OF hour I'm private CONF
versatIon before entering formally the business
which brought them together. Both were dressed
In the very topmost height OF the prevailing summer
fashion, and appeared In excellent health and ex-'
uberant SPIRITS. Alter a heightened general con-
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT,
to which cacn had given adhesion, were drawn up
Dy Mr.. Foster put Just the pugillsts were abouC
TO attach their signatures 10 the important dOcu-
ment they were reminded Of the structures OF one OF
the laws o. The State OF New York, which makes I'd
an lndctaDle offence even To commence or consume
male an agreement 10 carry out pugiStlC eXcrcISe1
An adOurnment was therefore agreed upon, ana
the central tgnreS with host OF admiring friends,
started or Tor the foreign shores OF New Jersey
where the signs manual were duly affixed 10 the
binding articles. These specified that the battle fort
the championship must take place between tbs
hours OF seven and twelve O'Clock OH tGe morning
OF the Both day OF November next, within q circuits
OF one hundred miles OF the city OF New Orleans
La for the sum OF
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
or s., 500 side TWO hundred dollars OF thes0
stakes were put up on the spot but altogether they
Will comprise the $1,000 now or heretofore IN the
Keeping of Harry Hill, for which the rival candt-
dates tor the universal championship were to ngnt
In Canada but forgot to CONF ete that arrangemen1
10 the satisfaction Of an exacting public. An ad-
ditiOnal sum OF So 800 Is to De deposited with Mr..
Foster within week. and the latter must place
the whole amount In the hands OF Alderman George
Mitchell on Monday next. Mr.. Mace was quite pro-
fuse In his
EXPRESSIONS OF SATISFACTION
at the astouDdmgy straightforward manner IN
which his opponent came up to this preliminary
scratch. Pending the little "Onp!easantness'' Jem
goes 10 England to fulfil u theatrical engagement
and bring out his family, with view to permanent
residence III this country. rhe conclusion to whchI
the AFFAIR has tuls been reduced was forced upon the
parties by Harry HILL who refused to hold the old
stakes any longer, and expressed u determinations
TO nave tile thing settled one way or the other tmInc-
diatey. The arrangement for this long put or light
having been finally concluded the parties separated
with mutual expressions OF high "old" regard and
everlasting esteem