The New York herald., 1871-12-01
cursionists back to New Orleans by nine o'clock q
night, wet, cold and hungry.
THE FIGHTERS.


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sketch of Jem Mace's PuGilistic Career.
Jem Mace was born In Beest0n, near Norwich,
England, 1884, OF English not gypsy, parents as mas
been generally stated In all published biographies
OF him. He Is now In mis- forty-second year. Jem
Is five feet eight inches anc half in he2nt and his
fighting weight ls about 100 pounds From his
early boynood ne manifested love for the '.manly
art OF sef-delence;" became O pupil OF the most
famous boxers OF that day, among others the late
champion OF England, Tom Sayers and was, before
he reached mans estate, trained 10 all the arts ana
dodyes OF the prize ring. Mace is a finely proper
toned man, and is universally acknowledged TO be
as good, II not the best, twohanied fighter In the
world at the present day. He made his
deoat in the ring, before he reached ms
majority, with Jonn Pratt, The NORWICH
Cnamplon" III 1850. They fought slxty-nlne rounds,
wnic1 occupied over two hours, and Mace was
beaten in consequence OF having botn his nands
on tins occasion. Another maLcl was made the
same year win Pratt tu fight Ior E25 SIDE, but be-
lore the day oI battle Pratt paid forfeit; aud ate IN
the same year third match Was made between the
same mel, and they fought at Norwich, when Mace
whipped the Norwich Cnamplonn IN ten rounds
lasting thirty minutes. Ia 1851 Mace beat Tom
harvey, known as the ''Suilok ChampiOnn at Hal
ston, near Disk, in eight rounds and twenty-five
minutes. Harvey ana mace were matched again
soon alter wards for El0 y side, but Harvey paid
forfeit; ynd III the same year Mace beat the
.'Lincolnshlre Bull Dog'' Tor purse Of Elo. near
himself with travelling sparring cOmolnarion
OF pugiiists, who gave exnlDltions throughout
continued until the year 1906. And it was In THIS
way that lis talent as . boxer was brought promi
nently before the British pubic. 1t was argued tnat
man who could spar 30 well would win fame ID
the prize rlng and Il was soon brought ABOUT tnat
he should fight y buner by the halne OF Slack OF
Norwich, Tor q "fver" q side At tnaJ ume Mace's
weight was $50 pounds or .'ten stone ten.n Tnls
light came or at Mtldenhall, on the I'd Ol october,
1885, aud Jem beat Slack with consummate ease In
~ nj
fighting seemed TO please the fancy" anu they be-
came more anxious to witness MS handtwork. 1t
occurred An opponent was found III bill Thorpe,
ana they 1ougnt ut Midway on the 18th OF Fepru-
and iSentyrseven minutes ~ Mace 'esa wa, 'ouTs nro
claimed Cne victor. HIS "siyle' IN TINS
hight gave him high reputation among the
patrons OF the rlng anu he had hosts OF friends who
were willing TO back him against any man near his
weight IN tie Kingdom. 1t was noe long, however,
before Mike Maddel agreed TO meet him lor Low
SIDE; but wnen the men were III the ring, Mr.. Dow
Ing, the editor OF Bet'S LIE, VINO mad the choosing
vi tue referee, named Dan Dlsmore for tnaJ ONCE
the latter being one Vi Madden's prlucpal packers.
nat Langhain, who was Mace'S second, objected TO
Dlsinore, AM emphatlcatiy refused to have hin
Ior referee. ThiS caused great confusion around the
ring. The Madden party then proposed Capi anu
barclay, wno was accepted by Mace. The men were
stripped Ior me comDat and moved up to the scratch
10 begin the fight, wnen Mr.. Lockwood, OF Drury
Lane, the principal bacner Of Madden, walked into
the rina ana declared there should be no IgnC un
less Dan Dislnore was the referee. Nat Langham
again refused to allow Mace to fight, and Jein re-
mained In t"c ring while two otner men fought a
Da1tte, waiting lOr Maddens packers TO cIange
tnclr minds, Ar. bowling would not alter MS dc-
clsiun about Dlsnore, anu as Langham was equally
stubborn in not allowing Mace to hight, Mr. DoWing
gave the money 10 MadaeD, ana ALI the DeLs had W
90 mat way. This lncenseu the packers OF Mace
very much, and they were very ABUSIVE TO MN ana
even pclteu him With stones and rOtCel eggs on his
WAY home.
A snorG time afterwards however they con-
ceived the idea OF getting their money back BY
matching Mace against Madden again, Tor they
Knew rlgnt Wen thai he could beat nun. Iney ac
ooid!nsy iaia niaeen pounas 10 ten M on Mace anu
arrived IN sie spring VI 1895, Mace was still smart
ing under the antiquities he had received from the
'sentlemen' who were again his DacAers, and beng
determined 10 get "aquate'' with them, instead Ol
going 10 the battlcheld.n he, with party Of friends
went la anotner direction to witness q cricket
match ut Rumiort. tits second Iailure 10 tignG
Madden had u damaging effect on his reputation a3
Q game man IN circles which were uaacqualntel
with all The facts OF the case, and Bel'S Lle took
every occasion TO abuse Mace Ior not submitting to
the dictation OF ITS eutor III the first match. How
change the Ideas OF the British public 0l seen
unc Capabilities, aud many were wiiIsny again 10
chance, lns time Win BOB Brettle who nad reached
hlgn position on the scroll oil lame as lighter by
defeating sucn btulsers as Roger Coyne, JOD CObley
and bob Iravers. Mace and Brettle were accord
in.iy matcned Tor flO0 slde and the ignt came or
Der, 1875. Mnen the men met In the ring some OF
Maces old opponents commenced abusing nm,
when so exasperated him tnat he rusned neaIiong
AZ Bretsie, without paying the ieast regard TO
science, ana WAS knocked Out OI TWO
when lasted only three minutes. Tne result OF this
hight seemed settler Tor Mace as 1ynter, and he
was about beng laid on the shell, anu would pro-
baby have been had not Bon Brettle himself lelt
satisfied OF Maces prowess ANA knew best the cause
OF has defeat. Bretue matcned Jem against Posn
Price for ESQ side, and the fight came OH In Surry,
January rs, 1853. This was the turning point in
Mace's career. lie won the fight very Dandlly In
eleven rounds, which were fought Ia seventeen
minutes. Friends and bacxer5 now ayaiu sur
rounded him and he could have been backed against
any man IN England lie dld not have TO wait long
was willing TO try conclusions with him, ana tney
were matched to hght Tor Il00 side on the
ias @ us st the time specea and foSeas %eas si9 X
rounds In twenty-one minutes, when The po.
lice put In an appearance aud the fight
River Thames. Here 1lty-seven rounds more were
fought IA ninety one minutes, Ing IA all sixty
three rounds III Que hour and NIT, nine minutes.
and Mace Was declared the winner: The smart Of
the disgrace by being defeated by Bret:e in three
minutes WAS rauxiins IN Mace's breast and an In
tmation to mat effect being made 10 Bretue, the
latter stated that ne WAS willing TO give Mace q
ciinetl. match was then made between them to
nynl the igh OF september. 1859, lor f2oO slde
and after e,even rounds, IN nineteen minutes, part
IN Oxior,isnire on the day named ANA part the
next da, down the Thames, Mace won easy
victory. completely wiping out the disgrace Of his
f0IuleT delcah
Mace now stood at The head Of the list Of fighters
OF nis weight, anu In iac he was willing To fgnt any
man, without regard 10 weight or color About
ol sam Hurst, alias the "staylcybrldge lnfantn
who had u reputation IA Q wrestler, TOOK 1t into his
head that lie could ngiit as well as wreste, aud
from MS immense size aspircd 10 be champion or
England. He was willing 20 match hinsef against
any pug,ist IN Great Britain Mace thought tnat
hurst would make capital chopping block iUr
him. and he was accordingly matched against the
"lniantn for Goo u side. Mace cut the big fellow
NJ IA eight rounds, which look forty minutes time,
IN the Home circuit, June -, 1861. six months
after January -, loo2, near the same place
wheye he whipped sam Hurst Mace beat Tom King
- .I Il u,fl. fnrf III hreo
pied MN one hour aud eight minutes. Before the
Seal Was Out, however, KING turned the tables ON
Mace by Wrapping hIn IN twcnty-one rounds In
thirty eight minutes, Tor f200 aud the champions
belt Tnis light Also TOOK place In the Home Circuit,
November "a, Isos Mace was not satisfied with the
result VI the last light chance blow having put
MN hors ife COMBAT, aud ne again challenged
Ring but the latter would not accommodate him.
The nest tune that Mace entered the ring was with
Joe ,soss. Tor fioot-G6Jo 10 Esoo-town the Thames
rlycr september l, 1s9a Nineteen rounds were
fought In one hour aad dfty.five minutes and
hall, when Mace was proclaimed the victor Joe
Coburn next challenged Mace, and went over 10
England 10 light hl.n. Coburn got Mace as Tar as