Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-27
NEW YORK.


 YOrk-Sporting Mem Not FavOrably Inn-
 pressed with the Half Breed.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-Jem Mace and his Maori, Herbert A. SJade, together with Mrs. Mace, William B. Harding and John De Lury arrived at the Pennsylvania railroad depot at 7:45 this morning The party were met by Richard K. Fox, William A. Mccoy, Albert Smith, N. Rice Frank Stevenson and host of sporting celebrities Carriages were sum moned, and the party proceeded to the Metro politan Hotel. After visiting the office of the Po1ice GGzette Mace, SIade, MT. Fox and 8 number of sports took carriages and visited number of down town sporting houses. They were then driven to Harry Hills, where after receiving cordial welcome they accepted an invitation to dine with him. Later in the afternoon Mace and his half breed returned to inc Metropolitan Hotel where they re ceived large number of callers. The gen eral opinion among sporting men here is that the Maori would stand little chance in the prize ring with Sullivan. "He is plenty big enough" remarked welli known sport,
 ''but the question is, is he good enough ?"
 s'I think not" joined in another sport.
 "He's too beefy, and mark my words, if he
 
 make mincemeat of him."
 Billy Edwards, the champion light weight, is eager to have glove fight with Mace. Edwards in conversation with number of sporting men at the Hoffman House this af- ternoon said ''Mace while in 8 saloon with number of his friends some years ago called me coward. I think that my record proves that MT. Mace did not speak the truth, and now that he is here again will wager $1, GOO that he cannot knock me out in four rounds in fair glove fight according to the Marquis of Queensbury rules I have l already issued that challenge and shall be prepared to meet MT. Mace at any time after two weeks preparation" When Mace was informed of Edwards challenge he said ''I do not want to have. any difficulty with Ed wards. I always liked him and of course you know am in the hands of my friends Mace and the Maori spent the evening at
 Harry Hills and visiting up town sporting houses
 The Failures of the Week. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-There were 289 fail
 ures in the United States reported to Brad streets during the past week, 2S less than in l the preceding week, 84 more than in the cor responding week in 1882, and 123 more than in the same week in 1881. The Middle States had 69, an increase of one; the New Eng 1 land States 56, decrease of 8; the southern States Il, an increase of 2; the western States 95, decrease of If ; Canada and the provinces 2S, an increase of one. His Twentieth Brace of QuaiI. NEW YORK. Jan. 26.-Mr. Walcott, the quail eater, disposed of his twentieth brace of quail this afternoon and did so amid great applause. The betting is now in favor of Walcott.
 BicycIist Prince Wins she Cham pfonship
 NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-About five hundred persons were present in the American Insti- ute building this evening to witness the twenty-five mile bicycle race between John s. Prince of Boston, champion of America and William W. Woodsids, champion of Ireland, for $2OO and the championship of America. Mir. Frederick K. Jenkins of the 6 Wheep' was selected as referee. The track was nine laps to the mile. Prince took the lead at the start and held it until the last lap of the mile, when Woodside by magnificent spurt took the lead and held it for little over mile, when Prince without any apparent effort went to the front again and led his opponent in the third and fourth l miles. The race from the fifth mile was one of the most exciting ever witnessed, each passing each other after desperate spurts at l almost every mile. Both contestants were almost even on entering the last mile, but l when half a mile from the finish Prince put | in one of his well known spnrts and came in an easy winner by quarter of lap in I hour, 32 minutes and 4-5 seconds Wood ! sides time for the twenty-fvesmiIes was i hour, 32 minutes and 22 seconds