Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-08
Nichols to-day issued the following proc-
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
ADJUTANT-GENERAL's DEPARTNEST..l
NEW ORLEANS, July :, 1859. J


| copy of this order to the manager or managers
| of all railroad companies, and they are hereby
| required to furnish snch transportation as may
pe needed py special or regular trains, as pro-
order of the Comluander-in-Chief
W. e. BURT, Adjutant-General.
7. A. FAIRIES, A. A. 6.
In obedience to the above order two COM
panies of militia assembled at their respec-
tive quarters and were still there. The
Governor having been assured by reputable
citizens that the fight would not take place
in this State. 1t was arranged that Col
Glenn Wolk of the general staff, Col. T. A
Javrles. A. A. g., and Attorney General
w. HI. Rogers should go to the State line
on the excursion train leaving here at A.
NJ, to be sure that the laws of this State are
not violated.
The troops will 60 TO the State line at 7
A. NJ, the railroad company not being
able to furnish transportation before that
time.
THE LATEST.
New YORK, July 7th.-A Worlds Jack
son, Miss, special says The Governor to-
night received a message that the North
eastern road had been cleared for specials,
and that 1t was believed the fight would
take place at Richburg, Marion county.
He at once wired stringent orders to Sher-
III NiCuOlSOu 10 use all lawful
power at his command to keep the trains
with fighters on out of Mississippi.
THOSE GOVERNORS
WASHINGTON, July 7th.-"I would be
willing to wager new suit of clothes or a
basket of champagne" said J. Hale Svpher,
who formerly represented the First Louisi-
ana District in the House of Representa-
tives, that the Governors of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas will be eye witnesses
OF the Sulivankilran fight, and they will
not go in an official capacity. but as spec
tators and put up for their tickets like any
other American citizen who desires to see
the sport. The ordering out Of the militia
is all CANNON. Not man would raise
bis gun to prevent the fight, and if the bat
tie ground should be pitched at distance
from the militia encampment, every man
OF them would stack his arms and hurry
across fields to the scene of the battle.
II have lived among the people of the
Pellcan State long enough to know what
their sentiments are in such matters and
there would be no fear of interference with
fighting chickens, fighting encounters be-
tween dogs, and last but not least especi-
ally with prize fight between such famous
expoDents of the manly art as Sullivan
and Kilrain."
THE RULES.
The London prize ring rules as revised
and accepted by Sullivan and Kilrain are
as follows:
l. The ring shall be twenty. four feet SQUARE
formed of eight stakes aud ropes, the latter ex-
tending in double lines, the uppermost line be-
ing four feet from the ground and the lower two
feet from the ground.
. That each shall be attended in the ring by
two seconds.
g. Two umpires shall be chosen by the sec
onds or hackers to watch the progress of the
battle and take execution to any breach OF the
rules hereafter stated A referee shall be chosen
by the umpires, unless otherwise agreed on, to
whom all disputes shall be referred; and that
the decision of this referee, whatever it may be
shall be final and strictly binding all parties
4. At the conclusion of the round the seconds
shall step into the ring, affording their princi-
pals the necessary assistance.
3. On the expiration of thirty seconds the
referee appointed shall call Time" upon
which each man shall walk to his own side of
the scratch unaided, the seconds Immediately
leaving the ring.
g. On no consideration whatever shall any
person except the seconds or the referee be per-
mitted to enter the ring during the battle
z. 1t shall be fair standup fight" ard if
either man shall willfully throw himself down
without receiving blow whether blows shall
have previously been exchanged or not he shall
be deemed to have lost the battle; but that this
rule shall not apply to a man who in a close
Slips down from the grasp of his opponent to
avoid punishment, or from obvious accident or
weakness.
s. Bnttipg with the head shall be deemed
foui, and the party resorting to this practice
shall be deemed to have lost the battle
9. A blow struck when man is thrown or
down shall be deem ed foul. A man with one
knee aud one hand on the ground shall be
deemed down, and blow given in either of
these positions shall be deemed foul providing
always that, when in such positions, the man so
down shall not himself strike or attempt TO
strike.
10. A blow struck below the waistband shall
be deemed foul, and that. in a close seizing an
antagonist below the waist, by the thigh or
otherwise, shall be deemed foul.
II: All attempts to inhict injury by gouging or
tearing the flesh with the fingers or nails, and
biting, shall be deemed foul.
II. Kicking or deliberately falling on an an
tagon1st with the knees or otherwise when
down, shall be deemed foul.
13. All bets shall be paid as the battle money
after fight is awarded.
IA. Referee and umpire shall take their posi-
tons in front of the center stake, outside the
ropes.
Is. Should the fight not be decided on the
day, al lbets shall be drawn. unless the fight
shall be resumed the same week between sun-
day and Sunday, in which case the referees du-
ties shall continue, and the bets shall stand and
be decided by the event. The battle money
shall remain in the hands of the stakeholder
until fairly lost or won by fight, un ess draw
be mutually agreed upon, or, in case of post
ponement, one of the principals shall be absent,
when the man in the ring shall be awarded the
stakes.
previous to the deliberate Judgment of the ref
cree being obtained shall be deemed to have
lost the fight.
IL. On an objection being made by the Sec
onds or umpire the men shall retire to their
corners, and there remain till the decision of
the appointed authorities shall be obtained;
that if pronounced foul the battle will be at an
end; but if fair time shall be called by the
party appointed, and the man absent from the
scratch eight seconds after shall be deemed to
have lost the fight The decision in all cases to
be given promptly and irrevocaby for which
purpose the umpires and referee should be in
rariably close together.
Is. If a man leaves the ring, either to escape
punishment or for any other purpose, without
permission of the referee, unless he is involun-
| tarily forced out, he shall forfei. the battle.
49, The use OF hard substances. such as stones
or sticks, or resin in the hands during the bat
tie. shall be deemed foul, and that on the
requisition of the seconds of either man, the
accused shall open his hands for the examina-
tion of the referee.
20. Hugging on the ropes shall be deemed foul.
That q Inan held against the stakes, or upon or
against the ropes shall be considered down and
all interference with him in that position shall
be foul.
81. All glove or room fights shall be as nearly
as possible in conformity with the foregoing
rules.