The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24

All restraint had now bccn done away with
and tho prize fighters. flushed with wine, roere'
greetings TO friends at the other end of tn
room. Tho amateurs. fallllg into the humol
H Io5uadnpSs' G Tc So = ne w merits Of he different men
criticjslng their STYLES of fighting before thei
faces. and making beta upon the results o
In the midst Of the uproar there was m I'm
%pcrntive rap upon the table, and my uncle ros'
70 speak. As he stool with his pale. calm fac,
adynntaRo. for he seemed, with Az ms elegance
70 have a quiet air Of domination among al
these fierce fellows, like n %huntsnnti, watkins
carelessly through q .springing and yappinl
pack. Ho expressed his pleasure at seeing Sc
kn9wledged the honor which had been done
both TO his guests and himself by the presence
, sSom IN fGH .hd night Of the illrstEioTs pGrsonaGt
lie was sorry that tho season prevented hin
from placing game upon the table. but there
nhaps be hardly missed. lChccrs and laughtcrl
The sports. of the ring had In his opinion tend
which had contributed SO much In the past tc
the safety q the country. and, which might, u
what he hoard was true, be worry, quickly
our shores 1t was then That. with our small
army. we should be compelled TO faii back upon
practice and contemplation OF manly SPORTS.
In lines of peace also the flles Of the ring had
fair play. and in turning public t" opinion Vn nsain 81
that Use OF the knife or OF the boot. which was
50 common in foreign countries. lie begged.
coupled with the name Of John Jackson. who
might, stgrd, as q tyne Of all that was most adj
mlrablc In British boxing.
Jackson having replisd with n readiness
which many II public man might have envied,
my uncle rose once moro:
celebrate tho glorics Of the prize ring. but also
to arrange some sport for the future. II should
gathered together uhuer one roof. to come TO
terms with each Other: ] have myself set an
Gated to you by that gentleman
Sir, Lothian rose with a paper, in his hand.
tlcmcn. are. briefly. these" said he. MY
man.: Crab Wilson Of Gloucester, having never
upon May is Of this year any man Of any
Tregcll's. SIR Charles Trcseiiis's selection l.
age. so rs to exclude Belcher and the other
Candidates for championship honors. The
stakes are two thousand against n thousand,
two hundred to be paid by the winner to his
man, play or pay
II was curiou. to see the intcnse gravity Of
them all. fighters and hackers, as they bent
their brows and weighed the conditions OF the
match.
Crab Wilson's age is %. and that. although
he has never fought g regular T. L. battle he
b has :,g Ione ,n the ,oon less scc 6oTgnt . within ropes for
I've seen him halt a dozen times at the
least. said Belcher.
IL IL pl''l ScI) lOT lhhI cuSon.. pH- VIM
that am laying odds Of 10 to l in his favor"
Five foot eleven. and thirteen ten. your
Royal H!ghness."
Long enough and heavy, enough for any
fessionals all murmured their assent.
"R"ad the rules Of the fight. Sir Lothian"
IS. at the hour Of 10 in the morning. at a spot
to be afterward named. The ring to be TWEEN
" feet SQUARE. Neither to fall without g
the umrires. Three uInpires to be chosen upon
the ground. namely, two in ordinary and one
wishes. Sir Charlesi"
My uncle bowed.
Have YOU ANYTHING to say: Wilson,"
his tisf fingers sHs't th I" his hiisc cioso. 9G"y ii hu TH'''l
west county our Psef Burr -" IA t Wen %'i ring i Is too
small for q thirteen stone man."
There was another murmur of professional
What would you have i, then, WILSON,"
Anything else. Wilson,
I'm nj fG KEY Ris %isi.a Eir' I'd like to hn0" whom
,o VI Undergrad " s., that you have not nominated
morning Of the fight. I believe | have that
right within the terms of our wager"
II do SO Intend. And | should be vastly
pleased i NJ. berkeley Craven will consent to
ThaE gentleman having given his consent,
humble tournaments were concluded.
men became heated with their wine. angry
eyes, began to gleam across the table, and
light cleaned upon the fierce, hawk-like Jews
and the flushed. savage Saxons. The old quar-.
rel as to whether loN; S, J .sil,Hs M had or h% ID not ,pa G Tsq,
on the occasion of their battle at HOrnchurch
eight years before came, to the front once
upon the table. and offered to fight the pride
OF Westminster for i. II he ycntured to say
that Mendoza lend "a, had been fairly beaten. Joe
relsome as the evening went on. tried to lam
Der ac.oss the table with horrible blasphemtes
Fighting Jussef, who had plunged into the
discussion. 1t, needed very little more to FIN
t tin and a dSu Il WAS sy only n Se the exe atH ,sr of .Jasks som.
Bclcher. Harrison. and others OF tho cooler
and stcadler men which saved us from n riot.
aside. that of tho rival claims to championship
at different weights came on In rs stead. and
were in tile air. There was no exact limit be-
tween the light. middle. and heavy weights,
and, yet 1t would make a very great difference
he regarded IA the heaviest of the light weights
or the, ~ligltest Of the, heavy weights. One
to take an ANYTHING at II, but would not
:un to II, which would have brought the irwin.
chile Jem Belcler down upon MN. faulkener
to be champion of the seniors, and even
cid BCckhorse's curious call rang out above
the tumult rs he turned the whole company to
and good humor again by chnlleng-
ing anything over 50 and under seven stone.
But in spite Of CLEANS of sunshine there was
thunder In the air, and Champion Harrison
had Just whispered in my ear that he was quite
sure he would never get through the. night
trouble. and was advising me, II It got
very bad, 10 take refuge under the table, when
the landlord entered the room hurricdly and
handed q note to my uncle. lie read II and
then passed II TO the Prince. who returned 1t
raised eyebrows and n gesture OF surprise.
Then he rose with the scrap of paper In his
and q smile upon his lips.
'Gentlemen." said he, there Is q stranger
below who desires n fight to o finish
the best man in the ROOM"
To be cOntinued.)
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