New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
TIE RnRTOE LtN.

One OF the chic. promoters OF modern pu-
r,I,sup Of the New York variety. that y 70 81!
~ IRE most pro.use and sudacioCs ana DICK
g,,a-1ly variety DOW fou-isb.ns IN this OF an!
o-hs- country. has Just returned from bulOp-
With the inreln zence that the game i oeao il
rnuiand- TIE ANNOUNCEMENT % that lacl
rbich otherwise would - exceedingly dspress-
ing 70 those for whose Information It i made-
= co;,oled With The authentic Assurance that IL
,be rrosrAc.s are favorable 70 q season o. un-
ersrnpIed activity n the United States ana
e.,.A,isIiv IN this great free. enlightened and
-,-r,sns-ors metropolis. where large NUMBER
=. -yood men are just on edge and eager 70
shed Their blood in the promotion o. Tha'
,he law defines a. one o, the sciences
How accurate that definition is we can readi-
y sea r-orn reuorrs Of the encounter OF Friday
evening At tbe Broadway Athletic Cluo D.
-zrean NJ C-eedon. the Australian middle
weight. snd NJ Morris. gentleman o. co'o''
vho "a technically known IS TIE Black Cyclone.
yerac,ous accounts % tbeir latest engagement
IN the interest Of science Inform Us that i vas
ful Of srdo- and devotion from the start bu'
TIE issue was not long In doubt ana 80 ear!
ss the beginning o. the sixth round u -
came evident that The Cyclone vas not Up 10
The Yves, Indian standard For moment Il
Is rrue. the Australian was penned Il his cor
no. IN, then be rallied. and literally punched
his man into q helpless state on the ropes.
The Cvcio,a was 80 weak that De could
.-.,cslr stand tborxh he fought back in
s-,nc-.Telv- FOR time But at last the Aus
trsllsn got him with bis hands down u
corner and rstned punches on bis face and neck
until he fell over backward from sheer eIhaus-
zion" ~hereupou, the possibilities OF pEomot-
ing science through bis fundamentally haT-
inz been completely utilized for that e7erins'
the referee interviewed with decision lusu!
adverse 70 the Cyclone.
There are several matters o. large importance
which are Nkely 70 engage the attention OF 'he
nAxt LEGISLATURE The charter % New 1ork-
.o- example. under the stimulating influence
q the Panapo water JOB disclosures and OF
= report from the Mazet Committee relating
- that and other beauties o: consolidation, can
sca-celv fan 10 make a heavy demand upon
-he time and energy OF on. law makers. and
some things may have 10 wait But i does
sse-n m Us that The session cannot be so busy
az N .ustify an exclusion from debate Of the
srh,ect ~ uri1e Aghting as II IS conducted in
The Empire state under the fostering care OF
N bA an adnirer. as We beleye he also IS
an exponent. OF the manly art Of self-defence'
but it Is hardly possible that the Governor
can enjoy the knowledge that the rest o.
The country looks with contempt upon the
Commonwealth Of which be Is Chief Nags-
trste as the favorite and well defined home
Of prize fighting in The United States, while
and chiefly because. al the same tine II makes
hypocritical pretences Of superior virtue.
Az we have often said. the Horton Law may
have been well intended. We have 10 proof
that II was not. but rather strong impression
on the contrary. that II was IN operation
however. as every observant citizen is aware
and every rufaan with q taste for the prize
ring rejo!ces 10 proclaim, II has served al
abominable purpose with complete success. Il
IS constantly gratifying the depraved instincts
which the old time prize SIGHT less aoundanty
and extensively graufed, and II IS producing
a large annual crop Of blackguards and Grim
finals whose young lives might have come 70
decent maturity Beyond the shadow OF
dorb, II ought 70 Be wiped Of the statute ooos
without delay o. hesitation.