THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 382, 31 March 1879, Page 2

THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT.

(PBB. HBBO AT AUCKLAND.) (PROM OUR OWN COHKBBPONDBWT.) All accounts agree that Hicken fought pluckily and at times remarkably well, but he evidently, in entering on this contest, forgot that he is considerably older than at the time of his great successes, and that he haa in the meantime lived a life that could not fail to render him unfit to engage in so severe * contest of this sort against a man raven yean his junior, and one who has ever lived a steady life, and who has bsaides his great physical advantages had the additional advantage of the careful training and valuable tutorship of such a consummate boxer and perfect master of the tactics of the ring as Jem Mace. Mblbourwb, Friday. The subject of the late prize fight is still the topic of conversation in the city, and competent authorities ay that Poley is the best man of his weight in the world. Both men came down by the late train last night, and at every station Foley received quite an ovation, there being loud cheering and cries of " Advance Australia." He was as lively as a kitten, and the only marks about his face were slight discoloration of the skin in several places, with some puffiness. At each station he appeared at the carriage window and acknowledged the cheering, and engaged in conversation with the crowd. Hicken remained in a closely curtained apartment, attended by Ned Brittainand Christie. His face was terribly demaged, and hardly recognisable. Foley received a tremendous ovation on his arrival in Melbourne.