GLOVE CONTEST AT WELLINGTON.
[BT TELEGRAPH. — PRKSS ASSOCIATION".] Wellington, Saturday. The glove contest between Laing, of Wanganui, and Smith, of Australia, resulted in a Jia-Hco. By the advertisement the public were led to believe it was for a finish, but when the hall was crowded it was calmly announced that it had been arranged to fight eight rounds for "a purse." At the end of the eight rounds both men appeared as fresh as when they started, and the referee declared the contest a draw. The -Mayor objected to Laing and Smith fighting, but the police saw no ground for interfering, as they considered it only a glove contest, not a prize fight.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9369, 20 May 1889, Page 5
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