Hennan again in the ring.
--The Benicia Boy has again challenged all
England for a boxing match far $10,000. In his published card he says:
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Notwithstanding the unfair manner I was dealt by when I was in
England, (from which I entirely acquit
Tom Sayers, I am willing to try her maxim of fair play once more, and will fight the best man that
England can produce, for the sum of £2,000 a side; and if
Mace is thought to be her best man, I will, of course, fight him. I allude to him in this way, because I do not think he is her best man, and because, when I was in
England last, I was frequently abused by many writers for the reason that
Tom Sayers was a smaller man than myself.
In making this offer, I, of course, intend to include the winner of the pending match for the championship, between
Mace and
King, and, though I consider that I already own the belt, you may, as a matter of form, challenge for that too. Let me say, however, that in consequence of the manner in which I was hunted and harassed, when in endeavoring to train before, and, also, in consequence of the ruffianly treatment I received from the crowd, at
Farnborough, at the conclusion of my fight with
Sayers, I would prefer to fight
Mace, or his conqueror, or whoever the reelected man may be, on this side of the
Atlantic — say in
Canada.
In that case, I would relinquish to him, out of the main stake, £500 for his expenses, and give him a bond in £1,500 more, guaranteeing against any private interference with the fight in my behalf, If, on the other hand, I am required to go to
England, I shall expect the same allowance and an equal guarantee.
On these terms (which I believe are as fair as can be made) I will meet
Mace, or any other man whom English men may prefer, for the Championship of the two hemispheres, and if the latter portion of my offer is the most acceptable, I will go to
England as I went before, alone and without local influence, and test again, by a still more deliberate verdict, the force of that other British maxim, which infers that the best man may be allowed to win, even though he be a stranger and not a Briton born.
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