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in twenty-two minutes (the first lound lasted six), Morrissey wa& 

 declared the victor. It is justice to Heenan, however, to state that the 

 latter part of his training was interfered with by an old sore in his leg 

 breaking out, which necessitated his lying in bed for the week before 

 the fight. Albeit, he fought well and with great courage. 



Growing into still finer physique, and improved greatly in the science 

 of boxing, Heenan, towards the end of 1859, determined to have a shy 

 at the Championship of England, then held by Tom Sayers. To effect 

 his purpose, on January 17, 1860, he landed in Liverpool. Next day he 

 called on Mr. Frank Dowlirg, the editor of Bell's Life, for many years 

 the acknowledged head of the P.R., to open negotiations. The gentle- 

 manlike appearance and courteous demeanour of Heenan, contrasting 

 with wonderful advantage over what they were accustomed to from 

 English pugilists, quite astonished the staff of good old "Nunquam 

 Dormio." They were still more surprised and taken with the man 

 when he assured them that " he came to this country with the express 

 purpose of measuring his strength with our champion, and was 

 influenced by no other feeling, speculative or otherwise ; if defeated he 

 could not help it, and if he should be so fortunate as to win, it would be 

 to him for ever a source of the greatest pride." Preliminaries were 

 soon got through, and after signing articles to fight for the Belt of 

 old England and £200 a-side, Sayers and Heenan went at once into 

 training. 



Then commenced, both in this and the new country, excitement and 

 enthusiasm over this match the like of which was never known in 

 respect to any other ; proportionate with which came zeal among the 

 authorities to prevent its coming off. 



Whether the fact that Sayers was more judicious in the selection 

 of his training ground and kept more in seclusion than Heenan 

 prevented his being interfered with by the authorities I know not, but 

 certain it is that his training was not interrupted. Xot so with 

 Heenan. Xo stone was left unturned by meddlesome and ofl&cious 

 persons to cause annoyance to the Benicia Boy. Three times had he 

 to charge his quarters, and finally, upon taking refuge at Trent Lock, 

 near the junction of Derbyshire, Nottingham, and Leicester, he was 

 betrayed, and after a chase of a mile and a half across country, without 

 shoes or stocking?, he was captured by the police, and lodged in gaol 

 only a few days before the fight was to have taken place. He was 

 liberated next day on bail, himself in £50 and twosuretif s of .£'25 each. 

 Owiog to this interruption and the continued pestering he got from the 

 police, the day originally fixed for the fight had to be postponed. 



Had the authorities worried Sayers it would have been bad enough 

 or had they treated each man alike nothing could be said against them 

 but to leave unmolested our own countryman and hound down the 

 brave foreigner who came to England to fight her champion was little 

 short of a disgrace to the nation. 



The nation, however, was not to blame ; all true Englishmen 



