Tammany Hall

“The great attraction at this favorite place of amusement last night was the ‘Grand Assault at Arms’ between Jem Mace, the English champion, and his cousin, Leopold Mace. The house was crowded in every part, with a most pleasing sprinkling of the fair sex, who enjoyed not only the preliminary bill of fare, as the varied entertainments were presented in quick succession, but who waited with fresh and unappeased appetite for the morceau of the evening. This was the double Mace encounter, in which the champion and his cousin acquitted themselves with great éclat, exciting rapturous applause from a somewhat critical audience, if the presence of a host of well-known sporting characters deserves that distinction. The interchanges of ‘gloved’ civilities between these friendly contestants were so rapid that it was only when a compliment directed with more than usual telling effect elicited the cheers and applause of the critics that the ordinary observer had time to take note of what had occurred. Then a brief breathing spell was indulged in, and the ‘assault at arms’ was renewed with a fresh exhibition of the highest art in sparring. From the success of the speculation last evening and the general desire that prevails to see the most scientific pugilist in the world illustrate the best point of the ‘manly art of self-defence,’ the management of the Tammany Amusement Hall have a big thing in Mace and his cousin Leopold.”

Presentation of treasurer William Harrison with a gold watch on 4 October.