BOXING CONTESTS.
: ' Sir,—ln reference ,to : the • coining boxing contest; to bo held on tho 18th, between .Traoy .and Unholz, I, noticed a few days ago that the amount of:.,tho';pursp::to bo; given was supposed to bo causing a sensation, "as -it -.was" tho 'largest : fever .given in 'the Dominion. •;■ If a, :purso of' £125. should c'aus'o so. much comment,-' out, of, a '"> £450: house, what iwquld; tho rCripps-Griffin contest cause at Christcliurcli,' whoro' '£150 jnirso is offered out .of a '.much/ smaller, bouse than will bo obtained in '. Wellington...', "■ flowing, t'or.only 2500 : to b'e'pre'serit, at' an averago. of 35.. per. that i would equal a £3<5 house.. Tho'l pur's'o',and;',expenses ci combincd would not comb to more', 'than. £150,' leaving a' proiit v |pf ■'£195/ sec,:in view ofthis,''.'why -thb'pHco' has, been, rnlsc'd'froni Hoping ybu'w'ill findVspaco in-your valuable paper tb.. publish! this letter',■ and''.thanking-'you'.in anticipaV tio'ii.—-!'■ am, etc;.'' ,:l ,. \' '',''';" : "■';■■ ■'.";. '. :■: '-•' v ;l: ;. ; Av-V 'v'"-w..;ii..short.:'; , August 4. '.;. ':'',.''. •,;.■'' ';- ~}.'"•. .'.■'.;..,'■.'•;;,,',',...
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 10
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152BOXING CONTESTS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 280, 7 August 1909, Page 10
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