Show THE TIGHT COKTISUKD Given to A ramonte by as Inexperienced Inex-perienced Referee The Slit riffs flqpt for the Stakes About one thousand people on fool aud in vehicles form ar dnd the doiall space encircled by a rope at Bocks Hot Springs yesterday to view the close of the contest betweenAxra monte aud Ross for noo n we and a purse of an uncertain aniouut put up for the victor by Mr Beck it was claiic i l to be S i50 by the contestants but dented by Mr Beck In < he fencing contest on Monday Agramonte madu 18 to Roi 1 Zjm the t-he had 5 ho lead at the atart yesterday the arrangement was to ficht out the 60 iKlatd to that 31 being necessary for the victor Agramonte had but 13 to make to Ross IS A Ions wait occurred through inability to find anyone any-one willing to act sa referee Ir H A Whitney was finally prevailed upon to enter the ring in that capacity though he assured the contestant that he was an inexperieiiced hand The nien were finally accoutred in their huge masks which bore much tho appearance of 1 diving bells and their brcat and back plate and time being called they ate ietl tip to each other their swords strong heavy weapon but little i smaller than cavalry eabre firmly in hantl There were two swishes in the air an almost siniultaueoas ringing of two swords against two breastplates and the opening attack the 32J was over with Ross weapon struck first and ho was given the point Two lOinu sInter s-Inter time II was called and the 33d oont opened Ross gave a terrinlc whack nd at the samu instnnt so close that no one could tell which had precedence pre-cedence Agramontes weapon fell on Ross breast Ihe decision was that Aeranuiite > III tile mot dangerous blow tot point should go to him at which Ross smiled and his second muttered mut-tered under his breath The 31th too in tho opinion of everyone but the referee xvas won by lions but it was awarded to Agramoute the crowd manifesting man-ifesting plain signs of dissatisfaction but the referee insisting that he bad beard Agramontes weapon strike first The 3oth went to Ross The 3Jth was also plainly Ross but the referee was unable to bee it and awarded it to Agramonte much to the howling disgust dis-gust of Ross second In the 37th Agramonte gave Ross a dandy stomacher stom-acher amid tne cheers of the crowd The 33 Ji was close but was awarded Ross The 39th resulted in a confused scramble of blows each raining down hits upon the other before they could be separated It was again the opinion or me crowd tnat KOSS naa won and that gentleman broke forth into all sorts of expostulations when the ref ereo gave the at ack to rainonte I Its no use myj trying to tight II I never can win this tight and a number num-ber of other sarcastic allusions broke from his lips but the referee said firmly that he was acting according to is best judgment Of this despite the evident mistakes no one had any doubt The three next went for Ross easily and the next as easily for Agramonte The 41th and 45th went to Ross he breaking down his opponents guard by his superior strength The 46th went to Agramonte though amid more dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction The four next were given Ross all won by his sweeping strength The 51st was given Agramoute amid greater dis atufaction than ever the crowd yelling RoS3h Ross and he retiring to his corner biting his lips while his second fairly foamed at the referee There was now a twentyfive minutes armistice in the interests of the bar and bath men looked somewhat better when they faced each other on the 52d round i This wa given Agramonte after a hot melee making his score 27 against Ross 25 Ross raised his to 26 on the 53d by a staggering cut On the 51th the contest con-test came to an end In the opinion of everyone except the referee Ross made the point but Dr Whitney ruled otherwise other-wise and Ross walked to his corner threw off his armor and said he gave it up ha would concede the match to Agraniontc to couldnt hope to beat him and the referee too There were some cheers and some groans but ho paid no attention to either He said he thought the referee was conscientious in his opinions but intimated that it was ignorance of the contest rules which caused his decisions he declined to have s change of referee stating that that was against his practice but he had 51000 or any untold amount that Agramonte could not stand against him with any one two or three reft roes of experience to decide He then sat in his corner and coolly waited until time was called when failing to rise the contest was given Agramonte score 23 to 2C No one entertained any doubt but that Ross is the better man nor Is there any Question butthat yesterdays conflict should by right have gone to him Agramonto was quiet cool and silent throughout winning no small amount of favor from the crowd on account ac-count of h s gentlemanly bearing A future not down on the bills ensued en-sued Mmediately after the windtip of the contest Mr Deputy Cudihe who held the somewhat uncertain stakes though lie stoutly claimed them to be JloO had been quietly shadowed all the afternoon by a couple < < < < of deputy sheriffs who held an in erqst ing document in the shape of an old judgment for 10750 and costs against Gen Aprani6ute obtained at the suit olE ol-E B Cntchlow As soon as the fight was decided the process was served on Mr Cadihe by Deputy Burt Mr Cudibe however though he had but a few minutes before exhibited the roll of money and the Beck check or the back of it innhe crowd now insisted that he did not havctbesukesin his possession He said he had cot wind of something 01 this sort and had handed over the money to other parties to whom he would not say The sheriff looked dubious and followed the stakeholder into the bath house when he sai him enter OCR Agranionles room he heart that gentleman exclaim All right immediately Im-mediately after and saw Mr Cudihe again emerge but of what took place within the room or of the diposidon or the funds the deputy sheriff emain up to this time unenlightened |