12.—No blows given. Tom ran himself down. (All betters, but no one sanguine enough to take them.)
13.—Sam followed the style of his opponent, and ran himself down.
14.—Belcher somewhat shy from the severe beating he had received. He fell from two of Sam’s right-handed body blows.
15.—Belcher made every effort to put in some good hits, but they were too feeble to do execution. He fell from weakness, while rallying.
16.—Of no importance, except both the combatants, after closing, appeared to fall from exhaustion.
17.—Belcher, in attempting to hit his opponent, was stopped, and, in closing, Tom fell between his adversary’s arms on his knees. Sam, who was strongly impressed with the articles, cleverly held up his hands, to show that no foul blows should put an end to this contest.
18.—Sam, in closing, got his opponent’s head under his arm, and fibbed Belcher so severely that he dropped.
19.—Tom fell on his knees; but Sam was on his guard, and only smiled.
20.—Sam beat his opponent to the ropes with considerable ease.
21.—Belcher still giving way under Sam’s superior strength.