The Tokio Times says: "The wrestling at Eko In, a few steps from Riogoku-bashi on the Honjo side of the river, has been a feature of the week's amusement calendar. On Wednesday afternoon, when, following the fashion, we attended the exhibition, a number of interesting contests took place. On this day 86 couples strove for victory, including many of the most celebrated athletes of the company. Beginning at an early hour, from morn to noon they fell, from noon to dewy eve, a Summer's day, and to each fall the excitement of the thousands of spectators broke over into noisy exclamations and hastily hurled gifts for the conquerors. Two combats were of special interest. One, between Kozaki and Deshakayama, resulted in the latter being caught up and carried like a lump beyond the line, a feat rewarded with loud applause. the struggle between Musashigata, the tallest and one of the strongest wrestlers in Japan, and the redoubtable Sakaigawa, the leader on the eastern side, was also an incident of prodigious interest. The men were introduced with much ceremony and had an umpire of fame as arbitrator. After many futile starts, in which the wary and experienced champions tried to get an advantage in the hold, a fair clinch was obtained and the battle began. Each man was a good specimen of his class, Musashigata begin tall and muscular, while Sakaigawa runs largely to adipose tissue. It was, as a neighbor expressed it, a fight between length and breadth. The struggle, when once begun, was of short duration, the gigantic Sakaigawa hurling his elongated adversary beyond the boundary with apparent ease. This engagement concluded the first part, after which followed a number of wrestlers between lower-class athletes, who, however, are by no means babes, and who went to work with mettle. The youngsters make up in agility, in a measure, for their lack of weight, and some of the hardest falls of the day occurred in this part of the programme. The tedious preparation, however, with its washing and salt-sprinkling, its limb-slapping, vain crouchings, and false starts, detracted greatly from the pleasure of the spectators, however important it may be, or seem, to the combatants."