C.

CÆSTUS, descriptions and drawings of (Introd.), xv, xvi

CASTLE TAVERN, Holborn, sporting head-quarters, 162, 163, 237, etc.

CASTOR and POLLUX (Introd.), vi

CAMELFORD, Lord, Richmond’s master, 291

CLARENCE, Duke of (afterwards William IV.), a ring patron, 100

CLOANTHUS (Introd.), xii

COHANT (or COANT), the Butcher (note), 45

COOPER, GEORGE, 1812‒1825:— His height, weight, etc., 302 Beat Harry Lancaster, _ib._ Beaten by Tom Oliver, 303 Beat Jay, _ib._ Goes to Scotland, _ib._ Beat Tom Molineaux, the Black, 304 Beaten by Dan Donnelly, _ib._ Returns to London, _ib._ Beat Robinson, the Black, 305 Goes on a continental tour, (lines from “Tom Cribb’s Memorial to Congress”), 306 Boxing at Aix-la-Chapelle, 307 Returns to Edinburgh, _ib._ Turn up with Kendrick, the Black, at Tom Oliver’s, 309 Set-to with Hickman (Gas), 310 Set-to with Jack Randall, 311 Matched with Shelton, _ib._ Beaten by Hickman, 312 Moulsey Hurst, lines on, 313 Beat Tom Shelton, _ib._ Returns to Edinburgh, 316 Matched again with Hickman, _ib._ Beaten by Hickman, 317 〃 by Ned Baldwin, “White-headed Bob”, 318 His retirement and death, _ib._

CORBALLY and BIG BEN, 66

CORCORAN, PETER, his defeat by Turner, 47 Fights with Dalton, Davis, and Smiler, _ib._ 〃 〃 Bill Darts, 48 〃 〃 Sam Peters, _ib._ Blunders of “Boxiana”, _ib._

CRABBE, ELISHA, 52

CRIBB, TOM (Champion), 1805‒1820:— English Champions, remarks on, 242 His birth and arrival in London; becomes wharf porter, 243 A slow fighter, 244 Beat George Maddox, _ib._ 〃 “Tom Tough”, 245 〃 “Ikey Pig”, 216 Beaten by George Nicholls (see Nicholls), _ib._ Beat Bill Richmond, _ib._ 〃 Jem Belcher, first time, 247 〃 Bob Gregson for championship, 249 〃 Jem Belcher, second time, 251 〃 Tom Molineaux, first time, 252 Challenged anew by Molineaux, 255 Beat Tom Molineaux, second time, 256 Cribb’s return to town, 258 His training by Captain Barclay, and anecdotes, 260 Presented with a silver cup, 261 Fails as a coal-merchant, and becomes a publican, 262 Spars in the presence of monarchs, princes, and marshals, _ib._ High patronage of boxers, 263 Anecdotes—Cribb and the pig, _ib._ Cribb and the navvy, 264 The champion and his dwarf, 265 Cribb and Massa Kendrick, _ib._ Curtis’s challenge to Cribb, 266 Cribb’s punishment of Carter, 267 Challenged by Neat, 268 Cribb’s retirement, 269 He attends as a page at the Coronation of George IV., 270 Lines on the challenge of Neat (note), _ib._ His formal retirement from the ring, and speech, 271 “Cribb and his customer”, 272 “The three tailors”, _ib._ “Cribb and the cobbler”, 273 His death, _ib._ Character by Vincent Dowling, Esq., 274 His monument in Woolwich Churchyard, 275‒277

“CRIBB’S, TOM, Memorial to Congress” quoted, 306

CRIBB, GEORGE, 1807:— Beaten by Horton, Dogherty (twice), Cropley, Isle of Wight Hall, Ned Maltby, 449

CROPLEY, BILL, 1807‒1810:— Battles with Dutch Sam and Tom Belcher, 232, 233 Defeats “Jemmy from Town,” Tom Hazel, and George Cribb, 233 A second and sparrer for many years, 234

CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM, Duke of, patron of Broughton, 19