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DARES (Introd.), xii

DARTS, BILL (Champion), 1764‒1791:— His fights with Juchan, Dogget, Swansey, and Lyons, 45 Cross with Peter Corcoran, 46

DAVIS, CY., “The Gay Bristol Boy,” 1818‒1823:— His birth, and introduction to the ring by Tom Belcher, 487 Beat Aby Belasco, _ib._ Beaten by Ned Turner, 488 Beat Boshell, 488 Spars with Randall, 489 Hoaxing challenges, 490 Second match with Ned Turner, _ib._ Beat Ned Turner, 491 His accident, 492 Retirement and death, 493

DEATH (Stephen Oliver), 46, 51 His numerous battles, 51 Epigram on his defeat of Small, _ib._ His fights with Tom Johnson, _ib._ 〃〃 Elisha Crabbe, 52

“DEATH’S DOINGS,” lines from, 393

DOGHERTY, DAN (Irish Champion), 1806‒1811:— His early fights, 447 Beaten by Tom Belcher, _ib._ Beat Jack Power, 448 〃 Ben Burn, _ib._ Beaten by Tom Belcher, second time, 160 Dogherty’s Duel, 448

DONNELLY, DAN., beats George Cooper (see Donnelly, vol. ii.), 304

DOWLING, VINCENT G., Esq., 96

DOYLE, beaten by a sawyer, 52

DUTCH SAM (see Elias Samuel).

EGAN, PIERCE, author of “Boxiana,” notice of, by Grantley Berkeley (note), 239

ELIAS, SAMUEL, “Dutch Sam,” 1801‒1814:— His fighting qualities, 192 Introduction to the ring, 193 Early fights, and Caleb Baldwin, 193, 194 Beat Britton, 195 Beaten by Jas. Brown, _ib._ Beat Tom Belcher, 196 Drawn battle with Tom Belcher, 198 Third fight with Belcher, 199 Arrested for match with Dogherty, 200 Beat Cropley, _ib._ 〃 Ben Medley, 201 Retires from ring; his intemperance, 202 Returns, and is beaten by Nosworthy, _ib._ Anecdotes of Dutch Sam, 203 His death, 204

EMERY, the celebrated Yorkshire actor, a ring goer, 240 Presents a silver cup to Tom Cribb, 261

ENTELLUS (Introd.), ix

ERYX (Introd.), vii

FAULKNER, TOM, “the Cricketer,” 1758‒1791:— His battle with George Taylor, 19, 40 His character, 40 His battle with Joe James, 41 His challenge to Watson, 42 His fight with Thornhill and retirement, _ib._

FEWTEREL, his battle with John Jackson, 93 His battle with a Highlander (note), _ib._

FIG, JAMES (Champion), 1719‒1734, 8 Opens his amphitheatre, 1719, 9 References to, by the _Tatler_, _Guardian_, _Craftsman_, etc., _ib._ Captain Godfrey’s eulogium on, _ib._ His handbills, 10 Verses on, by Dr. Byrom, 11 His death, 1734, 12

FIRBY, “The Young Ruffian,” beat Symonds, “The Old Ruffian,”, 130 Beat Tom Tyne, 129 Beaten by Tom Belcher (turn up), 163 〃 by Jack Bartholomew, 222

FRANCIS, JOHN, “The Jumping Soldier”, 18

GAMBLE, ANDREW, 1792‒1800:— His origin, and fight with Stanyard, 219 Beat Noah James, the Guardsman, 220 Beaten by Jem Belcher, 136, 221

GEORGE IV. has a retinue of boxers at his Coronation, and presents them with a gold medal, 100, 270

GODFREY, Captain, his sketches of the boxers, 8, 9, 12, 14

GOWLETT, beaten by Symonds, 130

GREGSON, BOB, 1807‒1809:— His birth and early career, 237, 238 His fictitious fight with Joe Berks, 238 His weight and strength, 239 Meets with Gully, _ib._ Gregson’s fights with Gully and Tom Cribb, 183, 185, 239, 240, 249 Landlord of Bob’s Chop-house and ring poet, 241 His death, _ib._

GRETTING, GEORGE, 1724‒1734, 14

GRANBY, Marquis of, and Hayman, the painter, 91

GULLY, JOHN, 1805‒1808:— His ambition for the championship, 182 First battle with Gregson, 183 Second battle, 185‒189 His retirement, 190 Mr. Gully as a pugilist and as a member of society, _ib._ M.P. for Pontefract, 191 His family and death, _ib._

GWYDYR, Lord, letter of thanks to, for the services of the pugilists at the Coronation, 270

GYAS (Introd.), xii

HARMER, HARRY, 1812‒1815:— Allied to the Belchers, 461 Beat Maltby, _ib._ 〃 Jack Ford, 462 Glove-fight with Shelton, 463 Beat Tom Shelton, 464 Spars on the continent, 465 Anecdote of a French patron, 466 Forfeits to Shelton, _ib._ His death, _ib._

HAYMAN, the painter, and the Marquis of Granby, 91

HENLEY, PAT., 1742, 18

HOLMES, JACK, fight with “Tom Tough”, 235

HOLT, HARRY, “The Cicero of the Ring,” 1816‒1820:— Articled to a surveyor, 467 Ring reporter to the “Era”, _ib._ Beaten by Parish, the waterman, 468 His eloquence, _ib._ Beat Jack O’Donnell, 469 Beaten by Jack Randall, 470 〃 by David Hudson, _ib._ 〃 by Jack Scroggins (room fight), 471 His newspaper career, 472 His death, 473 Succeeded by his son Alfred, his death, _ib._

HOMER, first reporter of a prize fight (Introd.), viii

HOOD, JOE, 1773‒1760:— Fights with Parrot, Rossemus, Gregory, Kellyhorn, Macdonald, Sellers (Champion), Higgins, Bath, and Day, 53, 54

HOOPER, BILL, the Tinman, 1789‒1797:— His birth, patronised by Lord Barrymore, and reward, 103 His battles with Clarke, Cotterell, Wright, and Bob Watson, 104, 105 His fights with Big Ben (Brain), 67, 106 〃〃 Bunner, of Colchester, 106 〃〃 George Maddox, 107 〃〃 Will Wood, _ib._ 〃〃 Tom Owen, 108, 110 Becomes a bully and drunkard, his degradation and melancholy death, 108, 109

HORACE celebrates pugilism (Introd.), vi

HUMPHRIES, RICHARD, 1784‒1790:— His personal appearance, 84 His battle with Sam Martin, 85 〃〃 Dan Mendoza, 86‒88 A coal-merchant in the Adelphi, 88 His death, _ib._

HUNT, EDWARD, 1746‒1758:— His style of boxing, 39 His battle with Hawksley, the Guardsman, 40 〃〃 Smallwood, _ib._ 〃〃 Mills, _ib._