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MADDOX, GEORGE, “the Veteran,” 1792‒1805:— His numerous battles, 205 His character, _ib._ His battles with Symonds, “the Ruffian;” Hooper, “the Tinman;” and Isaac Bittoon, 206 Beat Seabrook and Bill Richmond in one ring, 208 Beaten by Tom Cribb, 208, 244 Draw with Coady, 209 His good qualities, _ib._ Killed by an accident, 210

MARTIN, JACK, “the Master of the Rolls,” 1813‒1828:— His birth and early battles, 395 Beat George Oliver, _ib._ 〃 Paddington Johnson, 396 Wins a foot-race against Spring, Ben Burn, and a novice, 398 A bout with Scroggins, _ib._ Matched with Scroggins, 399 Beat Scroggins, 400 Beaten by Jack Randall, first time, 401 〃 by Ned Turner, _ib._ Beat Josh. Hudson, 402 〃 Cabbage, of Bristol, 403 Mills half-a-dozen “dandies”, 404 Beat Phil. Sampson, 405 〃 a Gipsy, 406 〃 David Hudson, 407 Wins a foot-race from “the Chicken Butcher”, 408 Beat Ned Turner, _ib._ Beaten by Jack Randall, second time, 410 Marriage announcement, _ib._ Beaten by Young Dutch Sam, 411 His retirement, _ib._

MARTIN, the Bath Butcher, fights with Mendoza, 72 His battle with Humphries, 85 〃〃 Bligh and King (note), _ib._

MEGGS, GEORGE, the Collier (note), 35, 36

MEGGS, PARFITT, 37

MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS, CRIBB’S, 306

MENDOZA, DANIEL, 1784‒1820:— His style and skill, 71 His battles with Harry the Coalheaver, _ib._ 〃〃 Martin, of Bath, 72 〃〃 Humphries, first battle, _ib._ 〃〃〃 second battle, 73 〃〃〃 third battle, 74 〃〃 Bill Warr, two fights, 76, 77 〃〃 John Jackson, 78 〃〃 Harry Lee, 79 〃〃 Tom Owen, 81 Farewell benefit and death, 82

MENDOZA, AARON, 76

MIDAS, a Meddling, 146

MOLINEAUX, TOM, the Black, 1810‒1815:— Born in Virginia, 278 His first battle, _ib._ Beat “Tom Tough” 279 He claims the championship, 280 Beaten by Cribb, first time, _ib._ Beat Rimmer, 281 Beaten by Cribb, second time, 282 His downward course, 283 A good wrestler, _ib._ Richmond arrests Molineaux, _ib._ Beat Jack Carter, 284 His passion for dress and women, 285 Beat Fuller, _ib._ Beaten by George Cooper, 287 Rencontre with Abe Denston, _ib._ Dies in Ireland, 288

MOORE, TOM, Lines to “the Nonpareil”, 365 “Tom Cribb’s Memorial to Congress”, 306

MOULSEY HURST, Lines on, 313

NICHOLLS, GEORGE, 1812‒1818:— His early battles, 444 Beat Tom Cribb, 445 His retirement to Bristol and death, 447

NOSWORTHY, WILLIAM, the Baker:— His birth, etc., 455 Fight with Pentikin, 456 Beat Barnard Levy, _ib._ Beat Dutch Sam, 457 Beaten by Jack Scroggins, 460 Forfeits to George Curtis, _ib._ Death from excessive drinking, _ib._

OLIVER, STEPHEN, “Death,” 1770‒1788, 51

O’DONNELL, JACK, 1802‒1806:— Beat Pardo Wilson, 223 〃 Smith, 224 Beaten by Caleb Baldwin, 226 〃 by Tom Belcher, _ib._ Beat Emery, 227 〃 Wasdell, _ib._ 〃 Smith, 228 His conviction and transportation, _ib._

OWEN, TOM, 1796‒1820:— His birth, introduced to Mr. Jackson, matched with Hooper, 110 Apocrypha of “Boxiana”, _ib._ Fights with Houssa and Jack Bartholomew, 111 Battles with Mendoza, 81, 112 His judgment as a second, good fellowship, and death, 113

PACKER AND MENDOZA, 76

PALMER, JOHN, see “Scroggins, Jack.”

PAYNE, JACK, the Butcher:— Beaten by Jack Randall, 329 〃 by Josh. Hudson, see vol. ii. 〃 by Burke, 474 〃 by West Country Dick, twice, 474, 476 〃 by Aby Belasco, 482

PEARCE, HENRY, “the Game Chicken” (Champion), 1803‒1805:— His brilliant qualities, 167 Comes to London and meets Berks and beats him, 167, 168 Beat Berks in the ring, 169 Pearce’s second indicted, 170 Challenges Bittoon, and beats Elias Spray, _ib._ Beat Carter, _ib._ 〃 John Gully and becomes champion, 170, 175 Challenged by Jem Belcher, 175 Defeats Jem Belcher, 176 His bravery and humanity, 178 Verses on Pearce’s gallantry, 179 Attacked by pulmonary disease, 180 His early death, 181

PEARTREE, NAT., his defeat of Whitaker, 13

PERRINS, ISAAC, of Birmingham, 60 His fight with Tom Johnson, 59‒63

PETERS, SAM., of Birmingham, 1771‒1774, 52 Sell with Corcoran, 48, 53

PIPES AND GRETTING, Captain Godfrey’s account of, 14

POWER, JACK:— His birth, 451 Beaten by Dogherty, _ib._ Beats Frere and Joel King, 452 Forfeits to Tom Belcher, 453 Beat Jack Carter, _ib._ Challenges Richmond, _ib._ His character, 454 Illness and early death, 455

PRUSSIA, FREDERICK WILLIAM, King of, patronises sparring, 100

PUGILISM, its advantages, 6, 7, 96 Its slanderers and defenders, 89, 90 Among the Greeks and Romans (Introd.), v St. Bernard, a patron of (Introd.), xvi Origin of the word Pugilist (Introd.), v

RANDALL, JACK, “the Nonpareil,” 1809‒1821:— His birth-place, 328 His early battles, 328, 329 His debut in the ring, 329 Beat Walton, “the Twickenham Youth,” and “Ugly Baruk”, _ib._ 〃 “West Country Dick”, 330 〃 Harry Holt, 331 〃 Aby Belasco, 333 Glove-fight with Burke, of Woolwich, 335 Beat Joe Parish, the Waterman, 336 〃 Burke, of Woolwich, 339 Matched with Ned Turner, 340 Public excitement, 341 Beat Ned Turner, first time, 342 Becomes publican, 345 Randall and Burn, 346 Matched with Jack Martin, _ib._ The road to a fight in olden times, _ib._ Beat Jack Martin, first time, 348 Turn-up in Battersea Fields, 350 Challenged by Scroggins, _ib._ An adventure with “roughs”, _ib._ Comes from his retirement and challenges Martin, 351 Beats Jack Martin, second time, _ib._ “A Cantab’s” account of the fight, 353 Lines by Tom Moore to, 355 Forfeits to Martin, 356 A rencontre at Hampstead, 357 Randall and the Mayor of Canterbury at Hatton Garden, 359 His death, 360 Sonnets to Randall, _ib._ His “Farewell to the ring”, 361 “Jack Randall’s Ghost”, _ib._ Summary of Randall’s pugilistic merits; his charitable disposition, 362, 363

REID, Mr. FLETCHER, a patron of pugilism, lines on his death, 197

REYNOLDS, TOM (note), 483

RICHMOND, BILL, 1804‒1818:— His birth in New York State, comes to England, and education, 289 First boxing match, _ib._ Early battles, 290 Beat Myers and Green, _ib._ Beaten by George Maddox, 291 Beat Youssouf, a Jew, _ib._ 〃 Jack Holmes, the Coachman, 292 Beaten by Tom Cribb, _ib._ Beat Carter (countryman), 293 〃 Isaac Wood, _ib._ 〃 George Maddox, 294 〃 Jack Power, 295 Becomes a publican, 296 The P.C. Club, _ib._ Beat Davis, the Navvy, 297 〃 Tom Shelton, 298 Retires and keeps sparring rooms, 299 Turn-up with Carter, 300 As a second, _ib._ His long life and lamented death, 301

RUSSIA, ALEXANDER, Emperor of, patronises the boxers, 100

RYAN, BILL, 1804‒1806:— His qualifications, 228 Defeat of Tom Belcher, 229 Draw with Caleb Baldwin, _ib._ Beaten by Tom Belcher, _ib._ Beat Clarke, 230 His death, _ib._

SAVILLE HOUSE, history of, 19

SCOTT, Sir WALTER, Lines on Shaw, the Life-guardsman, 443

SCROGGINS, JACK, 1803‒1822:— His sobriquet, 412 His birth and early days, _ib._ His early fights, 413 Pressed and sent to sea, 414 Champion on board the Argo, _ib._ A turn-up at Woolwich, 415 Beat Jack Boots (Wilford), _ib._ 〃 Dolly Smith, 416 〃 Nosworthy, _ib._ Matched with Bill Eales, 418 Beat Bill Eales, 419 Becomes publican, 420 Beat Whittaker, “the Oilman”, 421 〃 Church, 423 A draw with Ned Turner, 426 Beat Fisher (room fight), 427 Beaten by Ned Turner, 428 Second match with Turner, 429 Beaten by Turner, second time, _ib._ His imprudence, _ib._ Beaten by Jack Martin, _ib._ 〃 by Josh. Hudson, _ib._ 〃 David Hudson, twice, _ib._ Beat Harry Holt (room fight), 430 〃 Parish, the Waterman, 431 Receives forfeit from Parish, 432 Beaten by Gipsy Cooper, 433 His poverty and fate, _ib._ The moral of his death, 433 His epitaph, 434

SELLERS, HARRY (Champion), 1776‒1785:— Fights with Corcoran, 49 〃〃 Joe Hood, _ib._ 〃〃 Stevens, the Nailer, 50 〃〃 Duggan Fearns, _ib._ 〃〃 Harvey, _ib._ His death, _ib._

SHAW, JOHN, the Life-guardsman, 1812‒1815:— His youthful battles, 441 His boxing capabilities, _ib._ Beat Burrows, 442 〃 Ned Painter, 442 Challenges the championship, _ib._ Lines by Sir Walter Scott on, 443 His gallant conduct at Waterloo, _ib._ His death on the battle-field, 444

SHELTON, TOM, “the Navigator,” 1812‒1825:— His birth and qualifications, 319 Beat Fitzgerald, _ib._ Origin of the term “Navvy” (note), _ib._ At the Fives Court, _ib._ Beaten by Harmer, 320 Beat Studd, the Farmer, _ib._ Beaten by Richmond, _ib._ Becomes a publican, _ib._ Beats Ben Burn, first time, 322 〃〃 second time, 322 Forfeit from Benniworth, 324 Beaten by Tom Oliver, 325 〃 by George Cooper, _ib._ Receives forfeit from “Unknown,” _ib._ Beat Carter (turn-up), _ib._ 〃 Josh. Hudson, _ib._ Received forfeit from Josh. Hudson, 326 Beaten by Big Brown, _ib._ Died by prussic acid, 327

SIDMOUTH, Viscount, his letter of thanks to the pugilists, 270

SILVERTHORNE, beaten by Tom Belcher, 450 Beat Dan Dogherty, _ib._ 〃 Ben Burn, 451 A Sunday-school teacher, _ib._

SLACK, JACK (Champion), 1750‒1760:— His style and character, 31 His first appearance and quarrel with Broughton, 32 His fight with Broughton, 33 〃〃 Petit, the Frenchman, 34 〃〃 Moreton, _ib._ 〃〃 Harris, _ib._ 〃〃 Bill Stevens, the Nailer, 35 His character and death, _ib._

SMALLWOOD, TOM, 1741‒1747, 17, 18 Captain Godfrey’s account of, 37 His fights with Harris, Willis, King, and Hunt, 38, 39

STEPHENSON, GEORGE, the great engineer, 1801, 439 Beat Ned Wilson, “the fighting pitman” of Callerton, 440

STEVENS, BILL, the Nailer, 36 Backed by the Duke of York, 35 His fight with Jacob Taplin, 36 〃〃 Slack for the championship, 1760, _ib._ “Cross” with George Meggs, 35, 56

SUTTON, the Pipemaker, his fight with Fig, 11

SYMONDS, “the Ruffian,” 1791‒1795:— His nickname, 130 His fights with Jackling (Ginger), and Gowlett, _ib._ Beaten by Firby, 130 Draw with George Maddox and with Ugly Baruk, _ib._

TAYLOR, GEORGE (Champion), 1734‒1756:— Battles at his booth, 17 His fight with Boswell, _ib._ 〃〃 Tom Faulkner, 19 His death, 1758, 20

TENNIS COURT in the Haymarket, 35

“TOM TOUGH,” see Blake.

TRING, TOM, his person, battles, and character, 67

TURNER, NED, 1814‒1824:— His birth and calling, 364 Beat Balch, _ib._ His minor battles, 365 Goes to Scotland, _ib._ Returns to London, 366 Battle with George Curtis (fatal), 367 Inquest on Curtis, 369 Trial and defence of Turner, 371 His sentence, 373 Matched with Scroggins, 374 Draw with Jack Scroggins, 375 Beat Scroggins, 377 Turner visits Wales, 381 Third meeting with Scroggins, _ib._ Beat Scroggins, second time, 383 〃 Cy. Davis, 385 Matched with Jack Martin, 387 Jack Scroggins’ estimate of Turner and Martin, _ib._ Beat Jack Martin, 388 Tom Belcher challenges Turner, 390 Beaten by Cy. Davis, _ib._ 〃 by Peace Inglis, _ib._ Beat Peace Inglis, 391 His last illness, 392 His death and funeral honours, 393 His character as a boxer, 394

TURNUS, King of the Rutuli (Introd.), xii

TYNE, TOM, “the Tailor,” 1788‒1792:— His merits, 127, 128 Battles with Jones, Earl (fatal), and Elisha Crabbe, 128, 129 Defeated by Firby, 129 Doubtful defeat by Mendoza, _ib._

UPPER-CUT, the (note), 194