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Henry Downes Miles. Pugilistica
Pugilistica
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
WILLIAM THOMPSON (“BENDIGO”), OF NOTTINGHAM, CHAMPION. 1835–1850
CHAPTER II
BENJAMIN CAUNT (CHAMPION) 1835–1857.[11]
CHAPTER III
JAMES BURKE (KNOWN AS “THE DEAF’UN”) 1828–1843
CHAPTER IV
WILLIAM PERRY (“THE TIPTON SLASHER”) 1835–1857
CHAPTER V
NICHOLAS (NICK) WARD. 1835–1841
CHAPTER VI
NATHANIEL LANGHAM. 1843–1857
CHAPTER VII
HARRY ORME. 1849–1853
CHAPTER VIII
TOM PADDOCK. 1844–1860
CHAPTER IX
HARRY BROOME (CHAMPION) 1843–1856
APPENDIX TO PERIOD VII
I.—BRASSEY (JOHN LEECHMAN), of Bradford, and YOUNG LANGAN, of Liverpool, for £100
II.—TASS (HAZARD) PARKER, of West Bromwich, and JOHN LEECHMAN (BRASSEY), of Bradford, for £100
III.—TASS PARKER, of West Bromwich, and HARRY PRESTON, of Birmingham, for £100
IV.—AARON JONES AND BOB WADE (THE DOVER CHAMPION)
PERIOD VIII.—1846–1863
CHAPTER I
TOM SAYERS (CHAMPION).—1849–1860
CHAPTER II
JEM MACE, OF NORWICH (CHAMPION) 1855–1864
CHAPTER III
TOM KING (CHAMPION) 1860–1862
L’Envoy to the Reader
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Henry Downes Miles
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“Bendigo and Caunt.—On the authority of a letter signed Caunt, we last week stated that this match was off by mutual consent; but we have since been informed by our Nottingham correspondent that such is not the fact, and that Caunt’s deposits are forfeited. Our correspondent adds that Caunt’s backer tried to get the match off, on the plea that it was a pity to see so little a man as Bendigo fight a giant like Caunt, who was anxious to enter the ring with Burke. He was, however, told that the fight must go on, and he promised to attend, but he neither came nor sent the deposit, but forwarded a letter to London stating that the match was off by mutual consent. As a proof that Bendigo’s backers intended the mill to go on, the deposit (£20) was received from Sheffield on the Thursday prior to the Monday, and on that very day £19 towards the next £20 deposit was raised.”
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