[166]. This is set down in “Fistiana” as a victory to Nosworthy.
[167]. Since the above lines were penned, Alfred Henry Holt, after several years’ service on the Morning Advertiser, Bell’s Life in London, and latterly on the Sportsman, has fallen in the struggle of an exciting and laborious profession, at the early age of thirty-nine years. He died of heart disease somewhat suddenly on the 20th of November, 1865, and lies buried in Nunhead Cemetery, leaving a widow and a son (Henry), who follows the profession of his father and grandfather, and now holds the trustworthy position of Secretary and Scorer to the International Gun Clubs of Brighton, London, and Mentone, or Nice.
[168]. Tom Reynolds, born at Middleton, county Armagh, Ireland, 1792, was brought up in Covent Garden Market, where, in after years, he was a potato merchant. “Boxiana,” vol. ii., pp. 429-441; vol. iii., pp. 458-462, gives the usual number of victories to the youthful “Tight Irish Boy,” over “big” unknown men, and a turn-up in the Fleet Prison with George Head, (in which Reynolds was defeated in nine minutes, says “Fistiana,” while Pierce Egan says he was victorious). Tom’s greatest exploit, however, was his conquest of Aby Belasco in one hour and twenty minutes, at Moulsey, July 23, 1817. It was a game battle on both sides. His next battle was with Church, in September of the same year, at the same place, which he also won in half an hour. His subsequent affairs were a draw with Johnson (the broom-dasher), at Canterbury, November 11, 1817; beat J. Dunn, fifty-four minutes, twelve rounds, Kildare, July 4, 1820; beat Simmonds, seven rounds, Macclesfield, August 21, 1820; fought a draw with Dick Davis, £200 a-side, Manchester, July 18, 1825. Reynolds died in Dublin, May 15, 1832, in his forty-first year.
[169]. Mr. John Jackson.
[170]. Dick Curtis, his brother.
[171]. Afterwards the renowned cavalry officer under the Iron Duke in the Peninsula, and slain at Waterloo.—Ed.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- P. [vi], changed “un grande punizone del naso” to “un grande punzone del naso”.
- P. [viii], changed “ourselves the Homeric description” to “ourselves to the Homeric description.”
- P. [xiii], changed “Bronzi dei Museo Kircheriano” to “Bronzi del Museo Kircheriano”.
- P. [66], changed “convinced the spectators of quality” to “convinced the spectators of his quality”.
- P. [90], changed “ars puginandi” to “ars pugnandi”.
- P. [101], inserted missing anchor for the first footnote on that page.
- P. [155], changed “A chip of the old block.” to “A chip off the old block”.
- P. [170], changed “désagrémen” to “désagrément”.
- P. [186], changed “posse commitatus” to “posse comitatus”.
- P. [501], added missing “A.” subheading.
- Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
- Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.