PUGILISTICA THE HISTORY OF BRITISH BOXING CONTAINING LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PUGILISTS; FULL REPORTS OF THEIR BATTLES FROM CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS, WITH AUTHENTIC PORTRAITS, PERSONAL ANECDOTES, AND SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL PATRONS OF THE PRIZE RING, FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE RING FROM FIG AND BROUGHTON, 1719–40, TO THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE BETWEEN KING AND HEENAN, IN DECEMBER 1863
Reading edition
BY HENRY DOWNES MILES
EDITOR OF “THE SPORTSMAN’S MAGAZINE.” AUTHOR OF “THE BOOK OF FIELD SPORTS,” “ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE,” ETC., ETC.
VOLUME TWO
Edinburgh
JOHN GRANT
1906
TO
THE HONOURABLE ROBERT GRIMSTON,
THE CONSTANT AND LIBERAL PATRON AND UPHOLDER
OF
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS AND MANLY EXERCISES OF THE PEOPLE,
THESE RECORDS OF THE
COURAGE, SKILL, FORBEARANCE AND FORTITUDE
OF
BRITISH BOXERS
ARE APPROPRIATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.
Wood Green, August, 1880.