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hour, and Gregson would have made another match. 

 Dutch Sam, Tom Crib, and many others, were much 

 better men in their day, to my thinking. Again, to 

 quote a still more striking instance, Owen Swift, if I 

 remember rightly, actually killed three men (Anthony 

 Noon being one of them, in a fight which took place 

 near the Queen Charlotte public-house, close to Andover), 

 for which he stood his trial some time after.* But the 

 witness for the prosecution failed to identify him, as his 

 face and hands were darkly stained with the green bark 

 of walnuts, and so he was acquitted. It is also remark- 

 able that few champions of the ring lived to a peaceful 

 end. Nat Langham, Owen Swift, the two Brooms, John 

 and Harry, all died early or in the prime of life. 



Gully before I knew him adopted a modern style of 

 dress, and left off his kerseymere breeches and top-boots 

 for trousers, frock-coat, and blue neck-tie. He is thus 

 described by ' Druid ' :f ' His fame at the Corner was at 

 its zenith about the year 1830, when he was a betting 

 partner with Eidsdale. His countenance was calm, but 

 defiant ; and whether on horseback or on foot, his 

 carriage was dignified and manly such as few would 

 excel ; and he was said to be one of the finest men that 

 ever lived.' 



Mr. Gully was a heavy backer of horses, and kept a 

 few in several stables ; but mostly ran them under the 

 names of mythical persons, until, when racing at White - 

 wall and afterwards at Danebury, he ran them in his 

 own name. He lost a good horse in The Era, when he 

 ran in a Selling Plate at Doncaster out of the Whitewall 

 stable. He was only part owner of Andover with Mr. 



* William Phelps was the name of another of the men, \vho \vrs 

 killed on a different occasion, 

 t In ' Post and Paddock.' 



