66 Saddle and Sirloin. 



Christopher North tells of a strange puzzle into 

 which an old gentleman fell. A general election was 

 pending, and he was all for the Lowther interest. As 

 he journeyed through the lake country, he heard the 

 name of fresh candidates mentioned with much appa- 

 rent favour, for Westmoreland. Meeting with a friend 

 at the White Lion in Bowness, he told him with a 

 very downcast countenance, that Lord Lowther would 

 be ousted, and that the struggle, as far as he could 

 learn, would be " between Thomas Ford of Egremont, 

 and William Richardson of Caldbeck, men of no 

 landed property, and probably radicals." The con- 

 versations which had disquieted him, were really with 

 reference to a great wrestling match, which was then 

 causing as much doubt and searching of hearts in 

 Cumberland and Westmoreland as any election could 



FIRST. SECOND. 



1849 J. Milburn, Weardale T. Todd, Plurabland 



1850 J. Moss, Templesowerby R. Irving, Church House 



1851 J. Palmer, Bewcastle T. Little, Thomas Close 



1852 W. Roldaw, Egremont J. Halliwell, Penrith 



1853 W. Donald, Dearham A. Miller, Kirkbride 



1854 T. Longmire, Troutbeck W. Dickinson, Calderbridge 



1855 T. Longmire, Bowness R. Williams, Egremont 



1856 K. Wright, Longtown W. Glaister, Greenah Hall 



1856 T. Longmire, Bowness T. Robson, Weardale 



1857 W. Hawksworth, Shap Benjamin Cooper, Carlisle 



1857 J. Murgatroyd, Cockerm'th Benjamin Cooper, Carlisle 



1858 Noble Ewbank, Eampton T. Davidson, Castleside 



1859 J. Pattison, Weardale W. Hawkesworth, Shap 



1860 W. Jameson, Penrith J. Pattinson, Weardale 



1 86 1 W. Jameson, Penrith T. Kirkup, Longtown 



1862 R. Wright, Longtown W. Jameson, Penrith 



1863 G. Maxwell, Rockliffe J. Fisher, Appleby 



1864 W. Jameson, Penrith James Scott, Carlisle 



1865 W. Jameson, Penrith James Scott, Carlisle 



1866 R. Wright, Longtown John Milbum, Weardale 



1867 R. Wright, Longtown Matthew Lee, Lyneside 



1868 W. Jameson, Penrith N. Ewbank, Bampton 



I am indebted for this list and for much of the wrestling matter up to 

 1830, to an article in the Carlisle Journal. There were two sets of all* 

 weight prizes in 1856-57, 



