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and be second at Carlisle ; and Milburn, after winning 

 in 1848-49, turned up second to Dick Wright in 1866. 

 Robson of Weardale was good ; but he was over- 

 matched when he met Longmire for the belt at Car- 

 lisle, where Ben Cooper, a man who could do any- 

 thing, strike with either leg or cross-buttock, was 

 second in successive bouts to Hawksworth of Shap 

 and Murgatroyd of Cockermouth. The latter began 

 wrestling when he was about twenty, and has gone on 

 for fully thirty years. Chips* were not much in his 

 way ; but his figure, fourteen stone, by 5 feet 7 inches, 

 rendered him a difficult man to throw, and he 

 " has settled a vast of men" at one time or another. 

 Noble Ewbank of Bampton was hardly so good as his 

 father Joseph, whose style of buttocking was almost 

 equal to Little's. As for George Donaldson (one of 

 three clever brothers) he was as cunning as he was 



* A friend has kindly defined for us the principal chips : 



1. HYPE. Formerly called striking inside, or getting your knee be- 

 tween your opponent's legs when lifting him, and striking his leg out so 

 as to drop him down. 



2. SWINGING HYPE. The same thing, but swinging your man after 

 lifting him, once or twice round and striking. When the motions are 

 done quickly, these two are considered the crack chips of the ring, and 

 when well done they are decisive. 



3. BUTTOCKING. Getting your buttock or haunch quickly under 

 your opponent's stomach as a fulcrum, and throwing him bodily over 

 your head or shoulder. 



4. CROSS-BUTTOCKING. The same thing, only getting your man 

 into motion, and your buttock more under him. 



5. HANK. Getting your leg twisted round your opponent's leg, so 

 that he cannot clear it, and by superior strength and height forcing 

 yourself over him, when he must fall under. 



6. BACK-HEELING. Putting your heel behind your opponent's heel, 

 and running over him. 



7. CLICK INSIDE. Clicking inside your opponent's heel, and forcing 

 him back. 



8. OUTSIDE STROKE. Lifting your man, striking outside his knee 

 with yours, and dropping him down. 



The two safest chips, and, generally speaking, the cleanest, are hyp- 

 ing or striking inside with the right leg, and striking outside with you*- 

 left leg : your right arm being under, gives you, with :hese motions, 

 great command over your man. 



