7 8 Saddle and Sirloin. 



clever, and though only an eleven-stone man, he was 

 nearly a match for Jackson, and in fact threw him 

 once. Like Gordon, he was a " varra slippery takker 

 hod ;" whereas Jackson stepped up to his man, and 

 gave the umpires no trouble with either sand-glass or 

 trumpet. 



It was a matter of a few ounces between Donaldson 

 and Whitehead ; but Jonathan won the match when 

 they met at Waverton. Jonathan was a great hyper 

 and buttocker, as well as a right-leg outside-striker, 

 and used the last chip with daring shrewdness, when 

 more cautious men would have left it alone. There 

 are very few good strikers with the right leg. Chap- 

 man and other cracks would never put it in, as, if you 

 miss, it is mostly fatal. There has never been a 

 more finished eleven-stone wrestler, both as a striker 

 and a buttocker, and in fact all round, than Jim Scott. 

 At Whitehaven he won the eleven-stone purse eight 

 or nine years in succession, and stood twice second to 

 Jameson at Carlisle. Of course, to adopt his friends' 

 language, it was safe to predict that the big'un would 

 " worry him down ;" but Jameson is wonderfully lithe 

 of his weight, both in pole-jumping and wrestling, and 

 can both hype and strike with the left whenever occa- 

 sion serves. 



