222 Life and Times of " The Druid" 



can only be perceived by the most experi- 

 enced eyes, and down goes one of the men 

 with the other on the top of him. 



As the struggle proceeded our hero had 

 each time a more formidable opponent to en- 

 counter. At length he found himself face to 

 face with a celebrated Cumberland champion, 

 named Byers, who had already grassed "a 

 vast o' min." The two antagonists walked 

 round and round each other for a long time 

 in their eager anxiety to get a good grip. 

 Byers was the taller and heavier of the two, 

 and no more accomplished executant of the 

 " right leg hype " ever entered a ring. He 

 very nearly succeeded in throwing George 

 Moore by recourse to this familiar trick, but 

 before long the latter grasped Byers firmly 

 in his arms, and threw him bodily over his 

 head. Again a chorus of approving shouts 

 greeted the victor ; but in the last tussle of 

 the day it was fated that he should meet more 

 than his match. His ultimate antagonist was 

 a noted wrestler from Cumberland, who was 

 famous for his left leg striking and for click- 

 ing inside the heel. After a long struggle, 

 George Moore went down under this brawny 



