Excerpt from The Sportsman's Magazine of Life in London and the Country, Vol. 1: Containing a History of Boxing, Serial Papers on the Gamecock, Coursing and the Greyhound, Sporting Dogs, Swimming, Fencing, Single Stick; March 15, 1845 Coast. This highly interesting Work is founded on Popular Facts. And abounds with Scenes and Incidents of the most Thrilling description. Portrayed in a Bold and Masterly style. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.