Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-08-16
Iowa State By stander.
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DIES MONIES. IOWA
FRIDAY. AUGUST is.
RACE ECHOES.
Peter Jackson Dead.


those who know the condition o.
the pugilist when he departed fol
his home some time ago. Wher
Jackson left San Francisco some
time ago bound for Australia he was
only shadow of his former self.
He was the opposite to the man who
staid with Corbett sixty one rounds
in San Francisco back in 1891.
When the dusky boxer put on his
mits against "Pompadour Jim" he
was in his prime, and the fact that
he did not defeat Corbett should
not be counted against him. 1t was
said that the day before the fight
Jackson suffered sprained ankle,
and he went through the four hours
fighting on his courage and grit.
Perhaps the greatest feat in Jack
sons career was his defeat of Paddy
Slavin in London in 1897. Slavin
at that time was champion of Eng
land, and was considered one of the
best fighters of the day. The fight
ended in the tenth round and from
the first to the last round Jackson's
generalship was said to be the pref
test seen in the ring for many
day.
After Slavin's defeat Jackaon was
made popular hero in England and
he was banqueted and lauded every
where. This was practically the
beginning Of the end to the great
fighters career. He went the way
of the majority before him and after
him. He took to drinking, and his
decline was rapid. The last few
years he has been an object of
charity.
His last fight was with Jeffries in
1898 in San Francisco. The bout
amounted to nothing more than an
exhibition, and Jackson was put out
in the third round. Some time ago
Jackson, who knew that consump-
ton had got hold of him, expressed
a desire to see his former home, al
though Australia is not the land of
his birth, as he first saw light in
Jacksonville, Fla. Friends took up
collection, and the pugilist sailed
away, and he died July 20 near Sgd
ney, N. S. w.
Aside from his fighting abilities I
have always considered Jackson a
remarkable man. There was moth
ing of the rowdy about him. He
yas always the polished man of at
fairs. He could speak five or six
languages fuently, was admitted to
the best clubs in London and was
popular wherever he went.
He made friends and kept them
more, SO than any other colored
fighter, or even white, for that mat
ter. He had few enemies and
host of friends. When his health
failed him / was asked to start
subscription for him here, which l
did, and we collected quite little
money for him. l might add that
some of the most prominent men in
San Francisco made it possible for
the great colored fighter to spend
his last days in comparative COM
fort at his old home in Sydney.
Jackson always was a lion on the
coast and he numbered his friends
by the hundreds.
By the way, Parson Davies should
not be forgotten in connection with
the dead pugilist. 1t was Parson
who brought him out after he came
to this country, and Jackson attain
ed his fame under his management.
Davies has told me that Jackson was
the easiest man in the world to man
age. He had that free and easy !
disposition common to his race.
Davies never forgot Jackson in his
adversely and did him many a good
turn. Malachy Hogan, in Sunday
Record Herald.
Cloud stood. Report Was Tasted. Etc.
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