The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

One desperate. chance hit changed the
fortunes OF the struggle.
why. damn you. you're beatl" cried
the royal Duke.
mot beat, your highness. but blind
Only let me see my man and ne shall
not gain the day yet"
But the Duke turned his back, and
Broughton passed from the ring to
spend his old age haunting every sale
Of old pictures and bric-a-brac. OF
these last years Conan Doyle has writ
ten: "One who saw MIN has recorded
his impression OF the silent old gentle
man, clad in old fashioned garb, with
his catalogue in his hand-Broughton
once the terror Of England, and now
the harmless and gentle collector"
In all the history of the ring there
has probably been no more eccentric
personality than John Smith, better
known as Buckhorse. He was truly
Hogarthian figure. contemporary
of Egg, fighting on every occasion and
with the fury of stag as early as
1882. he lived into the nineteenth CEN
fury. Conan Doyle, in his Rodney
Stone" pictured him sitting at the
banquet given at the Coach and Horses
Tavern by Sir Charles Tregellis to the
Corinthians and fighting men OF 1901
and entertain ng the company with his
grooming "reminiscences OF the old ring
days. A naturally homely counte-
nance had been so battered out of
shape in the course OF his ring career
that common expression in eighteenth
century London was las ugly as Buck
horse" Having no beauty to spoil, II
was his habit TO allow himself to be
knocked down for a tr.fling sum by
any one wishing TO test the furnishing
strength Of his arm. BY striking his
own chin he could produce a variety Of
popular tunes. and in addition he had
beH-like cry that was so singular
that Shutter. the celebrated comedian,
was obliged night after night to in
clude among his other limitations his
mimicry of Buckhorse.
Prestige of Gentleman jackson.
Modern champions have their re-
! ward in easy money winning and no.
toriety that is worldwide. but no
Sullivan or Corbett or Fltzsimmons
| or Dempsey ever enjoyed a prestige
comparable to the prestige of John,
"Gentleman," Jackson, who as a prin-
cipal was engaged In only three ring
battles, one OF which he lost and one
OF which. that with Mendoza for the
, championship, he won by methods
that were exceedingly questionable
This short record was sufficient to es-
| tablish him as an arbiter OF his day.
Byron was only the most conspicuous
Of the young noblemen who sought his
| society and boasted of ii. A note to
the 18th canto OF don Juan" reads:
my friend and corporal pastor and
p1aster, John Jackson. Esquire, pro-
lessor of pugilism, who trust still re-
| tains the strength and symmetry OF
his model of form, together with his
good humor. and athletic as we'll as
mental accomplishments" The open
/ ing of "Jackson's Rooms" in Old Bond
street was literally an era in the gym
nastic education OF the English aris-
tocracy. Not to have had lessons from
jackson was a reproach. He was
known as the finest formed man In
Europe" Just as the Prince OF Wales,
afterward George ~. was known as
the first gentleman in Europe" And
sartorially. what a figure OF a man 1t
wasl Here is a pen picture: There
were the Ladies, the Hangers, the
Bullocks. the Vernons, but give me
Jack johnson. as he stood all alone
amid the throng. I can see him now
as saw him in's4 walking down Hol-
born Hill toward Smithfield. He had
on a scarlet coat worked in gold at
the button holes. ruffies and frill of
| fine lace. a small white stock. no COL
lar (they were not then invented), a
looped hat with a broad black band,
bun knee breeches. and long silk
strings. striped white silk stockings.
Jumps and paste buckles; his waist
coat was pale blue satin. spriKged with
white. It was impossible to look on
his fine ample chest, his noble shoul-
GERS, his waist tif anything too smaIl),
his large but not too large hips, his
halustrade calf and beautifully turned
but not over delicate ankle, his firm
feet and peculiarly small hand, without
thinking that nature had sent him on
earth as a model. On he went at a
good five and a half miles an hour, the
envy Of all men and the admiration OF
all women"
! When distinguished foreign visitors