Sensitive about his weight, Daniel Lambert refused to allow himself to be weighed, but sometime around 1805, some friends persuaded him to come with them to a cock fight in Loughborough.
Sensible polo seu peso, Lambert non deixaba que ninguén o pesase, pero nunha ocasión no ano 1805 uns amigos persuadírono para que asistise xunto a eles a unha pelexa de galos en Loughborough.