Excerpt from Stack North Country Sports and of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring: To Which Is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting Added The local newspaper files have materially aided our labours, in a variety Of ways. Besides supplying many passing incidents, we have found them, in some instances, exceedingly useful in the way Of verifying and correcting dates. A brief description Of Swiss Wrestling was promised, for the introductory chapter, by a native of that country resident in London. This promise yielded no fruit at the time, and it is a matter Of regret that it still remains unfulfilled. Of Wrestling in France, we have not been able to glean much information, although enquiries were set on foot through the columns Of Notes and Queries and Bell's Life in London. For much information contained in the articleon Wrestling in Scotland, we are indebted to Mr. Walter Scott Of Innerleithen and for a few other items we have to thank Mr. Robert Murray of Hawick. 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.