We are indebted to Mr.Charles Spence of Dunbar for these interesting groups.] Yes: Borrow was never hard on the bruisers of England, and followed their achievements, it may be said, from his cradle to his grave.

His beloved father had brought him up, so to speak, upon memories of one who was champion before George was born--Big Ben Brain of Bristol.

Brain, although always called 'Big Ben,' was only 5 feet 10 in.high.He was for years a coal porter at a wharf off the Strand.

It was in 1791 that Ben Brain won the championship which placed him upon a pinnacle in the minds of all robust people.

The Duke of Hamilton then backed him against the then champion, Tom Johnson, for five hundred guineas.