There were other local athletes

There were other local athletes

There were other local athletes

There were other local athletes, who figured in the ring at Saint Ronan's, almost a match for Scougal. George Best of Yarrow, tailor, possessed far more science than the Innerleithen butcher, and was the holder of several prizes. Best, likewise, finds a niche in the Noctes Ambrosiana of October, 1828, where the Shepherd is made to exclaim:"Tibbie's married. The tailor carried her aff frae them a'the flyin' tailor o' Ettrick, sirhim that can do fifteen yards, at hap-step-and-loup, back and forward on level grun'stood second ae year in the ring at Carlislecan put a stane within a foot o' Jedburgh Bell himsell, and fling the hammer neist best ower a' the border to Geordie Scougal o' Innerleithen."