Richardson won the chief prize at Faulds Brow

Richardson won the chief prize at Faulds Brow

Richardson won the chief prize at Faulds Brow

Richardson won the chief prize at Faulds Brow, near Caldbeckwhere annually some of the best wrestling in Cumberland could be witnessedfor nineteen years in succession, a continued series of successes unequalled in wrestling annals. Flushed with victory crowning victory, he went with the full determination of carrying off the prize for the twentieth time, if possible, but the spell was broken: fate had ordained otherwise. A raw-boned rustic, unknown to fame, named Young, (afterwards a publican at Dalston,) sealed his fate. The stewards were inclined to bring the fall in a "snap," but the vanquished man very honourably declared himself to be fairly thrown. Nevertheless, he was so chagrined at the untoward event, so grievously disappointed at not having achieved this highly prized distinction, that it was asserted he fairly cried for vexation over it.