PROOF OF IT
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle says:— “I have always been keen upon the noble old English sport of boxing, and though of no particular class myself, I suppose I. might describe my form as that of a fair amateur. I should have been a better man had I taught less and learned more, but after my first tuition I had few chances of professional teaching. However, I liavo done a good deal of mixed boxing among many different types of men, and had as much pleasure, from it as from any form of sport. It. stood me in good stead aboard the whaler on which I was once engaged. On the very first evening I had a strenuous bout witii the steward, who was an excellent sportsman. I hoard him afterwards, through the partition of the cabin, declare that I was 'The best sur-r-geon wo’vo had, Colin—he's blacked my e’c.' "
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12250, 23 September 1925, Page 3
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152PROOF OF IT New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12250, 23 September 1925, Page 3
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