PETER JACKSON.

NZ Truth, Issue 946, 12 January 1924, Page 11

PETER JACKSON.

P*ter Jncknon. the old orlglnnl Peter Jnok«on, m -well Known to followers of the boxing game a* n "oullud rene'lman," who won undying fame. In the roped nrenn an a diapenaer of efficiently administered sleeping draughts. Peter Jnckwon Is nlno known !n Canterbury an n trotting norm* of rnwe renown. The writer once backed It on account of lt« name nnd the borne repnld tho Bcrt»>«'« confidence by winning er\«lly. The Peter Jnek*an be«t known to HanUnß« Bporta i 8 neither n colored boxer nor a thoroughbred trottlnir horse, but It m clfllmod for him that he hnH the henrt of both nnd where sport is concerned w-bnl ho If\cks In Btature or prowe?M he tnor*» than mnkei* up for In ftntbunlaHm. IJo hns n. »oft spot m hi* henrt for rpcln?. Rujrby nnd rowInir. but hi* real Interest lies tn swltnmincr. nnd pilch confident rind valuable >upnnrt h«i» he irlven to nwlmmlnfr In HnftlnKf* <hAt the Heretounßa Swimming Club, ndmlttedly the I'lvcwt nmnteur «ports body .In MastinKß (we won't any H«wke» Bay or Napier would «urely hop Into the nrenn) unanimously mado him president at the hiHt nnnunl general meeting. Five yearn' ho, has- BPf lit In. the wool-grow-^ Ins province nnd before, he wat domiciled for 18 yonn In ChrlstchurehV He la Htm .n vice- president of th« Avon Rowing Club nnd the Jnekson Cup Is one of tho mon coveted of the club's trophies. Hl* sport ln« procllvlteii have coat him ftomctihinp. nnd It did not t«ke the Hn»tlne« Footbnll nn«! other clubM Ion? to nttnrh hl« nnm« to the vlee*pr<»*ldi'nti»' H»»t. but-nn he hlmpp\l remnrUed: "Hrtrn^body*»» trnt tn take an Interest In theao UUnca anrt i t'i« « poor heart that taken no interest » m sport."