ring-siders

Updated: May 5, 2025

There was a sudden swirl in the crowd, a rush, a shout, and high up in the air there spun an old black hat, floating over the heads of the ring-siders and flickering down within the ropes. "Saved, by the Lord!" screamed Belcher. "I rather fancy," said my uncle, calmly, "that this must be my man." "Too late!" cried Sir Lothian. "No," answered the referee. "It was still twenty seconds to the hour.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Rodney Stone