New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-01
CITY ITEMS.

ACADEMY OF MuHc.-Ole Bulls troupe will open
the opera season at the Academy OF Music, on he
18th of February, with Vesdis Rigoetto. Sigsen
Borgiani, tenor, and Sgnore Euore Rariii, bui
tone will then make their first appearance before
New.York audience. Maretzek has engaged he
best orchestra that can be produced, and the srtx
Alegii is painting scenery which, it is promised sAsn
surpass anything ever il this City. corps %
ballet is engaged, and strakosch is expected to bring
several new artists from Europe.
A DEy OF HowLISG EissDs---Another bruh
cog. fight cane of on Tuesday evening at Aan,osts,
No. 40 Madison st., according 10 aduevfisement, bs
bet of e90o The pit at this place is quito sini
lar TO the hole described in our issue of Monday he
company were detained for an hour 10 be ~
"sosked ia the ba-roOm, as the match was 81
made up ill O'Clock. The dogs were both SAL
and both white" Connaught Lad" having one bls1t
spot, and Boston Sancho' two brown spots. ~
men named Wright and Riley, were the osenake
owners Of the dogs but it vas well understood ~
they were not the real owners. III
After the preliminary operation Of " tastingT-
which is done by the handlers 10 show that they hn
not poisoned the head Of their dog fos the purpose6
ipjuriDg tie other-the cruel contest commenced. \
two three mir utes the dogs began to grow BLOOD
For about fifteen minutes the contest was very sssf
even and an old man who took great otsFsss y
Copnaught Lad made himself quite conspicuous b
the pit An outsider cried cut, Keep away; NJ
are you interfering with the dogs for |" The old -
ran up to him, yelling out What tho h-l is thssV
you p and hit him blow in the teeth No,hig
more was said-the man who was struck sptdno
blood That appeared to be part Of the sport n
the expiration of twenty minutes Boston Sancho y
gan to lag-his tongue WAS out-snd from the twssf
fifth to The ibirieth minute he exhausted ~
he could show but little fight. He moaned pteosdk
and tried to get away. The assembled fancy
three hundred in number-absOlately roared viii -
light. But they were destined to have still pae
exquisite pleasure. During the last five minata 4
This scratch, Boston lay for the most part bis ~
a. though hs were dead. Occasionally, when "a
famed little life into him, he would make feea
effort 10 bite, but he too weak to moan. IL
other dog dragged him about the pit, and, althosp
week himself, yet, urged on by the cses and shsss
Of his hackers, he would shake him AZ often ~
could For the most part be held him by the throe
to choke him. Something was tsd about taking b1
of. but there were very few IN favor Of that "L1
him kin bim-let him Ill him. was the almost uu|
yerssl CRY. The dogs no ~eyer, separated, snl
r~eparaiions made for another scratch.
The dogs we're sporged with cold water, but bei,a
Boston could be refreshed at ALL tie handler Of CO
naught said ihs: he WAS ready, and the fight mus. y
gin. Boston wss muedia'ey knocked down, csass
BY the throat and jerked about the bloody pit. Cs
nsught was again snmsted by yells and cbsen
shake him, which be did feebly but spi,efuDy. Bo&se
ley ar If dead, and the sport pretty much ovss
spor,ing.men find kttle Enjoyment in seeing bodl
shaken after it ceases to culver. This scratch isss
only minutes. As Boston was being taken ~
they called upon bis handler to hold him and zee
would face another fght Il was done, bat hs ~
was broken; he turned his head away feeb'y. IL
fight over by 10 o'clock, but the hackers Of 90
nsueht remained to csrouss over their vicpfy.
We yesterday learned from the best Of sasner!
that the Police Captain Of that Ward feselvs
special notification of this fight from the City hs@
| NEw-ESoLAED YoUsG MISS AsoerArIos ~
! 1uREs-The third OF the annual course OF Seeo
under the auspices Of this Association, viii DC Wv