, 1866-12-02

New 1ork.w copyrighted In Harry ulll's
Tel.kuoEn, restaurant In Houston street.
Aftcr some time Apcnt In discussing the
Herita Of the "twa dogs" and Harry'h Whis-
counter, and arrived in Water street some
time about 8 O'Clock. The ratplt In this In
stance is one Of the most commodious NC
haFe seen, and accommodates somn four
hundred and ffly. Seats one above the
other nre ranged from spit to dome, y while
"a e. oetagopal space IN The centre Is reserved
six feet, and is surrounded By raised board
Ing some three feet from The ground. Tho
room Is we'll ventilated one, but
still alightly odo1ous Of tobacco smoke.
~ the further eud il crib, in which
Is located good aized bear, who persistently
seats are pretty well flied. Hairy IL promI-
nent among The crowd. lie hold = fine
brown ectter by leash, and good humored-
!y calls attention to the !" dawg." See 'erc
T approve Of exterminatiu' these vnrmint
5nts, but blow nc II don't ate dog dim"
what about the ''ring." "Ho, as fat as the
zing goes, I'm there a man oughscr knnw
when he gets q good mashin', and oughter
stop wen he gets enough, IL he amt ad-d
fool. ! know alters do; but then yer see,
tnoss nsveF pteseut a get were enough" the asf Of
line" and, as Hood has 1t, s'hncied
spirits instead Of Wine, and call all lap
dogs Venus" There was not, however
present one single representative Of the typ
'tEough.' True, there were those who looked
betting class but there were no smashc1s
nor :" nose.eatc1s," always supposed to form
the Ingredients or crowd Of this class.
They had come to zee fat-kIl'ing, and the
very fact Of its being Evacuation Day i'm
parted to all good Aumor that seemed to
49, &GU ~, low
ously at tho prospect Of something for them
to do, md for which they would be praised
or blamed according rs they acquitted them
selves.
AMONGST THE RATS.
Eoon, however, the conversation was pat
sell in the pit, with .argc sack-a plsialy
living sack, for an occasional squeal eman-
| atcd from IT. kIt Is large man, and =
muscular one at that. His fnce is not e1-
| nctly one that would att1act tho adtuira-
ton Of very romantic young iady, bu. still
there is something good hulnored about 1t,
nnd something that tells one that however
rough be may seem, he has at least good
disposition. He deposits the sack In the pit
and draws from It 4 cage c1amncd full VI
rats. Referee and timc-keeper having been
appointed. Kit, with q small tongs, counted
OUT elg1teen rats: Small rats and large
and shapes and patterns of rats. They
ecnmper about surprised at receiving their
liberty, but suspicious of foul play they
strive TO cross the palinE surrounding the pit,
but are beaten down. At this time the tNd
rus Of yells far from musical answer from,
some unknown region. The t'Clorus Of In.
visibles," 10 "Der Frcischutz'' Is nothing 10
1t. Then Kit takes Captain Schirmer's In Ills
hands. 1t l8 black-and-tan terrier crossed
Witn vn1r one ne o. those short1cgged German dogs
long: Hes only four legs. Take him home
Tap mot as knows op,'' replies Cap
Co." cries tho ttme.keepcr, md In the dug
JUMPS. He makes o dash for the nearest
nj to him, shakes him in bis teeth, and drop.
him dead tl."n he chases another round
into q pile Of four or five, and demollshes
them. Heavens, how they run a bout now
how they eluoal aud rsu between his legs
and dodge him; and one old fellow doubiet
OF him like fox lie has Killed ELY oflhe1n
and; EecEis tued or sick OF the sport. The1
ard hit gets Ela q oout it and eric. "Rats 2
ana Scp. goes In ,.aain, and spreads ccnstcr
naliou n1llong the rats. lie has lost time
and strives 10 make up for Il, and now tat
floor is strcwn with the dead and dying, ant
ut last Kit cries out "A,l dcadI" aud Nep
tune l. taken from the pit. lime, five aud
hall minutes.
| cnARLIE's Triumph.
Clear !l.e pit. ''Make up a nice mess
'em,' sings out Kit, aud forthwith the dead
corpse are passed down to the cnok. "Sup
Harry, get Your dog ready" Eighteen othcl
rnts are put into tho pit, and the same for
lnnla is gone through, "Go," aud Charli.
| 'Agtcs - amid cheers from the crowd. Il
was sccn at glancc Charlie Intended Il
wire IN aud get Lis name np." 1lc did moi
wait 10 think ovcr the matter, but scizins
the first rat, gave him m angry shake
then on TO the next. His entire SOU
seemed in the work. Now lie chase
them flying In fear FROM lin; nov
ono, moic Sturdy than The rest, bites
and Charlie yclls with pain. But thc pai.
only makes him more dcspefntc. lie fairly
reyels Iu the sport, nnl knocks their raj
ships about with very little semblancc o
respect. They sIneal and stuirrn and flna1l,
make die IT., It is amusing when Char
lie comes to the last nut. lie has been lyin,
detection but Charlie Is not to be deceived
he smells about, and finally tho Gun
ming rat, seeing there was no CHANG
for him to escape the vigilance of Iii
pcrsecutor, jumps up md bolts; Charll
is H!lcr him md cl3ascs him Tonnd un'
round the pit 10 tho no small delight Of III
lookcrs-on. Then lie deliberately turns aut
faces his opponent Charlie goes for hin,
hut starts back as the sharp teeth of the RI
meets In his leg. But only for moment, b
ngnin essays to seize him md Is successful
Then hr gives him a Ehnke with the Srcates
good will, and the rat gives up The ghosl
| All dead. Time-.two minutes Thus Cha,
! lie is pronounced TIC winner,