, 1866-10-12
DOG FIGHTING,

DOG FIGHTING.
\ Great RenoFt of the Fancy-IntereSt-
ting md Exciting Sporf-ucarsx Of
Oak and Hull Terrter.-A Series Of
Spirited Encountcrs-*cenes mud In
cldcnts Of tho Occaxiou, dc.
From the New York Herald, October 81
There vas great gathering Of the 1ucy
last evening at Kit Burns '.Sportsuan's Hail,
On Water street. The occasion, as set forth
in the announcement was "an interesting
exhibition Of dog sports" To detail the /
proceedings Of tlis interesting occasion,
1 ss M, d ar was sent ts and n ss
rccted-reached tic locality dc.
sired. Kit Burns, great and favor
lite resort Of the hearts Of oak Of New |
toned, Just north Of Peck slip. Externally |
1t presents the Appearance Of an ordinary |
bnrro0m but to one who has been In the |
locality and smelt the unmistakab1e odor Of !!
dog which extends eren into tue street, there |
car. be no mistake as to its character. En- |
tering the place, the eyes Of the visitor meets
with an immense number of co!ored prints /
which adosn the walls, and which represent
the famous pngilists., past and present, in |
every posture ct self.defcncc- Over the bar |
rIssey, dressed in Hack and wearing kids.
This portrait would seem strangely ou. OF
place among all the other pictures, which re-
present their prototypes stripped to the bnlF,
and - ''croppy'' hair iudtcate. that here too
was fighting man, like all the rest. 1t was
early, and tile crowd had not vet begun to
arrive: Meanwhile an invitation from Kit
himself. a short but very compactly built
son OF Erin, with face pcrpetually on the
grin with good humor, and who held between
lis teeth stubby pipe. at which he was Wig
orously pulling, was accepted to visit the
basement and inspect his stock Of dogs.
After proceeding through dark and tortuots
perpetually barking his elbows or knocking
his head against the ceiling, the cellar WAS
reached By the descent of short aid rick.
city staircase. The place was damp aud
nnwholesome,. though the guides said it WIS
light afforded j feeble illumination. Pecrius
about In . STOPPING poature-for one could
not stand urr3ght-there were to be seen on
every the, ranged around against the walls.
little stalls, each Of them containing 4 lively
ages and colors, tlt all Of them were snail
and Wiry and bandy- legged. and a:'"h ". ~
ged slensr tarcIin; tn, s,r,s "ia cssSa1t :. ssn;
all there were not less than forty dogs, aud
mnny Of them had their heads covered with
ecars aud bore the evidences ofinore than one
bloody encounter. One brindled cur was
lying unWHs HUQ alu NQl tQuni+ESl Tue
vivacity Of the rest. lnquirine the reason,
It WAS learned TINT the dug l.ad but recently
fought and killed his antagonist, wlusc death
cripc had fastened with such force OIL his lcg
that the bones Of the limb had been crushed.
In another stall was brindled hill tcrrEer>
whose scathed 1nuzz1c showed him to be n
veteran. This dog, 1t was learned, had been
Il victor in 10 less than six buttlcs, one Of
which had lasted three hours. In a little
apartment boarded oil from the CELLAR WAS
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white neck and legs. THIS. it WIS told. was
Kclcher. a dog WHO stands ready to fight any
dog in the unitcI Stntes Of his Weight f0r
any amount from 800 10 Il 900.
Ascending to the saloon neain. the l,ar-
room WIS now full Of mcn vim llud congrc-
tertuin,ncnt drew nigh. They were rotgh
looking lot Of men. some Of them hai filves
! lowering and strongly ret about the jaws, so
| tlat thry bore no >feak OF faHciful rescnl-
rnttllnE tlelr chains in in'patfenee below.
sonc werc IN their. shirt sleeves, nthrrs
sro,tcd shirts ofu ls,uI rcd color; ali vf them
tu1kcd t'ang and drunk necessarily. A[any
! stood up to the bar, around whlcl, The attc,l-
tive NC now stationed llmself; some tcan.
still gathered In little knots and tutkcd loud
ly nuI tnI'idly among themselves.
Soon a hcad wns thrust through, hole In
| the wall opening from m adjoining ronft,
| md a Toice shontcd. "Tlckcts for The l.cxhl.
bluon |" 4 rush WAS Instantly made In tint
direction, and tic crowd rapihIy alcd
! through rear paseage. This led. by nu1Ae-
rolss branches. ascunts and arsccnts nnl
windlngt labyrlnthfan Into, room about
twenty feet tq,sare. III the centre Of this
sixteen feet long and tight feet vide, uni. of
| octaeonal form. On all aldes rude woole.,
| scntH rnsc In tho form nf nj, ainrhitfcatre to
the roof. Into this limited sracc fl1ct the
crowd, which numbered In the aggregate not
less tlnn two hundred. I'I.e place wa,
the pit. Alter t!lo crowd had disposed
themselves aroisn.' Oil the seats there was
much et!al!ing and loud dispute. Onr great,
fqrnrc jawrd ludiyadHnl. with a ferortolss
.lx pounds weight, TIN. can lick any dog n
Aneriky for 81 ,UN. l eau HEX the Newark
dog. rot nnoilrr dog, which cn!l Edwin
Booth. tiat cnn lick any dog fn A,ner!ky fnr
| s1,UV-Wnkc 1t &j.Wo II Suu "al1t. NIi.ll
co1nc and sec n'cw An''tner, person, WI,
10 ,untrls an eighteen pound 'log; aEainat any
world. There. wns ,n'trt talk ul'aut
some ono ea1led AIRY jennings mud
s,,nnx ny,nc'n'e brute 1n;n wAls9 'oM no oMnc; "
RID ilai,t'cl shirt leape, Into the pit anil 20.
rl!rrollx cheers anu ycllr, nt,tl tlrrw after him
| II rrrnnl.eolored terrier pup nf aboilt thirty
pounds. which he utlcrctl to ,natr!! aEa!nst
! my dug In thu }iomse for = OF Slo y side.
gan to grow impatient. when tho "cxhIt!.
iion'' wns inaug,rntcl by two men WIN ~sl-
tered the rit leading each DOC. The frat Of
| thesr was Of u spotted h!Ack anl white color,
and manifested grrat life and energy, smiling
| eagerly about the enclosure. The oiher dug
wis quick to follow. This last dog was Of a
| tawny color, with white daslcs on bis body
4 pail filled With water was p1nced at each
end Of the pit, and all being ready. thu dogs,
eager and painting, were let 1onsc. They
We're 1T once looked in close
embrace and rolling over and over
upon the floor, biting and growing, while
the men hung over them, encouraging them
and urging them on. Presently the black
dog seized the other By the tlront ana closed
otier shook and rolled and dragged him.
but in vain. Nothing could loosen the hold
which the brute had taken. At length,
painting and hrcathless, he let 20, and they
were aEain quick as lightning struggling and
would Grip tie other with icathly tcnaclty
and hold on till exhaustion and want O.
breath forced them to let 80, when they
won1d 20 at one smother again viii
greater n afy r. ns9 Ne eefeIs s,sas Tier al asefa M
floor and shouting them on. With In
domitable pluck they fought for the space Q
twelve minutes, when they were taken apart
all bloody aud gashed, washed aud then sci
'.ecratch :" that Is, renew the contest. The,
we're both game. md both flew at one an
! other, but we're kept away from each othe
and taken ont, while the assemhlagc shouted
their appreciation till they grew hoarsc
Then another couple were set down in tht
| nit. and the same scene enacted again twt
brave brutes battling: each other will
teeth and claws, neither hinchins, bot]
struggling with the energy Of desperation
. their attendants forcing them on will
voice and hand; the crowd shoutin!
that t the dogs should he left to light i
out," many eager to bet on this or that G
the brutes, some pickering and quarrcllins
a1l swearing and pushing to get aas fall
sight Of tue struggle rs they were able. ~
'ex1ibition'' the dogs were generally sepa
rated after turn Of ten or fifteen minutes
IN this way the asscmbiage was diverted 70
several hours. At length, near midnight
s the wind up'' ,was, given, consisting O.
slnt, which turned the scale at IL lbs, anti
fiery little brindled and white dog. whic
weighed ponnd more. The fighting.
these dogs, though they were the sma1lez
: which had been brought ont during the cTet
ing, and though they were both green.
. wea terrific, and when they were let 20 afte
spopcing at the conclusion of a get to fc
TWENTY-FIVE minutes, they both went at o1
G another with greater fury than ever. ~
= piucky manliestatiou SO pleased the eafae
= fng that they broke up in very good: :feelin!
: and leaving the pit, returned TO the salooi
;, where they enjoyed themselves until a lat
v | hour In the morning.
8 Melancholy yAccident-Mun hurled In
! We'll.
fCorresrouderce Of the Chicsso Tttbuue.1
) FUL7oS. Ill, October !. 1866.
= ! sad accident occurred In this city b
: ! tween three and four o'clock this afseznoo,
c Willie Mr.. Norman Harker was digging
|. o we'll, when about eighteen feet und'
d ground, the dirt caved IN aud buried hi
d | fhrce OF four feet. EYerr axertion was MAJ