, 1866-02-15

Shocking Exhibition Of Three Hundred
Human Dogs and Two CANNES.

EhieaEo yesterday was In fctmeut- From all
p4rs Of the CnIon OF rather from I'll The more In
pes+ans popuiouA centres. e1nc delegates from the
epor.1ng wosid-ihat world sometimes denomins.ed
taucy, but better entitled to be called practical,
IRON the hardness Of the people who compote It's
upper and lower tendon. dog fight WAS On the
carpet, aud drew anmi1nr crowds of sporting men
10 The feene Of fopen-mou!hcd slaughter.
hs9s s1sts Il Re ~ 9 70 se esaae
eombatnnts taal to lmpromptn, he umpises being
. ecore or more Of rarged. unwashed juveniles; II
event" big with the fate Of doedoE, On whoss i.
eue hnug The decision q to the relative meE!s 81
two dog sect!ons ard ihe oWneFsap 81 many taon- t
fhe doeceics Of the ety, but the flash houses, hao
echoed the epecujattont OF !anc1ers, and eren
the racEed prectncts Of Change hsd been invaded BY
lafd tn very mauy quAftert where tHeotyA cents
r accounted Wusth booking aftes, and W i1natner-
| ahlc we're Z changed with 1ooseness char.tIens-
M oreinai Il M s,ases wete ve hunred dollars aside and
The gate money, but TIE side bets ewsled re
amount nj issne to tens Of hoaesnds n lhis city.
wnile at me paee Of meeting stu, larger sums were
put mp a. the admirers Of the respre cse dogs had
Eot wen aarraed by coptous Abauons fron The
dseks they took caEe to have well pytmed Is nade
:ea" For a das - Or Two prer1oas Chicago had been
gradually nlitnR Up wtthxthe oascons1ngs o. re
States. Not that The poorly vicloas ssme TON aiss
Who came, Tie members Of the swell mob. the men
oflarEe patterned nnwhIspe1ahlrs. mammoth r1ns*.
drire fast women about IN tandcmf, and fast horses
On the race track who deal fast at faro and SLOW II
monte. uho are deep IN The mysteries Of seven
Al nome at billiards or confidence checGs,
men Who are in word, the elite OF roguedom. the
Eust e 1ns 4, a Rs o. y n ihs
b proxy, ca1 adord 70 swrll around auoag The
Tue of a1Ee l,ass, occasional ot.es and Dash talk
these, however, were few, 4. shesE number 4 q.
waya inconsiderable, compared to The rogue elass
larec accession Is constantly ncoeesftaled 10 keep
their daily deeinatngg .anks inll l.,,,. h., .n,
knuan scslpe1e in het mtdrt at any One time About
thirty Of the er,f Dc q crane csmc tsom St Louis
. more ,hnn 6uaer all the WAY rom New York ses
efal from Detroit few i1oa e., DoSton, % hapdia ist
which some one chafncteItned AZ a scrJ conteufen
| place for rkcdadd'ers To-rnn-to, pending receu
xhsy bonse, q & rs 1Ss
| in our city, many Of thcrn nW1ng the more sobel
pstiyes by lhear dis1ns arr and thei. supe
ior ability TO tpeDd mones-the ha1d earned wages
The scene Of the contest Wis laid about ten mile
eouth Of the city On thE c11en,soI Of state street
sufficiently distant IRON the c1ty 10 be out Of III
tancitul for joe on the road. The fancy ho~eEe
= MM enough ordinarily, bat % such morning =
vestetdaJ, few but genuine 'rpoTts' would think
aropehms ii" ont there through The patiieas mo,
As early a. nine O'Clock the livery stables beEs
/ u noon: ftssay ST %.s made @ % ts:;; ,hss
wesc decided tasoritc., - rncy seldom ass in viz
= tef. h steady stream of vehicles and unsteady o.
{ cupsnts ret T. along State street md parallel nv,
e attended trot on the Dnv1ng Park, and blacl
3 We viii not attempt to detail the Eocna8 and conse
sat,on which ensued on their arrival NJ the place
IA meeting. Mnny o them were already bali tntox1e
T. led by dzaughta OF INV whiskeJ taken on The jon
D. nsy ~ onuuteraetant against the raw ut
copious quantities ut the rendezvous, sas sttacke
l. with tieite g1so, which made the Great ma}os4I
Of The party Of ronshs # foz spythtns. not goo
"a abou. O'Clock In The afternoon. That hour "a
In crew seated II iarce haru, in amphltne1,Eeal
i. rrscrssd M for occupancy By tec dogs md Their
lepGants In the bEpta1 contest about to lake plA
in the presence and for the OF gGatet al
been thrown over tbe gang as they sat there, thls
= hundred of the wotst rognes IN the STATE Vol
H. have been 0ptt1ed.
I'd IN. ihe ruttianr. eot up tght among themselse
IN the course Of which revovcrs were freely dIaV
sna tsse,sl ~ tsoss red but no oIo9q snsd e.
be IN come degree quieted. the dogs wete brought
They were two tepulstvc looking beasts, one oWa
h. ~ Boston snd 1he olher in cleseland, and nan,
n aIlef the duee tney hailed from. lhoy were Do
,es heavy dogs Of the huterief doss, weighing i've
t{four pounds tseh. The dofs uete loo
,p- ANU the usual pfclrnfnarte*+ and ii
N. | al each othcr4 each sinking
H. teeth firmly into the desh OF The oncr and ho1dl
foS on with GenuiEe bun dog tcnaety. Presently I
hr | Chicago dog. holding hia enemy hy the brea
at they him over, and then, The l1rst round bel
!ourht. tie animals were drawn growing to th
b.l1 corners. ter few seconds rest they were agt
! let lcoAc. 1,1d the taIne eceLe e1sc1cd. md Ii
M, again tnd scrfu for The apace Of twenty MINT
when the Dosion dog suffered hac4urc Of one X
la!t still they fonEht, and still the Bo.too dog v
cr thrown nanos1 every iut; yet. ettansc 10 say,
H. odds were latd on bin, and 70 continued wiihs
tns Wave1snE on ~ nan q hls nAcSefs. a. tne end
ri ,.olsr. 10 three hundred on the Boston dog, y
fnl 1 DO takfs,
~ ", Whcn The dogs had hecn nghains about an b
~ sud haif our reptr1er left. They wcfr thea
~ .rood condition" with no signs Of term1na1