The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-14
With eyes and feathers right,
Aud VITA heels sharp and prime,
IL condition for he !lghi,
And sure 10 come TO tune,
A "a rfnrr

And with heels sharp ana PRIME,
IL condition for he Aghi,
And tune,
As a cocxl
me SHOWS OF December are sure indices thai the
buildings which have for weeks rung with the mar
llal crow OF many eager COCKS rich with the blood
of aristocratlc lineage, Will be thrown open, and
instead OF their inmates prosecuting the turkey COB
blers and letting go at the heads OF clamorous gan
ders or augnt else with featErs on the wax as they
wander about like knights or The chivalrc period.
they Will be called upon to test their vaor stub
boraness and regal port IN contact with Others in
the pit. COCK lgntng has found its highest point
OF fav0rrsm In New York. From the days
that old John Roanson, the intelligent and aristo-
cratic dairy. opened his room Of padded walls and
cushioned seats in Orange TOW Baxter street, and
the Homes. Costars and wrights rolled TO the eie-
gantly appointed place In their carriages TO witness
gamecock mains, the pastime through ali the sue
ceeding years this time has nourshed and obtained
additional zest Last winter and spring were par
ticnarly noted for the seeming increasing interest
In such contests. Night and night, from early bed
time until the gray streak OF morning chroncled the
approach Of day cock pits IN the surburDan districts
Of this city were nlled TO surocation with enthusl-
asto observers and betters, who looked with
kinded eyes upon the contestants and
speculated upon their vindiotive dispositions.
The success OF the sport year ago led to more than
usual attention being paid to their breeding since
that period by those engaged in II, for business or
pleasure that they might IN the season now APP
preaching present to their patrons bros of such
pugIacity that they would merit commentator and
put dollars in their pockets perhaps especially the
latter. Many think and argue that fighting game
cocks Is the most refined cruelty They stigmatlze
1t as exquisite barbarlty and raise great outcry
against the steel gafs that are used in the pit.
Such can never be made TO believe that SO long as
game stays 1--we they Will fght-that is, whenever
chickens OF the opposite sex are IN the imme-
date neighborhood. Love produces war and at
1t the feathered champions rattle settle disputes
And these great GROWERS win persist IN not seeing
that the gails ooyiate cruelty shorten
ing the duration OF such dn2dong struggles. bring
ing about the result III hot hood. The difference
between the killing Of a cock in fight in the yard
with his own heels furnished him by nature ana
the kiing OF a cock In game!y contested struggle
In the pit with the gains IS like that between pun.
melting man 10 death with q b!udgeon and killing
MIN with the thrust OF rapier, and nothing more
The first MAN OF the season OF 1870 has taken
pace. 1t occurred yesterday III little village pre-
tentious for one thing only-lts excessive Dutch
population. The road leading thereto IS extremely
tortuous and yet not unromantlc In winter as you
pass thick woods, continuous palisades OF huge
rocks and tiny Dackwater creeks all covered or boz
dered with natures clothing OF richest ermne. The
place is well adapted for sport, and yesterday
afternoon an assembage neither few III number nor
mediocre IN matter Of responsibility came quietly
together at the appointed hour. IL was agreed upon
by the opposing principals OF New York and New
jersey that each should 'show' thirteen BIRDS
weighing from tour pounds lonr ounces to 1--WE
lgnt the nTst and second matches. 1t Was also
agreed that each match should be for twenty-five
dollars side and $500 the odd ngh, deciding con-
TEST OF the man.
THE PIT.
I'll very comfortable recently constructed with
an eye single TO convenience, and. although not as
cheerful as when the black baTpern IN the DAYS
gone by, catered for his wealthy friends In ike
pleasures. ii surpasses in many respects those That
nave WITHIN the lew n
many thousand patrons II has stove to send
forth lis cheerful heat at times great desideratun
nut yesterday every pody smoked, puned bad Ha
vanas and pulled on execrable pipes, and In a short
time that stove became decided nuisance. The
PIT can well be recommended.
THE CROWD.
Greasy butchers fresh from their mutton and beef
IN " Washington Centre and Fulton markets, physi-
CLANS recently from The bedsiies patients Coun-
ciiulen and lawmakers from their halls OF meeting
merchants from their counters and edgers. clerks
from the yardstck and customers, liquor dealers
from their gin mllsn and poisonous beverages
bummers from nowhere and loafers from every
where, made up the grand party Each hobnobbed
with the otner, talking in whispered bOisterous
LoneS OF achievements they had seen or heard or OF
game bros that had evoked the congratu aIons and
PRAISE OF the cockhghtng world. Nowhere. not even
ab0ut prize ring, Is tners ever seen such mimic
word
After fhls preliminary WORK had been accomplished
and the matcn list had been made out 1t was found
That nlpe matches had been decided upon, i've 70
Constitute the main.
Those shown by New YORK were mostly from the
cup fiyer'i section, about and back OF Pcekskiii,
while 4 lew were from Keyport, n. j. They were
mostly bIack-reds. New Jersey had everything
"Brown" sent some from Port Jervis. and others
were OF Well known strains from Southern States
Al Tour O'Clock commenced
THE FIGHTING.
FIRST FghL-The games began with the neayy
weights, Two i've pound ten ounces. New York
was the fayorlte Tor TINS battle anc the main OF
ewenty 10 eight. New York showed pyle aud
New Jersey black red in poor condition being
very lat he mad been of the ward but three days
and brought from Port Jervls yesterday morning.
The representative OF New York got the best or the
nrst oucAle and did not stop his rafting " rk until
New Jersey mad succumoed, being badly cut down.
ms throat frghtfuly sIashed and his brain pierced
Time, nine minutes.
second Ftgh!1-rne light .weights-New Jersey.
Jour pounds I'VE ounces; New York, four pounds
three ounces New Jersey had b.ack-red, q
oilnker, IRON Mississippi. New York 4 brown-red
twenty to fifteen on the brown, with many takers,
although his appearance did not warrant 1t. He got
~ not the Drst tToor three buckles but fought game
and obstlnately, eventually turning the scale and
gNng the DlInker SO mucn work, ana never slack
ing up until ne lay not only conquered, but dead
n ms feet. "fngt's worth i've doars,n came from
an old 'un as he IVES carried from the pit. Time,
Nad Fgh.-Twe four pound eleven ounces
beth black, reds New York mad MS leg broken at
tue high the first buckle when was q RATHER. Ii
cooked BIN. Although game, ne could not stand
UP, pnt IKE martyr he accepted saslng In toe
aesasaa troat ior eleven minutes when he dropped
fo!th Fghi.-up 10 this time New York had con-
unue1 .ne ayorile among the betting men, and
80 oNt'S VI mohts hdu Cir'nIeu udHus. Two I0ut
pounds fourteen ounce blrds were now presented
New iors had black red aud MS opponent gray,
large. handsome and well stationed. Ii was a true
DRin, give and take from the first nap Each was
DeaeIy .countedr out two three times when
with do2ged valor, they came again aud again to
the scratch. At last blind and bleeding IRON many
wounds, New Jersey sank quietly al his handlers
feet in dying state. Tine 1856.
Flfh flghf.-New YORK showed q black red and
New Jeray o red spange. Ten to eight on the black
several handfed dollars being staked on the issue OF
this battle alone. The span2ie obtained the nrst
hlgL la md n
the black-rea he chose. some OIL the spectators
asserted that be had been "1xedn before ne came
into The pit. BE was taken out, gasned and
chopped TO pieces. fine, lao.
S,yth Ftght-1Fnty to forty on New York and one
hundred 10 fifty they would win the man. New
York sent ~ another black.red and New Jersey
biacK-red mun-tNo four pounds ten ounces. II
was fearful nRht, both birds beng raspeTs Furi-
a nAf M a Ia fnnSl afiH hranIe