The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-07
KIT BURNS DOG PIT GONE.
NM FIGHTERS SrPERsEDED BY
NV MISSIONARIES.

My.trrics aud Horrors OF Doe-nght-
,nr aud Rnt-htlIing-A Man biting Rats
mad. Cd with hts Teeth-rhe DoG-pit
pr,v,r Nrcung-A Converted Dog Falls
n victim TO HingtaiIod Hymns.
enortsman's Hall, better known as Kit Bur's
etat a.s w.tor street, has passed into history.
w. 6ir5.. iuc,ung cutthroats vag bonds, Alder.
90, Supervisors, Asscnblymen, Senators, Members
,fconrrc.s. Wall street brokers, and fancy clergy.
ren Ike tie Rev. Horace Cooke, will know IL lao
r, forever uucss they shall hereafter seek refuge
from dec.yng fortunes aud the vayabon ism which
one, ovtrtakcs tde vicious, IN the charitable nstlu.
ion into VIII ch ths old dog pit Is now being trans
um,j.
For sport. mans ILL, under the auspices OF the
r.y william II. BJule, a popular AMI brilliant
Methodist clergyman, has been leased, at $l.O0) a
year ln Nav, 1919 and is thlsiaftcrnoon to be dcdi.
,,dwi,h appropriate religious exercises as a mis-.
Io.ary station and refuge for unfortunates. Just
sla the enterprise may hereafter develop into,
snaot now be said but 1t is In good aud liberal aud
r.acous hands, and will be shaped u meet the
uscrelcs OF the locality and OF the times.
uow Ius DOCS rAKs rHE CHANGE.
NJ BODIES lease runs from the February frs;,
,ai the reverend gentleman has gone Ia with energy
trd despatch aud is ripping and tearing the old den
opcc,s N way which makes the countenances OF
ptke the change deeply TO heart. About thirty Of
utmla,e been sen; % 10 less congcniL homes, buI
there were several still on the premises when our
fCoi'cfstrcycd the melancholy scene. They were
marty and snarpisl, and looked downcast and dc.
tfaiat and sc, med to understand that the glory OF
their arena lad departed.
now rms OLD pES WAS RrGGsp.
HI has gone next door to lis Old place, TO keep
"a Tidy little corner" rs he saws. "wheTc friend
an get stomach. warmer or phegm.cu as he
an depend on" lie Is stout, rortly, muscular
nan with a face as quiet, pucky, and good-n itured
u that OF Lis best bloodcd bulldog. II il claimed by
certain scientists and philosophers that man grows
into arcscutlace Of that to which he most oeyotcs
himself, and the theory holds true In KITS case.
The barroom Of sportsma Hall, which was
Entered from the street. VAS In harmony with the
PROJECTORS individually, especially as to iis decora
Lous. These consisted Of pictu:cs OF bunting
rad OF parties Camping while In the wilderness"
photographs Of rriEe 6shts, nelui ing the famous
Heenan and sayers mill and OF thir,y.siI Of the
most noted prize fighters who have ever lived. The
Irte fighters were represented stripped to their
work and In business attitudes-that Is to sag In
perfect readiness to punch any head Or mash any
mug" that Providence might send within their
reach
tev,rsce 70 oraorieal mood about those pictured
prize fighters, was equal to any treat that ever came
~ In HE barroom.
"Ahl' he would say, az he stood contcmpl,tively
before one Of his fayoritcs, he trds a man. You
iorilnI count up his piHts ON your Fingers
Aud then he handled lissef 80 thy. Nothing habby
ltou, iiu. And SIGH a clare; Taper lie al'us sot
b ruby now.ng."
From the bar room you wound into the dog pit
Arough PASS as easy OF def, nee a. that OF Their
nopl,R. one determined man could hold this pass
Ielinst q host unless he should be shot down. This
Wa to guard against surprise By the police when
ios fs.t or rat killing was in progress
The dog ut or rat pit-for 1t was used both for
log fslts and rt,-kiins-Was near the centre OF
he room. 1t surrounded By \ solid fence about
W. feet high, and impcrvlous tn rata Ii was oval
form aud about ten feet long AMI six feet wide at
he widest part From tns III the seats rose, In a
circular iCrm a. near to the ceiling a. the endurance
Of those Who occupied the topmo.t row would per.
a. TIE room held 30 decent people nd 100 IN.
decent oncs, Gs ihdooeIcy en- always be packed
closer tuan dectncy.
Tie rats were Kept In a large wire cage IN the cen.
ire Of the pit, and most OF the do-s were chained
rourd beneath the seats, care b, taken not to
give them SUFFICIENT length Of Chain & allow them TO
ttaca one another with Their te',i. The choicest
dogs we're kept in what might DC called canine bou
DORIS up stairs, where they were surrounded viii
81 the comforts OF a home and supplied Nith all tn
oe.icacics OF the season In which the canine paat
.clgit-. They were fed on the no uour.shinl
yAnds. Kit SAYS his famous dog Bc.'cAer had wucl
te.tcr TODD than he eats himself BtcLer Tough
Twelve battles, killing seven dogs ~ Of the tSeiyc
aud until Kit let his pit 70. prayer meeting, in DC
tooer, lScs, Betcher was still " good or a.s dog
hucH FoR HIM.
" Bot Fletcher never got over that prayer meet
ng,' sald Kit, as lie told the stor5. The iact l.
ihr poor dog seemed to get out o. lis nina liz,
turng the meetings sometimes thought he'd go
tonwerted lie never Was exactly lisself ai.cT II
Il wasn't the praying go much as tao slGgins tia
took hold OF him. Some OF item old rinrtal,,
Methodist hymns used TO make him how, aud
don't wonder At 1t neither. There was one OF ZEN
that used TO wind up eNery rtrse with Fort OF =
Pa Ne raj de nifty itly doodle nddie dav,
And hosy poky pity rilly willy vanAy wum,'
Which would take the har right on your head. Tha
Sts The hymn that TINS de the business Tor 90
Dsieher."
rHH PRAYER NETTING KILLED KRIS LICK.
Kin further says that Le never had any luck auc
he Ley the "praying chap. into his pit.
Eyerything seemed kind ghostly after thcy d
been there. None VI my dogs ever tit 50 vel alter
ward; Belteher w. at last Killed, not many weeAi
Where did that fight ,omc oar we asked.
In the pit, inside there" said K.t .Ga.ug h.
heal toward the old pit
You kept tie thing rather CLOSE ;" we remarked
II u may bet your life Ne did These religious
shars, and that NEEDING fellow Bergh, have beer
tier US 20 sharp since item IIBytTuccung tin, >
Ia we've not dared To tell any body, only such a
W could bet on about our LgLt-. That Wulc
tTfet experimenting business was q rcl'Iar cart
quake. | never supposed t.ere Mas hall man
lun-u.ns afOre, "a used to come down here Ia a. eu
is They we're mighty poor ju iscs Of liquor
LOlsa."
DEPARTED HEROES OF ms poo PIr.
Standing on the end OF KIt's counter, next L
water erect, were q couple OF studied or "prt,
litcl dogs each Of which has a history. The on,
L'H'si llr iront uf the counter "a bar v as bGrl
ana tan named Jnok, famous AZ n iut-kItor. Wh,f
10 ht.ns " MIN jack Wti-A,d tyo.yu pounds, anu
81 one cc.sIon " DID his .uhIJul r4ts IN ria
LlLu'rs aud FORTY seconds, that beng the best rat
tD.hs time ever maLt in America by do OF man
tt" Hl'd ~ l-bI, and hls ured TX n, standing Ou
L. . counter, va, hi only uorume,t Q.
Ii' ..hrI dog, whose -tuLtu sam stood lew feet
~ 'rl.Ir 4 JaC@'-, MAS a Can"y f.. low named
.', NE yOoled bull, and - noted Ggltcr. IN.
.''e.L u W utcr street, Val ten you Win hated
u.'t lHt hUuky went 'ut game nr-t Kilt
DE-, ard ten dying iHm. t... 90, states wluc4
Wv. 81 Won tor h.- Mp.'.. ut the G. " tfl.a ia
80 a." slut. Ia d.t"oLi-. Lg tI.ut IIur ~, u..e
I'd. 44Hlrtrr and mU uIucT- .lIl 10 ur ' he ulci
20 I0tb, weighing ed Do 90 r.HuJ,." Ihe
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