The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-11-18
Ghe 8ulletin.
DOG FIGHTING.
cru., And Revolving spectacle.


Cincinnati dog fight ofthree hours is
,ishcd up rs follows in the CoDamerctmi
Everything being in readiness Tor The
conflict. the ..purps were brought in and
given A sipht of each other and true to
S.sis instincts. were at each others Threats
In ths tvinkling Of an eye, doing no bark
srr. ar snarling, but taking hold of
n;sco Of live flesh and sticking to il like u
magnet operating upon piece of steel,
without a sound Of any kind. For the
Srst half hour the combatan,s tumbled
and wrestled all over the pit, first one on
Ton and then the other, the sharp fangs of
each being buried In each others flesh all
the time This was hot and severe work.
it soon told upon the dogs, notwithstnnd-
ing the tanning and blowing done by their
ptters, and they abandoned scuffling tao
tics for while, and fell 10 gnawing each
other, as they would their daily rations
from the dogs'-meat man, biting each 9th.
er's ears into fringe, and literally eating
each others head from the ears to the tip
ofthe nose and from the tip Of the nose
down TO the throat. Occasionally they
would give some attention TO n little
@snack' off back or hindquartcr; but
nothing pleased them So we'll as the head
sad this they chewed an crunchcd and
worried, until their jaws fairly gave out
and they could not retain hold long when
they got one. The fight proceeded in this
way for nearly two hours, without any real
advantage on either side, though il was
claimed that the slut was getting the best
Of the dog. "Rosa' was decidedly the IA
vorite with the betting men from tho COM
Scnccment Of the fight She had been in
the pit before, and whipped her antagonist,
end II was "Spots' first appearance as q
public fighter. Spot showed himself TO DO
3 fighter by instinct, however, and gave
Hiss Rosa good deal oftroublc, and many
Savage bite and shake that made her
"squcal." Several times both dogs became
60 exhausted that they tacitly agree to nm
armisticc, and crossed heads with their
tongues out, 10 gasp for breath. But with
q little urging from thoi, pitters they would
spur at each other again, and have another
sanguinary bout at head-gnawing and eat
justification. After the dogs had fought
for nearly three hours, tho slut managing
g. give Spot several bard blows, and
finally to give him n severe choking, the
victory appeared TO DO hers, and odds Of
forty 10 i've, and even u hundred to
ton began 10 be offered that Rosa would
win, with few takers. At last the slut
gave the dog bone-rattling shaking ~ tho
throat that seemed ~ settle his case. lie
would not get up, but allowed her 10 bark
oil around him, rs he lay stretched out on
bis side, only responded TO her call by snap
ping ut her. "Rose," IL must be said, was
not bit too anxious 10 prolong tho fight,
but showed marked disposition 10 lie
down also. This condition Of affairs lasted
Eve or ten minutes, and there was serious
talk Of draw. when the slut on going up
" the dog, and being vicicusly snapped at,
turned her head slightly. A 'turn' was
eagerly claimed by the pitters, both de-
Nring chance to sponge OF their dog.
Cttle, and each expecting that the others
dog would not scratch again.
This was the turning point Of the fight.
The slut having made tho turn, would
have TO 30 over to the dogs corner and
show fight, or the battfc was his; tho dog
had only TO remain in his own corner.
Well, the beligercnts were hastily sponged
oil, and set down inside the pit in their re-
spectlvc corners. "Spot' lay quietly in
bis corner. without the least show Of resent
u,ent against "Rosa," the great favoritc ut
ODDS Of four 10 Ave and one hundred to ten,
After making step or two forward, with
gentle impetus from her pitter, suddenly
remembered spots sharp teeth, and
turned aside. This gayethe fight to Spot,
and there was great rejoicing among the
short betting men, crowds Of whom held
possession of the bar-rcom In front of the
pit for the next three hours.