The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-22

yourn has got the worst Of it-has been too much
crowded or worried In q hover. and you can count
ten after they've stoppc picking before they begin
TO pick again you can catch your cock up. and reset
him at the scratch, aud then the others got 10 be
Pcke 10 ad reset there oo I ynsr bTS Soo e"n
rest him like. and help him. Tbs gives you the
count, too"
"wha, Ia the count ~
"The counts this When the cocks arc reset No
I've sail. you having tho count you count ton. WIN
tnc cocks facing each other II they don't DICK, you
ten again and so you K 'ep on for 1yc counts. on
tic sixth count YOU breast the cocks. -
"Nnnt 90 you mean by troasting themF
you put their breasts together to provoke them
to fight If they won't pick TIL You've Ten uues
counted ton You WIN tne batu"; go, ypnn n, ,r ~ ,s
crd OF a count, the othcr part)'s bird PICKS ~
yours tcn he has the count. and keeps " WI Your
cock picks at his, and ten h we the count ga ~
Sometimes the count changes back and iorth Una,
or al hour before the cocks will light. or cit yer
party wins The battle By getting ton consccn,iv,e
enough at otbcr times when cocx is Killed al the
second blow"
now the COCKS ARs FED.
AT what nqe do you begin to train a cock :"
"His coat and gll.s are usually cut on when mes
two months old. Hts spur. are cut on when be- a
year old, and q Willie aft,r that he's put in irunng,
aud kept at it, more or less I'LL he dies or Is found
out TO he good for notningf"
What arc they fed ON when In training"
"Well, trainers df"r aud each thinks he knows
the best, ard every has MS secrets. But TIC
crcnt CONT is TO let em have their nnturnl iood-
u
rs near a. possihle 1a s one point; another
point is to keep 'cm as dark and sti aud clean ~
nc. sbe. while they're up IN tue barrels. and 20 give
''m clean food lou must look out Tor thcir OoWels
too, and keep 'cm cnou RI Dhysickcd out.
"Nh II comes nigh TO tic mnin YOU must give
'em drying food. 30 a. TO harden their muscle, dry
'cn TO ana get rid Of their fat. II cock Is too Fat
lie gets heavy his feet ter he has fought awhile,
and sta2gcrs and goes down IN TIE nit"
THEY ARB EXERCISED.
allow do you manage to give q cock exercise
IL Hss1l - hW
and endurance OF muscle, aud make him long
wndedY
I'VE do II IN this way You are this table. [Iiere
VIC wire shown table, consisting OF cushioned
and r3rpstcd board, about eighteen incics wide and
four feet long, laid upon the top Of courlc of bar;
rel j We'll we take the cock out here In this way"
and he placed one the table. and toss HIN up so,
sec, about three four feet, or less, and Keep
a tossing him up and every time VIC toss him, you
sec. he spreads lis wings 10 let himself down
easy aud steady. Tnat. you sec, exercises
~ the muscles that belong to his wings.
When VIC nut our arm around MIN so.
md run him blck and forth tho table so. and tnnt
brings out call the muscles that belong to us legs
And all thus time we feed him on the bes' iood-
oats, wheat gravel fresh bccfstsnk eggs, eggshells
and few things that nobody will tell"
JEALOUSY MOTIVE rowEL.
II seems that some trainers, when their cocks Get
DUH, mt hen m the room wh,re the barrels stand,
10 excite iLeir Jealousy. Tue presence OF tic hen
has an effect on Tie ctlncleers like that OF single
belle at a watering Ilace upon lot OF benux. They
all become furious, Fnd dash their heads at one
other out OF the holes IN their barrels and crow dc
nince in drafening manner. Uncle John Ludow
says that kind OF thing wOu't do-thnt 1t hurts tfc
cocks more than II helps them; but other sportsmen
consider II big thing.
POPULAR NOTION CORRECTED.
I, Is gcnernIls supposed that game fowls use.
less breed 80 far Us the utilities ore concerned, but
that IA mistake. The flesh OF the game chicken ~
vastly superior TO that OF any other fowl, b'th In
substance and favor IL IL more compact and nu-
eyes u game fowl. arc also superior to those of
common fowls in height nutritiveness, and havor