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

ward as he spoke" you SIC, somuti mes COCK that
~ getting kind worn down ~ the nglIi, and be II
to fool That he must nnish things, will ca,cl the
other by tie neck 80. and pull his lea out and ont
sIri v bos sprrS rlrpt ,bronah his head or neck
I" someimcs a cock viii cn,ch VI. opponent by tho
tail aud hold on till he begins 20 Zap his wings up 20
in trying to get away, and then he'll get n q body
bos each side uodcr the wings which will make
TIE hit bird bleed inWardl- TIL he c'lokcs TO death
with the blood, or goes down in tue PIT AMI 50 loses
the battle. ,., ... ,-s,.,
are tied on their stu nps WITH waved ends. An ln"h
ami hall Ia the regulation length Of spurs. but they
may be any length agreed upon-somctimcs as much
az three ana a bal or four inches, When cock
gets one OF them through his head, or full length
into his body, 1t finishes him"
THE COCK MUST DEFEND ON NATURAL oENIue.
"Can you teach a cock these thnVsf ," we asked.
"No, YOU can't ex ictly teach him, though he
learns something by practice. He must have nnu-
raj genius for hgutng, and YOU cant tell bv looking
vt a cock whether he viii nrht well or not. Some
times the ones Won think would Apht tho best won't
fight bit, and sometimes the ones you think won't
nght w. vii fight the best, Out OF the same
brood some will b. roo Gghtcrs and some Wont he
worth asiriw It Is just as 1t Is IN families Here's
a family OF boys, all born VI the same Parents and
all oi tie same blood. some Of thcln Will DO full OF
htit and some OF & en- VIII be sncaks; some VIII nc
smart AMI some STUPID. Well, ti1t same prncipc
runs through everything sunnose. i know II rams
through breeds Of game fowls"
G,nEcocks BEST DAYS.
Two years Old coming tn-ee Is TIC palm'est period
of n gimccocs's lie He Is then In the fullest flush
and vigor Of his days, aud can n.ht his eight or
uinc battles IN season, and pCrhaDs win them all,
II he ms good luck. We saw good luck because
oxpert, tc-tfv that tho result OF bat i often the
shocrcst matter II luck ar you lay a COCK in tho
pr, with his heels no. hen win INC battle In three"
Is un ndlec Of the cockpit The reason OF this -
- TO he bccal.e much depends chance blows.
An Inf ror rock IN striking out, may cirncc to
gitc his antagonist fatal, or NJ least di-ah nv
MI aud 10, as IT were WIN the battle ly mere luck
Fighting cNhau7's the vitality OF the cocks and
shortcrs their lives; hut now and IN N a Tough
holds out I'll lo Is seven years old and Hshts well at
that age.
MAKIvG a MATCH.
march IA male with Great Particularly. and the
agreement l. rsrin writing. Here I. copy Of one;
W., the m lcrsignel. agree IN f,'t main -
cocks for sso0-t1O0 each. and Tor go hatlc--si0
each, slowing nftcou cocks trom fonr pounds TO Eve
VI nnds four ounces aud all that matched In tho
wci1hts TO be matched first then glvc and take tEo
on Dance; then Give aud IA e the TWO ounces.
The time, pllc', aid hour ~ the hit arr aided,
and the n-trum, nj Is thCn complete for eNccut on.
A main Of cock means number Uf cocks. In the
ahove simulated match the main WAS TO consis, OF
fifteen cocks on side, mnSing thirty In ALL The
stlkes on IN" mann were $2D, c1cn oarty ru-urg M
500, and besides that bet on tie result OF &c main,
S2) extra was bet on each separate u nj. To win a
man party must win q majority OF the battles
fought
in main Of arcen cocks on a side, there mivit
br thirteen battles. IN iich the marty winning
seven OF them woull win the main and ths stakes,
whi'h, in the above match would be {9OO But II
one party shoult hlprou TO have cooke such surc-
riority that trey would eight battles in success
SION, uat would eve him the main, and would win
ON the eight battles.
IN, c,rxr,-
The co"kplt IL from Gitcen 10 twenty one feet IN
circumference, and lie surrounded with tim az
fecc about el ;lltNn inches in blight TIE centre or
the Mt Il Indicated by marx. n1d on each side Of
:, -, H.. hich ,nc o. h, VI O., t 1'n or,
another. wien they are set for battle. Unclo John
docs not keep pit. but be knows a man who dos,
to,nsi 49, 80 49, 49, ~ I'm " 'eN>'Su Us S
We wcrc rather surpr .cd to nnd the p, carpeted,
"' w W., WI ~ 40 ii as' q. 4, ,.. So,
coos GOOD ioo'inV' AID don,t sboa blood. '''
.,,,,, G I'll WI SOW , ioof Nc rer,ed' III you
20 Won don't Know SoIh,rs" was m, enc,pr.
aging grspoase You see. when ne police %'ss.
rS Gn srd beS %o o have '.e a"q
80 bn,v '', 81 , NJ r, -, - t v, ~ @ 80. ~
40 nov 80 a I9u Ln, az n y@nr i'e-ao s'sA Of
Ami su,rose Ne nolic. nnnt o-onnt s,d All ,Ae
earn {. VIA then - '''''' "'' '1"' ~" '"0 '1'
"put al Won tbcy don't bp,, tor ,b, c,-not
They're as dad 10 SEQ a ,iy n,,r ~ vo,,,t h Thir
duty Is on the sid OF the law hut their sympi,hic.
!. MN US, ILsv &C. rs1e ehanr. tnty are aad SOS
us that SOY"
tr's the WALL STREET. CHAR
"vhv, OF course SIS so. WHY shouldn't Il he 40
that can nav IS ticket to zee ca coetGgit Know
two hundred men that brnel nm. chtcknns and
mate LIVING by IL ami who DO von srrn',sc a IL
supports 'emi faint poor folk ia ~ "a the
rc1 nohs as 10 makes or money the Wall s,rcst
chan. and sprh Tbera's a yaI, a,h,,rn N.Y. In
scc.icr cn,,v ,ca,y H. ssoI co.n u, "
n. ma. hl. for.uoe in Wsu stree, me, go q
nriy no r ,Iso many Of 'cm hcIonrs In I've ChHrcs
and arc Specially CONNECTED; I'm, thsy do Il often
Orc of m W. over 10 Uncle johns yestrrj,~ and
rn. nrIe Of ris coct, rnr IN main Tbcv,j a.,
In, ~ thr "a on ION thcn WsstcScs,,r a. IL ~
W,s th9t lii We nsLcJ - f,r hj,, "a 81 c,e,.
Of Unclc John without letting The Other gentleman
knCy 4 3" ~ " N'''' NN"'N''''
E,iry WHY. OF corrse IL WA Dc,,cs, Won and
me thev'J ali bscn Over on tho IL an, 90, .cIl ~
Uncle John ,acb ono thinkin, 10 60, nt,rn ~, al
he rcst so tsey'u have ,om" aool 4 ,btn, nm tbrrc
IN. afternoon nnvbo,v M nchsS s.ni a., t-n.i,
Jnhp irom Nv Taven and n,s'on AMI EnrT,.o ant
aWay ont Met ami away down sonth uni mi
ovcry ' ~ "
- WI,,t ,re tho ry,cc. of r,,,cccc,.s, So
"W"II nrlcc. var fron 20 In s,o trnc,s Job,
got. the highest prices as hIs coc;<. ave tho cal
over all Others. rWsgty STARS wouii be nigh
rrice as mn average Ten dollars is . fair average
price
Who are your PRINCIPAL paitons-wll7t Kind OF
men q you de- end ON most 20 ii yonr pity
wei race-horse m.n are TIE sure ONES The beet
Kind OF betlnf men rou see cockhThhn . IL houost
gambling, anu so We nave u" hrsl'cass.'
WEIGHT rrits
UT,e ,va,gh, NJ a coz soeI,s 10 he , yre,, roJ,,
with = mr. cock nrhIers :" We r marked ''1'
"Or course n is A light coek woull stand no
chance With heavy one a. rule, although a
snrinet nvepUund cocN might Naip a s.1 pound
loalcr'
"Wtat odds IN The hcinns would dineretce or
pound IN weight make y
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