The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-02-07

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IN and near Aldcrshot, Portsmouth,, Sc, above ~
MATCHES ; also IN stn1ordshre Lancashire War.
wickshire, Yorkshire, Potterics, Wcdnosbury, &c,
here iocws t'bS iiC7 " i"lers.iSg Rssats" with
Day, date aud place, AID sometimes tne Attending
one OF tl,se Interesting Events is marked rs fol.
lows:
y seconds, the shortest tmo on record. completing
tie unprecedented feat ofdestruying 1000 rats in 100
minutes, with ume to spare"
1helast recorded OF these 1O7 interesting Etents
shows how age will tell, even on such " wonder"
as Jcekoi Is; It IS follows; -
"Nuycmb Is tS61.-One hundred rats IN 10 min
1, wears old"
This manifesto winds NJ as follows:
'Jocko, this extraordinary iltflc animal the Gun.
ming syt VI his killing must be seen to he credited
he has suffered def at only i've times the whole OF
his long career, W.; by Old Neh, when greatly out
Of condition; aisO by cd Dutch, and Mr.. RS
Young Dog; als3 by Portsmouth Toby, by half
only. THIS extraordinary little animal vas exhibited
az tie Hoyal Cflssl Palace on the ever memorable
1h aud Vth Of July 1890 ana met the admiration Of
ABOVE 5000 visitors. Ills master, Jenny Shaw,
ens then and there presented with a valuable large
silver goblet, also handsome medal, as a lasting
aud never defeated. He eau be seen at all tunes at
the bar OF Nj. Jenny shaw's wreken Tavern,
The rapidity with which well trained dog kills
rats is astounding TO the uniuiuatri. lie makes but
one nip at rat lie bites " Kill every time, and
HORRIBLE PAsriMs
The killing Of rats by man with his teeth IL the
lowest and most revolving sport Of which human
tors and tie martyrs. when the most refined Roman
ladies enjoyed tie sports Of the Coliseum. and
watched with interest the fate and struggle OF a
Crristian maiden thrown - wild COW or a famish
ing cop-fdCss The man who pits himself against
dog or against time In rat killing, catches the rats
one at tune In DIS hind, 7nd bites or tears of their
heads witt his teeth. lie must take the rats head
clean OF, or else 4 does not count; The rat OF
coursc, makes all the fight lie can and OMEN gets
good grip on the mans np, or check nose, and by
the time the horrd sport" has ended the wretchr
lace sometime presents the appearance Of gory
And this Is one Of the sports In which some Of our
most Thirty legislators and rulers delight and on
witch thcy STAKE money which they steal from the
City Treasury. Ii - the supporters OF such places
VIC also Oh .ui the ranks Of toe rereaers and low
seounGres OF every And Ia the city, By whom
elections are made u farce and fraud.
now DOCS ARE TRAINED.
Dog-nghtng is the "royai game" Of the dog pit.
"When you see two gamey dogs agon' in" said an
enthusiast TO us I" then you may count sport"
1 he gamey dogs require q eeal Of training, and pc
euiiar ingenuity n displayed Ia bringing them To the
requisite weight aud condition. In training a man
FOR hght or for a foot race, his own intelligence
comes into play, and enables him voluntarily TO
carry out tie instructions Of his trainer. horse
can be adualy ridden OF driven into the proper
muscular condition for race. But how 10 dog
% be trained into proper eondiuonf This is the
way It's done:
revolving top, covered with wooden cloth (nailed
onJ 80 as To give him good lootnoid. His trainer
|
collar itsct aud he - then excited ami intunacd by
the barking Of other dos listened by for taat
| purpose. lie tries to get at tue other dogs. Tue
trainer holds hlm on Tie table, the top OF which be.
gins TO rtyolye under the dogs feet, and away hc
goes OF thnks he going at I'LL reed after his
| taliIng, barking foes lac also bark NJ aud yelling
with rage and vengeance. lie IL kept this Tor ten
OF ufieen minutes at 1rst but as lis condition i'm.
proves the time Is extended until at last be able
to keep up tie effort for two hours at stretch Il,
this means aud by discreet feeding, physicking and
bathing, the dog Is brought to high 4, gree OF en-
| becomes A
mass OF elastic bone and muscle, and his icrVclty
wrought up to the highest pitch.
The erOcity of tue dog aud his tact and grit are
stu further developed by oc, asionally practising
MN on cur, which lie frequently kills outright BY
this means be caris now to his teeth the
advantage. aud at the same time develops the mus
cles OF the Jaw b. actual work. sucn a. he will have
TO perform in the PIT. On expostulating with a
'rainer on the cruelty OF such proceedings, he re-
piled:
Why, what's, a curt A cur amt nOthin' Who
The elbow hadn't the slightest perez ption of our
meaning He thought We had referred TO tho waste
.uyolyed IN saerhciny the ours.
A dogs best n-htiug days arc between the ages
Of two and t:ree years, II le has been thoroughly
taken care Of, and escaped disa ling wounds ne il
iu his PRIME at two and half or three years. After
that age 1cgins TO teA Gu his sine~s, AMI however
he Is matched a-'.nst aSodnger dog o equal wel-ht
and game.
now MATCH IL MADE.
| match for dog eight Is entered into W u for.
| m.it. and the agreement Is July aud particularly
1T forth % wrlung. That the read, maY sec whs,
exercised IN ihih matter, We " ~ give The
juh articles Of agreement fora Goted fsht. They
we're A. follows:
AErIcLEs, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
NEW YORK, Nov 2S, 1853.
1c.iIL BRIDE ~ LSand. ws'Sh asAias. ~ harn,-
tssf ks siS a ana @ae q0 .es S c
n cay = All oSc and "a S SH bet9 W os ns
oeOeK The deposit. 20 be made. as her,inarler men
Sned al aepo 90 s a5r .Afss s sn sA Ss
match The second derost II o., .de on he M day
R ssns 70 S &" ~ sSs
dogs be lasted OeOr sS aad Alter asns
% es SGv9 AZ a6 ne i s on tn.
ner and no! leave nntl the dog. eommenee ng9tlng.
20 sf 9r e Ssssn sD y 1s =
that time lie ger shall call make ready and a:
and aos a ore .0 sPs aGs e he S sas
SHOULD either second PICK he do, up by mistake he
shall put down immediately, or the rnofey 70 be Tor
! should anyth eg perneious be found on either dog
holding !hs battle money W give 1t W ..-eaiate y
Two umpire; and sTsfere. to be chosen in tho pi,
etoie nsnuns 10 case TIE umpires should not agree
Ehef aoT exc s' The ' q weight on the
day Of Te,slne to forle, ne n, money depc;ited
sE4'4' E'p'i s {Esin!sys Ne. York.
Rule 81, aud rule eth above. Wi probably puzzle
| oly suggest the reason for ru'e -. rhe dog Is
tasted" order TO Sc that nothing pornicous" has
been put upon him. Dog fighters are sometimes so
| unpuncipled as To " poIsOn the dog on which the y
| have bet, ~ Uuttiug 'pernClOue' subs ance on
| HIN, which will soon make the other dOg'r mouth
20 sore that he won't can't bite and the dou
| whose mouth becomes so affected, will OF course,
lose tue battle. In order to guard against this be
lore the dogs are put into the pt they washed in
| water as hot as they can Dear, In which soda gnd
| casule soap freely mingled each dog being
| Naahcd Oy two men one Of whom Is selected by
| the oWntr OF the dog, and the other by his Tiya
and in order that both parties shall be on terms OF
absolute cqualiy a. to tbs matter and to prevent
tue possibility OF cheating, the contents Of the
pals are poured u TO one another back ind forth be-
| fore tic Washing is begun.
| TASTING Tue zoos
| After the dogs LaVu been thus washed, they are
| TESTED" that Is, each dog il mildly bitten and
| lex al over 10y his owners rival, or by some
| appointed ~ Tat duty b. suCJ rival, Or by TIC
| hackers of the dog. An experienced faster" can
surel tel whether ans thing pernic.ous" las been
PUT upon thl dog AMI If mere la, been, the hackers
u, tuat 4oG the.r money. Tao dos are tasted
| d.t.r the 1t, because some cunning elbow may
| mauagc " throw something "p, InicIVus' uuOn
| dog Nmle tA1 hatli- - raging. So Tricky are the
hattsfs Of tc to- US iu tn.s Ierp,ct, that green
| horn hean.s no c.iUce ui al.
WEIGHT TTLLs.
| II VII he ons ryed tlat, according to the agree