, 1874-08-14
A. HUMAN TERRIER.
taecvn MAN E1iIle.t Hspre RATS Than

From lie Cincinnati En1,,lyer,
The Eng,iai, mud Amer,can papers have given
Logged combat ut lIa11loy, III England bqtweon D
feragioua bulldog and equally 1urdGious ll,1.
man brute dwurf. The mattor Inns gutten into
ralliament, and now tho EnglIsh puperB ara
clnimlng that tho tight was myth, or, ratler,
That tho dwarf spoken of diod III Hauloy son1a
sixty year8 ago And uIat il any aueh light &C.
Cured, it lnllaI hayo been anterior to that TINA.
That como such "tnlll !" did occur at anmu tme
We layo nottho slightest doubt, for once in this
city wo witnessed u sporting event TINT was fully
us rephgnint il, Its nature.
Just prior to the war nn; English prlge-nghtor,
named Euocll DuyiH, trough EnocA " 1e WAS
called by his fAillliars Kept snluon termed tho
"Sons Of Harmony" on tho lower slde'of Third
stsdat. between Sycamore and Broadway, whlcA
soon became tho fav0flte resort OF onr local
- tancy." Tho front room OF tho establishment
WAS devoted 10 tho bar. aud hero could, be oh.
taincd RH vlllaiAonH CLAUS OF tanglefoot ns over
induced u man to bent his mothor. Back Of the'
bur was D room for BparriuH, and back Of that
another furnished with q ''Mt fuf rat-killinE.u
Aa ncsr 'as we chll rolnornbcr ir was in 1850
thar the tucidunt wo nlo aboutto deacrihooo-
currod. About tho fall of thai year it waB r,l-
n,orcd around town Tint Rough EMoch" hud
nlan down ut His .'ken" wA0se ''racket" WAS
ras-killlng, and tint *ho could got away with
more rodents killed dog-fashion than any canine
sad "boys" on'tho qui yiye to soc him por-
form, md loforo he had bocn mauy days. iu town
Il match waB nlAdo between him sud ii local dug
Of good rat-kil,i1E reoort. lii order to prayont
tho police gcttlng hold OF tho no"a and "spoil.
ing sport. Considerable secrecy VIII observed by
tho nlauaEora OF this affair." md 'sthe squire tli
was givou 10 1a0ne but OF tho, right sort, null
tho nlatch was pulled through without nlag.s-
light SOME Antlslrcd or Bo OF sporting men, ,dray
@ tiithor ~ by cdriosity ni@ @art bo seen ontering
Enovh'a lsonHe IN very quiet why so al to avoid
scrutiny, by O'Clock tho iyitod were al ptes-
CIT, and tho tnatcll begah. FirBt E,loch " him
eoif Hteppudtnto tho PIT. and after clearing hls
sllront proceeded to inform the assomulago TINT
" this Gro Ii u match botWceu u nlan eli dug
ter aoo'w which Of 'om Kin kill rata the fasLcst." !
want heyry ono to 400 al tllRt he ploases, but I'll
want no bloody usse nude to draw tho cops outer
lis A'ye llnar3" With this Atl,nonltion lla step
ped out Of tho; ring, and tho noxt minute MI
attacho OF tho honau plnoeu u stated Mumb ber
Of rtsts into the. ply aud tho roforeo having
lie was ready, nu1 having received an a!lrlnu-
two roply, called ''tima." and t4o dog Mas
turned into thepit md tho Hlaying commenced.
III leas Thru two minutes every lut was killed,
snou US the last gray-ttil gaye hts inul sslueaIt
tho dog was takpn out, thu dead rats removed
FROM tho pit, aud tho saw-dust, witl which It
was earpssa Was rakea Smootl nila oyory neck
llo enterol the roonl-a short, u4nare.lulls,
crot,-hoalea beolehnan, about 8 foot nolo5
lligh, ant! weighing about 100 pountls
lln was trossel in u knlt HiNrt, knoe-DtcooAeA,
mud "',high-low" s!.oos, anil hls nkln was NJ
lreoklctf aH,f he hal boen Hprnklod With bran
lilo dld not wasto:. much timo In psolui.
llarlca, but calloa Tor tho ta.s. anu q snliur
to the dug having. been plaood in the
pit ho leapud IN 1t, got down on Lia lnecs pnd
awaited tho call Of tltuo THIS wan callea i,ntne-
diately, md lie: At ol,oo:' commenced work.
lleAypu,s xhat q nsht! Nqaelgs eYt his u lanAs