, 1874-04-12
vereome with zciolcinz. u bet S On tie spotted

overcome with rcjoIdns. ~ bet S on tie spotted
dog" shouted Nike Joyce.
ply the gr.atest cid sport in :he Eighteenth ward
~ G.. ~ take ye," n;cd Abe bcgsy, fhtn
Ward enthusiast.
Tho betting row grew faa: and furious and go did
the fighting too. Tho spotted dog showed clean grse
ell through, and lounccd his opponent almost every
minute, but the white beas .lthough suffering he.v
1v, mover 3elped but bit away with IN Industry
worthy Of better causc. Rallying s his strength ho
from lis PROSTATE position, seized spo: " BY
the nape Of tho aeck and gave
NEAT ~UEN osEE.
uear]y breaking his back with TIC 1an.
.Get up. Spot, get upola man, cried Harnett, and
sclf-ussessiou. The younger dog, elated by his mo-
uentary succcss lost all prudence, and m.de another
dive for the North slder,s throat; Spot, how9Ycr
quarters and soou reduced him to the condition OF
canine Abelard.
This feat moved Ill the passions OF the Spectators,
and Owney McClcskey fairly danced With delight
This misfortune told tic white animal, althodRh
Ee 1uade ucb!e rally, caught his sayase foe by the
rear left leg, and forced lin to release his hold
Then followed
TWENTY MINUTES or DREADFUL r.HoLEo,
both animals Displaying marvellous endurance, but the
battle being evidently With the spotted brute. The
white dog. however showed himself OF the right
teria', and; although literally eaten to . pulp,
fought with an eviden: determination to die rather
than "tusn tail."
'*Come. Jack Murphy. get us two glasses Of beer,
quick J" cried us1tuctt "I'm as dry as lme-Hln."
still madly tore each other, although they had been
fighting fcn forty E:inutes.
egan the pair devoted themselves to the Of
the occasion. The terriers continued tho battlc with
unabased vgoI but every moment the North Side oog
Wien the fight had lasted ons hour, tho whita beast
LITERALLY EATEN ALIVE
Two Of his legs completely bitten through his
ea-s hung i'll shrels and his ueck end breast poured
torrents Of blood. The unfortunate creaure lay upon
ha s 10 J na
effort to Lite lis enemy, aud, like the dumb hero
he wae, refused 10 show sign Of surrender Such
spectacle enough to disgust the most hrutish and
several OF the present cried out " Take Oft tho
spotted dog-the white fellow is played ont ~
At this point occurred something from which per-
Eon6 calling themselves human might learn Lesson.
CANINE f'oKDEAKASCE.
While the white terrler lay helpless, almost dead,
upon the floor Of the lit the spotted dog whose fury
was evidently satisfied lay down upon him and licked
his wounds He disdained to throttle Ills beaten
envy any fussher, oven though some Of the crowd kept
yelling, .' Tear cut his windpipe, Spot l"
This was too much for old man Denning, who, IN
broken voice, cried out, Let the fight so III not
hsve that poor dog murdered" .
Hartnstt q All right, let Us sponge OF tho dogs-the
Ut axes mine"
Tie rcteree declared tho fight duly
WON E1 TIE SPOTTED DOG,
and the North Sders iudu!ged III tremendous shout
Of triumph.
i" How'd On till zee hos gamey inter being rub
All right" said the latter, and the white beast
let loose once More Despite his loss Ct blood and
other snisforsunee, the gallant dog, game to the last
rushed once ,nore upon Ills foe and, through sheer
weakness, fell ut his rivals feet. The generous
" Spot :gan refused to mauglo his fallen enemy. and
the vanquishcd canine was borne from the blool-
stained arena in inscnsibe condition.
wnr1n Bath .ud some stlnuaats restored him, bu.
he is too badly punished to enter the lists a.
drst-cass dog again. although Owuey McClosLy Offer
et undr his own trziuing TO nyht the dogs for
$500 sils in ) month from now, Ovuey betting
the yanauisled beast.
THE CONTEST OVER,
the owners shook h3nls auu mutually congratulated
themselves Oh the game qualities OF their pots
The light, which had no interruption, there being
only e round ased o14a hour and seven minutes.
Spot showed very little punishment and Hartuett
announced thst, considering the animal had wou for
him $500 in less than YER, he should never eight
another champion match.
The crowd kept extremely quiet all through tbs pro-
ceedinsa, End got acx 10 the city the evening pas
senger train without breaking windows uaashing
beada,