, 1875-02-28

Proposed Organization Of a Jockey
Club in Chicago.
Jimmy Wood and Harry Wright Give
Some Baseball Opinions.
The International Rife Match---
Billiard Gossip.


usually denominated the "sporting claaa,
though the title includes men devoted to bettt
sports, aud possessed Of great respect for Ia
and decency,-who apparently relish no amuss
uene unless it contains large amount {
coarseness and brutality. To the legihma.
sports that animate the mora respectable clasae
they ara Indifferent. Baseball, hilii2rds, sn
horse~raeing to them are tame pastinsea. The
are never stirred with delight except whe
Witnessing some so-called' amusement G
low, disgusting. and brutal character
There ore not 4 few Of their tribe &ho hay
provided much general delectation by basterin;
each other in the przo-ring, and perhaps thei
love Of brutal exhibitions would not be- 60 rep
rehensble II it vera always tndulged in At th'
expense OF their own numbers But the RIM
oas fallen upon unpopular times. and tho riso1
Of the Law has made it hazardous pursuit. This
lowest brsnch Of tho sporting fraternity is not at
! loss for very appetizing amusemcnts' however
to provide which the bulldog and the game-cocI
ate enlisted.
The sporting coluns of THE TRIBUNE. last
Sunday. we're partially devoted to . description
Of the mode Of rearing aod training, and the gen
erai characteristics, OF that unpreposseaslng but
pueuAcious brnte-lhe bulldog. Animals whose
lighting psopensit,es justly entitle them to tho
admiration Of the sports and make thcm avail
allie for the ring are limited Outside of this
animal, and the human specimens who. .have been
found willing to pummel each other for the con-
Sideratlou OF pTize.moaoy, and An Inheritance of
uuaying fame from their followers,
THE aAME-cocK
is about the only candidate for the attention of
;he ''fancy.'
THE TRIBUNE readers have been told bT what
mesus tho bu1l-dog is rendered vicious, BY what
raining ho il brought INTO condition. aud
labor il bestowed Upon him to make him asource
of pleasure to the patrons OF the sport in which
ha figures principal The present article
sort OF companlon-piece to the one week
kgo-xill enlighten him similarly III reference to
tho gAme-cock. It may not bo understood, gen.
orally, thAt the e1acting taste OF the admirers OF
predictions for fighting be tharpened to tho
highest degree to make cock.fightinE ut all en-
joyabls. aud that to effect this they are sub
jectsd to
n1a1D AID CAREFUL TRAINING.
To mako this species OF sport Is brutal aud dis
ersting ~ possible, scarcely less attention is
gwen to .he training of game cocks than to that
OF the bulldog, Certain measures are used to
make the fowls a. vicious and tenacious in bat
tie. and 50 hardy and enduring a. nav be,
There are number of different methods of
training them almost every cock-fancier has
wayg peculi.r TO himself, Tbs sucoess of
mans birds in The nit NAV be safely taken "a
acuarantee OF the efficacy OF his training, and as
jerry Monroe, has undoubtedly won moro mains
md pfiv.te Individual tights than auy other man
in the West Tur TnrR1I,r will accnnt hia n1an
nf rattinp r1,ela iuto ficht;no trim IA helms, A
neartv correct a. auy and enliphten its readers
therenn
Inry has ,nada cock-hrsedinr. training and
sehtinp
rnR ABsoR.rro nrs,SEss or u1s 11rr
Hs is probably better known in these exciting
pursuits t1,an any man in the country. He is re-.