, 1876-03-17
COOKING.
i pEt.IDED FAIf.fJnE.

During tbs last fen days invitations Hero sent
broadcast In sporting circles to atteud cock
fight In d now pit, last evening. Tho arrange
mcnt Was tho result Of = council OF fnnciers and
beor.so1lora, whobo intorcste ,ycro identical,
md the eucccsH OF tho enterprise dopeudod
largely upon tho opening, Tor tic reason that
heretofore 1t had boen doomed wise ~ select tho
moro obscure portions Of the city for suc.,
passimea. The liberality OK blindness Of Tho
city authorities led 10 tho bold adventure, how
evor. and to tho iimoiy pEcsence Of Tn1UuNE
reporter tho failure OF tho opening, and tha
preservation Of maug gamo-cocks, ib atttibus-
ablo.
THE NEW pir
waa located at No. ~ South Canal strccs wlloro It
would be least Buspocto1 that Buch thing would
bo established. The site wAa tho basement OF
! aaluon which ia part and parcel OF tho
County Agents ofiico and wAH accessible
only through the saloon to tho back yasd,
md t4on by Eontlo Bllde down innumerablo
stops III tho darkuess and storm. The reporter
NaH among slo hundred who took tle Allde In
the dark. aud who first realized luat where llo
"aa by finding himsof in q dark, dreary, damp
cellar In proHsrase condition. cngagcd IN i
contest NTH numerous bags OF fowl. Recovering
himsclf he found that he wuH in tho ptoaonco
Of an audience Of f1noorp, and had It not been
that bags OF cocka llucd tic walls, aud that an
oetagon pit In tho centf0 Of the dtsmal room was
ttse magnet for the assomblago, he might htyo
felt that ho had unexpectedly struck council of
tho Democratic voters OF tho Tenth Ward.
Ihcse WAS tho ba. at one end Of tho room, sur
rounded BY noisy dobsters At the other END
vera eopsreGated the boss faneioss. while IN tho
centre Tho rabblc. hs rough looking mass as is
often seon, added 10 the din. Thore NO. . pros
olle about sixty cocks aod chiokeus, With nnmer-
ouo nhloadoa wagons standing In 1csoryot
On bav. ts,o 1ns w,a oatsidG 1n; Wills Of men and
trebled the moment tue pit was occupied,
THE FuMT
Lad beon arranged for botween Jerry Moproo
and Tom Ayan on the ono hand, aud Mlko Hays
aud Ioo Handlo7 on the osher. The conteutsntn
ownod moBt of tue bisds present, but they did
not own all, for such mon ~ Joa Dalton and
Bill Urlckworth weEe on hand with cocks with
which they were prepared to match tho
Ito amusement In the early part OF tho eyouiuv,
but 10 money was etaknd, from tho fact thst Il
Was grownR moro doubtful! every momont
whother lght would ho had. It whs generally
this scason, Or eomo oshss The pFopsiotors os tho
place wete frightened. anticipating trouble
it the programme 20 secretly arranged wore car
Rod OUT aIany OF tho fancIors present would
have fought and tskon all rtsks, but tho propri-
esota wore persistent in their opposition 10 any
sport Of tho kind, fearing to be pulled by tho
with tho greatest difficulty that tho motley
crowd weto persuaded Tint tho whole affair
aoasd oa ns s ,sanv sssn p9sn1nsd q .tsn:
oisds tn hand, they refused to desert the room
until the llshta had been o1t3nguihaed, which
was about 10 o'clock.
There Was very little intoxicatson, and tho
number OF untuly charsctera Haa remarkably
emall Several tndyiduAla, however, wero more
teuionstrat!yo than WAS agreeable bul thelz A.dor
was finally suppressed. Tho aud!eacs dispersed
pcaceably between tho hours Of u and IL. but
no one appeared particularly pleased. Mono
could explain why the fight had not been had,
and tho pkedctions about future Aghts wore