The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-15

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| fair" The bloody struggle was renewed. and
Mt the end oi lifty-llvc minutes the Georgia cock
s%inrtcH % M TO run ir9ni ,lc p,i and icll dead amid
tagonist.
Al the end Of the fight the negroes drew a
| heavy iron roller over the ground and by tho
| time the next combatants were trimmed and
lh!s.eled, tho PIT was in much better condition.
! ford, rs the birds tOcd the mark. Col Checks
| promptly covered the money II was slashing
weighing five pounds and four ounces. Tho
| red dashed at the gray with such vgor TINT he
went Glenn oyer him: The gray lighted on him
| and made a desperate shuttle His work told,
| for. when they were scpnrated the blood gushcd
from the mouth Of the Georgia bird. Tho gray
| quickly finished his work. He handled his
| gaffs like rapicrs. The Georgian's breast was
pierced. and he fell dead.
| The third fight was over In three minutes.
North Carolina put in black cock and Georgia
AIRED. The black was clearly oyermatched; He
Tns Si,s cut into mincc meat ,Arrington picked
prarcd Brown shouted. Keep him in tie
pit, and bet YOU five dollars hen run"
bright red. and Georgia 10y the usual deep rod
| The carolina bird began 10 fill his craw with
movements. Tho latter made brcak but re-.
| ceivcd n counter attack The Carolinan went
At him like paadin. and braincd him within
In the fnh fight both birds flew Mt each other
before they touched The ground. There WIS no
| let up. and tho CHrOnian was killed within
sixty seconds, the Georgian getting on without
,, ssr1n,ch. ne Thr Gr9rSiags hqilgd th,s result
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| and then rushed Tor the bar and rnulcit" table.
| The next fight was crush,r. The Georgia
bird was plucky, hui So un~Niliul that Brown
| threatened to Kill him II he ESCAPED the Caro-
linian. At these words the dark red made n
rush and received thrust under tha wing.
Clo;s of blood fell from his mouth. He was
ngain placed in position. but wilted like weed
in the sun. The Carolina gray regarded him
with pity and would not strike him. Hes no
robbcr Charley" said Arlington. " He amt
going to fool with dead man. He won the
| Tho aovonti b,,tlo ,.oa ,rop bv tho Coorgione
North Carolina pitted cock hrch from Grip
ple- Tony gray crossed with aJenkins The Grip
plc-Tonies are favorite Virginia stock. Their
peculiar characteristic Is 90 stand in the pit and
let their antagonist attempt to climb them.
| Then they 70 over him like an arrow and gem
orally succeed in Draining him. In this ease
the Cripplc-Tony was unfortunate He went
| him in the head. In second bout the Geor-
gian struck him under the left wing and while
iuttering to get loose before he WAS picked up.
drove the other gaif into his brain, killing as
brave cock as was shown during the tourna-
In the eighth fight much interest was mani.
Tested, and hundreds oi dollars were won and
lost. The North Carolina men adyised their
hackers to put up their money ,unninchingly.
and the old negro who trimmed the Georgia
cock had such confidence that he bet five dollars
on the result The weights were even. The
Carolina a. white pyle. They came together
with such force that they rehounded five feet.
and sat Ike dogs looking at each other In an
instant they closed. cutting and slashing Ike
infuriated Frenchmcn. The rei los, an eye al
|
advantage attacked him on the blind side every
him. Both became very weak. The red re-
ceivcd another cut in the, head and staggered
to,tercd after him. weak struggle followed,
favorable 10 the red bird. e He's crowder.
| shouted the Iieorgians giving wild cheers
The cheers insririted the red bird and he shut
ned over the white carving him with great
skill The white lost So much blood that h. be-
came rcdder than his opponent With Il last
desperate effort. he rose and fought like a
| gladiator Then he fell in a diving condition.
| nnnt fpe fnr a trl VI a Ia
ni"ee 10 get ont. Both birds wer,, nicied up
and again placed on the scratch. The white was
| 80 weak that he could not stand. Arlington was
satisfied that he was pitting n dead cock. and
| gave UP the contest.
There was "a ull in the fighting. Col. Cheeks
allowed tina, " it was. pretty fair srrimmaSe,
and right sharp of money WAS exchanged"
Holt appeared in the nit. and was asked II ne
was going To- ston 1ghting He had been heel
ing the North Tarohna c9,ks No. SAD iI ne g
little bit" ,..,.
After long dispute, the ninth, fight was ar;
ranged. North CAROLINA entered an imported
Irish red against Georgia crossed Irish cock.
They looked like brothers. North Carolina
had two ounces the advantage. Her hackers
were confident OF victory. Holt put M money
| on his own cock. The lighting was desperate.
The birds staggcred around each other like
slash their seconds picked them up and
sTmnoo,hed and pressed ihem on on their knees
gcther made cucking noise. For some time
they went around with their heads under each
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last North Carolina got the advantage. but was
too much blown TO secure the fruits of his VIC
tory. BY nm accidental iiuiter the Georgian cut
his throat and he fell dcqd.
In the next fight the North Carolina bird ran
his gair into the Georgian's heart. killing him
instantly. amid screams Of delight,
| In the eleventh hight the georgia bird struck
his opponent four times in the head. killing
him in a little over two minutes.
The twelfth was the most desperate fight Of
the day. The cocks cut and gAshed without
respite for three minutes, Both started 10
leave the PIT. when the North Carolina bird fell
dead.
This closed the fighting. for the day. A wall
eyed negro cnrried of the dead bodies. At
night picked birds We're taken to Blacks cock
| pit in white bags. and tho fighting w3ts resumed.
The thirteenth fight WAS between two light reds.
When asked TO divide his bet with friend
| Hicks replied. I've done 1t already The
North Carolina bird won after what was called
| the best fight that was ever seen in the state 4
Georgian said that ii was the .rst one OF John
Farrer's chickens whipped during the day.
Ono n an created much amusement in looking
for n person who had accepted Q bet without
putting up the money. He spotted a stranger,
and accused him Of but onlng up his cont and
hiding his necktie TO avoid recognition. The
stranger denied IL" impeachment and the Car
Gilman walked off $40 out Of pocket