, 1879-01-12
SUNDRY SPORTS.

Last Thursday THE TRIBUNE gave the par
ticulars OF q great cooking main which had been
arranged to come off on Feb. 90 at Nrr Orleans
between Georgia birds on one side and Tennes-
see and kentucky cocks on the other. The
Maip will be for $3.50 on each fight, $2,500 on
the odd. and 81 900 on the shake-bag fight. The
kentuckians and Tennesseeans viii make the
famous kentucky Dominiques" bear the
bi unit Of their fighting, while the Georgians will
put all their hazards on black and red stra1n'
called the "Shawl Ncchs, J. managed and mainly
owned by Charlie Brown, OF Columbus, who
says he q invented ~ them. They are compara-
lively new chickeos, having fought !he1s hrst
main in 1870 in Atlanta, where Lewis Graves
backed the t'Dusty Millers,' Of the Alabamian
prentiss, to the extent 'ot S11, 900, out OF his
own pocket, besides heavy stakes, and got
"cleared up.''. This was a famous main. Its
said that s1oo. 600: was wagered on the result la
heavy odds and grew suddenly rich. After this
main the s.Snawl SecKs" were put into proper
trim, and itheir ranks swclled BY Brown, who
saw that his "cross" was going to do good
work. II 1871 they were met at Augusta by
Col Bacon, well known on the Southern turf,
who fought some picked chickens from the Car
DINA t..walk." The Georgia chickens scored an
easy victory over their neighbors. and left the
Caroliuians very sore. They were very soon
called on to make another main with some lu-
DOEEeO CDeh6 4lou1 1AhAAA1 W. 49, NeFSSs' FN.
nose OF turning the toes Of the. ..'Shawl Necks -
to the sky. It was the same old story, onfy q
little more So, Brown having continually iln-
proved the form OF his fighters a year Or two
later thev we're invited into another dispute to
meet q game strain OF Irish reds, backed by
crack chickens from both the CaroIiuas. They
went in once more, only to whip the main, the
odds, and the shake-bag. This gave the south
Caroliniaus enough, but the '.ShaWl-Aecks
were then asked to Charlotte to cross Sads Win
efr1f1 fh1t had never
known uefeat, and had record running back
heyond the memory OF man. This main came
oil last summer, and is we'll remembered. The
result was surprising one Ihe Gcofglaus
and then whipped the shake-oag. Thus these
new cocks have fought five mains, aud have
come out victorious from every one. IneV
have also, in every case, whipped the pest COCK
fight They have always fought WITH TWO anu
thrce-quarter gals. and have never USED
slashers. They arc square-breasted chickens.
with thick Decks that have baggy look wnen zen
thew are trimmed out for the pit. Many OF the
cocks in every main weigh less than four anu q
half pounds, which is the usual 10" ll@n'
AQUATIC.
The Farraeut Boat Club, of this city w1l!
rive dramatic entertainment ut Standard Hall
to-morrcw evening. 4 business meeting o1 Tue
Club will follow
Wallace Ross, who recently arrived IN En-
r1anl from this country, has challenged George
Farrycr to row over the Thames Cnanp'onsuip
Course any time within fu Two m9otaS ede no
The meeting Of the Executive Committee OF
+he ii,ssissinni Valley Amateur Rowing Associ-
ation, which was to have been held IN this sity
lass Friday, was postponed until March 8. Ihe
nr,nrina1 hasiuess before the Committee will be
the consideration Of bids from different places
regarding the regatta to be helo some tuhe III
July next.
BILLIARDS.
The Brunswick tournament commences IN
New York on the Goth inst.
"Yank Adams, the finger billiardist, is in
town. and will give exhibitions aL Foiey's Hall,
115 Dearborn street, every evening this week.
Clark Wilson, a wcll-known New York billiard
and pool PLAYER, is insane, ana has been Dlaced
n m asylr1m, Hc iEaCines that bic is possessed
ri S1OO.0OO worth Of diamonds and trotting
horses, and that he owns plerrepont House IN
Brooklyn.