The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-05
A DISGUISED SPORT.
JENNINGS ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO
NEW ORLEANS.
Twenty five Dogs ana Only Two Fights
No Money. and the People Yet scared
Over Yellow Feycr-An ACcOmm0dR-
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eli wouldn't live In New Horleans hif you'd
hand q 'undred dollars week for hexpenses
The sporting men down theer is the worst
hever seen. They beant hon the square
They're MS mean hand as dirty rs their blar-
sted hold city, hand that's sAyln aard tnlDB
hof hany set hof men,
Mr. Harry jennings known to his friends
| as AIRY, and to the public ln general as the
| most noted dog fighter Of this city, reached
his home in Broome street yesterday, ana u
| denunciation of New Orleans last evening
| He was seated In the aisle formed by two
rows OF dog and bird cages, In company with
| half o dozen sporting friends, most of whom
looked their profession to the life. The cooling
Of doves and the whining Of desolate black
and-tan puppy temporarily under treatment.
were set off by the deep bass Of an enraged
bull dog In the rear OF the shop, while birds
! ri Ill sorts added their treble to the general
hubb ty il Harry jennings ID about sixty years
old, but IL straight as an arrow and as well
/ preserved as most men OF forty. His hands
| are marked with innumerable scars OF dog
bites and even his face bears more than one
lasting momento Of canine caresses He is
Infinitely more polite, however. than the
majority Of his class, and impresses one
favorably-to use his own phraseology--as "a
square man" The III seldom forms an
L III,
wrong places this popularity being most
marked In moments OF excitement. With a
general redistribution of the unfortunate con-
sonant the narrative Of his New Orleans mis-
adventures in his own language, is 80 follows
II went down, you know with Tom Thorn
ton OF Boston to give d series Of public dog
| fights In New Orleans. We had twenty-five
dogs, mostly bull terriers, and only had two
fights. | think Bergh must have interfered,
/ for the very day after our arrival q law was
i ..I ~ H.,ht kiv,ly
Bergh sent down money to get that bill
| through. Well, after our first public fight
the authorities interfered. Then | tried to
get IN injunction, or some such legal docu-
ment; but the Mayor said that would, do no
good, Us he wouldn't Issue a license for the
show. The next day we arranged little
! fight In private and invited the police to
arrest us, 30 as to make q test case rs to the
consttutionality Of the law but they didn't
come. That tloored us Of course, and we quit.
morei Why, It's the dirtiest place ever saw.
| Even If the shows had been allowed, the gate
money wouldn't have paid expenses. just
think Of 1t! At 30 cents q head we couldn't
dogs In the country! There's no money down
there, and the people haven't got over The
| yellow fever scare
1.-THE fighting, what we had Of 1t, was tip
top. Ny Croppy and Pete, Boston bull and
terrier, fought straight away, without breath
ing, for two hours and seventeen minutes, and
then only stopped for a rest. The referee, q
New Orleans man WHO knows nothing about
dog fighting, told the Boston man to scratch
his dog, which means to take him to his
place and give him chance to begin the
fight again without forcing. The Boston
man refusing, i was ordered to scratch my
dog. | held that the first order was binding
and the result was that the fight was given tc
leans money was on the Boston dog, which
fought at twenty-eght pounds, while mine
II weighed twenty seven pounds, and the deci-
sion was made to suit New Orleans. The
ee u ha Gat s won Is THAT Re do sd tn tbs
Croppy was too good q wrestler for him"
s9fhe private fight was between my little
Nettle, 1871 pounds, and Spring OF Boston, Il
pounds Nettle forced the fighting from the
start, and In fifteen minutes the Boston mar
picked up his dog to save his life. After that
we had some fighting In muzzles, but there's
no fun In that, you know, as It's only sort Of
dog wrestling. II you want dogs to fight
natural you must give them their mouths
bull and terrier pulled In small boy by biz
chain. you see he's as active and ambitious
as any dog need be, and not much marked con
sidering the hard fight he had"
Croppy had several half healed sores on thu
neck, and his lips and chops were severed,
bitten, but he seemed strong and lively ant
I ready to fight again at a moments notice
] Little Nettle showed scarcely mark Harr.
jennings admitted that nlS losses Dy the Lrll
were nearly $1,000. They came by the steame
Golden Age from New Orleans to Cincinnati
Mr.. Jennings and an assistant sleeping OF
, deck near the dog cages. One night Mr.. Jen
/ nings' assistant was robbed while sleeping a
, his side. Il felt something tickle my ear tina
night, but thought 1t was a fly, and smpl.
rolled over. The next morning my mai
found his pocket cut and his money gone
! Afterward saw a thief tickle mans ear "
as to get at something that was under hi
, head, and then knew what had happened tx
me. Them river thieves are worse than New
, York pickpockets.''
New Orleans is the most desolate city
ever saw" said Mr.. Thornton, who was Of tn
company. 1.-THE markets are deserted, thret
, out Of every five OF the stores are closed, ant
nearly every other house in some sections II
to let. Still there Is a good deal OF gayety, es
pecially on Sundays, when there are races
picnics, variety shows and concerts. We CAV
our muzzle fighting exhibition on Sunda.
night"
A Croppy, the winner Of the fight In whic
brave Pete lost his life, has been purchased a
high price by Mr. Thornton, Of Boston, an
Is said to be matched against a celebrate
fighter Of that city.
REPUBLICAN PRECEDENTS.
The Case Of Senators stockton, Of Ney
| Jeraey M Precedent for