The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-05
BULLDOGS IN BATTLE.
A Brutal Fight Between New York
and Philadelphia.

From the N,w York sun.
For four months = dog tight has
been the subject Of argument in New
York and Philadelphia. and, j, is said.
halt the cities OF the country. The
dogs were at last let at each other, and
one of the bloodiest brute contests
that ever took place in this country
occurred. Joe Bagley's white three
year old bull, Tricksy. bred in Phila-
delphia from imported English parents,
had been the hero If numerous fights,
apd at last party Of New York
set out To get dog tina, would Kill
him. They got Paddy, yellow ard
white bull ii spoiless lineage, direct
iro::: England. lie is two and half
years old. The bet Was $500 u side.
each dog to tall in the scales at twenty
eight pounds. Paddy, the New York
dog, was trained down to twenty
seven pounds and halt. and Tricksy.
The Philadel phia yellow and white,
wheE he was pu; down, only quar-
ter Of pound more. Sports came
from long distances To see the tight.
The two or three hundred who were in
the secret ruled out toward Ridge
wood. l.. l.. yesterday morning in
coaches. They were to meet at ren-
devious ut I'D O'Clock. but the secret
was not we'll distributed, and some Of
the sports went sslray. At last. how
ever, about three O'Clock they all
found their xay to AL old barn where
pit had been constructed twelve by
eight feet in dimensions. and the sid
ing was three feet high. Each man
paid s. admission fee.
Cockney Charley, who was to han
die New YoIk's yellow champion.
washed the Philadelphia do: to make
sure that there Was no poison I'D him
that might get into his own dogs
mouth during the fight. and Joseph
Bagley returned the delicate compli-
ment hy washing the New York dog.
There was large tub. Paddy was
Sd savage that before he would lei
BagIey scrub him handkerchief had
To he put around his jaws and muz-
zle ON ;op Of that. Tricksy submit
ted like a Quaker. with merely q
knoiied handkerchief to bind his jaws
together. The dogs were washed
with hot water, soft cusp aud potash,
and then rinsed with cold water and
rubbed dry. Next the PIT. where the
washing occurred. was sponged dry.
Gu that the dogs could get a good foot
ing. No mnre water was spilled in il
but it did not long remain dry.
1914 the referee, Philadelphia
sporting man. gave the word. 'G-t
ready" he shouted. Let 'em loose :"
Each handler was holding his dog by
the sides of his jaws. Go IN Paddy y
Go on Trick=y" came from the
handlers lips a, the referees word If
command. ami from that instant there
Was no ces>a ion OF the fight for two
hours and twenty five minutes.
Ire New York dog got Trick-y by
the butt of one ear. Tricky tried To-
gnaw at Paddy's chops but he could
not get hold. Once or twice he
scratched Paddy's paws. which the lat
ter put in the way. but there was little
left for him to do. AT the end oi five
minutes Paddy threw him. The bet
ting had started at 500 to $50 on
Philadelphia. Paddy held him down
ten minutes, and then Tricksy broke
the ear holt at fearful cost to his ear,
and got upon his feet. Paddy grab
bed him and again threw him. Ate.
twenty-five minutes the betting was
changed. AMI s25 to SO ON New
York's English importation. The
hruies fought all over the pit, and the
floor WAS soon covered with blond.
Paddy seemed to have il all his own
way. but after the lapse Of tifty-one
minutes PhiIadelphia's hope threw
him. This was a great feat for Paddy
had already broken the fore part Of
his upper jsw, and he could not close
his mouth. Spectators said that the
Jaw was dislOcated. The Philadel-
phians recovered their courage, and
for short time the betting was even.
But Paddy again caught him, aud
thereafter had the best Of it. He
chewed Tricksy's breast until it was a
mass Of bloody flesh. He closed his
left eve, chewed his cropped ears
away and gnawed at his les, bu.
Tricksy took it all without co:rplsin-
ing. Paddy was q very cunning dog.
When Joe Bagley would encourage
his pet, Paddy would glance up at him
in a way to make Bagley leap away.
Bagley had been warned that If he
didn't mind himself Paddy would bite
him.
He licked AT him like a Christian,
said delighted New Yorker. As he
saw Paddy glancing up under his
bloody eyelids at the Philadelphia
handler. Several times Paddy. blind
with rage, bit his own foot and hung
IN to il. together with some part of
Tricksy that he had seized at the same
time.
Night come on hut kerosene lamps
we're produced to enable the men to
watch the fight. There was no inter
ruption to the chewing struggling or
twisting. The Philsdelphians said
that :hey had been obliged under the
terms Of the agreement to train
rricksy down too fine. They thought
that he ought not to have been train
ed down to less than thirty pounds.
At the end Of two hours aud twenty
i've minutes the Philsdel phia dog was
laid out for dead BY his opponents.
! Paddy studied him warily a moment,