Daily Republican., 1881-11-08
WAR BETWEEN CANNES.
WILMINGTON ~ THE ACENE OF
BRUTAL DOG FIGHT.
The OnireTs Get wind OF the Eight
but the vwncrs of the Dogs
Eiude their rGrnsp-Detxils
OF The Fight

4 iIrrputahle dog fight occurred in
tins cit. yesterday morning, hct twcrn
two noted rhiladelphia canln"s, brought
town To this city by d number ct sport.
ling men of that place Tney were
lJuiurd here hy - number uf Whining
ton sporting fraternity, aud proceeded
To tn" Columbia Inn, short distance
beyond the city line, "r the keuu"rt
| PIKE" where large and coum"di"u>
| pit wlS du. for tho dos. The d".s-
wee named Sp IT ard Stump, owned
respectively by Wu, E"Atty and Wm.
| Mclaughlin rhr latt dog figure
lefty >rNrrrI months ago sporting men
/ Of Philadelphia seem 10 take delight IN
| dr y.ug the officers uf our Guy, aud they
should il. uIpl cd in the hn4 upon tntir
eu rance.
! Wien the dogs w"rl put into the pi'
/ hy their respective trainers they were
not t"ug in coming together, giving VI
lirrln," IT, no rotse, but went Lght I,
work IN dead earnest, chewing away 81
| leach other ~ the most scientific tdSh,
| ipY : Snup w..s the favor IT, ard hes
/
| Stump. Sport however WAs the lighter
OF tn tWu and held his u"1 and iiualiN
beat hls Antagonist, :" Tad that
Ihrr- VS. no hopes ipI atUml hr ng the
M.uniu. dog MrLoUgni,n, the owner
| OF stump got into the Wtto assist hi,
dog. " wncr,ip,n kindred rhiiadr.
phl,n who had considerable money hr'
ON the other dog, also jumped mt tht
: pit and graupIrd with MDi"UgAIin
! i'hr rel, rrt rtnuuSiratr!, hut III "s.lu
other iu'"rc ted pirtr1 ntcame il
.rll,d in III" Qnhrrrs, and tn1 hrht hc
l,lur general and dEr.nE TIN Tur.'r r,It
sId" Of to" pl' tumh!r IN.
! The hole AHA lasted aho1t half an
hour. at the expiration ul whU'n uIut
: ,ur was declared the VICTOR. Tn'
srak,, we're SlVu u >iir. lie money
that changed hands, tnuUgA WAS tal
above lhat hgu!e,
There was large crowd pre>'n' ant
al admission Zee OF & "as charged
! thomas McCurr Al AMI w .llA!n Car
roll OF phllad..phia, hand ed IT," tick
cts. Th, re;erse was John noughtrt,
of the same place The intere>4 mani
Tested III this rrue. sport 10y the locker
on WAS intense.
An lnkling ofthe proposed tGh; reach
ell the ears ut Austin harrington, wnC
| is counsel for the Society tor IT," Pre-
vention Ui Cruelty TO animals, and ht
Immediately proceeded to take measures
| to prevent 1t and have the parties ar
! rested
He consulted with Attorney Y Genera
GRAY aud She III Clark, and 10y thri,
com b!ned efforts Il squad ul luli"e wa
sent ont in carriages to the sr4n" ct 'h'
fight. bur they wer, too late, as Ia,
dogs owners and judges started Il"
" Wilmington at the saIuc time The OH
GERS started for them, and they paSs",
+, each other ut the corncr Of Broom stree
aud the kennett Pike. Instead Of stop
ping in the city, AZ they Intended. the.
drove rs rapidly aS possible IN III" dl
rection Of Claymont, I" avoid arrest
for ii they succeeded III getting bey"n'
the State line, they could laugh III thrl
sleeve at Dclawarr's "ihccrs
This brutal sport III our lmrn"dlat
vicinity by non-residents, should b
stopped and sharp lockout kept upol
the movements uf all parties va" cn
gage in such ncflrious practice, rs 1t /
becoming too common for snch men T.
come into our State and openly DIET,
the law