Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-11
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The Reno Gazette scolds somewhat
because one Of the principal diversions in
which the Eureka folks indulged on the
Fourth Of July was = dog fight; and our
excellent contemporary thinks our people
would have been more honored in cele-
brating Independence Day according to
the old fashion with drum and fife and q
big parade of the military, ar GRAFTON,
and the reading Of the Declaration OF
Independence.
There shall be no controversy between
us. We confess our sin. A choice OF
two evils was presented and, just for
once. we chose the lesser Of the two.
The guilt i. upon us and we do penance
cheerfully. After a twelve.month wor-
ried through in sackcloth and ashes we
may be chastened sufficiently to take
down the ncxt Fourth, with all its
solemn observances, in q patriotic and
christianlike manner.
But for the present W. are not prepared
to have the outer world think that all the
bad, demoralized people hail from
Eureka. At heart we are no worse than
the denizens Of Bodie, and possibly our
dulled moraPscnse, on occasion, may yet
be reused TO enthusiasm. Some friction
may be required to bring out our patriotic
spark, but when combustion time comes
Eureka will be found not many days In
the wake of Reno.
But seriously land this is where the
pinch comes, for other towns in Nevada
failed to celebrate in q general way, but
did not turn out to witness q dog "con-
test''), what is there to be said, on the
ground Of propriety, against the gamey
spectacle of two thoroughbred fighting
dogs pitted against each other! To tell
the truth, we dou't court argument on
this topic. because our ssthetic contem-
porary can floor us, having all OF public
prejudice that there is strongly in his
favor.
But it is the nature Of the brutes to
fight. If Providence ever intended
them for any other use we would be graf
fled to know what that use is. Their
grit is admirable, and if they have no
chance to display it the evident purpose
of their creation is thwarted. II not
allowed to fight they are worse than
useless, they are a dangerous nuisance
and ought to be exterminated. Who IS
not pleased to see a brace of tigers fight !
Whose pulse does not beat with luxuri-
Gus pleasure to see two venomous snakes
struggling for the death OF each other !
The thing is natural and the pleasure 1t
affords to humans seems natural also.
And why should blood thirsty bull ter
riers meet with more consideration on
the ground of ''cruelty to animas' than
is felt for a snake, a tiger or a shark even !
It is a positive relief to see one of the
brutes bite the dust, especially If he
dies fighting. for if he lived he might
some day bury his teeth in a human be-
ing.
Concerning tastes dispute is useless.
On the impulse that drives thousands to
witness prize fights between men many
20 to see and enjoy the spectacle Of a
blooded dog fight. Of the two diver
sions the former is certainly the far more
reprehensible, but ten persons patronize
it where one person lends his counten-
ance to the latter. This is the way the
world runs and has always run. Who
will put himself in the breach and inter-
fere with the will of the great Creator