The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-07-14

a Cock Fight at Jack Wados, 18TH
District.-The Baltimore American says ''ihe
sporting men Of Washington were badly non
plussed At Jack Wade's, on the Washington road,
Ia the 18th district Of Baltic. county, on Friday Of
last week, under the impression that they had
number Of game chickens, and they matched
seven Of their best against an equal number
raised IN Maryland. There was n large attend
anee Of washingtonians. Charley Connolly pit
ted the birds for the washingtonians, and George
Jones handled the Baltimore roosteFs. The eight
was arranged 10 consist Of seven battles, at $50
side. and the odd one nj 500. In the fret battle
tho Washingtonians entered dark red Spanish
bird Of fno proportions, and the Marylanders .
"IIenny" cock equally well built. AfteF the fourth
iiy the Spanish red had bis right wing broken,
and ran denoralEed from the pit, giving Mary
land the first victory.
"The second Fight was between two gray chick.
cns--one owned by Jea Wade, Of this county,
and the other by well. known sporting character
Of Washington. The chickens fought with
feroeity extraordinary 10 all present, and, owing
10 their great likeness 20 each other, the speeta-
tors had difficulty In telling which was gaining
the victory. In tho ninth fly, however, the Mary
land gray sent his gatf through the brain o. the
Washington bird, who reeled over In the pit
corpse. lie was literally knocked from one side
Of the enclosure to the other, and the winning
bird was carried from the pi, amid expressions Of
admiration from all spectators. Over 81 200
changed hands on the first two fights, aud the
W n htngtontank began to bet ely.
"a red spangled bird was entered by the Balti-
moreans for the third eight against gra, from
Washington. After about fifteen pit,ings the
gray ran like whipped dog, leaving the Mary.
landcrs only one battle TO gain In the main. They
were not long in securing II. Washington red
was pitied against q black red with black breast
from Baltimore, and the two birds showed game
from tho start. Bets were In favor Of the Dis
trict from the beginning, but when the black fel-
low showed his strength and struck out with the
precision and force Of John l. Sullivan, the
sportsmen turned, and odds were offered without
takers against Washington. The birds fought
noby for about eleven minutes, but after the thir-
teenth pitting the Washington bird ran, and at
tempted to iy from the pit. He refused to show
moro Eight, and the battle was awarded TO Mary.
land, the representatives OF which won the main
In fur consecutive battles.
"Thc general impression was that the Washing
tonians held their best birds for the wind up.
They expected TO win one, at least, Of the OPEN
ing fights, and then come In victorious with their
remaining ROSTERS This theory proved true In
regard to the 9Th fight, the Washington bird
gaining an easy victory over his adversary. The
Marylander had his right eye put out In the third
hy. and in the fourth he blinded one optic Of his
opponent. The Washington bird was stronger,
however, and after few more pittings put his
opponent 60 flight.
"The sixth fight. between Maryla gray and
n Washington dark red. resulted tho same way,
the Maryland bird running AFTER the fifteenth pit
ting.
"Thc seventh fight was between n Baltimore
blue red and Washington black red. The bat
tie was the most exciting Of the day, the birds
struggling by the watch for over hour and
a-half. II resulted in favor of the blue red, the
Washington bird. owing to weakness. being un.
able To come up 60 the scratch.
"a scrub eight between Baltimore aud a
Washington bird followed, and once more the
Baltimore bird came out triumphant, causing. as
he did. his OPPonen, to iy from the pit"
Canned Goods Topics.-The Hayrc. de-
Grace Republican says: 1.-The prospects Of good
yield Of tomatoes never better at this season
Of the year than they are at present. Though the
number Of planted Is less in this region than
Il was last year. there Il nothing TO indicate that
there will be n falling OF from the average yield
per acre. The consequence Of good crop will be
that the supply of raw material will be fully equal
TO the demand of the packing houses, thus making
the price little easier than Il has been for several
year,.
"The general price this season will probably be
abou, % cents for sixty-tw PoundS. Even this
will hardly allow packers here 90 compete with
those Of Now jersey, where tho contract price
this season has already been set at 2ls cents for
| sixty.two pounds.
1.-THE idea Of taking dollar or less per dozen
| for tomatoes the coming season, weighs very
heavily on the minds Of most Of our packers, and
Tue growers arc IN no better uutnOr NJ the pros.
pect of receiving Is cents or less for their new
stock. The effect Of the gloomy outlook IL to
suppress that energy and recklessness that char
acteriIes growers and packers alike in profit.
| able season.
'The most encouraging circumstance In con-
necton with the approaching season Is, that the
goods sold for future delivery Il hardly TO be men.
toned In comparison with that Of former years.
This assures US at least. tina, large portion Of
the coming pack is not already sold at loss, as
would be the case were they sold at present
prices.
acorn il not looking so we'll generally as toma-
toes. The destruction caused by the COOL wet
weather and the cut worms, has not been repaired
altogether by replanting. Tho fields look rag.
| ged, early and late corn arc mixed together, and
will give n great deal Of trouble when cutting
time comes. Considerable land prepared for corn
10 yet 10 be planted, having been kept back by
the recent rains. SO far the corn prospects are
very indefinite. nothing can DO said with Ger.
tainty as 90 the probable Weld. OF tomatoes. we
wight say the same. The character Of the weather
from now on will influence the results 10 both
cases almost entirely"