New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-16
cIlMpSES OF CITY LIFE.
THE COCK-FIGHTS or TO-DAY.
rvpcus ACTIVE WAR AGAINST THEM.


,-,crsspryt IN suPPREssING THEN N|i'
"o' c,.rYyp-cocK -FIGHriNG MiLLIoNAikfs
.Tbers is not nearly so much coek-hsn''"ss y
,ha,e vas before our Society became 20 -, G
"a s,nar;ntendent Hankinson, OF hi' .do,cv
20. 90 . r.rp,,Sy reporter. There II "" .. e
=. uorou the cock-ightlng festivities =" mi
~ INIT they will be conductor
,atelv o. n,asible if at all. Iheio az -, them
training places in the city. we H%'. -roo,est Sc
,ra now conducted with tne sio"'
-, odnission being attainaoe o"S :; hock
- ;nvisation. The training Is "'" W or.
-ar,s or in the bsck-rooms OF s''oo"' - Len
n, orofessional trane rs, so lar d - own
49, tain their own ROSTERS lor 'ne" 49,
'"i''eS ond that of their c5toSe oil teiec'
.Is Tho same excusiveuess is practiSeu IL
go tbam. The Darkroom of corner sroceiS
:as.Ioetel or perhaps the poker am oiu'aro 'Uo"i
- s.oi,s j. converted into temporary
,,roe residents of Fifth and Madison ave-
80 occasions have converted their dnih e-iooni'
into ,its Tor the entertainment OIL 'hSir Ni'"'
c,ests The sleek butler and iiVetieu oo"'
will bring N the heaviest weight ro,ssoth bosts
they have med IN tee sta3es, uh;ctens on the
J;nirr rnon table and at II they co. lheS w .b;r
NAT GA ~ On the 70 sterS, which Is htt' erailv
Pd1t he butler aud the coachnau nenoi ~
credit reua', tba Il bt. Int It sometimes happens that
The yuests act as cock-f Ihters. ann prove w
noy,css OF course there IS colslderao'vyv wi -
for that il the zest of co k-lg ltius ;',.;nns Of
bovc alAec.nallv Suppressed puhlc eNh -
This kind il seems impossible 70 Stop IL S.s a,
We have no authority TO RAD private atIon o.
,,r,vots rooms nm less know that Nloa Iou ~
,ha Law - being committed. These pTlVate ,hot
natnees are conducted SO quletlS Anu SJy indi-
we can do nothing, and hear Oh 'n''n ''
rectly. o.,,. 20 he an ungovernable pas
sion VITA some persons we can 'Iiy v cnntrols
nnbc exhi .itions of it. just as the Jaw n,
pp,har v,~es The mania for co king ltlng y Hos
con lined 10 the Bowery or Lo1g lslaun eleihi;' tL
humanity As have said. II RACES az" ~
inSt ~ he millionaire. Some men OF culture,
who in other respects, EXHIBIT renneI nisto s'A
the great st delight III these cruel OK rivote
,n,ins One of the hest known, most genia any an.
no,nl1r Wail-st. spectators who IS a prVhl1'ns
,,n,lionsira and club man. is pas slonaely t"hu ~
cock-ighting. he has private mans az uLs wa 49,
s,ne country seat ~ New-JeTsey TO wuch, NE ~
yltes parties OF Jolly friends who deilght III tnis
tlnl of excitement and IN tbe eAoeilnhco va a..
III n,,,rhes and great variety OF dellcaces that
fhe nil lionaire sells before them during INC i"'o
,als ,stvrsen the e IN @ sts of the roosIers.
- one Island Is a favorite resort oi tle O" t
fighter aud she bru er. aud while TINS society has
done a great deal to suppress cooking maiu' ill.,
we nave not entirely succeeded because ulfie ote
~ many cut Of the way places tn'ie lha l ~ :, "'
terly mn ,ssiDle to fer eJolt such "a "le,snes,'
" h IA used is coo -hshlns IN tu,s .aiI
o,e not sl lorni1able as those used ~ Mexicu @tii
n listener Who had travel ed eXte slNeN III
The Mexican gails are longer, harper an upI'
ro.utaa There. the hg IL are quick u'cl''N''
Ito,dv aud cruel IN the extreme. sunday IL the
gre,t ,lay 'or mains. The pit Is i'm the centre 81
snurt lnd seats are arranged like the tiers ~ cur
Gus accommodating from hree hundred az iour hun
dred tn ID thousand people. 90 c!ul9e mere -
Iar-ruun a. jirpnt, with dHtE-"N"h Npahl-h WVhl'h
ms hat-mails and mattresses HE aiteihuoh - sr
lestsd -a that tho chnrchE eis can iron ~ "h ''iI
wev home | witnessed an Internal ,nhhl io'~','
Dispute at l'asu aei Nnttp recently " was lals''
attended h, the young hiuods uf VI la'o' leha1,
aud tho tisifipg strangers 10 that bpttri 'ilft ~
IA not tniV sifn Tot Apfipan 60 rfua7 ie 'nN"f'A
river fbtu letaa aitnf niAHt, aud " ah AN,'i',ti
guas nyui thn river afipt shutdown 90 WnnW " ~
Lest pnnnV luf him 10 keep snhni hhi h"i WIN
standing tbs latent 1 l-lreiihA thpf m'l 20
onn common pnok -hRAnns level, hrlh''n't
friendly On THIS 0ooaainn Tho i"oaiefa We're 'Hn.f
',lingo aud 'uIeasef. Grinen' IN d"ilAiNn
Mexio .n slang term tor American, ahd urel IA
about the Same spirit that We call MeAiHN
u nreaser. he Amer cans were hatuiah sue
peIous Of the daTk-nued nclghbnfai dhd lAi hi"H
that from us general $40 ana appearance w" MA
can roo sier would whip the Amor can blfd' lAeS
bel On tue MeXican rooster, and nnaly EaNe sIeAt
odds The AleXicans stdked AL the money my uau
on the American bird aud borrowed what their 10
male FIR ends had not a.rea1y BIT bui, aocoiuIns
In the MEXICAN programme the American Rooster
was vIotoricus After being ganed tho hlsl tuic
the Mexican bird struck his celors aud ran out OI
the plt anlId the shouts of the winning SOUS %
Montezuma. The bankrupt Americans cohtluuol
that the Mexicaus were keener than tley looAou ~
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