, 1884-11-22
HIS HATCHET.
Two Denver Sports Have a Strange
Adventure Here.
A Cook Serves a Fifty Dollar Game
Breakfast.
A Meal at Elltch's Which Broke
Up a Fight.

Game chickens have. according To the
peculiar utilitarian views Of some neonle
a value far bevond that of the honest
| Brahma. the merit and nersevering Rlack
| Spanish. or the majestic and ~altitndinous
| shanghai. while the farmers wife and the
dairyman generally look mon the agrees
| siye game rooster as a atriaine thing of
no earthly account. \ sentiment which not
ha bov in the ~neiebborbood would endorse.
Iexeent under commission
In nlaces where cooking mains conati-
tute ono Of the smusements Of the peo
ple. the vame varieties Of the fowl are
landed and valued bevond any price which
the fowls would command for industrial
purnosea and those who have witnessed
| anv of the exciting tiohts. which occur
nearly every Sunday in the Spanish
inhabited towns Of Southern California or
| Texas. need not be told why a well-bred
and vigorous game cock often sells for $50.
The sport has Broken out at various in
~tervals in various parts of the Union. and
| recently several very exciting fights have
been held in Colorado. A gentleman who
lives on the Platte. not far from Denver.
has been a successful breeder of game
fowls. and the chickens entered by him
| have invariably won at once a victory over
those pitted against them and the money
bet by those who backed other birds. 1t be-
came known to the Colorado sports that a
gentleman who lives not far from Chey-
enne had upon his ranch a
number of game chickens of pure
blood and that he had bred some excep-
~tionally fine birds. So il came about that
two of the Denverites determined to step
quietly away to this city, obtain a number
of the game birds, aud in the event that
the Cheyenne chickens succeeded in van
gushing the Denver ones, they had NO
doubt that they could retrieve their losses
and perhaps win large sums Of none
They came to this city and. after some
cautious inquiries, learned where was
located the ranch whereon the chickens
were bred.
Just how it all came about is not known.
h,t =, .ov rate tho Two gentlemen entered
Elitch's restaurant Yesterday morning and
aaer deno.it;ng = bsg behind the oyster
counter ordered their breakfast. Leav-
inc word that thew would return in a few
moments tbev denarted Among Other
tb;nrs they ordered fried chicken, Now
tbe cb;cLen YEAS cont IS the waters
would sav and 90 the second cook was
ordered 10 Instantly L;u and dress two
cb;okens for The osntIemen's breakf.st
The cook went n the coon. il was emntv
He was about n 90 10 The butchers for
tho chickens when he discovered a emmy
.acl under he counter which contained
. n.;r 81 6De vorng rooste,x To ON, al
ths;r boads md n;ck hem was the work
of a momepr and soon tho onnetis;ng
ordor ~ irving chicken nermeated El;tcbs;
Kitchen.
TIL gentlemen returnad nromntlv eor
their hre.tssst d;snatcbsd \ in evident
rel;sb and wb;le eating oeen conversed
in low tones about some business aF.ir in
which thew seemed 70 he interested
to the verge Of excitement.
.Just as the gentlemen had finished
their meal Mr.. Glitch entered and tool
b;a nlaca behind the cashiers desk The
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