Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-03

80 +, tbe eransnligrasion of souls, are
.,,,oe ouuouents Of tbess sports, BAT
the vorna rasn In China patrcaIzs
,hsu, extensively. In every great sssy.
,-,,.n Il Canton. Foo Chow, Pekin aud
Ka-Inng. hers are hundreds Of sport,
ms men VITO make their hving if'fa
thFsG events. ,.
Pighting Turtles are % two CLOSES
s,ther the rpud OF snsppfng turtle. lnsy
1rs caneht aud regularly tfAinesa' lHsy
ag0 fed with Ya~ Taeat and drug tAAt
oa,reauonds With the $ Bo@o 81 le4a7'
n six month"; the tnrtle baeofnes s89 age
and uoiy, aud wlil light ard s'se &c sLe
H.aalIsss pn0vOeation- 10 ifefna%e ~
beIlieoee powers tie avs ana r'san are
carefully flied and sz4nd-FaDsred uBtil
u.s. meath ~ made almosf into q series
of razors and needles EAcH 9a5 ~
trainer tesses il s1th cotton and WoasS
untiI il ia excited into a T@ffeot ifsbIy
and bites the trailing INSTRUMENTS lnso
-n,.lI fragfasuts. Six months training
80 Il II, syo,ya fighting condition Both
vsrv vosuQ aud old Turtles are vaineiess.
A middle aged tartls that ia. che 81
seyen or eight years IL abe best. When
the fIoht comes Of the Turtles have been
starved and leased fer 4 seek, and are
AZ uoly "a can lie imagined. k.sch Y
handled by liz own trainer, and IL tesssi
and tickIed until i. ~ 10 q violent rage.
m h then placed il 4 ANAL ring WITH It's
Antagonist, and tie fan baains. The
Agbt ia always 20 .he death. throat
hold means VIetoxY. Generally tue legs
ars the main poinis Of attack, aud oft
en- both reptiles vii lose forsleG in The
arst round. Their vitality II 20 great
thai after a head ~ almost sittSH on u
will thru and seize a leg or tail and
bite a. if nothing had happened These
fights last from otIe % ten hours, and
are always largely attended by men
and boys.
In the western provinces Wildcats are
,tuita eommpu. They resemble the
hmerican wildcat, bnt are larger and
aefcer. They are usually caught when
Young. and are brought up 50 ss TO do.
yeIop their fighting qualities. good
commentary upon their training - their
market yalae. When kittens they bring
about one ta,sl ff1t0l; AZ one year they
are worth four thels and at two and a
half they command from ten 10 twenty.
They arc matched against their own
arjeoies. and at times against dogs OF
about the same general tyPe as our
bull tsrriers. The fight Is bio~dy and
horrible.
In some cities the contest is made
more exciting and terrible by putting
metal studded oslhns around the nesks
OF The two eats. The fight Is then re
solved into q matter Of endurance, and
frequently lasts five hours. When a
wildcat in matched against ball tsrrisr,
the result IL very uncertain. II the dog
catches the cat by the nose, throat or
leg, De usually wins. But II the cat
gets on bis back, which is often the case
the dog has hopeless hekft. After re-
psated attempts Il, dislodee his foe, he
succumbs from loss OF blood and abso-
Ints fatigue.
Coeh fiphtina in China resembles that
In tho United States. The rules are
alleue the same, but the gals are often
more deadly. Instend of representing
the normal shape Of the birds wesp0n,
they are made with two or three points
and with edges like razors. Under suea
oirenmsianoss 6lIhs is frequently de
terinined in a few minutes. Ia Pc Che
Ia the beak u sometimes shod with
pointed steel, and NJ gals are employed.
Unless the eye or shfoAt IL struck the
fiaht In long aud mtlnotonops the birds
being covered with blosd IN two lsin-
utaa. They are alto stimulated 60 ia
creased effort by bsing fed with grain
soaked In no ma dli-o, q liquor CORES.
bonding 90 whisky. Fighting or gaIEe
cocks are valuable IN China, and have
been bred for generations. Those Of
Foo.Chow are the most valuable. and
possess few qualities save those OF great
beauty and reckless courage. Ia price
they range from half taai seventy
eenss1 TO fifty taeis or seventy dollars,
according TO the strain from which
they come. The best have Eledigreea
ienger than those Of our great horses
and dogs.
Male rats are very puRnseions, espe-
eialIy In the spring. They are lightly
fed during the winter months, and with
raw meats and fisllbones. In March
and April they are In lighting condition.
and. with little excitement, beeoule
very ferocions. They ara usually fought
in a small ring, net more than three
feet In diameter. These tights are short
sharp. seldom lasting more than twenty
minutes. Each tries to catch thu other
on the thr ont. Just behind the ear,
and, when one succteds, death speedily
follows.
These rats are also fought against
doge ard cats. GENERALLY these con-
bats are uninteresiing, the rat having
an instructive feu of both OF these
animala. Az simte, however, whsn
well trained, they show slRh, and often
have been known 10 hill the lnekless
cat or doR that Is put into the plt TO
hght them.
Quails. strange 10 say, ara also good
fighters. In the spring and fall they
develop pagilktin instinct altogether
interesting. They fight with beAk, wing
and elaw. The Chinese sport sharpens
the beak 10 needle point, trims the
wins and wing feathers until they are a
series of needles, ard works the claws
into sinailax aharpnsss. In these tights
the hen quail Is ueeer used. They are
good-natured and aheetiaaate. The
cook, however, IL very bcliieose. and
strihes out until he is dead or disabled.
He differs fr,pm the gameeoak IN his
style of work. Two cocks stand ap,
peck, dodge and GaH. and then endeavar
each 10 strike the sther with the trim
med wings. saeisessfsi blow means
temporary binding and consequent
victory fer the happy striker. some
timeM. especially when women are prss
ent, the beAh and claws are bluntst,
and hlooilesm fight results 10 such a
ease endurance aud plack are tho deter
mining factors, and long and very
funny struegia h the consequences. Ere.
quetltly these " soft glove fghts, IL
the term may he allowed. will keep ca
for hours, and the two birds will drop
down At The end froin sheer fatigue,
1920
TINS CANADIAN AairkruR Louis Riel
u an Indian half breed and has an ia
tereEtia9 history, s'hiAo bis influence
arnona his peslple h great. Besides be.
ina an eduuatsld mals-he wa educated
for tee rfiesthoOd--;ae IL = brilliant ard
intellectual eonversationAlixt. Risl firss
came Into prpminstice outside his pea,
pie by iha leadership Of the He'd river
bali, breeds In their inenFrepsion against
TIE DoFainic0 Goternment IN iSia,
whaeh IL known as the Red River Rebel
lion, and which the then Col. Wolseiey
new Gen. Wolesiey, 4he British general.
put qulesus on. Riel, and q few III
bis followers made their eScape into
Montana, despite toe taaxsa asalle 10
csptere him 20 ohsain the snagnisic~u&
reward oaeFed hy ths poanaaiSsa Gov.
ernnleat for his bead. and has sinsa
been eiti1an of the uaitea Ssat@s
Previous % the insusTeotian Riel. on TIE
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