Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-11
SPORTING EVENTS.

Bloody Dog Fight Yesterday Afternoon
Cooking Main i'm the Evening-Coming
Events.
About sixteen carriage loads of local
sports retired yesterday afternoon TO Sc
cluded spot about six miles out of town TO
enjoy day of fun. Tey arrived at their
destination about $50 and found things well
prepared for their reception. The main
floor OF a large barn had been cleared and
swept, and about the center was an arena
about which were arranged a dozen rude
benches. They had brought along keg of
Ceer, and as the liquor flowed freely the crowd
was soon in high spirits. The great event
of the day was dog fight which has been
the principal topic of conversation in local
sporting circles for the past two weeks.
Both dogs are owned in this city. NJim."
pure white bull terrier. weighing thirty
five pounds, is rather sluggish phlegmatic
beast, whose tactics are mostly defensive,
and whose success lies in his ability to tight
for hours without exhaustion. The other
dog, Jack" bride bull. weighing thirty
one ponnds, is muscular, nervy little beast
full of life and fire and agile as deer.
Both are of short pedigree, and lack the
purity of blood to make them game to the
finish. Everything was in readiness for the
fight by O'Clock and the two animals were
turned loose for a regular rough and tumble
fight. They went at ii hammer and tOngs
at first and showed from the first dash lack
of necessary training. Jack" did most of
the fighting, his heavier antagonist seldom
making a severe effort, except to get loose
when he was uncomfortably pinched. The
hitting was all on the sides, neck and back,
not a single nose or ear hold being secured
by either dog during the whole tight. The
thing dragged along for fully an hour,
when the smaller dog gave up and quit
from sheer exhaustion. Neither was seri
Ously hurt, though both were considerably
cut and bloody about the neck, sides and
hams. About S1O0 changed hands on the fight
Several chickens had been brought along
put one of the owners backed out and no
further matches could be made. In want of
better to do, the gang amused
by shooting craps" and pitch
iozen London sports along who had to be
amused in some way. Therefore, after the
,rowd returned to town. they arranged for a
COCK FIGHT IN THE EVENING.
Some time last evening. after ! O'Clock, |
several of the sports who attended the dog
light earlier in the evening, went to another
,art of town afterwards to take in chicken
ight which was conducted on a rather /
mall scale. The fight occurred in cellar
n the center of town, and was attended by
bout twenty-five or thirty of the stsunch
st and most loyal of the ''Y NJ. c. +. A"
Sot great amount of money changed
lands. as most everybody dropped what
'oodle they possessed at the dog fight ear
ier in the evening. The whole thing was
ver by IL o'clock and everybody left as
ruietly as they had come, and that. too, in
rather disguised manner. II is quietly
that the boys are having these
ocal scraps" with the intention of finding
he champion of Springfield to match
gainst champions of other towns at kind
f a Central Ohio meet, :" to come off at a
own not forty miles from this city, within
he next few months,
COMING EVENTS.
The London sports who were here yester-
ay made arrangements with one of the
pringield crowd, who owns fine lot of
hickens. for an extensive cooking main to
Ike place in London within the next two
'eeks. Each party will put eight or ten !
hiekens into the pit for $50 a fight and
200 on the odd match.
Arrangements are being quietly made
lr scrapping match of great interest
etween two champion city sluggers of
reat local fame TO come of next week near
ne city. The contest will be fought with
ght gloves, Marquis of Queensbury rules,
1r 500 side The public are not cor
tally invited to the affair and it is not a
.heme TO draw money