The Red Cloud chief., 1886-04-30
The RED CLouD CHIEF
FRIDAY. P K 30. lsss.


~ S0SssDEsuSEs
There are a few students a. Harvard
college each wear. writes a correspond
ent of the New York Herald, whose
natural thirst for sport is not saiiated by
the tame and ordinary attractions oi
college rowing. baseball. football and
lawn tennis. They want something
more exciting. and to supply this want
some of the more wealthy students a
short time ago started 4 polo club and
won glory for themselves and their
ponies at Newport last summer. There
are other students more ven'uresomc
and reckless, whose longing for excite
ment can only be satisfied by sports Of
more bloody character. The resul. has
been tina; during the past few years
hard-gloye contest, and cOck-iigh.s have
not been Of inircqucnt occurrence in the
college rooms. Last winter there was a
brutal dog-fght in one Of the most
thickly inhabited Of the college domi-
Giles. SO secret have these affairs been
kept that probably not more than "A
dozen students have known OF them,
and during the past six only ore
Of them has leaked out and appeared in
print. 1t world mean immediate expu!-
sion for everyone concerned if the facul-
ty should get wind Of II of these con-
tests.
Tonight "A new feature was added 10
this course Of secret entertainments
given TO wealthy young Harvard bloods.
IL wac 4 rat-kiiiIng contest IN one @! the
most richly furnished parlors in TIE
finest OF the fine buildings Of the uniy-r-
silly \ wealthy western student OWNS
"a pretty black AMI tan dog who recently
has developed much skill IN killing rats.
y >hof time ago lac offered Ia bet a
feliOw-student that hi. pct could finish
fifty of the rodent, in thirty minutes.
The wager WAS accepted and 500 Il side
was put up the next day. A few friends
of the principals were let into the
secret. and it was estimated that fully
$1,000 changed hands on the result to-
night.
Early this evening The rats were
brought in Il box Ia Cambridge by "A
wcll-known rat-catchcr of the north end
of Boston, who also furnished Il laroc,
round pit. The room presented a queer
scene at about . O'Clock. when the sport
began. The clcga,.t furniture had been
piled mp p~romiscIoiI,ly on all sides Of
the room, and s;and.lg and sitting
upon it were twelve young men. the
Sons of some Of the wealtlncst families
in this state, New York, and the west.
They wore tiSir hats on the back of
their heads, were smoking cigarettes
and cXciiedly oflcrin" wagcrs on the re-
suit of the contest. The rats were biz
.,,ti i,tt.ny,-.r .,,,l tI.fr -.,,.,iy til. .,.l l
during the contest sent "a cold >h!vcr 4!
down the backs of ii. students. for fear
that the noise would attract the notice |
oi the college officers.
The dog was 90 put into the pit.
He l. a beautiful specimen OF the black
and tan. and weighed a triilc over ten
pounds. lie went II his victims vicious
j.. and after dispaiciing one of the
~squcaling bruteS would grab another
with li"hlning-lik rapid!ty. The hum
~ rats fought we'll, and often succeeded
in biting the dog. I'm Il short time he
was covered with blood, and at one
time, about twenty minutes after the be-
ginning of the contest, he showed signs
OF weakening. and il WAS feared by III,
hackers that he would have la he taken
out of the pit. Suddenly he made u
wonderful brace and went al his little
foes more viciously than ever The dog
killed the last rat ten seconds before his
allotted time was up.
The game little do wa, then taken
out. his wounds We're washed and
dressed and the dead rails and pit were
taken back 10 Boston by the rat-catcher.
The little black and tan Wa literally
covered with bites. but was apparently
in no danger OF dying from them.