The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-24
4 WEEKS "TrN" IN TIE GREAT Nj
TROP0LlS.
GAME FIGHTBETWEEN CHINESE
COCR-SPARROW VS..
HOW THE ALNOND-tYFD TANCY
AMUsE THEMSELVES.
A Battle 20 the Beath-Sulivan's rims
and Irospect.-Hass Bail Mat
transporting ews
0ud Note..
,spe:lal oone.ponaeneo Of tho rnrs1

/ friend of mine, who has q kuac1 Decu-
+ iarlv bis own OF DOsing out all sorts Of
queer things, ran across q strange night
the other night, and Immediately pro-
cceled 90 give me "a tip that was n-
straight AS the crow dies. To was n0tn
ing more on less than q Chinese sparrow
light. and the show WAS strange. eamev
and Oriental in every respect. u was q
novel experience for am American
standing in q crowd of paulily aftiIed
Cinnamon. listening to their chatter and
watching their game birds fighting with
more vic'ou-ness t1al le had ever seen
any game cocks fight in tle llycllcst kind
VI o main.
The pit was iu one of the many stores
That are 10 be seen I'm Mott street.-The
Lincse Quartcr-aud thence Wo pro-
ceedcd through the narrow street. Up O.
narrow stairway and into o. dark ano
/ ill.sme.iing hallway, thick W.tA the
pungeut odOrs of tine opium pipe, aud
tho peculiar smells that cmauatC from
the Chinese cuisine We crcpt Until O.
bland and solemn visagcd Monaghan
dressed in the regulation dress 0t blue
stopped rs. and with the utmost nom
chalence asked I'm tones that were oily
and unc0ncerncd " What want;'
"N Where's Liz inquired my friend
with tic familiarity bonn Of loug ac-
quaintance with the people whom ht
was among.
what want LILY" Him gone Belyllc
lestdav." and tbe fellow never sailed.
Lis card, which nay friend had in lis
pocket. changed Tie complexion of eff
...H f|... EI.w.NMnH .UHf|M# UU.| oil.
lowed me- 10 pass into q room tlat Wa.
iammcd fun of Clinomen. who were
gathered about half q dozen gor-e0gs
aitirei celestials NLo were more iupor-
tant looking than The others. and who
were being Piled With questions ln iAc
ragged, siu--sOng language o. iac tI0W-
cry Kingdom. Then ] was told 0V %
g00d-lO0blug young man, WHO had his
hair cut short, and Who wore American
clothes, that there Was going SO bc a
sparrow light, and ihat tbe important
looking men were The handlers oi the
birds. and principal hackers. The tili-
had been brought from China 20 san
Francisco, and from The Golden Gate io
Gotham, solely for The purpose oil hight
ing.
As the young man explained 10 me in
his peculiar pigeon English, tle birds alc
all owned by % company Of rich men, vino
take them 10 different parts of tAe world
from China, and fight them for The Ueuc-
tt Of their couutrymcn. They lsAt pee.
lectlv square, and make money ny clsrg
ing an admission fee tO each 0.tiie, and
betting Oh thcir own birds with tbe mau
whose birds they aIe pitiei against. 81
seems i0 Die run On just tAe same plan a
Che. migratory walking matches and
bicycle matches aIe.
After s. great deal OF discussion on the
part OF the hackers The l-ht Wa- an-
nounced. and the crowd fell btc<, making
a hollow square. la the centre q pt Was
erected, and fl pair OF long wicker has.
kets were brought in. Then TWO of The
handlers threw aside their blue silk
UlOuscs. took of their trousers and s1n-
dals, AID stood clad iu suits OF shin-ii.A t
silk. The wicker baskets contained tlc
" spsII0ws. which, by the way. are not
5parroWs 40 all, but O. species of pigeon.
smaller than the American bid and
heavier and more muscular The base
kels were lined with quilted silk
each bird bad q compartment al
TO itself. In e0ch basket lhele
were SIX compartments. Bach hondiei
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