The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-23
A BRUTAL PERFORMANCE.
The Peace and Dignity Of the
County Disturbed
BY A SUNDAY DOG FIGHT
Near Elm Groye-Two Brutes Fight
Each other for Two Hours While
u Howlipg Gang Encourages
Them to do BloodIer Work.


Between the hours Of 9 and 8 o'clock
yesterday morning, there was fought in
Iriadelphia district, this county, q dog
fight that was witnessed by 'a'ehoice
collection of toughs, gamblers and
crooked people generally, number
ing about seyenty'fye, The fight
was between a brindle owned by
Ike Smith, a colOred celebrity Of
this city and pure white dog, in which
several Elm Grove people are interested.
1t was scratch fight at thirty'elght
pounds, give or take two pounds, for a
purse Of $50 a side, and was won by the
Elm Grove brute, the brindle turning
tail and refusing to go forward on the
scratch,
half a mile back OF the County ln'
Urinary at Elm Grove, and was a
brutal and disgusting spectacle. Dur
ing Its progress there was q con-
slant accomplishments Of profanity that
fairly made the air blue. This was large
ly.caused by q young man who was APP
pointed 10 keep back the crowd and see
that the dogs had u fair show. He first
ranged everybody except those who
were handling the dogs and were to
Judge the fight, along fence
Ia another field from that
in which the dogs were to eight, Had
everyone stayed behind that fence every
one could have'seen the fight, but atthe
fist scratch fully tw0thirds Of the crowd
Jumped the fence aud crowded around
The dogs, while others stood and Cussed,
The young man referred to was not slow
10 act, Picking up horse whip he
rushed 10 aud lay about him right and
left, YeIla and imprecations Allied the
air as that whip went swish, swish, rails
Ing wells on arms, legs and backs,
cutting diCer hats aud causing smart
| Ing pain wherever 1t hit, One man
lhsd the tip OF the lash snap
him on tho eur and in a second the
blood was pouring from o deep cut while
the ear swelled to almost twice its nat
ural size. The young man had mis-
sion to perform and he fulfilled II. For
the two hours those dogs fought his
whip was neveridle, but beyond cursing
him up and down no one interiered
with him.
On the first scratch 1t was 20 minutes
before the dogs were parted on the sec
ond, 81 MINUS; on the third, q min.
utes, 10 seconds; on the fourth, l2 min
utes, % seconds; on the fifth, o. min
utes; on the sixth 20 minutes, 5 seconds;
and on the seventh, minutes,
The brindle was the Oldest dog
and was reported to have had the most
experience; the Elm Grove dog was the
taller OF the two and was very game.
The brindle had the intelligence to go
for good holds, but ouce he had them he
had not the staying qualities to keep his
grip. In weight the dogs were about the
same, aud they received about
equal punishment. The white
dog should have been given
the fight In the third round the man
handling the brindle having fouled the
scratch very plainly, Again In the sixth
he fouled. and in the seventh the white
was forced to scratch when it was the
brindle's turn. The btindle had
the most friends, but despite that
and the fact that the white dog got the
worst OF all the fouliug and was further
handicapped by having q handler who
did not know his business, the brindle
had not tho bottom TO eight to q
finish. The cheers that the Elm
Grove contingent lot out could
have been heard mile. The fight was
to have taken place at 4 q. M. at Kim.
minis hall, but baCkwardness on the
part OF Smiths hacker, well known sa-
Ioonist, TO come up with the second SIS,
delayed things till daylight