Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-24
the season in matches that are practi-

OF course little care is taken to
throw the officers of the scent OF such
an event. If they oon't happen 10 be men
OF taste, who would rather turn up their
coat-collars and look on at the sport than
interfere with It, But, as n rule, the
patrons OF cock-fghting are among the
most genteel Of sportsmen. intelligent
enough to keep their mouths shut about
things that are TO come of, sufficiently
wideawske to get to the place Of meet
ing without calling the attention OF the
police. and capable of self-contr0l ade-
qnate to keep them quiet when the sport
Is gong Ols, however exciting IL may be.
Considered as cock fighters | should
say that crowd nided recently at Harry
Hills Flushing place was rather low
down lot or they never would have let
the knowledge of the affair leak out IN
advance to tue 5. L. G. A.
SIX THOUSAND GANg-CoCEs.
AT the lowest estimate there are
5000 ganie-cocks pi,tei IN battles every
winter night IN and around Now York.
In fact, | guess the number would be
nearer - 1000. That represents at least
half million dollars, for good, we'll
trained carne-coCks OF choice strains
arc well worth 800 each, and one
that is worth betting on at all can
hardly be called less than $50 in value.
But say there are. only GOO chickens
fought worth $50 each $500, 900 isn't IA
financial interest 10 be sneezed a. IL
makes business for great many breed
ors over IA New Jersey, on Long Island,
IN Connecticut. up ABOUT Syracuse, and
even as far away as Canada. raising
pame-cocks TO supply New York IN tho
fighting season. And New York, too is
a central point OF supply for otner parts
OF the country. lOu might imagine
naturally that kentucky would raise her
own gsme-cocks. bat | have GENT away
many An one out there when matches
were made for big money. 1t is all
question Of the strain Of birds, you see.
GAME-CHICKENs.
" 4 man wants something that he has
confidence in when he Is going to put
up large money, and if he thinks my
Red DOminlcks are able to clean out the
local crowd he's gong to have them,
even if he does have 10 send a thousand
miles or more to get them 1t must not
be supposed that money invested IN a
bird only lasts rs an investment for one
battle That depends on the bird.
There is cock that has fought seven !
battles this winter, and as you Sc has !
not 4 scratch upon him. lie has killed |
his bird every time before getting even |
touch aui today is fit TO fight for
mans life. have had BIRDS fight |
dozen battles and win them all, without |
over getting hurt one that have now |
at my place in the country has done that.
never match him unless there Is money |
enough mp 30 make It worth While, bat |
when there is be goes in AMI Wins it for |
Inc.
DIsGUsrFD WITH PRIZE-FIGHT5 AND HORSE |
EACrG.
"Do you, ." asked the game-cock ex-
pert, "teae as much interest IN other |
animal combats as you do in chicken !
disputes say in dog fighting for in
stance p"
no" lie replied in tone Of disgust,
dog-fghts are low, brutal, vulgar.
They make me SICK,
Give got no use for prize fighters !
don't value 'em penny pound. Not |
one of them has the clean grit Of game
chicken. A prize-fghter will haggle |
over a pound weight and run from
club: but game-cock will fight an eie-
phant and die fighting. "
"Are you fond of hOrse-racing
ono. Don't care for il. I've got an
idea that if man becomes addicted to
horse-racing be had better seize the first
opportunity when he's flush to lay in
kit Of burglars tools. Some day he'll
need them. and after a hOrse-racing
education will be none too good to use
them.
MILLIONS CHANGING HANDS.
"Have you any idea how much money
changes hands on cOck-fghts ia New
York during the winter"
"lmposslblo 10 guess. 1t wouldn't
surprise me 10 know that it was two or
three millions. I've seen from $1,000
10 $1,000 change hands in the course OF
night ut the sport many a time, but
Won must not think it all went one way.
4 man may bet very heavily on sue
cessiOn of matches. AMI at the heel OF
the evening only be in or ont what he
staked on the last or odd battle, having
Just stood even in his bets on the
others. In that way the amount OF money
actually lost or won by an individual at
the end Of the season-unless he has had
remarkable luck. good or bad may he
remarkably small, though his betting
NAV have been uniformly heavy. What
ever his fortune may have been, he has
the satisfaction Of knowing that he came
by il honestly, for You cant get game
cocks to agree TO any of the dirty trick
cry common to the prize-ring and the
race-track.
TIE TRAINING SEASON.
The beginning of tho active training
season this year is rather later than
usual and when one comes to think of
it there is not great deal OF time IN
which to prepare horses for their early
sprinQ engacements. The opening OF
the regular eastern season takes place at
Washington on April oath, and that is
practically only month OIL.
THE SUBURBAN.
What is being done about the Su-
burban JIG question that everybody
who takes an interest III early spring
racing will ask. have heard reports
from every book in the country that lays
against tins great spring race, but there
has not as vet been any demonstration
in behalf OF any animals beyond Badge
and Terra Gotta. About the former |
spoke last week, because | know posi-
lively that, barring an accident, he will
TOO certain starter. As soon rs books
we're opened in st. Louis his part owner
took the odds of p to TO the full limit
of each book, one being a $5, 600 and
the other $4,000 enterprise Terra
Gotta was also backed to the full limit in
two books by his owner, George Hank
ins, and thus he may be regarded as a