The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-06
A cooN WHIPS A Doc


at 10 o'clock" That was the invitation
received last week, to one of the fun
niest fights | ever saw. ! had Ions
wanted to see coon fight and that
accepted the invitation, goes without
saying. Laurel Hill is on Long Island
and is one of the spots intended by
nature for sporting events, being quiet
secluded and free from police The pit
was put up in a deserted dancing pavil
lion. For two weeks, as Smoke Hen
messy informed those who gathered tC
see the fight, he had been train.
ing his dog For the same
period Of time Reilly's coon has been en-
ioying all the good things of life and
growing hair They were pitted at mid
night, after a two hours sacred con-
cert" by country orchestra, consisting
/ Of a cOrnct, a violin, and a drum. The
dog was a pretty sight. He had been
/ trained well, and looked fresh and clean
cut The coon looked like ball Of fur,
with four stubby protuberances for legs,
and a sharp, black something that after
ward proved TO be his snout.
The dog opened the ball by thiusting
his nose into the raccoOn's back hair and
shaking him like a rat. Then the coon
easily turned up that black little snOut,
while lying on his hack, and opened IT,.
The lamp-lghts sh0ne yellow, and
showed two rows of sharp little white
teeth in that black snout for an instant,
and then Patsy howled and licked the
bite in his shoulder He was mad
and over and over he rolled the COON
trying 10 get a hold on his skin, but
prevented by the thick, wiry hair I'm
the second round Patsy had better luck
and caught Spider mapping. The coon
was on his back all curled up in a ball
lie threw out one paw, and Patsy, like
flash, caught it, and then began to syste-
matically chew IL into pulp. Spider
woke up and fastened his teeth i'm Patsy's
nose and away they went, rolling all over
the floor Of the pit, snarling and bowling.
Nineteen wounds were counted on diff
ferent portions Of Patsy's body when the
round ended, and he was in very bad
shape, while the coon was just as clipper
on three legs as he ever was on four. The
coon led the procession in the third and
last round by chewing q hole in Patsy's
neck, and that ended the fight. When
they took him away Patsy had his tail
between his legs, and be was looking at
the coon with frightened glances. Over
5000 changed hands
NEW YEARS SPORTS FOR GIRLS.
Now Yeas's Day was remarkable, not
only for It's mildness, but for the outdoor
sports that were engaged imports that
are synonymous with bright, balmy sum-
mer, singing birds, iced lemonade and
pretty girls shaded by parasols There
Were lots of pretty girls AT Prospect Park
on the lst, but they were in winter cos
tune The attraction was the first game
Of cricket ever played in winter in the |
open air Members of the good cricket /
clubs were in the field. and some good I.
scores were made, considering that they F.
were all out of practice 10 great eX- /
tent. The Sparten Harriers TOO had a I
paper chase on Staten Island. The /
hares ran out through the valley and |
over the river On the return. they laid /
The trail over some very thin, rotten ice,
and several of the hounds went through.
Within a few miles of the finish the
scent gave ont, and the trail boys were
sacrificed The run was a great success
md lasted nearly two hours. The hounds
ined up very close al the finish, and
here was no winner
PETE JACKSON, THE AUSTRALIAN TERROR.
] received letter from Monte Cutler,
If the Cheyenne Sun. to-day He SAYS
b The Kid has written me from San
Francisco, giving some interesting gossip
concerning Pete Jackson, the Australian
error, who whipped McAuliiTe He
avs Jackson is quiet. inoirensive young
nan an interesting talker, and very
right lie is in no sense a buffer, and
as made a host of friends. lie owned
he American Hotel in Sydney until re-
emily, and made considerable money
While "a Boniface, he married a white
woman, who is extremely handsome and
veil put together. Pete Is good locker
imself | do not think he has his equal
s a fighter, and in my opinion he is the
oming man."
In the window of a Park Place cigar
tore there is big, gaudy belt, made OF
IN and studded with bits OF colored
lass. There is a donkey in metal in
be centre, and altogether il looks what
really is-a fake belt Ii was gotten
p by the illustrated Meas, and viii be
resented 10 kilrain in case the proposed
latch with Sullivan falls through.
SULLIVAN ADvERTrsEs FOR KILRAIy.
Among the sluggers there are two in
resting topics of conversation this
eek. The funniest is Sulliyan's circu-
n advertising for Kilrain. The latter's [
lend, Mr. Allen, who put up the $1,000
the Clipper Office. is still absent, and c
D one knows who he is or where he
ime from, or where he has gone Sui
van could not find kilrain, and after
yeral Intellectual attempts 10 locate him
y wire, the following circular was got
n up by the champion.
Lost, Stolen, OF Led Astray,
One
John KilliOn,
Ails Jake Klrain, alias Fakey Jake.
Descriptions
He skipped away from Cleveland,
hiO, in company with one 'Chawley'
itchell, sharp Englishman who has
zen hippodroming through America
he lost man, when last seen, wore Eng n
81 tlolhts anu rIoht Win tpChutl
cent lie has a way of dropping his r,
s. which seems TO be unnatural Wire il
" information TO John L. Sullivan" n
Over the reading matter is a picture OF Fl
ilrain dressed in striped trousers, plaid d
at, and English ilag-waist coat A r,
wrists hat rests jauntily on the side of
5 head He has a mOnocle in his
e, dog collar around his throat
ID a big medal on his breast bearing ~,
c words Fake-l0G rounds-a draw -
is laughing AT the skit, and =,
view of the development of the very "
-ained relations existing between Rich 81
X. Fox and Kilrain and Mitchell, the q
z fighter is in anything but an enviable NJ
sition in the minds OF the sporting
bile
The trouble between the combination
that a Mr. Fox, il is said is very
-iOus, and the breech has widened TO
ch an extent that Jake Kilrain must
ddle his own canoe or 20 10 the
tom. The first intimation of any
'uble came in a dispatch from ST Louis,
itch said that Kilrain had come out in
~ strong and uncomplimentary terms