The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-13
COCK FIGHTER GRUB
Republican Candidate for Gov
ernor of jersey.
FAMOUS sscsER or GAME BIRDS.
Th~ General an Expert Ia Adjusting the
ssssI Gz@s snf shsEseis anTs-~
sam IN Breeding.
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u TIE sness knd q tstsse. 20 TIA. when
sAs dAy 81 TIC ganae dEwns--the second
Tuesday IN Fentsr-sfeneraA dFFgbD
hop~~ 70 ey Get u TIE ~ sinner and
perch On ;he New Jersey Fooss u state.
wAeTe be uAy croe fer uasns Months
Gasre.t AGgustgs HOBART. chairman O the
Eepgaasc4a state COMMITTEES. Is handling
sss supply Of corn ard cats ard barley n
such Enc. skEfEl Say that noEe Of tie
sc9en grains may 20 - waste. Every
handful Of tue yellow corn is exported 10
ne protective u ssizny votes. ard votes are
the kind u haoxs ina, viii win the main
General Grubb 8. gong into this time.
Fighting 30 Utica! battles il not 50 Old
sport slfh General Gruob a. the fighting Of
feaiheFea iaaisls ia The cushioned pft. Ills
strain 81 gamecocks has for years been re-
p1tesI tAs oest IN the Middle states. and his
skill ia breeding and fighting gamecocks IS
famous throughout aA this part u the
world. An OIL cock-Eghter said - the
writer recently. All this talk abouI Sen
eral Grub being a sport and and cock
fighter ain's going - hurt him hit lies
got plenty Of sporting blood and the good
people Will &c with him. There many
sporting rnsn viii vote for Grnbb because he
h a cock-fightsr, and 3 good one ard not
afrAid to back his birds wIth hundreds Of
good hard dollars. How Is il going 10 do
him Any harni2 There many worse men
than cock ii ghsers and dog-hghters in this
world aud I'd give good deal to see
real thoroughbred sporting man governor
OF this state.
General Edward Burd Gruhb, Ike most
men with fondness for sports, is hand
some and vel put together physically. lie
is about six feet high. possibly a shade less.
and OF solidiy kit though not noticeably
muscular figure. He has the agility ard
lonF reaeh that would make him no mean
antagonist with the gloves. aud although
his hair and long Dundreary whiskers are
literally sprinkled with gray. he looks
hardly a dag over 90. The best photo
graphs ~ him DO him scant justice They
make him appear simply beautiful and
convey little OF the earnestness 81 his face
He has broad. high brow. he
decked with involuted bangs, after the best
manner OF George William Curtis. a line
Roman nose-aud firm chin His eyes are
hazel, shaded with gray. and bis manner is
cordially Iersoni1ed. The Philadelphia
editor who cruelty accused General Grub
the other day 81 wearing ragged side whisk-
ers wronged him deeply. They are long
and luxurient. but are "a carefully trim
med as the watiles OF his famous black
backie fighting cocks. Ii may be well TO
set down here. for the benefit OF ali future
historians. that General Grlbb does not ar
range his name ia las present form because
he ~ an anglo maniac or dude. His best
friends explain that he writes 1t r. Burd
Sfubb To distinguish himself from his
iather, who really was r. Burd Grub, Sr,
hnt wrote II plain Edward T. Grubb
1t is now some thirty-hye years since
General Grub began "a raise and fight
game chickens. He was not general then.
only plain boy. bat that love of gameness
and good fighting qualities which has al
ways distinguished him impelled him TO
10 get hold OF the best birds he could aud
Fight and cultivate their progeny. His sue
cess nj the sport Is proyerb among New
Jersey sporting men. OF late years the
general has fought bat few mains. and his
birds have generally been beaten. Old
sports say this is because his fowl have
aeteriorated from lnbreeding They sun
preserve the gameness and cleyerness
which distinguished their ancestors, but
they have lost that muscular and staying
power that used TO make brilliant the fame
OF Gruhh's Strain" Experts say that
after the second Tuesday Of next Novem.
her General Grub will spend more time
In improving his game chickens. and that
the devotion Of his ample leisure TO this
pursuit will certainly show great results in
The PIT within a few seasons.
Edgewater Is the name Of a pretty little
village that nestles or the south bank of
the Delaware. where that river makes
broad turn some sixteen miles southeast Of
Philadelphia General Cruhb's home Ia
the pride of rdgewaier aud fine race Of
hlack-hackle and white-hackle game chick
ems are the pride Of General Gruhh's heart.
Il have always admired gameness wherey-
or | met IT," he said 10 a friend the other
day. Il Ike 10 see q game man. ol a game
horse. or game bird. I suppose | will
always have few of the chickens about
the place" The fowls run about The lawn
and brighten the dark green background
Of the spFuees and pines with splashss 81
red and now aud then brass back or a
CLINT Of spangle teatherins A long. wind
ing drive leads from the main road throogh
many trees and tasteful flower. bed, In
General GFubhs house. This is lsng snd
ios, with many gables. Its color i, the
darkcs; red. set of with lrg-black ofna.
mcnts II sogae southern New Jersey fairy
could. with a stroke 81 the wand transform
a high stationed. hlack.red gAnecock into
n well-appointed wooden house. the color
ing would be Ike thss.
4 score II birds ran about the Lawn.
brosd-shoaldsred high stationed old hIaca-
hackie oock Is az the bead ~ the family.
lie Is the winner Of half dozcn bloody
battles and of thousands II dollars. He
straits NJ abe head az his humble and sd.
mifine train oi hens with al the airs of
oonqaerer. lie swaEgers with all the asSur-
hnee az s,uc..ur af Du;t. Ills ewes are
bright red }'esas let a strange rork crow
near by and yea viA scc them Hash ke
coats sHducn'v Naen upon Th,s birds
Comb sus Natiles are shu~a cla.e e. the
Kali. Ana h.> head reminds vou far, INIv at
= loHs cpaira. Fa.Hse.i rsr-hau l. Is a
savage aeAa sod a carries s. -oo. schcmiur
bfaiu ia battle a ars.- tast has never VET
ihnobbs3 UIih defeat The srur~ have
teen vut down - etHhs. S., thar tha >sest
eafts NAY 20 snug.y r.te5 over them Th.s
blus 80 the trsba .trss iosk> almost
t5ack as a i5stle distance d t-sa s5f..f
t-east is hssck ami tae hstkic chat festa-
efv saaws thst fals gracefully ab-,a. ft.
aee&. 81 eo DARK a fed thsl s., t1o >a~.~..
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a. asat air he has. ih.s xaa.rtask voa.s
- breathing tseas @, strength. ,oa-sas
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