Arizona republican., 1898-11-20
AT MINAs pRIETAS CAMP.
The Miners Put Up Their Money ol
 Favorite Dogs.

The Miners Put Up Their Money ol Favorite Dogs.
 The dog fight in Mexico, or in some
 parts Of the republic, works a greater
 interest than bull fighting or cock
 fghts. In the big gold camp of Minas
 Prietas in the state Of Sonora dog
 fights are frequently held and the
 event is always attended with the i greatest interest. Money is put up
 generously by the miners, and as the
 fight progresses the noise Of the men increases. and when the end of the
 fight between tise dogs comes there in-
 variably follows 2 number of side at ! fractions in which the owners Of the
 dogs and others engage in a free hand
 fight. Sunday afternoon is usually chosen for this sport in Mexico A de-
 scriptiCn Of the last contest Of this
 kind which occurred last Sunday at Mi
 mas Prietas camp will be interesting to people who have never attended a dog
 fight. La Colorado, where the fight toCk place, is 9 quarter Of a mile from
 GIiras Prietas, and is also a gold camp
 Cf great Importance in Sonora. The
 dogs were well trained bull dogs and
 were backed respectively by the Anna
 rill2s gang and the 'tCreston crowd"
 Each side possessed great confidence in
 their dog ard considerable money was
 put up in side bsts. The main stakes
 were S100 a side.
 There was considerable argument
 over the rules, but finally the referee
 was instructed that after the dogs had
 taken hold they were not to be mOleSt-
 ed until both had let go, *7hen he was
 to order the dogs taken up and given
 enc minute to sponge of or wash. At .t1, co1 lnc a . 3j n
 be set at the scratch to resume fight ing Tn case either of the dogs turned
 away from the scratch and wouldn't fight the stakes were to be awarded to tle ether.
 The fight came eff in the ring of cock pit, where chicken disputes are freGueEtly conducted When the dogs and invited guests entered the inclos- ura it was already filled with small boys and pel2dcs, while the. roofs of the surrounding buildings were crowd cd with spectators. mary fair senOritas and dignifed senoras seeking that coign of vantage to view the alleged favorite sport Of los AmeTicanos," who affect to look wi:h disdain upon q bull fight as brutal. in order to make room for the invited guests everybody was invited outside and the doors closed. Then waen the dogs had been washed and all rreliminaries arranged those invited were admitted.
 l. was quarter after four o'clock to a second when the dogs were taken up to the scratch and let loose at each other. They both went at the work with eagerness, and for a period Of twenty-two minutes there was one of the most interesting and exciting ca nine contests ever witnessed. At the | Oe hot 1 S and the dogs were picked up and taken | to their corners. When tina was called i they were again taken to the scratch | and. at the first onslaught the Amaril- l las dog bolted across the intervening | distance. This bout lasted ten minutes | Each dog had the other by the nose or the throat several times. The Anna rillas dog got the other by the foreleg | several times also, chewing both of those limbs so they were Er5Tty badly injured. At this the Amarillas crowd, which had been doing all the offering to bet became very confident, and free ly offered odds Of five to four upon their dog. One particularly enthusias- tic champion, a young man about seven feet in height, with his altitude great ly increased by standing upon coal oil box, franticaIly brandished hand ful of bills. declaring ''here is all kinds of money to bet upon Nick" Before any enc could taka the bet the box turned under his feet and lie measured his length upon the ground. At the end Of ten minutes in the second bout he dogs had let go from sheer eXhRus- ion and were ',aken to their corners. When time was called they were taken Q 9lle scratch again, but .1.:haY Wolid Ght-2lcr Woaid .Hher tlIn away. They stood .z,d looked 2, each other iEdlf- -elently for Q minute and were again 5a1en to their corners, and fer fully ,hree-uuarters Of an hour futile at .eunpts were made to make them fight. The AmaTillas dng would cross the .cratch and SC toward the other dog, 1u- wouldn't take hold of him. At ,Ee time he passed his antagonist and ur1ed and faced hir7 from the rear ut thc CrastGp Gqg never moved nor flrch-d. nof did Ire AnlariHa5 dcg : urp2 bi.a rom behind, as it WAS horgLt ne intendcd doing. Several mes the referee was asked for a de .isior. but that official held that there gas 10 decision to De given, as. neither log had turned away from the scratch. einally aft.r half an hour of that kind f effort the adbera1jz Of the Crest0n .og asked for T decision ard under the ulcs the igh. was declared a draw, the takes ard bets were drawn down and he dogs ta}z5n home.
 On the whole the affair was conduct d satisfactorily to all concerned and was correct and orderly.