The San Francisco call., 1899-04-02

F. PARIS. April j. -Book kmakers. having
been: busted. from racecourses, exu1t.i in
the prospect OF having fresh field, of
operations IN the. shape or cockfghts.
There Isl some. doubt whether. the: sport
can be revived in Paris, as the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to: Ami
mails has been. working. 1atHly;: It is '5al-
ways. pleasant to hear that.some. one is
working; particularly this most respec-
table society. . This time it's we'll
groofned functionaries have gpne .on
the. warpath. over cockhghts.:
;: You can'tflght gan1eoocks,''. cries
the: secretary of the society, and In
Yokes. the GraInmont. law. passed on
July q. 1850. which punished with. fines
of: 5 francs TO Is francs, and even Inn
.prisonlnent for five days, "all games
which lead to. the death or mutilation of
animals" =: .:
: This law pat stop to cock fighting
In. Paris in 1859. However, Nine de
Wailly the little leading GoqueIin, as
fanciers styled her.. declares that pros
pect1ve contests will certainly come off.
Nine. de: Waifly has been invited to di-
rect fights. She said: Let the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
animals be reassured. We don't intend
TO harm the cocks; they will fight with
their own spurs The rules provide
that the cock which downs his oppo-
nent, the latter offerin@ no. resistance
for two minutes, viii be declared the
winner. Thus ii is Quite possible for. a
fight TO be bloodless. = 60
A private exhibition was given on
Thursday at midnight at the Casino de
Paris, Only bearers of letters of invi-
tation were admitted, and. the audience
was virtually as is seen at a fashion
able premiere. This class of people, es-
'pecially ladies', are not exactly the, ones
TO enjoy a cocktight, as the result
showed A storm of Kisses burst forth
when one poor cock was lin progress of
being pecked by the victor for the regu-
larion two minutes. There was: alto
gether three mills. the last of which,
with steel spurs. proved furious and
deadly.
,cockfighting is not llkely:to be more
Of. g. success than the parody Of hull
lights which. gored : Parisians some
eight. years ago. but the betting ifl-
Stinct, driven from billiard-rooms-.. and
other exhibitions of skill or hazard.
may find in cockdghtIng a welcome
from the eternal war mutual and bring
back, n grist To the bookmakpg com
hinatiQn: .aCQckfighting suggests the
new 20-franc piece, the first specimens
efwhich have just been Issued from the
mint, and which bear on one siGe:t the
representation of a most. aggressiye
rooster This coin caused a -fight'in the
Gilanbef. for a Socialist" Deputy OBJ
jeeted to the retention sef the legend,
.fDteli Protege Ia" France: which has
figured ION enc edge eff. 2G-franc.. pieces
SINCE. the days of. the first Consult, ex-
cept when under the Bourbons the
King. nsurped the place Of France.
: The Minister of. Finance thought that
a: A::freethlnlSer had To. defend the fait
aecoInpll,. and in .:pronf that religion
lille Gifted the; Inscription. SIN God We
!Tfllsi;";:on coins of the: United States.
The Socialists motion was. reelected, but
he: got his little ;adyertisement:e cheap,
iar lie does not carry his :prihctpfes so
fir ais: not TO draW his SALARY in money
bearing the ;obn6Nions lnscriptiom -