The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-02
Utah Chicken Fighters Chal-
lenge Montana.
NORTHUMBERLAND
DAILY BIRDS TOO LIGHT FOR
BATTLE
Local Cocks and Stays Have Been
Bred to More Weight Than Others
and Would As a Consequence
Have the Better of the Argument
Many Breeds Here.

The game chicken fanciers of Salt
Lake have challenged to a big cooking
main the owners of the best chickens
/ in Montana, those of Marcus Days
/ famous Bitter Root ranch. 4 contest
may be arranged, but it seems likely
that the manager Of Days chickens
/ viii net dare to accept the challenge
Some days ago a letter was written
/ to the man who has control and the
J care Of Marcus Days chickens, chal-
! longing him to fight so bIrds-25 cocks
and % stags-for $500 a side at Butte
I or Anaconda.
As yet no reply has been received and
the Salt Lake men are inclined to think
that they viii not have the opportunity
TO snow Montana people that they have
raised better chickens than has Mr.
DAILY The copper kings chickens are
not so large as those belonging to salt
Lake men They are said to ]. several
ounces less in weight as a general
average. As the challenge specified
that the chickens should be fought
catch-ds-c atch-can, the heavier salt
Lake chickens would have an advan-
! tage- Il is not practicable to pick out
smaller chickens with which TO meet
( these Of Montana for the Utah people
have given their time and attention to
raising cocks as strong and as large
as possible.
Further Trial to Be Made.
A further effort may be made today
by some mining men to arrange the
match They may write to Mr.. Daily
direct but unless his sporting blood is
aroused ii is not likely that he win
consider the matter, for he has hereto
fore left the management Of such things
20 those who care for and train MS
fighting cocks.
Should a contest be arranged it is
likely that most of the chickens will
come from Jonathan W. Evans wards
he Is the largest fancier OF game chick
ems IN the state and he has some very
ms birds He could supply fifty with
out great difficulty, which ne is conf
dent would beat anything that could be
put into the pit from Mr.. Days big
farm
Evans has one Jap rooster which he
thinks cane 1re n' 3
Mikado Of Japan and he wouldn't sell
the Dird al a-y Pc ~
breeding alcLe, not for fighting, and
some Of his progeny have made Won
derful fights in the pit
Inc number Of chicken fanciers in
Salt Lake ard the different breeds
which they cultivate is quite remark
dDAe. Evans, VINO probably raises more
chickens than anyone else, has prob
ably 100 in all. He has Arkansas trav-
elers, which came originally fFCm Ar
kansas, Japs, which came from Califor-
mia and originally from Japan and
HeathWoods, which came from Chicago.
Many Different Breeds.
Tom McKeeyer fancies Henry. Grady
and Crisis. whose home is IN Georgia.
and New Macks which came from Chi
cago. John Davis has Henry Gradys.
Henry TCpknOts and Henry Race
horses. Jim EHeTbeck has the Arkan-
saS Travellers and the Japs. Rube
Shoies thinks the Grist Champions and
the Irish Mutfe are the best, Billy Jen-
kins raises the Jap and the Warhorse
strains, Steve Stanford has New lacks
and Ross Porter makes q gDecialty Of
the Gr-st and the Spangle.
1heTe are also many other minor
breeds, the Red Shutters. the HOppers.
the Suit, the Slip Less, the HuddleS1n
and several others. Of course there are
all kinks Of experiments in crossing
going on and some Of these enthusiasts
have produced combinations Of strains
in chickens never before heard Of for
this field Of experiment is Hnlltless.
There has not been much chicken
ngHdng in the past few years, because
interest has died down somewhat But
a revival seems to be coming In the
olcen days there was many a warm
cooking main at ogden and Park CITY
has known them. These Utah fancfers
are willing TO meet all outsiders for any
amounts of money, for they have great
confidence in their cocks and stays.