The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-22
r,r N1NGo.s CHICKEN FIGHT.
the old Man Narrowly Escapes
81 Watery Crave,

NaNtEy
r,rfns his recent visit to Savannah
,,;r,o If Postum Hollow made the
.,r+ance of a sporty young waiter in
,.r,d restaurant. The new friend Of
80, take the old man to see chick
,, IN the suburbs, and Uncle Mingo
gladly accepted
r., main came off in a vacant lot where
been arranged several rows Of
l'-.bes amphitheater like, around a
.u nit There were present something
s''' hundred, the flower of the colored
INV N fraternity of Savannah.
r.., betting. in a small way, was fast
J., curious, but Uncle Mingo, although
3s,tv interested in the outcome of each
oeelIE never thought of venturing any
hing himself.
r.o inal match was the star event of
aftsrnoon; it was between fine red
lien and a "dominicker, a size or
two smaller. ,,..,-..-
from the start the odds were little in
I,rs,sr birds favor, and as the con-
tH' ,.roreeded. it began to look as if the
S;.I. "dominicker" had no chance to win
eaebv looking fellow near the center
rose to his feet.
'U '.T,,'o 70 one on de redr' he called.
r,r.,,s we're no takers; he kept repeating
,is ofer. looking from one side to the
other. ., 1r-o,. ,,,..,-
attention e.,,. e.,.
ID IN himself; "he look 'zactly like Sis
,or Nintv's bowlegged boy Primus wot
r1n way from home de year o de big
storm"
The plunger caught Uncle Mipgo's eye
,,zina tixedly upon him; he smiled insin-
,,o,inFlv. nodded his head and waved his
bard Not to be impolite. the old man
-,,;Iad nodded and waved his hand in
rscognition. and the plunger dropped back
in the seat.
immediately fully half the crowd were
an their feet, and all smiled and nodded
AZ Uncle Mingo touching themselves on
the breast
Almost overcome by this sudden and I'M
evnected ovation, which he attributed en-
tirelv to his recognition by Sister Minty's
how-legged boy Primus, the old man
bowed, smiled and waved his hand with
the most scrupulous polteness, first one
side and then another. as long as he saw
ANYBODY saluting him. All this happen
ed in less than a minute, and then every
holy was again intentiy watching the
progress of the fight.
TO the general surprise, the plucky lit
tle "domnicker' had held his own amaz-
insly well; there was fast and furious
mix-up for some seconds at the end of
which the red rooster was stretched on
the ground, and the lively ''dominicker"
tapped his wings and crowed triumphant
ly.
"Domincker wins" sung out the ref
cree
.g,-B
said a man near, as he thrust a two-dol-
lar bill into Uncle Mingo's hand. Before
the old man could recover from his aston
ishment, they swarmed around him from
all sides. and every man handed him g.
some silently and others with a jocose re-
mark Then it dawned upon him that
without knowing it, he had been taking
up al the bets offered against the
"dominicker" al odds of two to one!
An dere l sot," as he afterwards re-
lated, like Matthew settin' at de receipt
oh customers"
few who tried 70 sneak. away without
paying, were promptly held up by the
others.
None O. dat" was the cry. Come up
an do de square ting by de ole man.
Sport is SPORT"
50 they came up sheepishly enough; and
Il was edifying to behold the look of re-
proach which honest old Unce Mingo di-
,rected toward those would-be strikers of
their honest obligations, There were fifty
in all; thus the old man scooped a clear
SM
'Golly" said his friend the waiter, ad-
miringy, as they emerged into the open;
but you seems to know sump'n bout
chickens"
Guess l doesr said Uncle Mingo, con-
descendingly. Il amt been raisin' EN-
ali my life for nuthin'."
But he added to himself with long
breath, 'ef dat dominicker hadn't win,
d fin watery grade cen de bottom o
savannah riber dis night, sho' Lord"