The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
BET ON FIGHTING BEETLES
4 CHINATOWN SPORT FRtT ~
ALWAYS FiSCINAJING.
Tive Are Drspped IN . Bs~I and HAgers
Are Made On an Sorts % CantIngras
rtes- GOatrst May Last IN Hour me-
fore One Little Fighter KIlls the Other

| How Gung at your Chinese laundry
may seem the msskest person in the
world hut on Sunday morning at about
q O'Clock he IL a changed How Gung.
How GunR il dressed in his best and
he 10 smoking his fortis,h cigarette in
a low. dirty room blue with the smoke Of
many hundred other cigarettes that have
been smoked. All How Gung's fellows
are there with him. and they're all gath
cred around little table
Two inch beetles are fighting for
thsir individual lives in n porcelain bowl
placed in tho centre % the table. One
Of the beetles has a white dot on his wing
case The other has a spot Of blue. The
Chinese have Wagered their money on
white or On blue, a. fancy OF appearance
Of the contestant may have decided
The proprietor previous to the COM
mencemeut Of the tight exhibits his two
hits Of live stock to the freq,lenters. One
Of them tries out the mandibles of tho
avorite. letting him pinch hts finger
With them. to judge his probable fighting
strength The dialogue IN high pitched.
nasal and noisy. and IL looks ~ though q
hght were going 20 start ~ any moment.
But they're only making thsir beta ~
gninHH ofo D1tuk n40o r"auy TOT tue Otk
fight in the porcelain bowl.
The proprietor DROPS the two bestles
into the bowl. Lights are brought Gloss
around on the table and the gang crowd
and iostle each other To get . good view
Of what In going on. The two bestles make
q preliminary LAUNDERING circle around
each other. ciurnsily clashing their man
dibIes.
Suddenly white dashss In at blue. The
Chine~s stand like statues. White has
rushed at blue with wide open mandibles.
Blues mandibles are open too. They in
ssrlock and soon ARE pulling against sach
other. The six logs 81 each contestant
slip a little on the smooth. white por-
cslaiu. The effort is to turn an opponent
over on HE bach. for he would then he
helpless. and the contestants are striving
In sort Of wrestling match.
Tho clamor starts again. Side beta are
placed on all sorts Of possibilities. win
the hGht last an hourP A bet 10 posted
and covered. WIN white let 90 within
ave minutssg There is another bet.
Suddenly the whole punched crowd
auIvers with motion. Blue has suddenly
broksn away from white. and there n .
LITTLE chip on the inner edge % his naandibls
whore Whhee mandtble has sawed ".
Blue b active nov. He isn't clumsy any
more. He backs up the sloping side OF
the bowl. all his little legs going like light
ming.
soon white has lost his strongest IeN
On the left aide. and blls has Bost FiRh.
foot. Tho bsstlss grind their mandibIes
and scrApe and tinkIe on the porOslAin
arena White tries to gSt - an anglo with
blus TO make up his los The Chinese
look on ID tense excite ment. comment
ing loudly from moment 10 moment.
and posting up ali kinds Of side bSts,
for thors h an Interchange % money
going On now.
white ian't downed By any meana.
even u hS h wounded. He can live for
days In . perfect vaCnum " need be,
and the loaa Of air doesn't appear 90 hurt
HIN Ho ruahss az blus. fresA and chippar.