Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1887 — Cock-Fighting In Macassar. [ARTICLE]

Cock-Fighting In Macassar.

The spurs used were about three inches long, and made of the blades of razors ground down to excessive thinness. With such weapons there is but little cruelty in the affair. We waited to see a main fought before we left. The King and other royal personages made their bets, the combatants were placed opposite to one another, they made two feints, and in less than half a dozen seconds the vanquished bird lay motionless on the ground. Had he met his fate legitimately at the hands of the poulterer his death could not have been more rapidly effected. The Cruise of the Marchesa.