120 GAME FOWLS. 



"CoL Summer, in a letter of July 8th, 1850, observes: 



" ' Santa Anna, or properly ' hen-cock,' (Gallus Gallenos Spanish) 

 was brought from Queretaro by Hon. Waddy Thompson, and a pair 

 presented to us by him, has been bred pure. I have their history 

 from Gen. Thompson.' 



" Again, in the eame letter, he remarks : 



" 'I am no cock-fighter, but keep a few kinds, just to have them. I 

 never saw a cock-tight with gaffs, or one on which they were pitted. 

 I have a friend who, in a gentlemanly way, participates in the sport 

 held in our towns and cities. It prevails to considerable extent in the 

 South, and I regret it much. No bird of mine shall ever enter a 

 sportsman's hands.' 



" I regard these fowls as excellent for the ' spit,' and they are as 

 prolific as the generality of Games." 



There are Game fowls known as " Yankee Games" " Ben- 

 gal Mountain Games" and a variety of others, hybrids, or 

 otherwise, that I do not consider worthy of- a particular notice, 

 especially those that originated by crossing. There is a white 

 Game fowl bred in Geo., which Geo. A. Smith, Esq., describes 

 as follows : 



" This fowl, (on good authority,) is said to have been imported from 

 China, for Thompson, a celebrated cock-fighter of this State, (Ga.) 



"Their color is snow white; legs and bills, yellow; and eyes, blood 

 red. Their general appearance is very ferocious. Their weight^ is 

 from four and a half to five and a half pounds none larger ; their 

 wings, large ; tails, full and flowing ; their walk, proud, and their dis- 

 position, bad. They will even fight men, dogs, cats and hogs, or any- 

 thing that comes in their way. The cocks cannot be kept in hearing 

 distance of each other, as they are sure to meet and engage in conflict 



" They are quick and sure fighters, and frequently gain the back of 

 their antagonist, and never yield till separated. They are very scarce, 

 those having them not being willing to part with them." 



Mr. Smith says of a cross of the India Game fowls : 



" A cross of these with any other Games, make the best fowl for 

 eating purposes, that I have ever seen, and I challenge any one to show 

 as fine flesh of other breeds, as I can of these. They grow rapidly 

 also when young. 



" I weighed one peir when four months old. The cock drew four 

 pounds and three quarters, the pullet two pounds and a half, making 

 seven pounds and a quarter. 



" The above fowls were from a cock five months old, and a hen' 

 eleven months old ; and chickens from young fowls, I believe, are 

 allowed to be smaller than from older ones." 



I). Taggart, Esq., of Northumberland, Pa., thus writes me 

 on Games in general : 



" The Game ftrwls have some points that are -well deserving of con 



