CONTENTS 



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EARLY COCK-FIGHTING ... ... ... ... ... j 



SHROVETIDE COCKING ... ... ... ... ... 2 



COCK-FIGHTING IN PLANTAGENET TIMES 5 



COCK-FIGHTING IN TUDOR TIMES 6 



ROYAL COCK-PITS 8 



COCK-FIGHTING IN STUART TIMES ... ... ... 13 



GAME-FOWL IN STUART TIMES ... 17 



TRAINING COCKS FOR BATTLE 23 



PROHIBITION OF COCKING BY CROMWELL 27 



CHARLES II AS A COCKER 29 



ROYAL COOKINGS AT NEWMARKET 31 



LONDON COCKING UNDER CHARLES II 35 



PROVINCIAL COCKING ... ... ... ... ... 39 



COCKING IN JAMES IPs REIGN 41 



COCKING IN WILLIAM Ill's REIGN ... ... ... 42 



VARIOUS KINDS OF MAINS ... ... ... ... 44 



COCKING AND RACING ... ... ... ... ... 45 



FIRST RECORD OF ARTIFICIAL SPURS 46 



TRAINING IN QUEEN ANNE'S TIME 47 



"SHAKE-BAGS" ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 



LONDON COCKING IN ANNE'S REIGN 53 



COCKING IN THE GEORGIAN DAYS 56 



GAME-FOWL BREEDING IN GEORGIAN TIMES ... ... 64 



THE COCK FEEDER 69 



MAINS BETWEEN COUNTIES AND TOWNS 70 



RULES OF COCK-FIGHTING 72 



COCK-FIGHTING AND DISORDER 73 



COCKING IN THE MIDLANDS 74 



GEORGE III AND COCKING 75 



LONDON COCKING UNDER GEORGE III 76 



AGITATION AGAINST COCKING 78 



