a town would fight a county, as when Hamp- 

 shire fought Reading, 41 cocks a side, for 

 4 guineas and 40 guineas 



Sometimes a single cocker fought a town or 

 a whole county, as when Sir Jonathan Jenkins 

 fought Derbyshire in July, 1727, showing 21 

 cocks a side, for 2 guineas a battle and 

 20 guineas the odd. Derbyshire was totally 

 outmatched on this occasion, Sir Jonathan 

 winning thirteen or fourteen of the battles 

 and the county only two or three 



The difference between the number of cocks 

 " shown " on either side and the number of 

 battles fought will be remarked ; in the main 

 last mentioned sixteen battles were fought and 

 five byes ; the method of separating birds to 

 fight battles and byes respectively was explained 

 on page 3 1 



Cheney's account of the three matches fought 

 in Cumberland (another great cocking county), 

 shows the advantage enjoyed by the cocker 

 who fought his birds at home ; in other words, 

 to the upsetting effects of travel on the cocks. 

 One of the three matches was fought at 

 Whitehaven by the gentlemen of that town 

 against Carlisle and Penrith ; the second at 

 Penrith against Carlisle and Whitehaven ; and 

 the third at Carlisle against Whitehaven and 



