when his cocks fought Mr. Wharton's at 

 Preston races and beat them. Richardson was 

 his feeder at that time. He owed his subse- 

 quent career of success to Paul Potter, one of 

 the most skilful feeders of the time, and after- 

 wards to Potter's son. When Lord Derby 

 died, at the age of 82, in 1834, all his birds, 

 spurs, bags, and fighting equipment became the 

 property of the younger Potter, who thence- 

 forward kept a tavern at Hartlebury 



Cock bags were usually made of linen ; Lord 

 Derby's were of silk, with a fighting cock 

 embroidered in colours. Wealthy cockers 

 frequently had bags of velvet with their family 

 crest embroidered thereon. "County" bags 

 were made of velvet or silk, adorned with gold 

 lace and some appropriate device. For carrying 

 cocks on horseback in cold weather, bags lined 

 with flannel were sometimes used 



TRAINING IN GEORGE Ill's TIME 



The system of training* at this time had 

 undergone further changes ; the least valuable 

 stao-s of a brood were armed with short silver 



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spurs and pitted against one another, to prove 

 the courage and gameness of their brothers. 



* Condensed from Thos. Bourne's article in Rees ? 

 Cyclopedia. (1808) 



