England was at Newcastle. The mains were 

 fought from 1853 to T ^54 



Harris says, he thinks " the last list published 

 was Easter, 1867." This list apparently referred 

 to a North Country meeting 



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In 1875, a main was fought at Brawn ton 

 between Paignton and A In wick. Harris tells 

 a story of an interrupted main at Preston. 

 Among the spectators was the Mayor, and when 

 the police appeared the Mayor tried to hide 

 in the chimney ; he w r as too stout to clo more 

 than get half w r ay ; and it was said the officers 

 of the law recognized the Chief Magistrate's 

 nether extremities and refrained from helping 

 him clown 



Harris used to travel all over the Kingdom, 

 after the Act of 1849 was passed, to serve his 

 numerous patrons. It was for long the custom 

 to hold mains in private houses as an after- 

 dinner entertainment for guests. Harris died, 

 at the age of 80, in February, 1910 



ILLEGAL COCK-FIGHTING 



Cock-fighting is still carried on quietly, more 

 particularly in the Northern Counties, where, a 

 Cumberland friend maintains, the people still 

 "wrestle all day and fight cocks all night/' 



