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told, shall have won the fight. ^ The pitters are bound to tell each ten 

 as they count them, as follows : once, twice, etc. 



Art. 9. — No pitter, after the fowls have been delivered in the pit, 

 shall be permitted to clean their beaks or eyes by blowing or other- 

 wise, or of squeezing his fowl, or pressing him against the floor during 

 the pendency of a fight. 



Art. 10. — When a fowl is pounded and no person takes it until the 

 pitter counts twenty twice and calls three times "Who takes it?" and 

 no person does take it, it is a battle to the fowl the odds are on ; but 

 the pitter of the pounded fowl has the right to have the pound put up, 

 that is, twenty dollars against one , should not this be complied with, 

 then the pitter shall go on as though there was no poundage. 



Art. II. — If a fowl is pounded and the poundage taken, and if the 

 bird the odds are laid against should get up and knock down his ad- 

 versary, then if the other bird is pounded and the poundage not taken 

 before the pitter counts twenty twice and calls out "Who takes it?" 

 three times, he wins, although there was a poundage before. 



Art. 12. — It shall be the duty of the respective pitters to deliver 

 their fowls fair on their feet on the outer mark or score, facing each 

 other, and in a standing position, except on the fifth ten being told, 

 and alse on the ninth ten being told, when they shall be placed on 

 the center score, breast to breast and beak to beak, in like 

 manner. Any pitter being guilty of shoving his bird across the score, 

 or of pinching him, or using any other unfair means for the purpose 

 of making his bird fight, shall lose the fight. 



Art. 13. — If both birds fight together, and then if both should 

 refuse until they are counted out. in such case a fresh one is to be 

 hoveled and brought into the pit and the pitters are to toss for which 

 bird is to set to first ; he that wins has the choice ; then the one which 

 is to set to last is to be taken up but not carried out of the pit. The 

 hoveled bird is then to be put down to the other and let fight, while 

 the judges, or one of them, shall count twenty, and the other in like 

 manner ; and if one fights and the other refuses it is a battle to the 

 fighting bird ; but if both fight or both refuse it is a drawn battle. 



N. B. — This rule is rarely carried into effect, but any pitter can ex- 

 act it if he thinks proper to do so. 



