6o cocker's manual. 



A stag fighting a cock has an allowance of four ounces in weight,' a 

 blinker cock fighting a two-eyed one has four ounces ; a blinker cofck 

 and a stag of one weight are a match. ./ 



Art. 3 — The cocks being weighed and matched, you will cut them 

 out; you must cut the hackle with all the shiners off; you can use 

 your own pleasure about cutting out other parts of your cock. 



Art. 4. — Your cock now being cut out you will heel him ; you can 

 heel him with paper and water and nothing but that ; if you do yoU' 

 will lose the battle if the opposite party finds it out. 



Art. 5. — Your cock being heeled, you will bring him in the pit for 

 battle ; you will bill the cocks one minute, and then, put them down- 

 behind your scores for their battle. 



Art. 6. — In fighting a battle, according to Philadelphia Rules, when 

 you deliver your cock on his score, you must stand back of him and 

 not lean over him to hide him from the other cock. 



Art. 7. — A cock breaking with another cock is fight, and a cock 

 picking at any time when on the graund is fight ; but picking while 

 in your hands is- not fight; he must make fight after you deliver him 

 oijt of your hands. 

 */ Art. 8.' — -When the cocks are fast, you must handle by my drawing, 

 your spur out of my cock and you drawing my spus out of your cock, 

 you then have thirty seconds to nurse yom- cock ; the judge will call 

 "down cocks;" then you must strictly obey and put your cock clown 

 to renew the battle. In case one of the cocks gets disabled, you can 

 count him out : you can lay your cock down on his wing on his score,, 

 and count ten without the other cock making fight ; you can handle 

 him again, and so on until you count five tens ; then you can get 

 ready to breast )'our cocks ; you must put them down on their feet 

 and breast to brea=t, and if the crippled cock refuses to fight while the 

 opposite handler counts twenty more, he has lost the battle. 



Art. 9. — You are not bound to lay your cock on his wing, you can 

 use your pleasure whether to lay him on his wing or on his feet ; if it 

 is to your advantage for your cock to fight, put him down on his feet 

 and let him fight. 



Art. 10. — In counting a cock out, after you breast the cocks and 

 you are counting twenty, if the cock should get in the disabled cock, 

 you dare not put your hand on them unless the disabled cock makes 



