The old English game fowl; its history, description, management, breeding and feeding by Atkinson Herbert d. 1936

Author:Atkinson, Herbert, d. 1936
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Cockfighting, Game and game-birds
Publisher: London, "Fanciers' gazette
Published: 1891-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

THE EARL'S PILE.

^V'inner of many Sattles.

(From a print in the possession of Mr. Jno. Hams, Liskeard.)

stakes were £1,000 each battle, and £5,000 on the odds or main. Gwenep pit is the largest in England, where it is said cocks were fought in spurs of silver and also of gold.

Spurs were long ago known as gaffles or goblocks, and were made of iron, brass, or silver. The silver spurs used had a portion of copper in their composition and were much stronger and more elastia

than the finest ateel. There is no maker of silver spurs in England at the present time. All matches and mains of importance were fought in silver, they being not quite so immediately destructive as steel; there was time for the birds to show their powers of endurance and their gameness more fully. The shapes varied somewhat in their curves, &c., but the twisted heels, slashers (like a two-edged sword), and three-edged spurs, as used abroad, were not allowed under English rules; some objecting to drop sockets.

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