Sport: Cocks & Cockers

Persons unfamiliar with the ancient sport of cockfighting imagine it to be a sinister and ugly pastime, practiced in the dead of night by sadistic thugs. Such persons know of its existence in the U. S. mainly from publicity given trifling episodes such as the one which occurred last week near Avon, N. Y. State police were advised by agents of the Rochester Humane Society that a cockfight would be held in the cellar of the Canawaugus Inn. When they arrived at the Inn, police found a score of cars, their lights...

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