Cock fighting conditing

Description:You should also have two 20 short strips about two inches in length ; lay on a short strip lengthwise of the leg, drawn over the stub ot the spur; grasp the leg on the under side, holding one end of chamois down with your thumb on the upper side, instruct the holder to do likewise at the other end of chamois strip ; place the slit in end of long strip over the short one and over the stub, drawing down to the shank, making one wind around the shank and over top of sttib ; then make one wind on upper side and wind below, place the heel on the stub to see if a good fit is obtained ; if not, make it so with another short strip, until a perfect iit is obtained, winding above and below until the long strip has been exhausted, al- lowing one more wind below than above, watch closely that a good, clean, perfect wind has been made to insure a good foun- dation for heeling. During the time allotted for conditioning, it is essential that cocks be tossed or ftirted in order to develope wind and muscle, also to improve the steadiness of the bird as well as the disposition. The correct principles of conditioning- and heeling are by no means as difficult ot mas- tering as most old cockers would lead one to believe, yet there are a class of people so sadly deficient in confidence in their own ability as to be devoid of any tact or ingenu- ity, consequently they can never become successful heelers, and upon such the efforts of this book will be labor lost ; but I trust to the amateur endowed with good common sense, who possesses the necessary confi- dence, and who will follow closely the in- structions laid down in this book, will be rewarded by becoming a successful heeler and handler of game cocks. Cooper is amongst the most popular ones at this day, a large per- centage of cockers faithfully adhering to the same. Don't fight a cock overweighted as the wheeling habit is not to be acquired. If for night fighting, he directs that the right gaff be set on a line with outer edge of leg, and the left gaff one-eighth of an inch farther out.

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