BRUTAL CONDUCT OF ROUGHS.
A dog fight took place at Cardiff one Sunday morning, between a wellknown animal belonging to Methyr and a Cardiff dog that had previously won several matches. The stakes were £2O a side, and the fight was witnessed by 30 or 40 persons, who arrived by various routes at the secluded spot fixed upon. The dogs were bull terriers, the Methyr one weighing about 301bs and the other 26lbs. The fight commenced shortly after daybreak, and lasted something over half-an-hour. "When the contest had been in progress about twenty minutes the Methyr dog had had the worst of it, and in the next ten minutes was ripped to pieces by his adversary. For the final bout he was brought up in a dying condition, and, despite the frantic efforts of his backers to set him on again he refused to face his opponent. His owner thereupon cut the poor animal's throat from ear to ear with a pocket-knife, and threw the body into a ditch ; and the stakes having been handed over to the owner of the Cardiff dog the company separated.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1608, 16 July 1887, Page 3
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186BRUTAL CONDUCT OF ROUGHS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1608, 16 July 1887, Page 3
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