Show An exchange tens a good story of how a Yankee rooster whipped a famous Spanish fighting cock many years ago The story runs Back in the 40s a lIttle story went the rounds of the I new papers It was the story of the American eagle and the Spanish cock An American ship visited one of the I ports of Spain and while lying at anchor an-chor in the harbor the officers went ashore to see the sights Among the places they took in was a cock pit a pOPular resort to see the sport The game cock of tl1 don is a dimInutive bird but a fighter One of the Americans Ameri-cans expressed contempt for the bird and boasted that he had abofrd his ship a Yanked rooster that could whip any bird ashore The dons accepted accept-ed the chanencand a match was arranged ar-ranged On the ship the sailors had an American eagle which they proceeded to starve and trim of his feathers so as to resemble a Shan hai cock a strange bird to the Spanish and on the appointed evening carried him ashore for the battle The dons eyed him suspiciously sus-piciously but he was dumped into the pit where he stood hungry and ugly taking In the iurtbunaings The Span ih cock a champion fighter was brought in and likewise pitched Into the pit Strutting and crowing he sparred for an opening at his silent and watchful Yanleee enemy and finally let drive at him with his slashers knife spurs and drew first blood Aroused with one wild scream the eagle lit on him tore off his head and to the hor I nor of the Spaniards began to eat him They lost their mOney their honor was I trailed in the dust and to this day th Y I do not understand the peculiar nature I of the American fighting cock |