Show pLEA FOR FOR COCKFIGHTING COCKFIGHTING I A correspondent who says he is a member of oC the Indiana Humane society o iet has written a letter to the president asking him not to interfere with the cockfighting sports of the Filipinos He says that a chance with the spur Is surely preferable to the axe of the thc chef and adds This might be a good occasion to observe that many Americans are ardent devotees of the ancient sport of cocking one of oC the few amusements of man In which our animal pets are willing to participate It is difficult to believe that that cor correspondent correspondent correspondent respondent Is a member of any humane society Cockfighting is certainly not a humane sport and we cant say we care carea a great deal about bout the morals of people who engage in It To take two game gamecocks gamecocks gamecocks cocks attach steel gaffs to their legs and permit them to fight until one or orthe ort orthe the t e other has been killed is a brutalizing brutalizing ing and debasing occupation It is against the law in every state In the union and we see no reason why as long as the Americans control the Phil Philippines Philippin o it should be permitted there re reIt It is no argument for tWo the sport of fo o say that the feathered participants partIcipant enjoy It There are mighty few people who would argue in favor of dog fights and yet the dogs seem to enjoy the fighting It might as well be said that bullfights should be permitted in this country count not along the lines lilies of Mexico and Spain but fights between bulls The bulls surely would enjoy the and they would keep on fight fighting fighting fighting ing until one orthe or the other was wa badly whipped Stallions also would fight to the death The Herald has no desire to interfere with an legitimate pleasure but is not legitimate There is mighty might little excuse for it It goes on in the Philippines because It has been the popular pastime there for hundreds of years ears The Filipinos pinos will be educated ed I out of it Just as the people of this coun country try t U have been educated out of it And they will be the better for It ItI I |