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Show "Blue Hen's Chickens." Capt. Caldwell, who commanded a Dolaware reglmont In tho revolution, was notorious for his lovo of cock fighting. Ho drilled his men ndmlr-nbly, ndmlr-nbly, and thoy wero known In the array as "Caldwell's garao cocks." The gallant cnptnln hold a peculiar theory that no cock wns really gamo unless It camo from a bluo hen, and this led to tho substitution of "Bluo lion's Chickens" as a nlcknamo for his regiment. regi-ment. After the revolutionary war tho nlcknnmo was applied Indiscriminately Indiscriminate-ly to all Delawareans. i |