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Show CRICKET TAUGHT TO FIGHT. Chinese Owner's of Pugilistic Insects Hold Exciting Battles. A. R. Parker lias just returned from a trip to Sanhul, a largo walled city In KwanKttiin; province, nml while thoro visited tlio guardhouse, whoro ho saw hIx or seven enrtlicnwnro bowls of IlchtliiK crlckotH. says tho South China Post. Ho was much umiiHod as to tho description de-scription of tho methods of BtabllnR nnd dletiii.-; these Insects. During the day tho nialo and female crickets aro separated, lnt as soon as night falls they aro mated. Their diet consists of water, boiled ilco and a llttlo Ring-souk, Ring-souk, the latter, to kIvo them stamina. hi matching theso hiHocts to light, they are weighed' and u light weight would not tie pitted against a welter weight. The Insects aro spurred on to combat with a tine piece of glass, which treatment naturally arouses their angor. The belief that a Idiots are distinguishable dis-tinguishable by pieces of coloied wool Is a fallacy. They are recognized rec-ognized by their owners ns we reeog-nlzo reeog-nlzo our canine pets. In a contest tho fi. t cricket to run away Is adjudged tho loser. Tho ofllcer In charge' of tho guardhouse guard-house mentioned that a dispute which had arisen over a cricket contest three years ago had yet to bo settled, each party holding that tho other man's crickp hud ran away first.' Some of these cilcke's aro Indeed wortli many times their weight in gold, soveral hundred dollars bolng sometimes paid for a real champion. |