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THE GAME COCKFROM THE SHELL TO THE PIT.A Comprehensive Treatise on Gameness, Selecting, Mating, Breeding, Walking and Conditioning. Etc.By Geo. W. Means. This important Game Fowl book was first published in the U.S.A. in 1911 and is now a very rare item in its first edition.READ COUNTRY BOOKS has now re-published it from the original text thereby making it more available to a wider readership.In this book the author has undertaken to treat fully every subject pertaining to the Game Fowl in which the practical cocker and breeder may be interested. He has had over thirty years experience in mating, breeding, conditioning and handling Game Fowl, and gives his views not based upon theories but on knowledge derived from practice.Two hundred pages contain seventeen detailed chapters on:- Technical Expressions. - Selecting Brood Stock. - Heredity. - The Test. - Brood Yards. - The Egg and the Nest. - The Setting Hen. - Care of Chicks. - Trimming Stags. - Walking. - Preparing for a Main. - Selecting for a Main. - Some General Directions. - System of Conditioning. - Heeling and Handling. - Diseases. - Rules for the Pit.This comprehensive book can be thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of all with an interest in Game Fowl. ... Read more

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This is the story of Cockfighting and how it is practised in certain parts of the World where it is still legal. In Britain it has been a forbidden sport for more than 150 years, although it is said that in country parts, that it ceased much later than that time. Many people keep Game Fowl purely for interest and this book is reissued in the hope that many of the sections relating to the history, feeding, conditioning and other aspects of keeping these birds will be of great interest. Contents Include: History - Selection of a Strain, Basic Strains, The Hen - Breeding and Breeding Systems - The House - Caring for Brood Fowl - Rearing Game Chickens, Stages in the Life History of a Gamecock - Dubbing Stags - The Farm Walk - Coop Walks, Movable and Stationary - Getting Ready for Battle - Trimming out for Battle - Six Good Keeps - Conditioning Powders and Drugs - Tools of the Trade - Gaffs - Heeling Cocks for Battle - In the Pit - Handling and Nursing in the Pit - The Referee - After the Battle - Methods of Conducting Cockfights - Construction and Operation of a Pit - The Portable CockPit - A Healthy Environment - Game Fowl Diseases and Treatment - Some Do's and Don'ts for Cockers - The Rules - McCall's Rules (Revised) - D. Henry Wortham's Modern Tournament and Derby Rules - Commonsense Rules of the Cockpit - Comments on the Law - Glossary of Game Fowl Colours - Magazines and Books Devoted to Cocking - Glossary of Cocking Terms - Remedies, Commonsense and Practical ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

It works
i would have made a video review to show how "Get errr done!" this book was but out of respect for them PETA, i withheld my excitement. Great book and i recommend it to anyone that is involved with wrestling or cockfighting..so on and so fourth. I originially bought it for grandma but she can get my next order for it.

Art or Animal Torture?
Why is Amazon selling books that teach animal torture? Are they that greedy?
This is only one title that teaches cockfighting or dogfighting.
Sick, sick, sick. ... Read more

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HISTORIES OF GAME STRAINS. By Various Authors.Originally published in the early 1900's, this book is now rare and much sought after in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKShave republished it using the original text with its numerous vintage black and white photos. Four hundred and fifteen pages contain twenty eight detailed articles by well known Cockers and Game Fowl breeders of that era, most notably C.A. Finsterbusch, G.W. Means and D.H. Pierce. Contents Include:- Wisconsins Red Shufflers. - Blue Boones. - Grey Tormentors. - The Miner Blues. - Clairbornes. - Sid Taylors. - Black Roundheads. - Rhett Morgan Fowl. - Walker Mugwumps. - Gregory Tassels. - Red Cubans. - French and Belgian Cocks. - The Asil. - Mahoney Gulls. - Volunteers. - Malay Fowl. - Fardowns. - Grimme Fowl. - Hammond Gordons. - John Stone Fowl. - Cocks and Cockers in South America. - Secret Ways of Nature. - Steel Fighters. - English Game Fowl. - Alabama Roundheads. - Methods of Conditioning Cocks. - Experience in Breeding. Nursing Cocks.Assembled in these chapters is much comprehensive information on Game Fowl Strains, History, Records, Breeding and Fighting Tips, and many Rare Vintage Photos.This is a fascinating read for all Game Fowl enthusiasts and historians, but also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest sportingbooks, particularly those dating back to the 1800s,are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are republishingthese classic works in affordable, high quality,modern editions,using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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HANDLING AND NURSING THE GAME COCK. A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION AND INSTRUCTION ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS IN HANDLING AND NURSING GAME COCKS IN BATTLE. VARIOUS INJURIES DESCRIBED AND NURSING EXPLAINED. NATURAL ABILITY OF HANDLER EXPLAINED AS HELPFUL TO SUCCESSFUL COCKER. MANY PRECAUTIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL WINNING OF BATTLES ADVISED.By A.C. Dingwall, Ph.B.Although many "Cocking" titles are available to today's Gamefowl breeders and fanciers, very little has been written on the actual handling of fighting cocks in the pit. The author, with his many years of practical experience, wrote this book to enable his fellow cockers take care of their birds more intelligently during and after battle. It was the first in-depth book ever published on the subject. This unique historical record, published in Chicago in 1928 is extremely scarce and costly in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKShas now re-published it, incorporating the original text and explanatory photographs, as part of their HISTORY OF COCKFIGHTING series. Its 80 pages contain the following detailed chapters:-Handling Preliminary to Battle. - Qualifications of a Handler. - Precautions in Handling. - Nursing for Couples. - Nursing for Rattle. - Neck Blows. - Fatigue and Exhaustion. - Blind or Blinked. - Runaways. - Broken Wings and Legs. - Throat Cut. - Brain Blows. - Random Pointers. - Worthwhile Reminders. etc.The publishers have also included the original blank battle record pages bound into the rear of the book.Many of the earliest sportingbooks, particularly those dating back to the 1800s,are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are reprintingthese classic works in affordable, high quality,modern editions. These editions are republished using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Shame on Amazon
I thought you might be interested in this Humane Society US campaign to stop Amazon.com's sales of illegal animal fighting materials. Amazon
sells both cockfighting magazines and bloody, graphic
dogfighting DVDs. The company is so determined to continue
selling these materials that it filed a motion against The HSUS
in federal court, essentially asking that federal and state laws
to protect animals be gutted to accommodate Amazon's sales of
animal fighting paraphernalia!

Please ask Amazon to remove these materials from its website.
Here is a link for more information:
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SPORT IN THE OLDEN TIMEBy Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart.Originally published in London 1912, this rare early work on cockfighting is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have republished it using the original text and artwork, in a high quality, affordable, modern edition. The author was a well known sportsman, equestrian expert and farmer, who wrote many books on these and other related subjects. No pastime has ever held in England the position which was held for centuries by cockfighting. It was, to quote the title of an old treatise, "the pleasure of Princes." It was practised by the highest of nobility and by the humblest peasant. Love of "cocking" permeated society from top to bottom. This well researched book on Cockfighting has 129 pages and contains detailed information on:- Early Cockfighting. - History. - Various Kinds of Mains. - Artificial Spurs. - Training. - Game Fowl Breeding. - Fighting Rules. - Famous Cockers. - Superstitions. - Cock-Pits. - Feeding. - Illegal Cockfighting. - etc. It also contains interesting full page illustrations of Game Fowl and cockfighting equipment. This is a fascinating read for any Game Fowl enthusiast or historian of this now illegal "sport." Many of the earliest sportingbooks, particularly those dating back to the 1800s,are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are republishingthese classic works in affordable, high quality,modern editions,using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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THEGAME COCKBEING A PRACTICAL TREATISEONBREEDING, REARING, TRAINING, FEEDING,TRIMMING, MAINS, HEELING, SPURS, etc., etc., etc. TOGETHER WITH AN EXPOSURE OF COCKERS' TRICKS. THE ORIGIN AND CURE OF DISEASES, AND THE REVISED COCKING RULES GOVERNING ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.BY ED. JAMES.This book was first published in New York in 1873. It is extremely rare and much sought after for its historical content by today's breeders and fanciers of Game Fowl.READ COUNTRY BOOKS has now re-published it in its entirety, incorporating the original text and rare engravings of Game Fowl, Fighting Scenes and Equipment.Eighteen detailed chapters are contained within 92 pages, and include:- Origin and History of the Game Fowl. - Form and Properties of a Fighting Cock. - Some of the different Breeds of Fowl. - Breeding. - Training for the Pit. - Mode of Trimming. - Directions for Heeling. - About Mains. - Form of Articles. - English General Laws of Cocking. - Cockers' Tricks Exposed. - Hints on Spurs. - Origin of Diseases and Their Cures. - Cocking Rules of Different States and Countries. - Modern System of Breeding. - Descriptions of Ten Breeds of Game and Best Methods of Crossing. - Hints on Judging Game. - Schedule for Judging Game. Etc. Many of the earliest sportingbooks, particularly those dating back to the 1800s,are now extremely scarce and very expensive. READ COUNTRY BOOKS are reprintingthese classic works in affordable, high quality,modern editions. These editions are republished using the original text and artwork. The book is available in a quality soft cover format. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (12)

When will Amazon listen to their customers?
They've got just as much blood on their hands as those that participate in this national travesty.Too bad you can't rate something no stars.

Cruel, Cruel, Cruel - Shame on Amazon for promoting this junk
I have been an Amazon customer for more than 10 years. I have decided to no longer be a customer until Amazon VOLUNTARILY removes material like this (Junk that promotes ILLEGAL activity - particularly activities involving cruelty to animals, children, or others that do not have the free will to decide their own fate)..

Appalling
Wow.I am just shocked at how some people think.This is a book on how to raise birds to tear each other apart for people's enjoyment.There are alot of horrible things in mankind's "history" but do we really need to sell books on "how to" do them?Any kind of behavior that causes torture and pain to a living creature for someone else's pleasure is sure not something I'M proud to look back on!This kind of thing makes me so ashamed to share this planet with certain other kinds of people.And I'm very very disappointed that Amazon is more interested in making money than having morals and not selling material giving "How To"s on illegal behavior.

I hope Amazon goes bankrupt
As one of the very first and most loyal customers of Amazon, I'm here to say GOODBYE. Amazon's ridiculous arguments to keep making a buck on animal cruelty ("fighting censorship" or "1st amendment rights") areridiculous and insulting. I'll be buying all my online purchases elsewhere and to make sure Amazon knows about it, I'll forward all the purchase confirmations to Amazon -- just so the company will know exactly how much it's losing from just one ex-customer -- someone who buys EVERYTHING online.

I also plan to make it my life's work to make EVERYONE aware how low Amazon will go to make a buck. ADIOS!!!

Only because I can't give a negative rating
I am HORRIFIED thatAmazon would stoop to something this morally reprehensible.

I WILL NO LONGER BUY ANYTHING FROM AMAZON until your sponsorship of anything relating to animal fighting ceases.

Furthermore, I will be informing EVERYONE I know of my decision (and the reason for it) and asking them to do the same.

Obviously your business was created to turn a profit, but ask yourself

Can a company as large Amazon afford to lose whatever revenue these items generate?

If the answer is no, ask yourself this:

Can you afford to lose the business of everyone who objects to this kind of cruelty?

Obviously you will reach your own conclusions on this matter.Just remember that we, as consumers, will do likewise
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THE COCKER; Containing Every Information to the Breeders and Amateurs Of that Noble Bird, THE GAME COCK. By W. Sketchley.Originally published in 1814, this rare early work on the Game Cock is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.READ COUNTRY BOOKS have republished it, using the original text and engravings. The author was born and bred in Staffordshire, a part of the country high in repute for its love of the Game Cock and Cocking. This important historical work contains a wealth of knowledge and experience gained over a period of fifty years as a top breeder of fighting cocks. The book's one hundred and fifty four pages are divided into two sections. The first contains detailed chapters on: Breeding. - Trials. - Remarks on the Change in Constitution. - Remarks on Steady Breeding. - The Necessity of Making Trials. - Bad Constitution in Cocks. - Some Favourite Breeds of Cocks. - Cockfeeders. - Cock Match Articles and Rules. - More Remarks on Breeding. - Matching etc.The second section consists of specially designed pages for keeping records: Pedigrees of Brood Cocks, Hens, or Pullets. - Names and Characters of Cocks. - Accounts of Cocks. - Bags in stock. - Memorandums. - Accounts. Having reproduced this book from an original first edition, the publishers decided to retain a small number of interesting hand written notes in the records section. These were made in 1825 by the original owner. This is a fascinating read for any Game Fowl enthusiast or historian, and also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest poultry books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Read Country Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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COCKING SCIENCE by "OLD FAMILY"- Originally published in 1939 and never before reprinted. This edition is republished as part of Read Country Book's "History of Cockfighting" series. The book was written as a guide for the Game Fowl Beginner and its 88 pages cover, "The Breeding, Rearing, Conditioning and Fighting of Game Fowl From a Scientific Point of View." It shows the best methods for 'Pure-Line Breeding' as well as scientific formulae for developing strains. It is a fascinating and informative book, written in plain english, containing much advice that is still of practical use to poultry breeders today. A must for the cockfighting historian. Chapters are: Types, Selecting the Trio, Conformation, The Hen, Breeding Requirements, inbreeding, Culling, Dubbing, Walking, Care of Coop-walked Fowl, The Keep, Feed in Keep, Breeding Fundamentals, Mendel's Laws, Mendelian Methods, Hybridization, The 4-Way Cross, Diseases: Roup, Chicken Pox, White Diarrhea, Pullorum Disease, Salpingitis, Aspergillosis, Cholera. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from William and Mary Law Review, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 54841 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Cross burning, cockfighting, and symbolic meaning: toward a First Amendment ethnography.
Author: Timothy Zick
Publication: William and Mary Law Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 45Issue: 5Page: 2261(138)

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on February 11, 2003. The length of the article is 485 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Close cruel loophole.(Editorials)(Oregon bans cockfighting, but not raising birds)(Editorial)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: February 11, 2003
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: A12

Article Type: Editorial

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In this remarkable collection of powerful short stories, Antonio A. Hidalgo goes straight for the jugular vein of our existence by writing about a wide variety of characters - ordinary, lowly cockpit kristos and farm boys, as well as their rich and powerful masters, a Japayuki and her masahista mother - who are all caught up in desperate situation where everything is at stake. In Tagalog and English. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1391 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bleeding into the mainstream: how John McCain popularized human cockfighting.(Columns)(Ultimate Fighting Championship)
Author: Greg Beato
Publication: Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 39Issue: 5Page: 16(3)

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"Many words describe them:Agile. Hostile. Brave. Dangerous,But most of all, they're small and fuzzy and extraordinarily cute!And naturally they want to fry, bash, and squish each other into oblivion.Welcome to the world of Cute & Fuzzy Cockfighting Seizure Monsters, the Big Eyes, Small Mouth supplement that shows you how to play a Pet Monster Trainer (or even the Pet Monster), just like on TV.Inside you will find an engaging satire of the "monster fighting" genre, but you can use this book to play effective in-genre characters as well. Discover what it means to be a kid growing up in a world where every boy and girl has their own personal monster gladiator!" ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

cockfighting all over the world
A book that would be the envy of any cocker's personal home library.Comprehensive and most informative. Truly the ultimate cockers' referencebook, A thru Z. I came across this book while researching cockfighting onthe island of GUAM. Now I'm trying to acquire this jewel of a book for myown personal reference.

Complete informations about game cock
Very complete book about breeding, handling, preparing cocks. Also interesting for all the breeds over the world. ... Read more