. The cocker's guide;. Cockfighting. THE COCKER'S GUIDE. 47. inch and a quarter to one inch and three-quarters in length. In Fig. 3 the gaffs differ both ia weight, size and pattern from either the Regulation or Singleton style. The socket is heavy, long and while deep, the spur curls upward murderous 1^"^*^^ curve from the bottom of the socket. It Fig. 3. is a favorite with many handlers, and cannot be barred from any pit. The gaffs represented in Fig. 4 are principally used in the West, and many of the advantages claimed for it are possessed by no oihef spun The* [,' socket is thim
. The cocker's guide;. Cockfighting. THE COCKER'S GUIDE. 47. inch and a quarter to one inch and three-quarters in length. In Fig. 3 the gaffs differ both ia weight, size and pattern from either the Regulation or Singleton style. The socket is heavy, long and while deep, the spur curls upward murderous 1^"^*^^ curve from the bottom of the socket. It Fig. 3. is a favorite with many handlers, and cannot be barred from any pit. The gaffs represented in Fig. 4 are principally used in the West, and many of the advantages claimed for it are possessed by no oihef spun The* [,' socket is thimble shaped, with no Open- ing at the end, constituting the only Fig. 4. essential difference from other heels. It is claimed that by filling up the socket, the heel is removed farther from the leg, giving the fowl greater purchase in striking and slashing its adversary. The full drop socket spurs, shown in Fig. 5 are the most brutal and murderous weapons used in cock fighting. The blade comes directly from the back and lower part of the socket and, dropping, throws the gaffs even with the foot. In using these terrific FiG. 5. slashers, leather is frequently placed on the under part of the socket to make the drop greater. These gaffs are generally used in Georgia, North Carolina and the great cities of the South, where cock fighting is all the rage, also in Cuba and Mexico, but they are not used in Ohio, Pennsylvania or Northern cities. The half drop socket gaffs are shown in Fig. 6. They differ from the full drop socket in having the blade come directly from the front part of the socket with a less long and deep Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York, R. K. Fox
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