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• The Art of Cockfighting: A Handbook for Beginners and Old Timers (New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1949), by Arch Ruport (page images at HathiTrust)
• H. Flock's Revised Breeders' and Cockers' Guide: A Full and Complete Treatise on Raising Game Fowl (Chattanooga: Andrews Printery, c1924), by Henry Flock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Game Fowl: Its Origin and History; With Sketches of Great Strains and Their Breeders of Former and Present Times, Together With a Complete Treatise on Breeding and Management of Fowls at Home and at the Pit, Their Diseases and Remedies, and Rules of the Cockpit (Gaffney, SC: Presses of Grit and Steel, ca. 1906), by R. A. McIntyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handling and nursing the game cock : a comprehensive explanation and instruction on the most effective means in handling and nursing game cocks in battle ... (Dingwall and Paton, 1928), by A. C. Dingwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl : old English and modern (The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animaux de sport, lévries-taureaux-coqs (P. Lafitte & cie, 1912), by Jacques Boulenger and Emile Henriot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sport in the olden time. (Vinton, 1912), by Walter Gilbey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl; for the pit, or the spit. How to mate, feed, breed, handle and match them; with practical suggestions as to cures for their peculiar ills and ails. (Melrose, Mass., 1878), by Geo. P. Burnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Game fowls, their origin and history, with a description of the breeds, strains, and crosses : the American and English modes of feeding, training, and heeling; how to breed and cross, together with a description and treatment of all diseases incident to game fowls. (The Author, 1869), by J. W. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cocker : containing every information to the breeders and amateurs of that noble bird, the game cock: to which is added a variety of other useful information for the instruction of those who are attendants on the cock pit. (J. Croft, 1814), by William Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl (old English and modern) (The Geathered World, 1814), by Pringle Proud (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cocker's manual, devoted to the game fowl; their origin and breeding, rules for feeding, heeling, handling, etc., description of the different breeds, diseases and their treatment. (Battle Creek, Mich., 1878), by F. H. Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Universal pit rules. (Asheville, N. C., 1940) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conditioning the game-cock. ([New York, 1949), by Alexander Corbet Dingwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flying feathers, a rollicking tale of game cock fighting. (William-Frederick Press, 1946), by Alberta Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Courage, the story of modern cock-fighting. (Little, Brown, 1938), by Tim Pridgen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cocker's guide; how to breed, train, and feed game birds for the pit. (New York, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete guide for conidtioning, heeling, and handling the game cock for the pit. (Press of the Evening tribune, 1899), by George Conderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rules of the cock pit. (Indianapolis, Ind., 1900), by Henry P. Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cocker's guide (R. K. Fox, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gentleman's companion. (Printed for the author, 1753), by Gervase Markham and Thomas Trye (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glover's breeder's and cockers' guide (Printed at the Feathered Warrior Printery], 1913), by F. R. Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of games (Hartford, Conn., 1886), by H. H. Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The royal pastime of cock-fighting, or, The Art of breeding, feeding, fighting, and curing cocks of the game. Published purely for the good, and benefit of all such as take delight in that royal, and warlike sport. To which is prefixed, a short treatise, wherein cocking is proved not only ancient and honourable, but also useful, and profitable (printed for D. Brown, and T. Ballard, 1899), by R. H. (Robert Howlett) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Game fowls, their origin and history; with a description of the breeds, strains, and crosses. The American and English modes of feeding, training, and heeling; how to breed and cross, improving quality and preserving feather, together with a description and treatment of all diseases incident to game fowls. (West Chester, Pa., 1869), by J. W. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl (Old English and modern) to which is added a reprint of The cocker, by W. Sketchley, First published in 1814. (The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game cock: being a practical treatise on breeding, rearing, training, feeding, trimming, mains, heeling, spurs, 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. (New York, 1873), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fighting sports (Odhams Press Limited, 1921), by L. Fitz-Barnard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cock fighting all over the world. (Grit and Steel, 1929), by C. A. Finsterbusch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cocker's manual, devoted to the game fowl, their origin and breeding, rules for feeding, heeling, handling, etc., description of the different breeds, diseases and their treatment. (The author, 1878), by F. H. Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old English game fowl; its history, description, management, breeding and feeding. ("Fanciers' gazette", 1891), by Herbert Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The breeders' and cockers' guide; a full and complete treatise on raising game fowl. (Inter-State Pub. Co., 1889), by Henry Flock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Breeders' and cockers' guide; a full and complete treatise on raising game fowl. (MacGowan & Cooke, 1904), by Henry Flock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American game cock; or The old-fashioned game. A practical treatise on games for the amateur. How to breed games and how to heel, feed and train cocks for the pit. With valuable hints, rules and other important information from experienced breeders and cockers. (Game fowl monthly, 1898), by C. L. Francisco (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American game cock; or The old-fashioned game. A practical treatise on games for the amateur. How to breed games and how to heel, feed and train cocks for the pit. With valuable hints, rules and other important information from experienced breeders and cockers. (Game fowl monthly, 1890), by C. L. Francisco (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting: The art of breeding, feeding, fighting, and curing cocks of the game, by R. H. (Robert Howlett) (Gutenberg ebook)

• The commendation of cockes, and cock-fighting VVherein is shewed, that cocke-fighting was before the comming of Christ. (London : Printed [by Thomas Purfoot] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop ouer against Graies Inne gate in Holburne, 1607), by George Wilson (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches (Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, ..., 1654), by England and Wales and England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2005 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 817, May 18, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)

• An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches.: Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council (London : Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1654), by England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) and England and Wales. Council of State (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2004 : report (to accompany H.R. 4264) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2004), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2005 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 817, May 18, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prohibition of interstate movement of live birds for animal fighting : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 1275, September 13, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Welfare Act amendments : report (to accompany S. 345). (U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (page images at HathiTrust)

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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 ... (Dingwall and Paton, 1928), by A. C. Dingwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl : old English and modern (The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Glover's breeder's and cockers' guide (Printed at the Feathered Warrior Printery], 1913), by F. R. Glover (page images at HathiTrust)

• La Sauvagine en France. Chasse, description et histoire naturelle de toutes les espèces visitant nos contrées. (Didot, 1897), by Louis Ternier (page images at HathiTrust)

• Upland game harvest ([Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks], 1963), by Harvey H. Pietz and Fish South Dakota. Department of Game (page images at HathiTrust)

• The game fowl : old English and modern (The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust)

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