Dr. O. N. Smith of This City has Hen That Can Whip any Rooster, He Declares.
Will Make Wager On It.
States That He Will Bet any Amount That Hen Will Score Victory Over Rooster.
    Dr. O. N. Smith of Waukegan, the well known veterinarian is generally known as being level headed. His cranium is so level that in the language of Eugene Ware, a billiard table compared alongside of it, becomes at once perilous declivity. But the friends of the doctor in this city sat up with an unusual jerk today, when they learned of a recent outburst on the part of theotherwise staid local gentleman. The surprise occasioned by the friends of the doctor was sprung when he announced that he would wager any amount of money on a hen possessed by him, declaring that it could whip any rooster, pit stock, or otherwise, in the country.
    That the hen is a militant suffragist of hendom, a demon with spurs and that it annihilates other chickens, merely for the pleasure of seeing their finish, was stated by the doctor. He has placed the hen on exhibition at the poultry show. He left word with the management of the exhibition to accept any or all wagers, from any owner of fighting roosters, that the hen could wallop the earth with their pride.
    The hen is of the White Plymouth Rock variety and one of the finest of its type in the country. It is somewhat advanced in age, however, being eight years old. It is an innocent looking bird.
    Still it is stated the doctor is forced to keep the fighting matron in a pen by itself, as it has a tendency to kill roosters or other hens with impunity.
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