Playlist: Sport of Kings
BLOODLINE episodes that explore the rise and fall of cockfighting in England. The British embraced the…
No. 5: Kings of the Cockpit
We’ll be exploring the lives of some of the all-time-great cockers of England and the world up to that time, including Edward Smith-Stanley, The 12th Earl of Derby and some of his contemporaries, including William Tregonwell Frampton, William “Bill” Gilliver, Joe Gilliver and Paul Potter.
No. 4: Royal Pastime, Rabble Darling, Part II
At the end of the 1600s, cockfighting was about as prevalent among the British as it…
No. 2: A Gringo Walks into a Cockfight
Puerto Rican cockers currently have an appeal pending in the First Circuit Court in Boston which challenges the constitutionality of the ban and also argues the cockers were entitled and did not receive due process of law prior to the prohibition. Oral arguments were made earlier this month, and gamefowl community awaits the decision of the court judges.