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   The Gordon's was made from 2 well know strains of fowl. The first line was Warhorse. In Augusta GA, a man by the name Barney Dunbar was the wealthiest man in that part of the south. He loved game fowl very much an in about 1850 he sent John Stone a trail of a few seasons. These Gilders proved to be very game. In the meantime Col. Thos. G. Bacon of Edgefield S.C. found some wonderful fighting cocks in Baltimore, MD. Col. Bacon brought of Marblehead, Massachusetts. an purchased a trio of Stone's Irish Gilders. This trio was placed on the yard of Mr. Tom Wilson of Beech S.C. where they was to be bred by Mr. Dunbar.

   After some of these was to be cocks they were the best cocks up until that time. They was wonderful fighting and cutting cocks. Col. Bacon decided to try to cross some with some fowl called Baltimore fowl of the Irish Gilders. Because some of the Warhorses would run they hoped that the Gilders would make them better fighters. So he took a cock called "BURNT EYES" and bred them and there by produce a great strain of fowl.

   So the old burnt-eye cock was put over hens of the Irish-Gilder hens that came from Mass. A number of stags was raised. Now remember the Gilder hens was put on the yard of Mr. Tom Wilson so he raised the stags from branny cock to Gilder hens.

   It so happen that Tom was wanting a saddle so one day one policeman of Augusta GA, his name was Peter Sherron, had one he didn't need so he made a trade with Tom Wilson. The saddle for one of the stag cross of burnt-gilder. In 1856 in Aug. GA Bacon & Bohler fought a main against Franklin of Columbia S.C. Bacon an Bohler used a number of these stags along with the stag that was a cock by now of Sherron. This cock made top weight at 6-04. This cock meet his opponent in the air both came down to ground a both shuffling a fell apart in dying condition.

   The policeman's cock vomited a mouthful of blood staggered over the Columbia cock a made a hard shuffled the Sherron cock killed the other cock. Peter Sherron the proud owner jump into the pit a grabbed the cock up and yelled "be faither-rs but ain't he a war-horse". This cock of Sherron was typical burnt eye in appear. Black body, dark legs, black eye, lemon neck.

   So this is the make up of the old Warhorses. Col. Bacon like the brownred fowl. Old Col. John Fair also faced this type of fowl. Hopkinson liked the dark colors of these hens was all black the cocks the type of the original Warhorse type found. The Baltimore burnt eye cock.

   As to the fighting qualities of this fowl Bacon & Bohler fought 42 mains a won 40 of them. 41 of these wins was fought by Bacon an won 40 of the 1 main was fought by Bacon handler an the handler lost by the odd fight. the other side of the Gordons is Col. Alfred Aldrich's Mugwumps. Will tell later what the Mugwumps made from. thanks hope you all read an like this as much as I have.