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Duck-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of ducks. ==Overview== Duck-baiting involved releasing a pinioned duck on to a pond. The dog dived into the pond coursing the duck, which was unable to fly. A spectacular diving exhibition ensued, as the duck dived the dog dived to pursue. Inevitably, the dog could not match the duck's speed underwater and would surface in rage. Spectators would gamble and joined in the noise to encourage their animal of choice. Those who backed the dog might throw stones at the duck in an attempt to disable it, which caused fights among the spectators. The dogs would take turns catching the duck. Prizes would be awarded to the dogs that caught the duck in the least amount of time.〔Homan, M. (2000). ''A Complete History of Fighting Dogs'' pp 109–110 Howell Book House Inc. ISBN 1-58245-128-1〕 Strutt's ''Sports and Pastimes'' says of duck-baiting: :"another barbarous pastime and for the performance it is necessary to have recourse to a pond of water sufficiently extensive to give the duck plenty of room for making her escape from the dogs, when she is closely pursued; which she does by diving as often as any of them come near to her."〔Strutt, Joseph (1810) ''Glig-Gamena Angel-Deod, Or Sports and Pastimes of the People of England'' (2nd edition) White and Company, London, (pages 251–252 ), 〕 It was a favourite spectator sport for Charles II of England.〔〔Collins, Tony and Vamplew, Wray (2002) ''Mud, Sweat and Beers: A cultural history of sport and alcohol'' Berg, Oxford, England, (page 8 ), ISBN 1-85973-553-3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duck-baiting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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