Rémy Cogghe, Belgian painter (1854–1935)
Cockfight in Flanders
Steve wrote about this in Querencia and maybe elsewhere. He was more favorable to it than many. I think he saw it as more of a social occasion than a sport.
Having had much loved Barred Plymouth Rocks when I was 10 I would rather see them in the yard than fight them. I would be curious to go to some fights and see what it was about, however.
Referencing another Tom Russell masterpiece: “That damn chicken song” (Gallo del Cielo).
Updated with a clearer image.