AFTER you have made the Fighting Wild Irishman out of cigar-box wood you will understand very easily how to make the "Rooster Fight" toy shown in the accompanying drawing. The principle of operation is almost exactly the same, the chief difference being the shape of the figures supposed to be fighting.

The base stick, shown at D in this case, has a little round pan like the cover to a blacking box fastened to its center at P. This is supposed to contain the food over which the roosters are fighting. The base stick has slots cut at S and at 0 so that the roosters' feet and the trigger pieces T can fit into place.

The drawing shows the shape of the pieces which make up each rooster; but notice that the rooster legs L pivot on a nail d between the wing pieces W and the body pieces B.

Just forward of the wings a little connecting wire C is run between a hole h in the main stick and a hole r in the rooster's body. These holes are so arranged that the distance between d and r is the same between m and h.

Notice also the hook n cut in the back part of the rooster's foot to keep it from pulling back too far through the action of the rubber band R.

The drawing shows very plainly also the patterns for the trigger or thumb pieces T at either end.

The pieces b are wires running between the lower part of the foot pattern to the thumb pieces T by which the toy is operated. The whole mechanism is worked exactly like the Fighting Irishman toy, as shown in Figure 2 of the previous story.

It is hardly necessary to explain that the figures are cut out of cigar-box wood, although the main base stick is half an inch thick and an inch wide.