https://gamecock.org/tags/southern/Recent content in Southern on The Gamecock CodexHugoen-us© 2026 The Gamecock Codex · An editorial encyclopediaMon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gamecock.org/breeds/american-game/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gamecock.org/breeds/american-game/<p>date: 2026-06-01</p> <p>The <strong>American Game</strong> is the bird of the Southern cockpit — a blend of the Spanish <em>gallo fino</em> brought to the Caribbean in the sixteenth century, the English gamefowl of the colonial tidewater, and a substantial infusion of Oriental (chiefly Asil and Shamo) blood from the late nineteenth century onward.</p>