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Jacco Macacco was a fighting ape or monkey who was exhibited in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s.
Into this vile and unforgiving ‘sport’ came the diminutive figure of Jacco Macacco, an ape whose fighting record is alleged to have brought fifteen victories. A Dog Fight at Kit Burn’s from James McCabe, The Secrets of the Great City, Philadelphia, 1868.
Housed in Hastings' True CRIME Museum, are the remains of killer monkey JACCO MACACCO, known as the DOG FIGHTING APE of the Westminster Pits in the 1820's. ...
Jacco Macacco was a fighting ape or monkey who was exhibited in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in London in the early 1820s. He achieved some measure of fame among the sporting community through his reputed prodigious record of victories against dogs.
Jacco Macacco (also spelled Jacko Macauco), was a fighting monkey or game monkey. He was alternatively billed as the Hoxton Ape or Hoxton Monkey. According to a recount by Lord Lennox in 1860:
Head of a fighting monkey called 'Jacco Macacco' in three-quarter profile to right, with slightly open mouth, wearing a collar; state before address added to lower right. 1826 Etching on chine collé
Jacco Macacco was a famous fighting monkey during the early 19 th century. A small monkey, weighing in at only 10 – 12 pounds, he was matched against dogs of similar weight in the fighting pits of Westminster.