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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ September 18, 1873. 



shown, the first prize being taken by a nice pair of Malay 1 

 ckickeus, while good Houdans stood second. I 



Dorkings.— I, J. White. Warlaby, Northallerton. 2, W. J. Thompson, Wood- 

 horn, Morpeth, he, A. Bug^ass, Durham. Chickens.— 1, J. White. 2, S. Stod- 

 dard, Millfleld. he, W. Swaun, BedUngton. 



Cochins.— 1. Cup, and he, G. H. Procter, Durham. 2, W. J. Thompann. 

 Chickem.—l, G. H. Procter. 2, D. & J. Ibetaon, Whitby, he, W. Jaggs, Blyth ; 

 t).&J. Ibetson. 



Brahmas -1, W. Swann, BedlinRton. 2, R. Moore, East Kainton. f, N. H. 

 Scott, Sunderland. ChicktJis.—l, C. Venablea, Sheraton, Cattle Eden. 2, R. 

 Moore, he, J. N. Liiwaun, Kyhope. 



Spanish. —1, G. Holmes. Driffield. 2, R. Moore, e, A. Buglass; W. Jaggs. 

 Chickens.~\, R. Moore. 2, W. Swann. 



Polish.— 2, A. buglasa. he, W. Lainf?, Sunderland. Chicketm.—lf W. J. 

 Thompson. 2, W. G. Purden, Driffield, he, J. T. Proud. 



GAiiK.—Any variety.—], W. LaiutT- 2, T. & J. Robaon, Bishop Auckland. 

 Black-breastcii and other Jieds—l and Cup, J. Fletcher. Manchester. 2, E. 

 Aykroyd, Ecc'eehill, Leeda. hr, J. BrouRh, Carlisle. Chickens.—l, R. Brittou, 

 Tbirsk. 2 J. Fletcher, e. G. Wataon, Hyhope. 



Game.— .^ny other I'arieti/.— I.E. Aykroyd. 2, W. G. Purdon. ftc, W. Laing. 

 Chickens.—l, W. Lamg. 2, W. Allen, Sunderland, ftc. W. Allen ; G. Holmes. 



H/L^BURaiiH. — Qoldeihspanglcd —1, G. Holmes. 2, A. Buijlaas. he, W, Bear- 

 park, Northallerton. Silver-simnglcd.—l, R. Moore. 2, G. Holmes. Chickens. 

 —2, T. Avr, Bankfoot. West Auckland. 



U&TdiiURQS8.— Gold€TirpenciUed.—\, W. Bearpark. 2, R. Moore. Chickens.— 

 1,.T. Pattison.Bebside Colliery. 2. T Stansfield, Millfield. c, G.Holmes. Silver- 

 pencilled.— I, W. Bearpark. 2. W. G. Purden, he, R. Moore. Chiclcens.—l, G. 

 Holmes. 2 and he, T. Stansfield. 



BiSTMSs.— Game.— Black-breasted and other Reds. — 1 and Cup, W. Rogers, 

 Sunderland. 2. D. Hunter, Sunderland, he. J. French ; J. Ferry, Cowpen, 

 Morpetb. Chickens. — I, D. Hunter. 2,MiBS M. J. Nelson, Cockshaw, Hexbam. 

 he. Mrs. G. Hall, Kendal (2): J. Ferry, c, J. Barlow, Monkwearmouth. 



BANTAMS. — Game — Any other rarie^y. -1, J. Barlow. 2. Miss M. J. Nelson. 

 he, T. Dowcll. Millfield ; G. Hall, Kendal ; J. & W. Gill, Bisbop Auckland ; G. 

 Holmes. Chickens.—l. D. Hunter. 2. T. & J. Robson. 3, Mrs. G. Hall. 4, Miss 

 M. J. Nelson, he, J. Barlow ; G Holmes; Mrs. G. Hall. 



Bantams —.4ny variety except Gamc.—l. G. Holmes. 2, T. H. Cartwright, 

 Bisbop Auckland, he. Miss M. J. Nelson : A. G. Mitchell. Chicken3.—\,T. &. J. 

 Robsun. 2, G. Holmes, he, J. R. Torbock, Middlesborough. 



DrcKS.-Aylexbiiry.-l, T. Stansfield. 2, C. Venables. he, W. J. Thompson ; 

 W. Lainfr; T. Dowell. Rouen— I, W. Swann. 2, Miss M. J. Nelson. he.T. 

 Stansfield; C. Graham. Boroiisbbridge. Anj other variety.— 1, J. G. Milner. 

 2, T. P. Carver, he, T. Falla, Bisbopwearmoutb. 



Sfllino Class.- 1, J. G. Miluer. 2, R. Moore, he, W. Swann; R. Moore; 

 T. Falla : G. Watson. 



Any other Varieti-.— 1, R. Hawkins, Seaham. 2 and c, — Wilcox, Whitburn. 



The Judge was Mr. E. Hutton, Pudsey. 



HUNTINGDONSHIRE POULTRY SHOW. 



This was held on the 12th inst., when the following awards 

 were made : — 



DoEKiNGs. — 1, Rev. E. Bartmm, Berkhampstead. 2, R. Wood, Clapton, 

 Thrapston. Hens. — 1, R Wood, he. Rev. E. Bartrum. c, Mrs. Stephens, 

 Alibutts Kipton Hall. Chiekens.—l and Special, F. Parlett, Great Eaddow, 

 Chelmsford. 2. — Wvman. he. Wren & Page. Lowestoft; R.Wood, Clapton. 

 PuUets.~l, Rtv. E. JBartrum. he. Major G. I. Eweu, Fulham. Cock.— I. R, 

 Wood. Cockerel— 1, Rev. E. Bartrum. he, R. Wood; E. W. Stratford, West 

 Mull ill g. 



Spanish —1, Major C. I. Ewen. 2. Mrs. Stephens. Hcns.-l, E. W. Stratford. 

 he, H. Yariney. Birminifhara. Chiekens.—l, Major C. I. Ewen. 2, H- Yardley. 

 he, E. W. Stratford. Cock.— I, H. Yardley. 



Game.— 1, S. Deacon. Oundle. 2. H. Yardley. Coek.—l, S. Deacon. 



Game B^.tiT.\^s.— Black-breasted or other Beds. — 1, H. Yardley. 2, J. Good- 

 liffe, Huntingdon, c, — Hulme.Huntincdon. 



Mixed Brepd.— 1 and2. J. (ioodliffe { White Cochin and Dorkinp). 



CticuiN-CniNA.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, C. H. Mellor, Sawtry. Chicketis.—l, J. 

 Gooiibffe. 



Hamrcrghs.— 1, Major C. I. Ewen. 2, A. F. Faulkner. Thrapston. 



Polish.— 1, G. W. Boothby. Louth. 2, J. GoodUefe. 



Anv other Varietv.- 1, \V. Mansfield, (^ambrid^e. 



DvcKS.— Aylesbury —1. — Deacon. 2, J. Goodliffe. DuckHngs. — 1 and Speciiil, 

 T. Sear. Tinnewick. Buckingham. 2. J. Goodliffe. Bourn. — 1 and 2, J. Goodliffe. 

 Durklings—l.F. Parlett. 3. R. Wood. Any other r(iru-iw.—l, H. Wvman (East 

 ludiani. 2, J. Goodliffe (White Call). Duekiings.—l and 2, J. Goodhffe (Black 

 East Indian and White Call). 



GEEyE— 1, T. M. Derry, Gedney. 2, M. Kew, Market Overton, Oakliam. 

 Goylinas.—l, Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, Peterborougb. 2, T. M. Derry. 



Turkeys.— 1 and Special. E. Arnold, Whittlesford. 2, M. Kew. Poults.-l, E. 

 Arnold. 2, T. Gunnell, MUton. 



Ph;f.iim<i —Special, 1. and 2, — Minson, St. Ives (Carriere). 



F.xtra Priz(^ to the exhibitor obtaining *he greateiit number of prizes in the 

 forr^'oiiiir (.-biflses. A cup of the value of iTi, by the inhabitants of Huntingdon. 

 Awarded to Mr. Goodliffe. 



Judge. — Mr. Tegetmeier, Finchley. 



Polish.— 1, 2. and 3, P. Unsworfh, Lowton, Newton-lc-Willows. he, H. Beldon. 



French.— 1, J. J. Maiden, Biggleswade. 2 and 3. W. Dring:, Favereham. he, 

 3. K. Fowler, 



Any other Variety.— 1, H. Be'don (White Cochins) 2, W. A. Taylor. 3, J. 

 K. Fowler, /ic, Mrs. Cunliffe (White Dorkings); J.J. Maiden (White Cochins). 



Game Ba.nta.ms. —Black-breasted Beds.—l and S. G. Maples, jun., Wavertree, 

 Liverpool. 2 and he. W. F. Entwi.sle, Westfield, Bradford. Any variety 

 except Black-breasted Reds.—l, 2, and 3, W. F. Entwiale- 



Bxntams.— --I/iy rariety except Game.—l. W. A. Taylor. 2, Pickles & Whit- 

 taker. Greaf Hey. Edentield. Burnlev. 3, H. Beldon. 



DvcKS.— Rouen— 1 2, and 3, T. Wakefield, Golborne, Newton-le-Willows. he, 

 T. Mills. Seacombe ; P. Unswortb. Aylesbury.— 1. J. Walker. Rochdale. 2 and 

 8, J. K. Fowler, he, J. Walker; J. K. Fowler. Any other variety.— 1, J. Walker. 

 (East Indian). 2. J. J. Maiden, BiRt,'leswade (East Indian). 3, H. Beldon (Call). 

 he, H. B, Smith, Brooklands. Bruughton ; C. W. Brierley. 



Gekse.— Grey and Mottled.— 1, J. Walker. 2 and 3. S. H. Stott, Preaton. he, 

 J. K. Fowler; E. Shaw, Plas Wilmot, Oswestry. Whitc.—l and 3, J. K. Fowler, 

 2, J. Walker. 



Turkeys.- 1, J. Walker. 2, J. K. Fowler. 



PIGEONS. 



PouTKRS.— Cocfc.— 1, L. Watkin. Northampton. 2. G. Taylor, Huddersfleltl. 

 he, G. Taylor; T. Moore. Birkenhead. Hen.—l, T. Moore. 2, H. Yardley, 

 Birmingham, he. L. Watkins. c, G. Taylor. 



Carbiers.- Coofr.— 1, E. C. Stretch, Ormsklrk. Liverpool. 2, H. Yardley. he, 

 T. H. Stretch, Ormakirk : T. Moore. Een.— i, T. Moore. 2, T. Chambers, jun.» 

 Northampton, c. T. H. Stretch ; H. A. Weston, Soutbport. 



Tumblers.- 1. H. Yardlev. 2, T. Moore. 



Dragoons —Blue and SilveT.—l,'W. Gamon, Chester. 2, F. Graham, Birken- 

 head, he, W. Smith, Walton, Liverpool; W. Gamon; E. C. Stretch; F. 

 Graham (2). Anu other colour.— Cnp, 1, and 2, F. Graham, he. F. Graham (4>; 

 W. H. Mitchell, Moseley. Birmingbam. e, F. Graham ; W. Hill, Stockport. 



Owls —1 and Cup, J. Fielding, jun.. Rochdale. 2, T. Moore, he, H. Yardley ; 

 A. Justice, Salford ; G. Taylor, e, H. A. Weston, Southport. 



TuRBiTs.- 1, T. Moore. 2, G. J. Taylor, he, J. Walts, King's Heath, Bir- 

 mingham, c, H. Yardley. 



Fantails.— I, J. F. Loversidge, Newark. 2. W. Hill, Stockport, he, J. F. 

 Loversidge; W. H. Tomlinaon, Newark-on-Trent. 



Barbs.— 1, J. Fielding, jun, 2. H. Yardley. he, A. Justice : T. Moore. 



Antwerps.— 1,2, and c, W. Gamon. he, H. Yardley; J. Watts: A. Justice; 

 W. Hill. 



Ndn.—I, H. Yardley. 2, W. Hill, ftc, T.Moore, 



Any other Variety.— 1, T, Moore. 2, G. J. Taylor, he, H. Yardley; J. 

 Watts; W. Hill ; W. Gamon. c, W. Gamon ; G. J. Taylor. 



JvDG-Es.— -Poultry : Mr. J. H.fSmith, Skelton, York ; Mr. II. 

 Teebay, Fulwood, PreBton. 



MANCHESTER and LIVERPOOL POULTRY SHOW. 



This was held at Chester on the 10th, 11th, and 1 '2th iust. The 

 following is the Ust of awards : — 



DoRKiticR.—Colotired.—l, T. Statter, Stand Hall. 2,T. Briden, Earby, Skip- 

 ton. 3. J. Robinson, Garstang. he, T. Rigby, Winsford. SHver-Grey.—l, J. 

 Robinson. 2, A Darliy. Bridgnorth. 



Spanish.- 1, H. Beldon. Goitstock, Bingley. 2, H. Wilkinson, Earbv, Skip- 

 ton. 3. J. Siddorn. Winsford. 



Cochin-China.— B«jr or Cinnamon.— 1 and 2, C. Sidgwick, Keighley. 3, W. 

 A. Taylor. Maocbester. Brown and Partridge-feathered.— land he, 0. Sidgwick. 

 2, W. A. Tavlor. 3, E. A. Tudraan. Wbitcharch. 



B[Uhma PooTHAS.-Z>.irfc.-l. W.A.Taylor. 2. J. H. Pickles, Birkdale. South- 

 port. 3, C. Layland, Warrington. he,E. Kendrick.jun., Licbticld; H. Beldon, 

 Goitstock; C. Layland. Light.— 1,U., Beldon. 2, J. Long, London. 3 and /(C, 

 C. Layland. 



Game.— Black-breasted Bed-t.—l, T. P. Lyon, Liverpool. 2 and 3, J. Piatt, 

 Swanlow, Winsford, Brown and other Beds, except Blaek-breasfed.-l, J. 

 Piatt. 2 and 3, J. Wood. Wigan. he. C. W. Bnerley ; G. F. Ward, Wrenbury. 

 Any variety except Black-breasted and other Reds.—l, C. W. Brierley. il and 3, 

 J. tioodwin, Liverpool. 



HAWhVRGHs.—Oolden pencilled. — 1 and he, W. & E. Clayton, Keighley. 2, 

 Duke of Sutherland, Stoke nn-Trent. 3, W. Spcakman. Nantwicb. Silver- 

 pcncillcd.—l, H. Smith. Keighley. 2, J. Robinson. 8. H. Beldon. 



HAyiuiRaHS.— Golden><panifted. — l, Duke of Sutherland. 2, N. Marlor, 

 Denton, Manchester. 3, G. & J. Duckworth, Church. Silver-spangled.-l, J. 

 Fielding, Newchurch, Manchester. 2, J. Robinson. 8, H. Beldon. 



HAMBCRGH3.—Bf(iifc.—1, N. Marlor. 2 and Ac, C. Sidgwick. 8, J. Fielding. 



STEALING PRIZE PIGEONS FROM AN 

 AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 



I AM glad to be able to send the enclosed, for the loss of birds 

 has become frequent of late. I discovered this theft myself, 

 and put the Secretary and detective on the alert. A pair of Red 

 Turbits with shell crowns were lost from the Bramley Show, and 

 have not beeu heard of since, — E. Hutton, 



" At the North Riding petty sessions, Whitby, on Saturday, 

 Henry Wilson, shoemaker, of Ayton, near Stokesley, was charged 

 with having stolen a valuable pair of cream-coloured Barb 

 Pigeons from the Whitby Agricultural Show on the 27tli ult. 

 The Pigeons were exhibited by Mr. Henry Yardley, of Birming- 

 ham, a noted breeder, who valued them at Jl20. They took the 

 first prize in their class. They were missed from the pens 

 between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, and it is sur- 

 prising how the prisoner succeeded in making off with them, as 

 policemen and caretakers were stationed around. The Secre- 

 tary of the Society (Mr. Stonehouse) offered a reward of £5, and 

 the prisoner was apprehended and pleaded gailty, but the 

 Pigeons have not been recovered. The Chairman said the 

 prisoner was convicted only last October of stealing two Tum- 

 bler Pigeons at Great Ayton, and sentenced him to two mouths' 

 imprisonment, with hard labour." — [Leeds Mercury.) 



POLYGAMY IN PIGEONS. 



The remarks of "Wiltshire Rectok," publisbed in the 

 Journal of the 4th inst., upon the communication which I 

 recently made upon this subject demand from me a few words 

 in reply. " Wiltshire Rector" will, I hope, forgive me if I 

 do not treat very seriously, or regard as having much analogy 

 with the facts narrated by me, the occurrence which he mentions 

 as having taken place when he was once attending at a petty 

 sessions. Such an occurrence may rather be regarded as par- 

 taking strongly of the nature of a practical joke, or, at the very 

 best, as furnishing an example, not by the way an unfair one, of 

 the hasty and illogical manner in which conclusions are not un- 

 frequently arrived at by those who are entrusted with the ad- 

 ministration of justice in tribunals of the kind referred to. In 

 the case mentioned by "Wiltshire Rector" there was, ac- 

 cording to his statement, the assertion of the marriage, the pro- 

 duction of the alleged offspring, and I suppose we may assume 

 the absence of any denial of the marriage on the part of the 

 witness; but many other circumstances were conspicuously 

 wanting, for the existence of which iu the case which I have 

 ventured to call one of polygamy iu Pigeons I can vouch, " Wilt- 

 shire Rector " does not even tell us, for instance, whether the 

 baby produced bore any resemblance to its alleged father; but 

 I will not pursue the case in " petty sessions " further. 



That "Wiltshire Rector" should be a little incredulous as 

 regards x)olygamy in Pigeons I am not surprised. I cannot lay 

 claim to thirty-five years' experience as a Pigeon fancier, but I 

 have kept Pigeons, and have been interested in their natural 



