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JOURNAIi OF HORTICOLTUEE AND COTTAGE GAEDENER. 



t November 20, 1873. 



draw ? Trusting this notice may satisfy exhibitors.— F. W. Met- 

 calfe, Hon. Sec, 2, Clarendon Street, Cambridge, 



DARLINGTON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S 



SHOW. 

 This was held in the Mechanics' Hall, Darlington, on the 

 14th and 15th inst. The following are the awards : — 



Belgian.— C'/t'n)', Tii-kcif, or Vctru-gated Yellow.— I, 3. he, and c, J. Rntter, 

 Sunderland. 2, B. H.iwinan, Middlesbrough. Clear, Ticked, or Variegated 

 Buff.—l, 2, and 3. J. Kutter. lie, J. Rutter ; J. N. Harrison, Belper. 



Norwich.— Ci(^ar Jonque. — 1, Lamplougli & Bexson, Derby. 2, Holmes and 

 Doyle. Niittingham. 'S. J. Audiey, Leicester, he, J. Adams, Coventry {-2). 

 Clear Buff. — 1, Holmes A Doyle. 2, J. Atkina, Stoke, Coventry. 8, Lamplough 

 and Bexson. he, .1. Adkins; Holmes & Doyle; Lamplough & Bexson. c, J. 

 Adams ; Brown & Gayton. Northampton. 



^ORVficii.— Evenly-marked Jonque.— \, Lamplough & Besson. 2. J. Adams. 

 3, Holmes & Doyle, he, Imhoff & Camall, Hillfield, Coventry ; Lamplough and 

 BexBon. c, H. iS D. Audiey, Leicester; J. Audiey. Evenly-marked Buff.— i,^, 

 and c, Lamplough &. Bexson. 3. J. Adams, he, H. .S; D. Audtey ; Imhoff and 

 Carnall; Holmes & Doyle : J. Aihersuch: J. .\dam3. 



Norwich. — 3Vc/ierf or Unevenly-marked Jonque.— 1, W. Carrick, Middles- 

 brongh. 2, T. Tenniswood. 3, J. Adkins. /ic, J. Adams; J. Audiey ; Lamplough 

 and Bexson. c, J. Adkins; Lamplough &BexBon. Tieked or Unevenly-marked 

 Buff.—l, J. Adams. 2, W. W. Kllerton, Darlington. 3 and c, Lamplough and 

 Besson. he. Holmes & Doyle (2); Lamplough & BexPon. 



Norwich.— J;iy variety of Crcaied Yellow.— I, R. E. Triffit, York Castle. 2. 

 Lamplout;h & Bexson. 3, W. Watson, jun., Darlington, he. Cox & Hillier, 

 Korlhampton. c, S. Tomes. Northampton. Any variety of Crested Buff.—), 

 Martin & Griffln. Northampton. 2. S. Tomes. 8, W. Wood, Harrogate, he, J. 

 Hurrell, Sunderland; Lamplough i Bexson; — Baxter, c, J. Devaney, 

 Knaresbrough ; W. Boothbv. Brotton, Saltburn; J. Hurrell; Lamplough and 

 Bexson; Cox & Hillier; W. Wood. 



l^iZAba.—Golden-xpanghd —1, W. Watson, jun. 2, R. Ritchie. D.arlington. 3, 

 J. N. Harrison, he, W. Watson, jun. ; W. W. EUerton ; R. Ritchie, Darlington. 

 c, J. Athersuch, Coventry. Silver-spangled.— \ and 3, W. Watson, jun. 2, R. 

 Ritchie. /iC, R. Ritchie (2); J. Goode. Leicester; J. Martin, Salford ; S. Bunt- 

 ing, Derby, c, W. Watson, jun. ; L. Belt, Dewsbury ; J. N. Harrison ; J. Taj-- 

 lor, Middlesbrough ; J. Martin. 



Lizard.— Golderi.spajtoted with broken eap, or pied wings or tail. — l, W. 

 Watson, jun. 2, R. hitchie. S.J.Taylor. )ie, W. Watson, jun (2); R. Rilohie. 

 Silver-spangled witli broken eap. or pied wings or tail.—\, R. Ritchie. 2, W. 

 Watson, jun. 3. E. Layfield, Croft. /ic,W. Watson, jun. ; R.Mtchie (2). c, W. 

 Watson, jun. ; J. Taylor. 



Cinnamon.- Jo«g»c.— 1. J. Adams. 9, Lamplough & Bexson. S, J. Devaney. 

 fttf, Lamplough & Bexson; Cox & Hillier; W. Smith, Birmingham, e, j. 

 Audiey ; J. Taylor. Bnff'.—l and 2, Lamplough & Bexson. 3, Cox & Hillier. 

 he, R. Simpson. Whitbv ; J. Adams ; Brown & Gayton. c, J. Adams ; J. Taylor. 



yoEKSHiRE.— C^ear Yellow.— 1 and 2, W. Hutton, BaiJdon. 3, C. Holdsworth, 

 Harrogate. Ac, G. Ward, Crook; J. Rowland, Skelton; J. Harrison; W. W. 

 Johnson, Northallerton: J. Whitaker, Great Horton; J. Shepherd, c, J. 

 Thackrey; W. Howard. Harrogate; J. Cleminson, Darlington: L. Belk. Clear 

 Buff.—l and 3, W. Hutton. 2. J. Whitaker. he, G. Ward; W. Bulmer; W. 

 Boothby. c, J. Thackrey ; J. Cleminson. 



YoRESHiRK.- Evenly-marked Yellojv—l, L. Belk. 2. J. Stevens, Middles- 

 brough. 3. J. Shepherd, Great Horton. he, J. Whitaker. Buff.—l, P. Rawns- 

 ley. Ledgett Green. 2. J. Brown. 3. J. Shepherd, he. T. Tenniswood; J. 

 Whitaker; L. Belk : C. Burton, c. T. Robinson. Norton. Malton; J. Shepherd. 



YoRHSitiRE.— Tielced or Unevenly-marked Yellow or Buff.—l, J. Stevens. 2, M. 

 Comer. Darlington. 3, J. Whitaker. lie. J. cleminson. c, J. Garbutt. 



Any other Variety of Canary.- 1, W. Hutton. 2, J. Spence, South Shields 

 (Green). Extra 2. W. Cotton (Coppy Crestl. 3. R. Eobinson, Middlesbrough 

 (Evenly-marked Cinnamon), r xtra 3, — Baxter, ftc. R. Hawman : W. Bulmer, 

 Stockton (Coppy Crest); J. N. Harrison; J. Brown (Evenly-marked Cinnamon). 

 c, J. Rowland ; J. Adams. 



Selling Class.— 1, W. Watson, jun. 2. W. Hntton. 3, Brown & Gayton 

 (Norwich), he. R. Simpson (Jonque and Buff Norwich); S. Tomes; J. Audlev; 

 Lamplough cS Bexson. c, C. Holt; W. W. Ellerton; J. Garbutt; K.LajJield: 

 W. Smith. 



Cage of Srx Canaries.— Fartcfi/rtjitiPiiimaflic.— 1,R. Layfield. SjT.Clemin- 

 flon. 3. J. Cleminson. he, R. Ritchie. 



Goldfinch MrjLE.—Evenly-marked.—l, R. Hawninn. 2, W. & C. Bnmiston, 

 Middlesbrough. 3, P. Eawnsley. he, J. Spence ; J. Whitaker. c, W. Harland. 

 York. Dark.—l, Lamplough & Bexson 2. W. & C. Bumiston. 3, Cox and 

 Hillier. t'/ic, C. Holt, South Stockton ; W. Lister, Ripon. /ic, J. Stevens, c, M. 

 Comer. 



Mule.— Jny other variety,— I and 3, R. Hawman. 2*and he, J. Spence. vhc, 

 W. Hutton. 



Foreign Birds.— I. J. Calvert. 2 and 3, W. Iddison, Darlington, he, G. 

 Bowes, jun., Darlington ; W. & C. Bumiston; W. Hodgson; W. LiBter"(2). c, 

 W. Wood. -w , 



GoLDFiN-CH.—l,W. Hutton. 2, R. Wilson, Lofthousc. 3, J. Martin, vhc,!!. 

 Tenniswood. he, W. Wass. Darlington, c, W. Robinson. 



Linmet.— Broicn.— 1, J. Beagy, Middlesbrough. 2 and c, M. Stelling, Willing- 

 ton. 8, W. Carrick. vlie, C. Dunbar, Darlington, he, T. Tenniswood. 



BcLLFiNcH.— 1. Brown ,t Gayton. 2, W. Lister. 3, R. D. Waite, [Norton, 

 Malton. vlie, R. Pearson, Whi'by. he. J. Devaney: J. N. Harrison. 



Any other Variety of British Bird.- 1, G. Wallace (Thrush). 3, W. 

 Thornton, Darlington (Lark). Extra 2. C. Holdsworth (Missle Thrush), 3, W. 

 and C. Bumiston. vhc, R. Ritchie (Blackbird and Starling), he, W. Hodgson 

 (t-tarling); W. Thornton (Starling); Cox & Hillier; T. Pigg, Darlington 

 (Thrush). 



Judges. — Mr. G. J. Barnesby, Derby; Mr. J. Calvert, York; 

 Mr. T. Clark, Sunderland. 



[We are promised some notes for next week. — Eds.] 



THE FORTHCOMING DEVIZES SHOW, AND 

 BLACK DUCKS AT DEVIZES. 



There was once in years far back — that is, far back for such 

 modern things, a Devizes poultry show; I believe it was in the 

 year 1861. Then there was a long pause, and no show until 

 1871 — a decade of change and progress in the poultry world. 

 New names had come up ; old names, some gone altogether, 

 Bome gone from the world of poultry-fanciers ; and many others 

 come. Those that are still poultry folks have a little changed 

 in those ten years. Hair will get thin at the top of the head, 

 or retreat from the forehead, or get a shade whiter over the 

 ears ; that is very unkind of Father Time, for the hat cannot 

 hide these bits of white, which will peep out. But to leave 



moralising alone. A Devizes Show there was, and then after 

 ten years came up a Wilts County Show, held at Devizes. As 

 to place of exhibition, that Corn Exchange there is perfect. 

 Earnest workers there are too; but somehow the Committee 

 were out of pocket in 1871, and again out of pocket in 1872. 

 Now it is not nice with hard work to have pecuniary loss, neither 

 is it fair. So to avoid this in future a meeting was held at the 

 Town Hall to have a talk about the show of the future, and it 

 was decided that a show there should be ; next, that certain 

 fanciers or encouragers of poultry should, in addition to their 

 subscriptions, form a guarantee fund, which might not, indeed, 

 have to be drawn upon, but would be ready in case of need. Thus, 

 then, a show there will be this year, and some money is guaran- 

 teed, and more no doubt will be forthcoming. Devizes fanciers 

 having done their duty, others will follow in their course. I 

 could but think as I sat in that Town HaU (a capital hall it is), 

 with the portraits of former M.P.'s and other notorieties look- 

 ing down upon us, to what various uses a town hall is jiut. I 

 looked in at the large room ; there were many tables clothlesa 

 and desolate, for there had been a Mayor's dinner the night 

 before. No remnant of conviviality left save a large clothes- 

 basket full of nutshells — remains fit to match the headaches 

 and dyspeptic stomachs of many of the guests, the consumers 

 of those nuts. The last time I looked into that hall everything 

 was prim and prepared for a teetotal meeting, and a large water 

 decanter full, qtiite full, was on the green-baise-covered table, 

 a fit emblem, like the nutshells, of the entertainment (?) con- 

 nected with it. 



All being right about the future of the poultry show, and a 

 nice harmonious and plucky spirit having been manifested at 

 the meeting, I aud my host, Mr. G. S. Sainsbury, turn home- 

 wards relieved of a weight of anxiety. I inspect the Black 

 Ducks that he has at home, and find them better than ever; I 

 watch a little dusky fleet of them on the water at the end of his 

 pretty garden, and am to see more, many more, to-morrow. 

 The morrow's morning comes, and I am driven on " a high and 

 giddy " dog-cart. (N.B. — I prefer to have four wheels under 

 me. N.B. 2. — I did not, now I remember, care so much about 

 having four wheels twenty years ago. N.B. 3. — Why is this ? 

 A fit subject for meditation next Lent). But if the dog-cart is 

 very high, so are the clouds, and a fine bracing autumnal 

 breeze is blowing. There is a nice, healthy, down-like taste 

 about the air near Devizes. I am driven towards Seend, once 

 famous for Mr. Awdry's roses ; but the roses, like invalids got 

 into years, now live in Bath — yes, live and flourish too, as old 

 clergymen who have sold their livings and reside in " The 

 Queen of the West " always seem to do, as the purchasers of 

 their livings tell you with rueful faces. I reach a gate leading 

 to a brickfield, get off that high dog-cart, being able to reach 

 the earth in process of time, and soon enter the brickfield, 

 and in the deep pools always at such jjlaces find ottt the 

 Ducks. These are driven to laud, and in a sunny corner, some 

 thirty of them, and most beautiful birds they are. Such good 

 ones, and so many together I never beheld — glittering jet 

 black — black without a white feather, aud their green glossy 

 plumage set off by the sun of that bright morning. I own I 

 felt a longing for a piece of water at my home, on which to be 

 able to keep such exquisite pets. Mr. Sainsbury has been a, 

 fancier for some twenty years, and, like every man who sticks 

 to a thing, whether in business or fancy matters, has succeeded, 

 and gone to the top of the Black Duck-fanciers — witness the 

 exquisite pair he showed and won with at Worcester; such 

 form, such body colour, aud such bloom ! — Wiltshire Eectob. 



MOTTLE, BALD, AND BEARD TUMBLERS. 



I DO not agree with "A Would-be Exhieitob" aa to the 

 advisability of offering an occasional extra prize at a show for 

 the purpose of encouraging the exhibition of the above varieties : 

 neither do I think it desirjible to help those who will not help 

 themselves. What is reqtiired is a properly-organised fund for 

 the purpose of providing systematic encouragement not only to 

 Pigeon-fanciers to take these birds up, but also to show-com- 

 mittees to offer prizes for them. " More haste is worse speed " 

 in sober earnest in all matters relating to fancy Pigeons ; and I 

 therefore think that, under present circumstances, the best mode 

 of procedure is for those interested in these neglected breeds to 

 club together and let the Pigeon world know that, in order to 

 encourage those who are breeders of them to persevere, and 

 those who are not to become breeders and to do likewise, they 

 will use their best endeavours to have classes provided for the 

 Mottle, Bald, and Beard at the great shows of the next and 

 future seasons. 



This system, if backed by the hearty co-operation of show- 

 committees, breeders, and exhibitors, would be far more likely 

 to succeed than the plan of at once offering silver cups and other 

 glittering attractions to be snapped-up by the few exhibitors who 

 now possess good specimens of the varieties in question. 



I therefore beg to submit the following proposals for the ap- 

 proval of those who have the interests of the Mottle, Bald, 



