Decemljer 18, 18TJ. 1 



JOUKN.VL OF HORTICDLTURB AND COTTAGK GAKDENEE. 



495 



Elmstcad. Cockerel.— 1. Kev. T. E. Cato. 2, F. Clieegcman. 8, E. Greenhill. 

 c, C. Brown: F. Checsemen. 



SPiNlsH.— I, J. Francis, Hildenboronrfi. 2, E. W. Stratrord. Chickens— 1, E. 

 W.Stratford. 2, J. Francis, ftr, Mrs. Brassey. 



CocHLN Chinas.— 1, R. S. S. Woodgate. Fembury, Tnnbridge Wells. 3, Capt. 



F. G. Coleridge, Wargrave. Chicktiu.—l, G. Dowli, r. 2. K. S. S. Woodgate. 

 c, Capt F. G. Ccleridce ; Rev. W. C. H. H. D'Aeth. Wateringbviry. 



Bkauua }^oOTBi.— Dark. — 1, H. W. Castle, Kensington. '2, J. Harvey, jnn., 

 Thaniugton. 3, Mrs. Brassey. he. Dr. Beet, Aslifora ; Key. J. G. Knight, Oan- 

 bury ; W. White, Canterbury; J. Harvey, jun. Li'jht.—\, Mrs. F. Cheshire, 

 Acton. 2, R. Perry, Beckley. 3, J. Long, Bromley Common, /ic, E. Mannooch, 

 Pinntr; Lady Oxendeo, Barham ; Rev. F. T. iScolt, Shepherdswell ; Capt. W. 

 Savill, Wye (2). e, HiSB Hales, Canterbury ; Rev. F. T. Scott. 



ijjiiiB.-Btack'breaited or other Reds.~\, J. Sniithwaite, .\shford, 2, G. 

 Brabam. he, J. A. Harms, Ashford : J. Jeken, EUham; G. Chffoid, Aehford. 

 Cliiekt iM.— 1, F. Warde, West Farlejgh. 2, W. Foster. Hippie House, Deal. 3, 

 J. A. Harms, he, K. Murton ; J. Jeken : G. H. Filzherbert. Sevenoaks i2). 



Game.— ^ny odfr rariety.—l, C. J. Plumptre. Ite, n. Barton, Dover ; C. J. 

 Plumptre; E. Rice. CUickens.—l and 2, J. Chittenden, Wiilesborough, Lees. 

 Ac, E. Kica (2). c H. Loe. Chilbam ; G. U. Fitzhcrbert. 



Gajie.— Cocfc.— 1, H. H. Stickings, Ashford. 2, T. G. Ledger.Folkestone. he, 



G. Braham ; H. Loe ; F. Warde. e. T. Kennett, Wye .Mills. 

 HAilBVRGas.— GoUien-fjjaJUJled.-l, W. K. Tickner. Ipswich, 2 and he, C. 



Brown. ,Si/rcr.jip!iHj7(«tl— 1, U. H. btickings. 2, J. Chapman, .\shford. GoUi- 

 veneilled.—\, G. J. Lenny, Lewes. 2, W. K- Tickner. lie, J. Chapman ; C. .1. 

 Plumptre, Wingham. c, j. Chapman (21; H. H. Thompson, Coleshill; C. J. 

 Plumptre, 



Polish —1, Capt. F. G. Coleridge, he, E. J, Reeves, Haywards Heath ; Mrs. 

 Nickel, Leeds, Maidstone. 



CREvE-CoiUH.- 1, W. Dring, Faversham. he, R. J. Foster, Epsom ; T. G. 

 Ledger. 



HoniiS.—l W. Bring. Jic, Mrs. C. Hill ; E. W. Stratford (2). Chiekem.—l 

 and 2. W. Dring. he, W. Perkins, Brabourne, Ashford ; Mrs. C. HiU; E. W. 

 Stratford. 



Bantams.— G<im<'.—L W. Adams, Ipswich. 2, G. Garrod, Islington. 3, W. S. 

 Marsh, Winkhind Oaks, Deal. he.i. Long; W. S. Marsh; W. Adams; E. T. 

 Hughes. Plockley ; J. Walsh, Forest Hill. Any rarietu —1. R. S. S. Woodgate. 

 2, Mrs. Lister, Walton, Sandwich, ho, Mrs. S. £. Bacon, River, Dover. C.Mrs. 

 Brassey. 



Dicks — .Ji/fcitkurj/.— I and 2, C. S. Hardy, Chilham Castle, he, F. E. Arter, 

 Barbam. e, J. Han, Lympne ; E. Greenhill (2) : Kev. T. R. Mayhew, Ware- 

 home Rectory. jRoucn.-!, J. Harvey, jun. 2, E. GreenhilL he, T. L. Elliott, 

 Ashford; F. E. Arter; C, Rlttcblfe ; F, Cheeseman ; J. Harvey, jun. c,'X. G. 

 Ledger. 



Geese.- EmfcdcH.— 1, B. Plumptre. Any other variety.— I and he, T. Powell, 

 East Lenham. c, W. U. Mold, Bethersden. 



Tlkkeys.—I, F. Warde. 2, C. J. Plumptre. /ic, C. S. Hardy ; Mrs. Brassey ; 

 C. J. Pluini)tre ; J. Foord. Poults.— \, G. Dowker. 2, C. J. Plumptre. he, Mrs. 

 Brassey ; W. H. Mold ; F. Warde (2) ; C. J. Plumptre. c. Dowager Countess of 

 Aylesford, Aylesford. 



Any i.THEH Variety.— 1, Mrs. C. HiU (La FWchcl. 2. R. S. Woodgate. fie, J. 

 Body, Lloyd's Green iSpanish): Mrs. S. E. Bacon (La FKche); E. W. Stratford 

 Dorkings) ; A. Warde (Leghorns). 



PIGEONS. 



Cariuebs.- 1 and 2, M. H, Gill, Ramsgate. 



PoCTESs.— 1 and ftc. M. H. Gill. 



TCMBLEBS.- 1 and he, M. H. GUL 



FANTAii.9.— L J. E. Loversidge, Newark, he, G. W. Greenhill. 



Any otheb Variety.— 1, T. G. Ledger (Red Jacobins). 2, J. Bedy (Runts). 



Selling Class.— 1, R. B. Cartels. 2, F. Cheesman. 3. J. A. Harms, fie. Dr. 

 Beet; J. Body (21; T.L.Elliott; C. Browne; G. Wise; C. Katcbfle ; F. Chees- 

 man (2): G. Dowker; A. Gardner; R. B. Curteis ; E. Greenhill; G. H. titz- 

 herbert ; CoL Groves, Charing (2( ; R, Cheesman ; T. Perkins ; F. Murton. 



Extra.- Ac, C. S. Hardy (Gold and Silver Pheasants l ; C. Andrews (2). 



Judges, — Mr. J, Martin and Mr. F. Esqiiilant. 



CANTEEBUEY POULTEY SHOW. 



This Exhibition was held at the Music HaU, on the 12th and 

 13th. The competition was confined to the counties of Kent, 

 Soasex, Surrey, and Middlesex, and considering the very 

 limited accommodation the Music Hall offered for a Show of 

 this description, we think it would have been wiser to have 

 restricted the competition to one county only, or to have made 

 a less number of classes, as it is very important both for the 

 comfort of the visitors and the birds, that the organisers of 

 a show should carefully consider the space they have at their 

 command. The classes made for many of the varieties might 

 under the circumstances have been very judiciously curtailed. 

 For example, we had four classes of Coloured Dorkings, cock 

 and hen, cockerel and pullet, a class for single cocks or 

 cockerels, and another for a pair of pullets. These birds could 

 with advantage have been placed in two classes. The entries, 

 possibly, might have been a few less, but many really good birds 

 which were lost to sight, would have obtained a better position. 

 As it was, 921 pens of poultry. Pigeons, and Canaries were 

 huddled into a space barely sufficient to accommodate half the 

 number. They were arranged in three tiers, the first being on 

 the ground, and as the Ught was all obtained from windows on 

 one side of the building the result was, that only the rows 

 facing the windows on one side, and perhaps a few on the top 

 row on the other, could possibly be seen, and we had great fears 

 that some of the birds would hardly find their food. 



The Dorkings were a fine lot. In the chicken class the 

 second-prize bird was very tender on the feet. In the cock 

 and cockerel class the first-prize bird was very superior. In the 

 class for pallets, three pens competed for three prizes ; they 

 were only moderate birds. In the Silver-Greys the most notice- 

 able feature was crooked breasts. The first-prize bird in the 

 cock or cockerel class was the most perfect in this respect. In 

 Whites, the first-prize pen were nice birds, the others very 

 poor. In Spanish, the old birds were generally out of condition. 

 In the young some tolerably fine specimens might be found, 

 Mr. Brown was justly first. The second-prize cockerel was a 

 good open-lobed bird ; but the third-prize pen contained the 

 best birds, and had they been properly prepared they must have 



secured the first prize. The Cochins, with but two exceptions, 

 were a miserable collection. The BraJima classes contained 

 many pens of merit. The first-prize pen in the old contained a 

 stout cock with many good points. In the yoting class the first- 

 prize bird was neat but deficient in leg-feathering. The third- 

 prize bird was small but pretty, and had a small comb nicely 

 placed upon his head ; hie companion was not so good. In this 

 class Mr. Fetter showed a good cock (Feu 142). Had he been 

 better matched we have little doubt he would have secured a 

 place among the winners. The Light old birds were poor. The 

 cockerel and pullet class was much better. The first and second 

 were neat birds, good in colour, tolerably feathered, and well 

 matched. Pen 170, highly commended, also deserved notice. 

 The Game classes followed. In the old Black Heds, the first 

 was a very superior bird. Mr. Foster also showed a good pen 

 (183), very highly commended, which we thought should have 

 been in the prize list in this class. We were at a loss to under- 

 stand why pen 191 was highly commended, the hen scarcely 

 bigger than a Bantam. In the young class the first was a. 

 sprightly bird. The other Game classes and the Hamburghs 

 were in such a bad position for light, that we could not venture 

 an opinion with regard to their merits. The French fowls caught 

 our attention earlier in the day, they were not numerous. In 

 the Houdau class, Mr. Dring took the first and second prizes. 

 Here the Judge reversed his Maidstone decisions, the position 

 of the first and second-prize birds being transposed. We liked 

 the second-prize hen best. The CrcveCceur class contained two 

 or three nice pens. The first-prize hen was a grand bird. 

 Bantams (Reds), secured as large an entry as usual, but with the 

 exception of the first and second-prize pens, we could find no 

 birds worthy of mention. The first-prize cock was fine in 

 colour, a good shape, but a little too long in the wing. Any 

 variety Game Bantams, with the exception of the first and 

 secon(i-prize pens, was so poor that we thought the third prize 

 might have been properly withheld. 



The Ducks and Geese quite surprised us, and fully deserved 

 the admiration they received. In some large Selling classes 

 were to be found a few bargains. 



In the cock and hen class, the first-prize birds, a pair of 

 Cuckoo Dorkings, we thought the finest of this variety we re- 

 member to have seen at any show for a long time. 



In Pigeons, the Carrier classes were all well filled. The old 

 classes were both good. In the young the first prize went to a 

 very handsome pen, well matched, and good in colour. Some 

 exception was taken to the cock on account of his gullet, but in 

 other points he was so superior that we quite approved of the 

 decision of the Judge. In the Pouters a few good birds might 

 be found. In the class for cocks, a White belonging to Sir. 

 Coombes stood clear away from all. Of Barbs, the first-prize 

 birds were moderate, the others very inferior. Dragoons, with 

 the exception of the first-prize pen, a pair of Yellows — the cock 

 here being of a magnificent colour, the hen not so good — were not 

 better than the Barbs. The Homing class of Antwerps was a 

 large one, but from the opinion we heard expressed by many of 

 the exhibitors, we think they would rather have their birds' pro- 

 perties practically tested than leave their merits to the opinion 

 of a Judge. In the Selling class for Pigeons, the first prize was 

 awarded to a pen containing a single bird, certainly the best, 

 but as the class was for a cock and hen, this must have been a 

 mistake. 



The Canaries followed and obtained a large share of the at- 

 tention of lady visitors, who were very numerous. 



Dorkings.— Coloured.— 1, R. Cheeseman, Westwell, Ashford. 3, E. Rico, 

 Sandw ich. 8, Mrs. Brassey, Normanhurst Court. ChiekertJi.—l, R. Cheesemaa. 

 2 and 3, C. Katchff, Canterbury. 



UoRKltiOS.— Coloured.— Cock or Cockerel.— 1,^. S. Marsh, Winkland Oaks, 

 Deal. 2, W. J. Russell, South Norwood HiU. 8, R. Cheeseman. fie, K. Cheese- 

 man ; H. U. Young, btapleton, Dorking ; J. Gray, TUmanstone. I'ulUts.—l, £. 

 Rice, a, M. Sandford. 3. VV. Reeves, Chittenden. 



Dobkinos.— ai(('er-(7rc!/.— 1, Rev. T. E. Cato, Wye Rectory. 2, B. Plumptre, 

 Wingham. 3, J. D. Simmons, fie, J. Sutton, Womanswold ; O. E. Cresswell, 

 Early Wood, Bagahot. 



Dorkings.- Srirer-trrey.- 1, F. Cheeseman. 2 and fie, Rev. T, E. Cato. 3, C, 

 Batcliffe. 



DoBKlNos.— Sill.'er-(?rei/.— Cocfc or Cockerel— I, J. Boulding, Pethara. 2, J. 

 Scott, HUl St. Elmsted. Ashford. S, F. Cheeseman. fie. Miss M. I'lummer, 

 Canterbury, e, II. Page, Walmcr Court. I'uHels.—], G. Court, ChiUingdeD. 



2, Kev. T. E. Cato. S.J.Scott, fie, F. Beard. Horton, Canterbury ; H.Pago. 

 Dorkings.- ^»1/ other variety.— 1,0. E. CrebSweU. 2, S. F. Jackson. 8, E. 



W. Stratford. 



Spanish. -1, J. Francis. 2, H. Brown. 8, E. W. Stratford, Addington Park, 

 Mailing. Cfiic/cc7W.—l, H. Brown. 2, J. Francis. 3, Mrs. Brassey. fie, E. W. 

 Stratford. 



CocinN-CiiiNAs.- ZJtiiTor Cinnamon.— I and 3, W. Wliite, Canterbury. 2, H, 

 Kennett, Canterbury. Cfiiefceiw.— 1, SirS. LaUeman,Birchinglon. % W. Whito. 



3, M. Bourne, Sheerness. 



CocuinChina.— .-Ini/ offier variety.— \,t: . W. Anns, Clapham. 2. Mrs. Brassey. 

 ChieKcns.—\, R. S. Woodgate, Pembury, Tunbridgo WeUs. 2, Sir S. Lakoman. 

 3, Mm. Brassey. 



Bbaiiua Pootra.— i><irfc. — I, H. C. Castle. 2 and e, F. Lake, Sitting- 

 bourne. 3, J. Harvey, jun., Thunningten. fie, Kev. F. T. Sc(,Lt; Mrs. Brassey. 

 Cfiicfiriu— l,Sir S.Lakeman. '2,J. Harvey, jun. 8, W.Jacob, Shcpherdswell, 

 Dover, fie, U. Kennett; J. Harvey, jun.; M. Sandford; E. Goodwin; G, W. 

 Petter, Norwood (2). 



Bkauma Pootka.— /.I'Dfif.— I, Kev. F. T. Scott. 2, J. Long, Bromley Common. 

 3, G. Hardy, Shepherds Bush, fie, Mrs. Brassey. c, Miss K. A. Wiuter, Plum- 

 stead. Cfiie/cciw.—l and 2. Mrs. F. Cheshire, Aeton. 8, J. Long. Jic, Capt. W. 

 SaviUe, Wye ; Rev. F. T. Scott (2); R. Perry, Blckley ; G. Dowker, Wingham ; 

 Miss Hales, Canterbury (*.i) ; Mrs. F. Cheshire. 



fHas.—Black-l/raMcd or other Reda.-i, J. Jeken, Eltham. 2, M, Sandford. 



