326 CANARIES. HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



lollnwiiiif the ])riiici])lc wlieii select mu' '"e. 1 iiricjw^nds sohl him lor almiil \:,S al llu' 

 breeding' stdck of securiiiji- lenii'tli. shape, 

 and st\le without coarseness. 



!..(;. 15. A. Show, and I hcli(.-\f he iliil \ci\ \v 

 lor luN new (iwiuT. hcin.u L;i-ariclsii-i' lo a IJiin thai 

 w R I ,T ,. \^"ll ;il llii' CiNslal I'alacc and clsc\vlici-c. lie 



Crisp's Ex= "^"fver troubles about pe(h- ,,.„ .,|,„ paU-rnal .uraMdlaUKT lo llu- Y.llow 

 periences. "^'''''^'- '''"^ '"'■'^* eonecru beiilj--. iuiflij,'hled llial won the Didwieh and I'.ckliam 

 (Iocs till' bird ])ossess the (^hallensc 15((\vl and Siher Sliiehl lor hcsl liinl. 

 desired characteristics? If so, he has no "''was hrcd from a Yellow cock on Ihc small 



Tear of the results. To illustrate his state- '^f ' ^"';' " '/"-r ''"" '"■"■ , ' ''"'^' '"'''' """^' 



,01 niv IjcsI Inrds Irom I his kniil <il malmu, and 

 ment, we may mention tliat at the Cry.stal althmml, il is nnorlhodox it has salislicd nu- on 

 Palace Show ni 1900 Mr. Crisp claimed tw,, points, viz. that size can be iiifhiciuTd by 

 ]Mr. W. MundelFs second jirizc Yellow liens and style by cocks. I pnrchascd a HutY 

 I'innamon-marked cock and Mv. (J. Wil- •'"'^ ''"'" ^^'- 1'- Mason whidi bird with me 



sill rcsstiill\ tor ci.uht years, lie was rclalrd on 

 llu- inaUrnal side lo 1 he Dnlwich Shi(-lil wimu-r, 

 and also with llu- winner in the iinlli.^hled class 

 years, and with their young played an al the same show, which snl)seqneiil'ly won b)r 

 important ])art in the biiildino- up of Mr. nu- in a class of abonl t hiily llncc al ('.ardilV 

 Crisp's stud. From them tlu- lirst year in 1 1"' ^:>iii<-' ■'reason. This bir<l allerwards 

 he bred three laroe Cimiamon-t icked >-apl uicl the I..C..1!..\. C.np. I nuild name many 



cocks second })rize Hull black-eyed hen. 

 This pair bred successrully lor five or six 



Yellow hens, all oood birds, one oi' \vliieh 



olher winneis. lull think 1 lia\'e .ui\en siiHicieiit 

 |iroot that sek-cl ioii (it slock lia\ini^ the desired 



won in a cock class at the show held at eharaeteristies irrespeclive ot ]H-diKree is a 



the Aciuariuni, Westminster. In l'.)0;5 success in breedinfi Yorkshires, and thai close 



Mr. Crisp elainied Messrs. Malliiison's second in-breedin.i; is lud essenlial. In so expressin.n 



prize Buff Cinnamon-marked stock cock '">'^''" ' ''" ""' l"lilllf IH'li.uree. b,r |)e(ii,uree 



..,/-,. 1 7, 1 ) , , ,. slunild not be idutused with in breedimi. lUil 



at the Crystal ralaec, and also a hen Irom , , , . , '• , 



niv I'emarks and tacts on produce are fii\(-ii lo 



Mr. .1. 'ihornton, and Irom an admixture ,|,-„^^. ,|^.,, ^,.^,.,.^l^„, j, ,,ie leading facl.u- it we 



of these and a hen bred down from one of wish to prof<ress. I have always eiideavouied 



tlie first-mentioned Cinnamon-ticked hens to pair my ])uri-liases up to some of m>- best anil 



he )iro(luc(-d his well-known lililT Cinna- niosl suitable birds, and always ,-mleavoureil to 



■ ■I 1 1 1 ; 1 c * 4 41 |>ui'ehase a bird slroii'; in the poiiils in which 



nion-ticked eiK-k. which won lirst nf flic ' , . 



. . 1 , ■ III"*' stuil showed weakness. 

 lalaec in li>()7. m a st roiiu class o| miu-fi-c-n. 



This s;iiiie bird stood third in I'.tOS and Asa rule we , yet a or,-atcr perccnlao-c of 



.second in IDD'.l at flic same show, as well ,,(-all\- inould(-d and smart birds .-imonjv 



as wiiiiiino i,mn\- (dlicr lirsts at otlu-r [\^^. niediuin and smaller 



eyciits. .Mr. Crisp jokingly remarks ,d' ^''""^„. _, Yorkshires than in their 



,,.,.,,,,., 1, , . Small Birds. 



Ihis bird that it was a reonlar pliiin laroer brethren. .Such 



luiddiiio- of ,o-(„,d inirrcdients.'" i.j,.,!,, i|' ,,,,1 (,„, small, are useful to pair iij) 



III li)0,S Mr. Crisp also sliow(-d a Yellow with V(-ry l.iruv Yorkshires, a little coarse 



Cinimiiion-tickcd licii which stood m-coikI ,,,. ,,|„.|, j,, jVatlicr. b)r generally the small 



at the I'alacc: another oiitcross accoiii- i,i,.,|-s b-alhcr excels in closeness of til. 



l)lislicd purely by selection. Wlurc ample material is at hand we ])refer 



"1 purchased," says lie, "a black-eyed that 1 he cock should excel in siz(- rather 



Velh.w lu-n from Mr. .bdiii liroadley, and paired ,|,.,,, ,i„. i„.,,_ |-,„. j^ i^ ocnerallv buiiul that 



tier lo llu- ' Maliinson ' (.iimamon marked cock ,, i , i i '■ n 



,. , , ,, ,, , , , . ilie male exerts a niar'k(-d nillncnee in 

 already relerred to. rroiii llu-se 1 had lour 



show birds in <me lu-sl. Iliree of which I sold al <l''b rmmiiio- the size of the olTspruio-. 



{<oo(l prices, llu- touilh bein.Li I he al)ove second -^'i- "• ^^ - I5att\(- in The Failhrnil 



jjrize Palace hen. This ' Maliinson ' cock r<-ii- World some years ago said he i)ref(-rrcd a 



dered me splendid service. Ibre<l somclliinii like cock of good length both in body and leg, 



iwenly young from Ihm the lirst season, one an ^„,,, ^, ,,;.,^ .,^ .f^^.^ ^^ possible in shape 



excellent reproduction of lumscll. Siibse(iiicntl\ ■ , , i. i i i 



I showed iwo Clear HU1T.S (a son ami grandson) '^'<'' ^''•'"^ leather, but at the same time 



second and lirst respectively al liallersea Show, stated he had bred gooil birds from a small 



and the luller did a fair ainounl of winning for cock and large hen. 



