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JOURNAL OP HOBTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ Jane 13, 1867. 



Any other New or Distinct Vabiett.— First, H. Ynrdlfly. .<!econa, 



Eltra Seimnd. and Hijjlilv Cnmmeniloil, P. Broomol (Ur:il Ion Piacons, 

 Fniry SwnllowF, Swiss). Comnirnrlert, H. Yfirdley; H. Snushall, Gedney, 

 liincolnsbiro (Spangled Gerrann Ice Pigeons.) 



The Arbitrators were Edward Hewitt, Esq.. of Srarklirook, Bir- 

 mingham ; and W. K. Tegetmeier, Esq., of Maswell Hil], London. 



ALBION SOCIETYS SHOW OP PIGEONS AND 

 FANCY RABBITS. 



Tire first Show of this Society, held in the Dining Hnlls. Camhridge 

 Street, Birmingham, commenced on the 11th iust., and will continue 

 till the Mlh. 



PIGEOXS. 



Carriers. — CocJ:s.~-YiTst, H. Yardley. Market Hnll, Birminsrham. Se- 

 cond, F. F Foster. Navigation Street, Birmingham. Heii.';.— First, F. F. 

 Foster. Second. H. Yardley. 



Pouters.— First, F. F. Foster. Second. H. Yardley. 



Balds and Beards.— First. H. Yardley. Second, F. Waitt, Birming- 

 ham. Commended. F. F. Foster. 



TmniLERs.— -■(ImoTirf.- First, F. F. Foster. Second, E. D. Careless, 

 Birmingham. Highly Commended, H. Yardley. Shnrt./ared.— First, 

 F. F. Foster. Second. H. Yardlev. Highly Comniended. E. D. Careless. 

 Other than Shnrt fared. —First and Commended, P. P. Foster. Second. 

 J. W. Edge, Aston Now Town Mufed.— First and Second. E. D. Careless. 



Ednts.— First and Second. H. Yardley. 



Jacobins.— First, U. Yardley. Second, J. W. Edge. Commended. F.F. 

 Foster. 



Fantaii.s— First, H. Yardley. Second, J. W. Edge. Commended, H. 

 Yardley ; F. Waitt. 



Thompetf.es.— First, H. Yardley. Second, F. P. Foster. 



Owls.— First, H. Yardley. Second. J. W Edge. 



Ndns.— First and Comm'enfled, J. W. Edge Second, H. Yardley. 



TuRBiTS.- First. H. Yardlev. Second, .T. W Edge. 



Babes.— First, F. F. Foster. Second, H. Yardley. Commended, J. W. 

 Edge. 



Archangels.— First and Second, H. Yardley. 



Swallows— Prize. J. W. Edge. 



Magpies -First, J. W. Edge. Second, F. Waitt, Bii-mingham. Com 

 mended, H. Yardley ; F. P. Poster. 



Dragons.— First, J. W. Edge. Second, H. Yardley. Highly Com- 

 mended. J. W. Edge. 



Antwerps.— First and Second, H. Y'ardlcy. Commended, J. W. Edge. 



Any otfer New or Distinct Variety.— First and Third, H. Yardley 

 (Blue and Black Fairies, Swiss, and Urnl Ice). Second, F. Waitt (Ur.il Ice 

 and Black Fairies). Fourth and Fifth, F. F. Foster (Red Fairies and 

 Swiss). (An excellent class. The whole class highly Commended.) 

 RABBITS. 



For Length of Ears (Grey and White).— Biict.-Pirst. B. Johnson. 

 Birmingham. Length of ears, 22J inches ; width, 6J inches. Second 

 (Yellow and White). B. Johnson, Length, 23 inches: width, 5i inches. 



Black and White i For all T)rniiertics).—BMc&.— First, H. "Beech, Bir- 

 mingham. Length of ears, 2r'i inches ; width, 5 inches. Doc— "^econd, 

 W. H. Webb, Deenfields, near Bilston. Length, 19^- inches ; width. 5 ins. 



Yellow and White (For all rropcrties).— Doc— First, H. Attwood, 

 Birminchnm. Lenqth of ears, 19;^ inches : width, 5 inches. Buck. — 

 Second, B. Johnson Length, '20i inches ; width, 5J inches. 



ToRToisESHELL (For all properties).—Doc.— First, W. Worrall, Smeth- 

 wick. Lencfh of ears, 20( inches; ^vidth, 5 inches. Second, H. Attwood. 

 Length, 19A inches ; width, 5 inches. 



Grey and White (For all properties).— Swci.— First, W. H. Webb. 

 Length of ears. 19.^ inches ; width, 5 inches. Doc— Second, H. Attwood. 

 Length. 79^ inches: width, 41 inches. 



Self Colodr. — fJuii i't/cA-.— First for colour and Second for wereht. H. 

 Attwood. LcDfrlh of ears. 21 inches : width, 5g inches. Weight, 8 lbs. 10 ozs. 

 Second for colour and First for weight, B. Johnson. Length, 20^ inches : 

 Width, 6 inches. Weight, 11 lbs. 



Judges.— Mr. S. Coleman, Mr. B. Guest, Mr. C. Hall, and Mr. J- 

 Kevton. 



GAME FOWLS. 



I THINK that "YonKsniKE" advocates Tireeding rather too 

 closely iu his last article (page 28G), and if it could be avoided, 

 I should object to breeding any nearer than with a " first- 

 cousin " strain in breeding in-and-in. With all due deference 

 to the opinion of "Yokk.shiee," in which he is not singular, 

 I still adhere to the "well-up," well-siokled, and spreading or 

 fanned tails, which should be narrow only at the base of the 

 tail. I do not, of course, like a broomy tail, as being too 

 thickly feathered, but think that the switch tails present the 

 shape of a broom more than the spread tails. 



In hens of the same strain, I prefer the spurred ones, as 

 harder and throwing more cock chickens. They are also, I 

 think, deeper or higher bred as a rule, and coek-fi:,'hters prefer 

 them, if of first-rate shape, to other hens. Of the two hens 

 which " Yorkshire " instances, the Black was probably of the 

 slower strain, as Blacks are generally slower than the Spangled, 

 and the latter are quicker, and shorter in body generally. I 

 have never seen spurred Black hens, and I think pure-bred 

 Blacks are too slow for the pit, though the Brassy-winged 

 Black cocks are quite equal in general to the best willow-legged 

 Black-breasted Bed cocks. 



As to the weights in the mains of the present day. the average 

 is, perhaps, 55 lbs. and varies from 4j lbs. up to 9 lbs. 



I have a few notes on the Duke of Leeds' " Shackbags " of one 

 hundred years ago, and others relating to Colonel Slordaunt, 

 afterwards, I think. Sir .John Mordaunt, Bart. Could "York- 

 shire " state what colour the " Shackbags " were of? 



I have heard of the Muscovite Black and Brown Game fowls 

 as being of the Muffled variety of Game fowls. I have also 

 heard of Mr. K. M. T. Scrimminger as a breeder living near 

 Lutterworth, in South Leicestershire, and breeding the two 

 Red varieties. I think he took a silver cup at Birmingham for 

 Brown Reds, and a first prize for Black-breasted Eeds at the 

 samo time — in 1865. He is a cocker, I hear. 



All the breeders I mentioned are breeders and not buyers of 

 Game fowls, but Mr. Gamon has since sold off his whole stock ; 

 so has Sir St. George Gore, I am sorry to see. I think that 

 Mr. Brierley's Black-breasted Reds are, perhaps, the very best 

 and handsomest birds as to colour ever exhibited. They have 

 the true red eye, are of a most brilliant red colour, of good 

 shape, and spirited carriage, and are evidently of very good 

 blood. I see they took both first prizes for Black-breasted 

 Eeds at the last Accringtou Exhibition, which shows that 

 Messrs. Teebav and Tegetmeier judged that class very correctly. 

 I admire Jlr. Statter"s Brown Eeds for their short bodies, good 

 shape, and spirited carriage, and for their dark brown, not 

 black hens, of the true Brown Eed colour, and for the red-brown 

 breasts in the cocks. I do not think Mr. Brierley's Brown 

 Beds so good as many other strains, though they are good. 

 Mr. Brierley should not mix his splendid strain of Black- 

 breasted Eeds with Brown Eeds, or any other colour, or he will 

 certainly spoil them, and brown their colour, spoil the red eye 

 and bright plumage, and mar all their best characteristics. 



As to Piles, I think the best ever exhibited were shown 

 at the Birmingham Exhibition ten or twelve years ago, by a 

 Mr. Eichard Durameller, of Shackerstone Heath, near Ather- 

 stone, Warwickshire. These birds took several first prizes at 

 Birmingham, and were evidently of very high blood ; they had 

 red eyes and white legs. Mr. Brierley's Black-breasted Eeds 

 would make splendid Piles, putting a red-eyed Pile cock to the 

 hens. As to red-eyed willow-legged Duckwings, I think a Mr. 

 Henry Shield, of Preston, near Uppingham, Eutlandshire, bred 

 the best I ever saw ; they were very short in body and were 

 very quick. He bad also some capital White Game — red eyes, 

 white legs — and the best Ginger Brown Eeds, with willow legs, 

 I ever saw. He bred all colours, including Blues and the Ginger 

 Blues. He has now moved to near Northampton, I hear. 



Could " Yorkshire " say which was the old favourite colour 

 for the pit in Yorkshire prior to the introduction of the Brown 

 Eeds ? which sort, I think the Yorkshire breeders had chiefly 

 from Lancashire, a county which has rather better birds than 

 Yorkshire in general ; also, what other breeds the late Earl of 

 Mexborough had besides the Ginger- backed Yellow Duckwings? 

 I think Bradford and its vicinity has about the best birds in 

 Yorkshire. Staffordshire and Cheshire have some capital birds, 

 I know. I think Lancashire stands first. — Newmarket. 



INCREASE OF PRIZES FOR RABBITS. 



In reply to the suggestions of Mr. .Tohn Taylor, Sheffield, in 

 your last issue, permit me to inform him and other Eabbit 

 fanciers, that the Committee of the Wolverhampton Poultry 

 Show have resolved to add Babbits to their prize list this year, 

 and had, some days before the publication of Mr. Taylor's letter, 

 decided upon the very amounts he wishes as prizes — viz., first 

 prize, £1 ; second, 10.<. ; the entrance-fee to be also as he 

 suggests, 2s. Our schedule is preparing, and particulars will 

 appear in your advertising columns shortly. — Thomas J. Bar- 

 rett, Secretary. 



LIGURIAN DISAPPOINTMENTS. 



Me. T. Apdey, sen., has sent us a long letter, in which he 

 states that he was employed in Messrs. Neighbour's apiary for 

 fourteen weeks during the last summer, and that he did not 

 find that their bees had foul brood. We regret to say, however, 

 that we have now before us the most conclusive evidence that 

 "J. E.'s " is not the only instance in which Messrs. Neigh- 

 bour have sent out infected stocks. Mr. Addey also states 

 that Mr. Carr has presented him with a drone-breeding queen, 

 and recites two instances in which his bees have done well. 

 This does not, however, disprove the fact that the stock sent to 

 " ,1. B." proved a complete failure, and that Mr. Carr not only 

 \ withheld all compensation, but has left his letters unanswered. 



