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JOUBNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COTTAGE GARDEN EB. 



[ rebrnary 4, 1875. 



ANTWEBP3.— 1, H. Yardley. 2, G. Colson, HeilTitree, Exeter, he, W. B. 

 Mapplebeckjnn. c, J. Andrewe. 



Dracoons.— Sj7ivr.— 1, W. Bishop. 2, F. Graham, Birkenhead, vhc, F. 

 Graham (2); W. Biahop. he, F. »& E. Osmond, Dorcheater (2); W. Bishop, c, 

 H. Yardley ; W. Bishop. 



Dragoons.— £Z«f.—l, E. Shnttler, Poole. 2, G. H. Gregory, Taunton, vhc, 



F. Graham ; W. Bishop, /ic A. Boote, Crewe; F. Graham (2J. f, H. Yardley ; 



G. Packham ; F. Graham : W. Bishop. 



Dragoous. ~E€d or Yftlow.^l, Cup. and 2, F. Graham, vhc, J. Edelaten, 

 Waltham Cross ; F. Graham, /ir, H. Yardley ; F. Graham, c. R. Shutlor; G. 

 H. Gregory; F. Graham. 



Dragoons-— Tl'Jii/c.—l, vhc, and c, W. Bishop. 2, G. Packham. he, F. 

 Graham; W. Bishop. 



Dragoons —Point Cup, F. Graham. 



Any other Variety.— 1, R. Fulton. 2, H. Yardley. he, G. Packham ; R. 

 Wilkinson, Guildford, c. O. C. Farrer, Binegar HaU, Warham. 



Selling Class.— 1, J. H. Watkins, Hereford. 2, J. Andrew, vhc, W. Morris. 

 he, J. Andrews ; Miss Dickinson, Somerton. c, O. C. Karrer ; H. Yardley. 



Judges. — Poultry : Rev. G. F. Hodgson, North Petherton, 

 Eridsewatei; Mr.E. Hewitt, Sparkbrook, Birmingham. PigeoTis: 

 Mr. H. Allsop, Spencer Street, Birmingham. 



EXHIBITION COOP. 



This coop was invented by Mr. James Shepard, and is termed 



by him " Shepard's Collapsible Coop." The top and bottom are 



drawer-shaped, and are held apart when expanded (as shown in 



fig. 23) by four removable posts. The two sides and hack are 



Fig. 28. 



of cloth permanently secured to the top and bottom. The rear 

 posts are on the outside of the cloth, so that there are three 

 smooth cloth walls against which it is impossible to injure a 

 feather. The posts are keyed-in by dove-tailed wedges, which 

 hold the parts very rigidly together. For packing, the four 

 posts and ihe rounds in front are withdrawn and packed inside 

 the bottom, when the cloth sides are folded inwards with a 

 bellows fold, and the top and bottom collapse as shown in 

 fig. 29. This coop was used by the Central Connecticut and 



. Fig. 23. 



Connecticut State Societies at their late exhibitions at Bristol 

 and Hartford, Connecticut, and was received with great favour. 

 Although designed for exhibition purposes only, aome of the 

 exhibitors used it for transporting their birds to and from the 

 exhibition.— (amc?jcare Fancier's Journal.) 



JERSEY EXHIBITION OF POULTRY, &c. 



This was held in the new Vegetable Market, Beresford Street, 

 January 2Uth and 2l8t. 



DOEKINOS— Cocft or Cockerel.— \, J. Downing. 2, Major H. Howell, lien or 

 Pullet.— I and 2. 8. Le Riohe. 



Spanish.— CocJ: or Cockerel.-l and 2, P. F. Le Sueur. S, T. De Faye. Hen 

 or Pullet. -Caf and 2, P. F. Le Sueur. 



Andalusuks and Minohcas.— Cocfc or CocIcerel.—l, P. J. De Carteret. 2 J 

 H. Robin. Hen or Pullet.-I and 2, P. GalUchan. 



Cochins.— Cviuinmon or Biiff.—Coek.—I, P. Galhchan. 2, — Le Feiiyre. Ben. 

 —1. Capt. T. S. Robin. 2, P. GaDichan. Cockerel.— I and 2, Capt. T. S. Robin. 

 Pullet —Cup and 2. Capt T. S. Robin. 



Cochins.- ^ni/ other variety.— Coek.—l and 2, C^pt. T. S. Robin. Ben.—\ and 

 2. Capt. T. S. Kobin. Coc*frW.—l, J. Downing. 2, Capt. T. S. Robin. Pullet. 

 —1, Capt. T. S. Robin. 2, J. Downing. 



BRAHJIAS.—Lijjhf.— Cocfc— I, Capt. T. S. Robin. 2, P. J. De Carteret. Hen 

 —1, P. J De Carteret. 2. Capt. T. S. Robin. Cocfcrrci.— 1, Rev. J. Le Sueur. 2. 

 J. Le RoBBignol. Pullet.— 1 and 2, Rev. J. Le Sueur. 



Brahmis.— Xinrfc — C'ocA: — 1, P. Gallichao. 2, Capt.T. S. Robin. Ren. — Cup, 

 P. Gallichan. 2, E. Messervy. Cockerei.—\, P. F. Le Sueur. 2, Capt. T. S. 

 Robin. 7'ii»c(.— I.P.J De Carteret. 2. P. Gallichan. 



HuoDANs.— c'ocfc or Cockerel.— \, G. De Faye. 2 and 3, Capt. T. S. Robin, 

 Hen or Pullet.— I and 3, Capt. T. S. Robin. 2, P. J. De Carteret. 



French Breeds.— .Itij/ oilier variety.— Cock or Coekerel.—CnT}, G. De Faye. 



2, J. Eraut, jun. S, P. J. Do Carteret. Hen or Puifei.-l, P. J. Do Carteret. 2 

 and 3. G. De Faye. 



GmF..— Black and other Hede.—Cock or Cockerel.— I^o Cups, 2, and 8, J. 

 Voiain. Hen or PuUet.—l and 2, J. Voisin. 3, F. G. Bertram. 



Game.— ,4/11/ otker variety.— Cock or Cockerel.— I and 3, .J. G. Falle. 2, J. 

 Voisin. Henor Pullet.— \, J. \oisin. 2, J.A. Ozonf. S, P. Rideout. 



Hamrdrghs.- Spauii^cii.-Cocfc or Coekerel.—l and 3, G. De Faye. 3, C. 

 Nicolle. HrnorPulW- land3. G. De Faye. 2, C. Nijolle. 



Hi^BrjRQua.— Pencilled.— Cock or Cocker*l.—Cxip, J. A. Carre. 2, R. R. 

 Lempritre. 3, J. Arthur. Hen or Pullet.— 1, J. A. Carre. 2, R. K. Lempriere. 

 8, G. U. Boydell. 



Malays —C'orfc or CocfcereZ.-Cap and 2, J. G. Fallo. 3, J. Downing. Hen or 

 Pullet.— 1 and 2, J. G. Falle. 8, J. Downing. 



PoLisH.-Coefc or Cockerel.— I, P.J. De Carteret. 2, A. GalUchan. Hen or 

 Pullet.— I, P. J. De Carteret. 2, A. Gallichan. 



Any other Variety.- o'oc/c or Cockerel— Cup, J. A. Ozouf {Black Ham. 

 burgh). 



Selling Class.- Cocfc or Cockerel.— 1 and 2. P. F. Le Sueur (Spanish). 8, G. 

 De Fajo (La Fkche). 4. P. Gallichan (Light Brahma). Hen or Pullet.— 1,P.F. 

 Le t^ueur (Spanish); J. Smith (Black Red Game). 2. P. F. Le Sueur (Spanish). 



3, Capt. T. s. Robin (Dark Erahnia). 4. P. liallichan (Light Brahma). 

 Cross Breeds, — 1, Major H. Howell (Brahma and Dorking). 

 HEAViFfeT Birds.- 1, Capt. T. S. Kobin. 2, T. De Faye. 



Gamk Bantams. -iJ((icfe njid o*)irr iiVrf*.- Cop and 2, P. F. Le Sueur. Any 

 othci variety.— I, P. F. Le Sueur. 2. F. K. Le Brun. 



Bantams.- /l/(.v other variety.— \. J. A. Ozouf. 2, J. Cabot. 



Turkeys.- 1, W. C. Gray. 2, N. Poingdestre. 



Geesb.— 1, P Le (Juesne. 2, J. A. Ozouf. 



Docks.- 1, P. F. Le Sueur. 2, P. Le Quesne. 



Extra Classes.— Pmcocfcs.— Extra frize, P. J. De Carteret. Ph€a»ant8.—1 

 and Extra 1, W. C. Gray. 2, P. J. De Carteret. 



Pigeons.- Cup, J. Le Rossignal. 2, H. Beyce. 8 and 6, J.A. Ozouf. 4, W. C. 

 Gray, y, F. G. Bertram. 



RiDRiTS.-l, Dr.C.A. Godfray. 2, T. DeFaye. S, G. R. Boydell. 

 Cats.-J, C. Prince. 2, — Moignard. 3, A. Swanger. 



PORTSMOUTH SHOW OF POULTRY, &c. 



This Show was held in the Landport Volunteer Drill Shed on 

 the 29th and 30th of January, and on the 1st of February; and 

 as it is the second held in the same place within seven weeks 

 the Portsmouth folks seemed determined to give fanciers plenty 

 of opportunities of showing off their specimens. " Comparisons 

 are odious," and we will not attempt to compare one Show with 

 the other, and will only add that we hope the Committee another 

 year will be a little quicker in putting up the prize cards, as 

 when we left at four o'clock many of the awards were not known, 

 though all the Judges had finished by two o'clock, and most of 

 them long before. Dinners to the Judges are doubtless very 

 commendable, but are not the public who pay their half-crowns 

 also entitled to a little attention from the Committee ? A poultry 

 show is doubtless looked upon as a holiday, but the secretaries 

 and committeemen who accept these offices have duties to per- 

 form to the public as well as to their insides. With this excep- 

 tion the management was fairly good. The poultry and Pigeons 

 made 360 entries in all. 



Game came first and formed three large classes, the cup going 

 to a stylish pair belonging to a Jersey exhibitor ; there were two 

 or three other particularly rakish pens, but the Black Beds cer- 

 tainly carried off the palm. Pen 30 (Matthews) was not up to 

 this exhibitor's usual form, the hen being heavy in body, and 

 the cock with one light-coloured eye; they were put in at ten 

 guineas, so doubtless meant to sell. Buff Cochins very good, 

 the cup going to a large pair, rich in colour and good in shape. 

 Mr. Tomlinson's pen was empty. The first-prize White Cochins 

 must have run very hard for the cup ; the cock's colour was 

 simply superb, and it is no exaggeration to say that the pair 

 were as white as the driven snow. Black Cochins were second, 

 good as Blacks go, but certainly not equal to the third-prize 

 Partridge, or to pen 48, Partridge. Each variety of Brahmas 

 had two classes, one for old and the other for young birds : far 

 better would it have been to have divided them into single birds, 

 as it is ridiculous to talk about birds as chickens when they may 

 be thirteen months old. The majority of the birds were cer- 

 taiuly not good, Mr. Lingwood's birds standing out so far from 

 the remainder, except in the class for Lights under a year, that 

 it is no injustice to the Judge to say a beginner could have 

 picked them out. Old Dark Brahmas were a poor class ; the 

 third pen quite as good as the second, and several hens in this 

 class of a dirty brown colour. The young birds were a good 

 deal better though, and a nice class. Light Brahmas, old birds, 

 ouly brought together five entries, though a cup was offered. 

 The hen in the cup pen was of a very good shape and colour, but 

 destitute of toe nails, and with a diseased ear. The second- 

 prize pen contained a very nicely-shaped cock with a good comb, 

 and altogether the best cock in the class, but his hen not large 

 enough. Young Light Brahmas were a very good class, this 

 being the only case in which Mr. Lingwood met an opponent 

 worthy of his metal. Pen 8-3 (Kice), which was third, contained 

 a splendid cockerel, which looked very much like the Palace 



