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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ May 13, 1876. 



condition. In Tumblers Kites were first, but we preferred the 

 second-prize Blue Balds to them. Barbs were well placed, the 

 Red cock in the first-prize pen was a gem ; equal second being 

 awarded to Yellows and Blacks. In Owls the awards were made 

 to Foreign birds, the first to White and second to Blues. Mr. 

 Eichmond's pair of Blue English should by all means have been 

 noticed. In Pouters the first were White, and second Bed, the 

 class only poor. Fantails were good and well placed. Turbits 

 being first Tellow, and second White. In Dragoons we would 

 have p'aced Mr. Wood's bird in a higher position, the winners 

 were Blue. Trumpeters were good, but only one prize was 

 avarded. Red Chequers were first in Autwerps, two seconds 

 baing awarded to Silver Duns. In the Variety class the first 

 were Black Fairies, second Black Magpies, and equal second 

 plain-backed Ice Pigeons, 



GAUE.—Bla^k or Brown Reds.— Cnv.lt and vhc,C W. Brierley.MiddletoD. 

 2, K. Payne, Brierfield. he, J. Fletcner, Stoneclough. Any other variety. — 



1, J. F. Walton. KawtenBtall. 2, J. Fletcher. 



DoBKiKGS —1. J. Walker. 2, W. H. KinK, Sandfleld, Rochdale, he, J. Stott, 

 Healey. Rochdale ; W. H. King; J. H. Aahworth, Broadley. Rochdale. 



Spanish.— iiiacfc.—l, H. Wilkinson, Earby. 2. J. Thirsk, Bradford. 



Cocnis-LHiNAs.— Cin7!flmo7i andBuff.— \. J.Walker. 2, J. Koyle, Manchester. 

 Any other vari. ty.~l, J. Walker. 2, T. & F. Aspden, Church, Accrington. lie, 

 A. IJaniford, Mjddleton. 



Bradmv Foutbas.— Light or Dark.—l and 2, T. F. Ansdell, Cowley Mount, 

 St. Belen'a. 



Hambdeghs.— Go?rffn-pfncinfd.-land2, G. &J. Duckworth. Charch. Silver- 

 pencided —1 and /w, J. Robinson, Garstang. 2, J. Patrick. StacksL-ads. Oolden- 

 apartgled —1 and 2. G. & J. Duckworth. Sitver-spangled.~\ and 2, J. Fielding, 

 Newchuich. B/acAr.— 1, J.RobiuBon. 2, W.Bentley, Holmflith. /tc, J. H. Hoyle, 

 Newchurrh: E.Walton. 



Game Bantams.— B/acfc or Brown Bed —Cup, W. F. Addie, Preston. 2, E. 

 WalTon. kc. W. F. P ntwisle, Westfietd, Bradford (2); W. F. Addie. Any other 

 variety.— 1, Bellinpbam & Gill, Burnley. 2, J. Kiley, Accrington. he, J. R. 

 Fletcher, c, W. F. Entwisle. 



Bantams. — White, Clean-legged —Cnp, T. Green, Crawshawbooth. 2, T. 

 Cropper, Bacup. Any other variety.— 1, J. A. Dakin, Roe Cross, Mottram. 



2. T. Cropper, c, H. B. Smith, Broughton, Preston ; JJorth & Wood, Fartown, 

 Enddersfleld. 



FBENcn.— 1, E. Walton. 2, R. A. Boissier, Penshurst. 



Any otheb VARitTY.— 1, T. Cropper. 2, A A. Vander Meersch. 



Selling Class —1 and 3, A. Bamford. 2, K, Dawson, Shaw, Oldham, he, 

 A. & 1. Tricket. Waterfoot. 



Ducks —Aylesbury.— I and 2, J. Walker. Bonen.—l, J. Walker. 9, A. West, 

 ■Worsthorne. Burnley, he, E. Snell, Barrowdeu. Stamford. Any other variety, 

 —1, J. Walker. 2, H. B. Smith, Preston, f /ic, J. Walker ; H. B. Smith ; A. i J. 

 Trickett. 



Gefse.— 1 and 2, J. Walker. 



TuBiiEys.— 1, J. Walker. 2, J. Shorrocks, Bacnp. 



DISTRICT CLASSES. 



Game.—], J. Patrick, Stacksteads. 2, E. Brown, Rawtenstall. 



DoBKiNGs. Spanisu, C'Ciuns, OR BRAHiiAB.— 1 and 2, W. Hargreaves, Bacnp. 



Hambcrghs.— 1, J. Fielding. 2, L. Dearden, Stacksteads. 



Bantams.— 1, F. E. Furness, Rawtenstall. 2, E. Furnese. he, T. Cropper ; 

 J. Hoyle, jun. 



Fowls oe Ducks.— 1, FumesB & Sudall, Rawtenstall. 2, A. i J. Trickett. 

 he, £. Lord, Bacup ; A. Taylor. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers.— 1 and 2. J. Stanley, Blackburn, he, H. Yardley, Birmingham. 



Tumblers.- I, W. J. Warhurst, Staleybridge. 2, H. Yardley. he, R. White, 

 Manchester. 



Barbs.-I, R. White. 2, J. C. Boothley, Stockport, vhe, 3. Stanley, he, H. 

 Yardley ; A. A. Vander M-^ersch. 



OwLS.-l and 2. T. Kirby, Rochdale, he, J. C. Boothley; A. Warburton, 

 Easlirgden. 



PocTEBS oB Cboppees.— 1 and 2. W. J. Warhurst. 



Fa> TAILS. — 1 and he, W, J. Warhurst. 2. J. Chadwick. 



Tdebits.- ), E. Heath, Blackburn. 2, F. S. Barnard, Tottenham, he, T. 

 Cropper. 



Dragoons.— 1, W. J. Warharst. 2, J. Stanley, he. R. Woode, Mansfield (2); 

 J. Stuttard, Colnp ; VV. 3. Warhurst ; C. A. Pearson. Walton-onthe-HUL 



Tbdmpeters. — 1. A. A. Vander Meersch. 



Jacobins. -1, A. A. Vander Meersch. 2, J. Richmond, Oswaldtwistle. 



Antwefps.- 1, J. Stanley. 2. W. Harrison. Bnrnley ; B. Robinson, Burnley. 

 he, J S. Collier, Wellfleld, Rochdale ; R. White, c, J. A. Wilkinson.Kochdale : 

 G. Thickett, Rochdale. 



Any otheb Vabiett.— 1, J. Richmond. 2, W. J. Waihurat; B. White, he, E. 

 Heath. 



RABBITS. 



Angoras.- 1, S. Buckley. Healey, Rochdale. 2, J. Hallas, Huddersfleld. he, 

 R. A. Boissier. c, J. W. Harling, Buintey. 



Himalatans.- 1, J. Booth. Coupe, Manchester. 2, R. Hopkinson, Fishpool, 

 Bury, he, R. Hopkinson ; W. Hey. Rochdale ; J. Hallas. 



Any oTHF.B Vabietv.-I and 2, J. Irving, Blackburn, he, R. Hopkiuson. e, A. 

 Chew, Bacup. 



JiTDOES. — Poultry : Mr. Simon Fielding, Trentham, Stoke- 

 on-Trent ; Mr. James Dixon, North Park, Clayton, Bradford. 

 Pigeons and Rabbits : Mr. Thomas Ridpeth, Park View, With- 

 ington, Manchester. 



WHA.RFEDALE POULTRY SHOW. 



The seventy-seventh annual Show was held at Otley on Satur- 

 day last, and substantial prizes being offered the entries were 

 considerably in excess of those of any previous year, this being 

 the case more especially in the Pigeons, where several classes 

 had been added for that popular Yorkshire peculiarity the 

 Antwerps, a cup also being given. The pens were rather of the 

 old-fashioned kind, and these being nearly worn out we would 

 advise a change for more modern ones. 



There were eight classes for Game, and the quality of birds 

 was good, though the cup being awarded to Black Reds, Messrs. 

 Mason's Piles standing well for that position. Spanish was a 

 good class ; first a good pair, second a splendid hen and fair 

 cock, third a grand oock but moderate heu. In Cochins first 

 and third were Buffs and second White, all good pens. The 

 class was good. Dark Brahmaa good, but Light very poor. 



The Dorkings also being unusually good. In Polands the cup 

 was awarded to Golden, the second and third going to Silvers. 

 HamburgJis were good throughout, and the winners well placed, 

 the cup going to Gold-spangles. The French classes were 

 only moderate. Bantams, Black Red, were first a grand oock 

 but poor hen with white lars; second a good pen, and third 

 moderate. Pen 168 contained the best hen in the Show. In 

 Brown Reds the first was an error, the second being at least 

 eqnal in the hen, was much better in head, eye, breast, and 

 colour of the cock ; third also being a smart pen. In Any other 

 colour Duckwings were first, these being little gems ; second 

 Piles, the cock good but hen poor ; the third were Duckwings. 

 In Single cccks, first was a Black Red good in all points but tail, 

 which is far too heavy, the cup was awarded here ; the second 

 and third Piles, good in style, but a little short of colour on the 

 wing ends. Black Bantams were a good class, the winners 

 small and neat. In the next class Silver Sebrights were first. 

 White second, and Silvers third. A pen of handsome Sultans 

 were placed first in the Variety class, Silkies being second and 

 third. 



In Ducks, Rouens were good and well placed, Aylesburys 

 being good but not numerous. In the Variety class Mr. Walker's 

 Chilian Teal were a grand pair, in fact the class was good ; the 

 second being Mandarins, and third Whistlers. 



Pigeons were a heavy entry, many new classes having been 

 offered, a cup for the best pen in the Show being awarded to 

 Mr. Horner's Dim Carrier cock, the cup for Antwerps being 

 won by Mr. Entwisle with a well-shown Short-faced Silver Dun, 

 while a cup for the most successful winner of money prizes, 

 given by Mr. Horner, was won by that gentleman himself. 

 Pouters were first on the list, all the winners being Blues, good 

 in all points, and placed in a good position they showed to great 

 advantage. Carriers were — first and third Duns, and second 

 Black, in Barbs the first was a Dun hen not in the best order, 

 second a Red, and third Black. Jacobins were won by the 

 same exhibitors with good Reds. In Dragoons the first was a 

 Silver a little too spindly, second a better Red, and third a 

 good Blue hen. Pen 335, a grand hen, might have been placed 

 with justice. In Short-faced Tumblers the winners were all 

 Almonds, Mr. Tardley's bird being first ; second a fair bird, but 

 too dark in tail ; and third a rich bird, but muddy and indistinct 

 in spangling. Long-faced Tumblers were a small class, but the 

 Baldpates were good, though the awards in two cases were made 

 to Mottles. Fantails did not strike us as anything extra as a 

 class, but the Turbits were very good; first a Silver, second Red, 

 and third Yellow. Trumpeters were all of the foreign kind, 

 immense in rose and shell, but poor in foot-feather. English 

 Owls were a large class, but not so good as we expected to see, 

 though the winners were good ; the first and third Silvers, and 

 second Blue. In Foreign Owls the winners were White, good 

 and well placed. In Magpies, first Red, second Yellow, and 

 third Black; a very good class. In six classes of Antwerps 

 were eighty-one entries — a show in itself in fact, and the quality 

 almost a puzzle for any judge, the classes being divided into 

 cocks and hens of the three varieties — viz., Short-faced, Medium, 

 and Long. lu Short-faced cocks the vrinners were Dun, the 

 first in fine bloom; several other birds also good, but the hens 

 of that variety were poor as compared with the cocks. Long- 

 faced cocks were a grand class, the winners Red Chequers, and 

 all from cne exhibitor. Medium- faced cocks were also good, but 

 some birds shown were really Long-faces, but the first was well 

 placed on a Silver Dun of great beauty and quite young, the 

 second and third being Red Chequers. In Long faced hens 

 again the winners were Red Chequers and very good, though 

 the first was a little short of colour. In Medium-faced hens 

 first and third were Red Chequers, and second Dun ; all very 

 good. Swallows were a good class. The first, a Red, was weU 

 placed, being a perfect bird ; the second a Yellow, and third 

 also a Red. In Archangels Mr. Vander Meersch won with ease, 

 yet the class was good. One of the finest Runts we have seen 

 for some time was placed first in the Variety class, the second 

 going to a nice Pigmy Pouter, and third to a good Ntm. The 

 Selling class was poor in all respects. 



Babbits were not a large entry, although there were four 

 classes. In Lops the first went to a Grey -aud- white doe of nice 

 style, 22 by 4i ; second to a Fawn doe, 21i by 4J, in nice order ; 

 and third to 21} by 4}. Pen 575, a Tortoiseshell buck, was about 

 the best styled Rabbit shown, good in colour and fine in condi- 

 tion. Augoras were good and well placed, as also the Hima- 

 layans, the winners being very good in points. lu the Variety 

 class the first was a Silver-Grey, which is so well known as to 

 need no comment; the second, a Silver-Grey, was a little dark 

 on the head ; the third being a Tortoiseshell Dutch, large, but 

 well marked. 



Gk^z—Blaek Red,— I end Cup, E. Aykroyd, Eccleshill. 2. R. Hemmingway, 

 Shelf. 8, W. Spencer, Haworth. Brown Red.— I. E. Aykroyd. 2. W. Ormerod, 

 Walsilen, Toduiuiiltn- 3. J. Cock, Worcester. Duekwing Game.— I.E. Aykroyd. 



2, K. Winwood, Worcester. 3, W. Spencer. Any other colour.— I and 3, H. C. 

 and W. J. Mason. Birstal. 8, R. Walker, Gomer.al. 



Game.— Tictt.- C'oA:.— 1, E. Aykroyd. 2, H. E. Martin, SculthorpeJTakenham. 



3, A. Clayton, AUcrton, Bradford. Hen.— I and 2, E. Aykroyd. 3, W. Ormerod. 

 he, H. E. Martin. 



