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JOUBNAL OP HORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GABDENEK. 



[ August 20, 187i 



ment and general properties. Tumblers were a mixed class, but 

 two Almond cocks bore off the honours, nothing else approaching 

 them in winning properties. There were some good Jacobins ; 

 the first prize went to a Red cock, very good in all points, and 

 he won the medal for birds of the parish ; second came a Bed 

 hen, good in all points but flights, which were a little foul ; and 

 highly commended a Bed hen, failing a little in hood. Tiirbits 

 were a nice lot, and mostly noticed ; first stood a small good 

 Yellow, and second a grand Silver, with rather kitey bars. In 

 Fantails Mr. Loversidge was again first and second, but the 

 wind was too strong to show them to advantage. The first in 

 Olds was a very good White foreign, and second a moderate 

 Silver. The Variety class was large, and some good specimens 

 were shown, the first being a most perfect Grizzled I?riliback, 

 second a Nun, and third a Bed Barb. 



Babbits were shown in pairs, the Lops numbering ten entries ; 

 the first and second good in length and general properties, but 

 the third, though large and good in other points, was rather 

 short. Fourteen pairs were shown in the Variety class, and 

 Bome of these vere very good; the first an almost perfect pair of 

 Silver-Greys, about half-grown; second Himalayans, good in 

 most points, but a little mousey on the feet; and third two neat 

 Belgian Hare Babbits ; several moderately good pairs coming in 

 for high commendations. 



MALTON PIGEON SHOW. 

 This took place on the 11th inst. 



TcMBLERS.~l, Miss Seanor, Leeds. 2, G. Bush, vlic, C. Anton, York, lie, 

 3Iisfl Seanor. 



PocTiRS —1 and 2. J Blanchard, Driffield, vhc. Miss Seanor. 



Jacobins.— 1, J. Blancbard. 2. Miss Seanor.^ i;/ic, C. Auton (2); HiBS Seanor; 

 J. A conly, Rt sedale. 



FA^TAILS.— 1, C. Aufon. 2, Miss Seanor. vhc, C. Anton ; Miss Seanor. 



Cahbiers. — 1, J. Alconly. 2, Miss Seanor. u/iC, C. Aut< n ; Miss Seanor. 



Trcmpeters.—I, Mies Seanor. 2, J. W. Hide, r/ec, C. Anton. 



Spots.— 1 and 2, J. MucJiJe, Malton. 



TrBBiTS.— 1, C. Auton. 2, Miss Seanor. vhc, J. Alconly; J. Blanchard; C. 

 Anton. 



Nuns.— 1. Miss Seanor. 2, J. Blanchard. 



Barbs.— 1 and 2. Miss Seanor. fftc.C. Anton; J. Alconly. 



Ant Variety.- 1 and 2, Miss Seanor. vlic, J. Blanchard ; C. Anton ; Miss 

 Seanor (8); J. Alconly. 



Doi-Es.— 1, T. Elms. 2, Miss Hnrtley. 



Eabrits— Lonf/esi fars.— 1 and 2. T. Myton, York. Extra 2. R. Addison, Malton. 

 Any other saricly.~-\. Miss H. Taylor, Malton. 2, H. Jones, Malton. 



Judge. — Mr. Shaw, Newlay, near Leeds. 



BIKMINGHAM BIRD SHOW. 



This Show, which opened on the 18th inst., and will conclude 

 on Friday, is held in the Exchange Booms, New Street. The 

 following are the awards of the Judges, Messrs. Barnesby, 

 E. Sandell, jun., and A. Willmore : — 



No^w^c^. —C/ear Yellow.— 'i and vhc, W. Walter. 2, J. Bexson. 3, J. Adams. 

 he, W. ^-hake&pear. Clear Bujff.—l, W. Walter. 2, J. Adams. 8, J. Bexson. 

 he, W. Smith. 



Norwich.— Jlfarterf or Variegated YfUow.—l and 2, W. Smith. Marked or 

 Variegated B»Jf.— 1, J. Bexson. 2 and vhc, R. Simpson. 3, W. Shakespear. 



Norwich.— C/c<ir and Ticked, high colour —I, Brown & Gayton. 2 and S, J. 

 Adams, vhe, W. Walter (2). he. R. t^]mpson. c, Hampton & Chamberlain. 

 Marked or Variegated, high colour.~l and ?'/tc, J. Adams. 2, Brown & Gayton. 

 3, Bsmpton & Chun berls n. c, F. Schwpiss. 



HohV.'icR.— Marked or Variegated Crested Yellow,—!, C. Hillier. 2, F. Wood- 

 ward. S, J. Spencer. Marked or Variegated Crested BuJT.~l, W. C. Simpson. 

 2, F. Woodwaid. 9, W. i-hakeFpear. c, J. Roddam; F. Schweiss. 



Belgian.- Clear and Ticked yeUoii'.—l, J. N. Harrison. Clear and Ticked 

 Bajr.-l, Withheld. 2, J. N. Harrison. 



LiZARn —Gonlen-iipavgkd.—S, F. Schweisa. Bilvcr-spangled.—l and 3, C. 

 Greenwood. 2. Withheld. 



Cinnamon.— Jon<iue.—l and 2- J. Adams. 3, J. Bexson. c, W.Smith. Buff.— 

 1 and 2, .1. Adams. 3, P. Simpson, c. J. Bexson. 



GoLPFiNcu MvLE.— Evenly marked Buff.—l, Hampton & Chamberlain. 2, J. 

 Adams. 8. J- Bexson. c, F. Schweiss (21. 



Goldfinch yirLF.—Any other Class of Yellow.— 1, Wi'hheld. 2, J. Bexson. 

 Any other Clet-is of Buff.—l. Withheld. 2, J. Gunn. 3, F. Schweiss. 



Goldfinch MiiLE.- Liarfc Jo7!(;i/i>—l, F Schweiss. 2. Withheld. S.Hamp- 

 ton & Chamberlain ; J. Bexson, Dai'k Mealy. -2, W. Smith. 3 and Equal 3, F. 

 Schweiss, 



Six Norwich Canaries, irbespective of Colour.— 1, J. Adams, 2, W. 

 Walter. 3, Rev G. Herbert, he, W. Smith ; F. Schweiss. 



Miscellaneous.— 1, F. Schweiss. 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



Goldfinch.— 1, W. H. Cane, he, R. Pearson ; J. N. Harrison, c, J. Brittain. 



Linnet.— 1, J. N. Harrison, vlic. Rev. G. Herbert, lie, R. Pearson, c, W. 

 W. Ellerton. 



Skylark.- Prize, F. Schweiss, 



Blackbird,- Prize, F, Schweisa. 



Song Thrush,- Hrize. Hampton & Chamberlain. 



Starling —Prize, F. Schweiss, 



Magpie —2, — VoiKt, Equal 2. F, Schweiss. 



Jackdaw. — Prize, Master J. Bell, Branford. 



Any other Varietv,- Prize and vhe, J. Mallett (Wood Lark). 

 FOREIGN BIilDS. 



Red-headed Cardinal.— Singif.—l. Miss M, A. Robinson. 



Any Variety of Waxjjills.— Pai>«. — 1 — Voigt. Equal 1, F. Schweisa. 

 vlie, — Voitrt ; W. Walter. 



Java Sparrows.— Pairs.— I. — Voigt. 



Cocketeals.- PfltT«.— I, Miss M. A, Robinson, c, W. Walter. 



Parakeets.- .4u*(ra/iaH or Broadtail.— i and he, M, George. Bing-nccked or 

 Indian.— \ and he, — VoiRt. vhe, — Schweiss, 



Parrots.- iTiTii; —1. — Schweisa, Special 2, Mrs, Weeks. Green or any 

 other variety of Large, except Grey —1 and 2, — Schweiss. Grey.—l, Mrs. I>. 

 StaniforlU. 2, — Scliweiss. rftc. Mi&s SpraRue, c, Miss .lohnson, 



CccKAioo.- Lcailbeater or Itose-breasttd.-l and 2, Miss M. A. Robinson. 

 Dlic, W. H. Wood, /ic, W.Walter -Schweiss. c, — Voigt. Lemon or Orange- 



created.-!, M. George, -8, Withheld, Any other variety.— 1, Miss M. A. 

 Robinson, vhc, — Vwigt ; Miss M. A. Robinson. 



Foreign Bieds.-Jii)/ otlier variety.— Equal 1, — Voict (Toucan); P, T. 

 Warren (East Indian Lora). vlic.— Voigt (Glossv Starling and Mvno); W. 

 Walter (Parakeet) : —Schweiss; M.Roberts iFlamingol. /k, — Voigt (Indian 

 Blue Bird anl Austrahau Lora). c, Mies M. A. Robinson. 



Nightingales.— frize, B. Smith. 



Marsh Tit,— 2, E. Martin. 



POUTEES, ANY OTHEE COLOUE OE MAEKINGS. 



On the first day of January this year, there appeared in the 

 columns of The Journ.il of Houticdltuke a short paper of 

 mine upon the exclusion of this class of Pouters from some of 

 our shows. Those remarks have led to a lengthened debate, 

 partly conducted in this Journal, and partly in the pages of a 

 contemporary. 



The controversy seems now to have attained a definite form. 

 It is self-evident that it is the North British Columbarian So- 

 ciety versus the Pouter breeders and fanciers of Scotland. 



Mr, Wallace has replied, I presume, so far as he intends, and 

 he is supported by a writer dating from Greenock, unknown to 

 the fancy till his name appeared a few weeks ago. Mr. Stuart 

 and Mr. Buthven follow in the same " confusion worse con- 

 founded" style, each and all condemning me and those who 

 agree with me, for supporting a class for " mis-marked " 

 Pouters; but anyone would have supposed that after reading 

 the eaiiy portion of the correspondence the true meaning of the 

 debate would at once have been seen. Indeed, my first paper 

 (see The Jouknal or Horticulture, 1st January, 1674) is so 

 plain that a very young fancier might have understood it from 

 the beginning. 



The class in dispute, so far as I am concerned, is " Pouters, 

 any other colour or markings," as headed at the commence- 

 ment in The Journal of Horticulture, not ** mis-marked " 

 Pouters, which I neither keep, breed for, nor ever supported. 

 Surely this is plain enough. 



To Mr, Stuart's letter I do not reply, because it contains 

 neither argument nor fact, but on the other hand shows a spirit 

 to which I can be no party, and which does not sit gracefully 

 upon a young and ever-changeful fancier, therefore I decline all 

 further correspondence with him. Mr, Buthven quite surprised 

 me. I thought he would have sided with me out and out, as 

 I have not known him for many years to be possessed of, or to 

 have shown any one specimen that was not other than the 

 standard-coloured birds; indeed, the "oft-coloured" birds 

 seemed to be his special favourites. But there is an insinuation 

 tn Mr. Buthven's letter which I must notice. He says, " Mr. 

 Ure and Mr. Huie are very extensive breeders of the Pouter 

 class, and very enthusiastic fanciers I know, and from this very 

 fact they must obtain in experimenting to produce fine standard 

 colours an unusual number of mealies, chequers, and mis- 

 marked birds, consequently there may be a strong desire to hiive 

 classes to show them ofi." Now this is an insinuation which 

 neither Mr. Ure nor I deserve ; it will not be believed though 

 put in print, and I cannot look upon it in any other light than 

 unworthy of its author. I like all things put to the test, and I 

 shall so treat this matter. From Mr. tJre's loft and my own 

 combined, there are not one tithe of the " off-coloured " and 

 " mis-marked " birds produced which some of the smallest 

 Pouter breeders I know of turn out annually ; and one thing is 

 certain, which the show catalogues will prove — neither of us 

 show them as some others do. 



I hope I am now done with this controversy, and await the 

 comments of my brethren in the Pouter fancy, not " a host " of 

 those who know nothing about the peculiar class. One thing I 

 am sure of is, that all committees of " first-rate " shows will 

 have one or more classes for "Pouters, any other colour or 

 markings." If not I must repeat that they will " not only be 

 damaging the Pouter fancy, but quarrelling with their ' bread 

 and butter.'" — J. Huie, Glasgotv. 



[A letter from Mr. Ure on this subject shall appear next 

 week. — Eds.] 



COMING RABBIT SHOWS. 



Bury and Cirencester have managed to clash this year, but 

 of the two Bury is the better, having sis classes against four 

 of its rivals. Spanish, Angora, Himalayan, Silver- Grey, Any 

 other variety, and Selling classes, with prizes of 10s. and 5s. 

 form the prize list, 



Cirencester has a class for the best Lop, Himalayan, Silver- 

 Grey, and Any other distinct variety, with the same prizes as 

 the last-mentioned Show. The Judge is Mr. Tegetmeier, who 

 has all the arbitration to do. 



Middleton holds its next Exhibition on September 1st. The 

 classes for Babbits are six in number, distributed in exactly the 

 same manner as those of Bury, but with prizes of less value. 



The Vale of Todmorden Show will taie place on Sept, 5th. The 

 classes assigned are similar to those of its two predecessors. 



Long Sutton, on September 23rd and 2-lth, gives seven classes 

 with prizes of Ml and 10.s. to each, and an extra prize of two 

 guineas to the best Babbit in the Show. There is a class for 



