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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENBB. 



( December 3, 1874. 



Pullets. — With the exception of the two first pens wo thought 

 them a poor lot. Pen 208 (Leno) were first ; they were beaati- 

 fully marked, eonnd in colonr, rather Email, but decidedly 

 deserved their position. Pen 190 were also well pencilled, but 

 small; pen 208, third (Watts), were well matched ; pens 184 and 

 185, fourth and fifth, were poorly pencilled; pen 169, highly 

 commended, contained one good pullet ; pen 195, highly com- 

 mended, we preferred to fourth and fifth ; pen IGG, unnoticed, 

 also contained a pair we thought equal to fourth and fifth. 



Light Brahnias. — The old cocJc class was a very poor one. 

 Pen 341 (Turner), first, was a small bird, good in colour; condi- 

 tion, we consid ;r, placed him in his position. Pen 230 (Webb) 

 was more like a Houdan in colour than a Brahma ; we could not 

 understand why he was placed second. Third (Worthington), 

 fourth (Cotterell), were good in colour ; the latter had an ugly 

 comb. Many good birds were out of condition or not over 

 their moult, otherwise, we feel sure, some of the winners in 

 this class would not have obtained their honours. 



CockereU. — Here Mr. Lingwood secured both first and second 

 prizes with two well-grown nice birds with good points. 226 

 (Haines), third, was a large bird, but getting very yellow. 258 

 (Haseler), fourth, was small, white in tail, poor in markings, 

 with only a good ground colour to recommend him ; he was 

 entered at .£3 3s., by no means a bargain. 262 (Williamson), 

 fifth, small, but better than fourth. Very highly commendeds 

 and highly commendeds were conspicuous by their absence in 

 this class. Peu 289 (Bird) we considered deserved notice. 



JSfejw— 305 (Williamson), first, beautiful in colour, and shown 

 well. 315 (Cotterell), almost as good, but not in the condition 

 of the first. 301 (Percival), third, contained one good hen; the 

 other we thought had a yellow tinge. 301 (Turner), highly 

 commended, as a pair we liked as well. 



Pullets. — 318 (Williamson), first, a nice pair. 367 (Haines), 

 second, large, but not so clear in markings as the first. 341 

 (Mitchell), one good pullet, the other narrow and rather yellow. 

 348 (Leno), fourth, as a pair we thought them better than third. 

 Pen 362 (Thorn), fifth, nicely matched, well marked, but small. 

 345 (Watts) we fancied deserved some notice from the Judge. 



Dorkings. — Taking the Dorkings as a whole they were not 

 equal either in numbers or quality to those lately exhibited at 

 the Crystal Palace, neither did they show to such advantage in 

 the wooden pens, which we are sorry to say were not kept very 

 clean. 



Mrs. Arkwright took the cup for old cocJcs with a very large 

 bird and good in feet, but indifferent in comb and very light in 

 colour. Second, a grand bird, which lately took the cup at Oak- 

 ham. Third, Mr. Darby's Eose-comb, very large, with grand 

 feet and legs. Fourth, a good Dark bird, but in shocking con- 

 dition, his comb having quite fallen over. Pen 505 (Burnell) 

 was not the first Palace bird, which we hear has changed hands 

 at twenty guineas. 



Coloured cockerels were a good class. First, very good in 

 comb and feet, but hardly dark enough in colour; second, a neat 

 bird with good comb; third, very young, and will make a fine 

 cock; fourth, very white in breast ; fifth, a very good bird, and 

 well placed. Pen 541 (Mrs. Arkwright) was an extraordinarily 

 good bird, and was most unaccountably left out. Pen 516 (Ark- 

 wright), large and bony, bnt dark in foot, and with curved big 

 toes ; pen 528 (Hamilton) was fourth-prize at the Palace ; pen 536 

 (Kell) a very good bird ; pen 548 (White), a wonderfully broad 

 bird with good feet, but spoilt by his comb. Pen 615 (Drewry), 

 520 (Kell), 534 (Lingwood), 535 (Baker), 538 (Cresswell), 539 Peni- 

 Bon), 544 (Hemson), were also good. 



Ih Dorking hens there six or seven very good pens. First, a 

 very large and good pair; second, very nice and in capital con- 

 dition ; third, very large, but not over- dark in colour. Pen 5.58 

 (Bartrum) contained one grand hen, but badly mated; pen 551 

 (Arkwright) very good ; pen 553 (Drewry), che"ap at £3 3s. ; 566 

 (Darby), a good pair, and will look much better when their 

 combs are out; 544 (Moser), good ; 560 (Harvey), large, bnt out of 

 condition. On the whole tbis was a very good class. 



The Kev. E. Bartrnm's first and second-prize piillets were 

 good birds in fine condition ; third, very dark, one a particularly 

 fine bird ; fourth, neat, but not large ; fifth, a good pen. Mrs. 

 Arkwright's pullets Were not shown in very fine condition. 

 Pen 580 (Denisnn), dark and good ; 581 (Copple), large and good 

 in shape ; pen 576 (Pilkington), good in shape and style. 



Old Silvcr-Grci/ cocks were a poor class. The first well placed, 

 but a little too dark in hackle; second, rather small, with lopping 

 comb. Pen 588 (Robinson) was white on the thighs, but other- 

 wise a good bird ; 589 (Rnttlidge), good but for white in tail. 



In Silver-Grey cockerels Mr. Cresswell repeated his Palace 

 victory with a spleodid bird; second and third good birds, and 

 well placed. Pen 592 (Watts), smart ; 593 (Burnell), very perfect ; 

 694 should have been in the Coloured class ; 697 (Newton), large 

 and perfect. 



Silver- Grey /jcn.? and pulUts were particularly good classes. 

 We liked Mr. Cresswell's unnoticed pen quite as well as his 

 first-prize hens. 609 ppnison), a nice pen, as also 608 (Raines). 

 The cup Silver-Grey pullets were pretty birds, but rather pale 



in colour and sooty in feet. One of the second-prize pullets had 

 a toe nail too many. Third very good in colour, but not large. 

 Pen 610 (Ruttlidge) were very good, and might well have had a 

 prize. 



White Dorkings still keep too yellow. The cup cocS: was 

 a nice bird, but white iu earlobe and minus part of one toe ; 

 second, large but yellow. Pen 622 (Fairhurst), good; 624, a 

 grand old bird. 



The first-prize Wliite cockerel had a good comb, and was nice 

 in colour, but had one spur badly outside. Second, indifferent 

 in comb, and not particularly good in shape. Pen 630 (Hayne) 

 looked as if his foot had had a bad knock, as the latter was quite 

 blue in colour and too tender to stand upon; G31 (Cresswell) had 

 no peak to his comb, otherwise good ; 632 (Oliver), good in colour, 

 comb, feet, and shape; 634 (Fairhurst), good colour, but bad 

 comb. 



White hens were a small class. First were large square-built 

 birds well ahead ; second peu not equal in size. Peu 642 large ; 

 645 (Darby), very good. 



The first-prize White pullets were very perfect, and the best 

 pair out for some time ; the second were good enough to run 

 them closely. 



The Dorking Selling classes were a failure. The first cock 

 had lost one toe, but was otherwise good. 602 (Richardson) 

 would have been very good only for his spurs. The first in the 

 hen class were a fair pair of Dark pullets. 



Cochins. — Here a great increase has taken place in the number 

 of entries, and they now form almost a show in themaelves-— 

 317 entries. Buff and Whites were very good, especially the 

 latter. The Partridge we thought poor; and we were very sorry 

 to see the Blacks, which formed such very large classes at the 

 Crystal Palace, omitted entirely from the schedule. It was a 

 mistake ; we know of no birds whose progress is watched with 

 greater interest. 



Old Buff cocks were a fine lot. Here the positions of the first 

 and second-prize Crystal Palace pens were transposed. Mr. 

 Burnell's bird was certainly not quite in such good condition as 

 at the Palace, but he is so superior in almost every essential 

 that we were sorry to see him deposed. Third (Lady Gwydyr), 

 was a good bird. Fourth (Tindal), we think the winner of first 

 prize here last year as a cockerel, has grown a fine bird, a little 

 coarse in comb, and has moulted rather mealy on the wing. 

 693, fifth (Burnell), good in colour, like almost all Mr. Bumell'B 

 birds, but rather ugly in comb. 



Cockerels. — First, pen 748 (Lady Gwydyr), contained a huge 

 chicken of immense proportions, that will when fully developed 

 make a grand bird. It was the easiest win in the Show, not- 

 withstanding some excellent birds were to be found in the class. 

 Pen 711 (Percival), the Oxford winner, was second. Pen 724 

 (Tomlinson), third-prize, splendid in colour but small. 738 

 (TViggin), fourth-prize, rather dark in tail, but a good bird. 

 705 (Lady Gwydyr), fifth, a small lemon-coloured bird. Pen 723, 

 highly commended, belonging to the same exhibitor, we liked 

 much better. Pen 727, highly commended, was pretty but small. 

 Pen 722, highly commended, good in colour, but slightly hocked. 

 Pen 736, highly commended, had some good properties. Pen 746 

 highly commended (Tomlinson), was a line bird, magnificent in 

 colour, but showed some white in the earlobe ; this most have 

 been the only thing that kept him out of the prize list. Pen 725, 

 highly commended, we did not like ; he had more the carriage 

 of a Fantail Pigeon than a Cochin. Next pen, 726, unnoticed, 

 we liked much better. Pen 735 we also thought deserved some 

 notice. 



Hens. — Pen 723 (Taylor), first a fine pair well matched; we 

 think we remember them as first and second at Palace. Pen 767 

 (Procter), second, good. 771 (Cattell), fourth ; one hen had an 

 ugly comb, otherwise they would have chauged position with 

 the third. 762 (Cattell), fifth, we did not like ; one hen was 

 poorly feathered, the other we thought vultured. 765 (Tom- 

 linson), highly commended, we thought deserved a better 

 position. 



Pullets.— SVl First (Lady Gwydyr), a charming pair, sotmd in 

 colour, well matched, good in feather, and worthy of their 

 position. 608 (Crabtree), second ; also a nice pair. 798 (Procter), 

 third ; tolerably good, but badly matched. With so many fine 

 pens behind them, we think this should have kept them out of 

 the prize list. 782 (Lady Gwydyr), fourth ; good. 784 (Taylor), 

 fifth; one pullet had a bad comb, the otber we fancied inclined 

 to vulture hocks, but they had some admirable properties. Pen 

 776, highly commended, a nice pair, but one pullet had a nasty 

 twist in the hackle. 779, highly commended, small but pretty. 

 780, highly commended, contained one good pullet; had the 

 other been equal to her they would have been among the 

 winners. Pen 812, highly commended, both good birds, but not 

 a match ; they were the best pen out of the prize list. Pen 783, 

 highly commended ; Pen 811, highly commended ; and 806, 

 highly commended, entered at £2 2s., well deserved the dis- 

 tinction. Pen 802, commended, we thought mt-rited highly 

 commended. Pen 805, unnoticed, were a well-matclied pair, 

 sound in colonr, with several good points; one pallet we fancied 



