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JOURNAL OF HOBTICDLTURE AND COTTAGE GABDENEB. 



[ Jane 11, 1874. 



Japanese, both Lisht-feathererl, and also a purely Black one (the 

 latter a rarity) being well shown. 



riGEONS. 



(From another Reporter.)] 



The Pigeons were not so numerous as the poultry. In the 

 Carrier class an extremely handsome young Black cock was 

 first, beautiful in neck with a very fine carriage, beating many 

 old prizetakers. In the hens, a Dun of a very similar descrip- 

 tion took the same position. The Pouters were few in numbers, 

 but two or three fine birds were to be found. In the Dragoons, 

 a pair of Yellows extremely good in colour were first ; and a 

 pair of Whites, well shown, second. Fantails were an excellent 

 class, and must have given the Judge some trouble to make his 

 selection. Trumpeters were poor; Barbs good, and the awards 

 very satisfactory. 



The other classes of Pigeons were well filled. In Owls the 

 ^rat^TpTize birds were deserving of particular notice. 



The Show was held in a tent, which was weU ventilated, and 

 the arrangements were generally satisfactory ; but in future we 

 would suggest a little chaff at the bottom of the pens in lieu of 

 the dirt or sand, which spoils so much food, and ruined the 

 colour of so many of the light birds. 



•Rri.f^i'^'J'";'^?'''''' ^ i aDd Cdd and the Champion Cnp, F. Jones, Clifton, 

 ^}i, , ■ ^ n^"-^ Hnstol. c. J. Barry, Bristol ; J, A. D. WUlan. Dorchester. 

 ^fM.-l and Clip, E, Jones. 2 Mrs. AUsopti. Worcester, he, A. Darby. Little 

 Limerick"^ '''^ ShrewBbnry ; E. Jones ; Miss E. Browne, Chard ; J. C. Cooper, 



DoRKiVGS (Colonredj.-CocJr.-l, Clip, and 2, T. C. BurncU. Micheldever. hc.T. 

 !?n'''';\'?'"i™„^''°"'' Mis. -Wollocombe, Lew Down : K. Cheesman. West- 

 well, Ashtord. S.ns.-l .ind Cnp, S. Lang, Westburynn-Trrm. 2, T. Moore, 

 Kingston, Ye.n;il. he. T. Moore : S. Lang : A. Darby : Mrs. Wollocombe. 

 irPr?. w*'"'^ '?•"'£ ofR'aflvroct.-l. H. Feast. Swansea. 2, O.B.Cresswell. 

 9 rII p ^ • B.^Eshot. c.i. K. Fowler. Aylesbury. if,ii».-l, O. E. CressweU. 

 2, Kev. F. Tearle. he. A. Darbv ; J. K. Fowler. 



CocHiKs (Cmnamon and Bnff).- f'ocfc. - 1 and Cnp, S. R. Harris, St. Day. 

 -^J. Conlanche, Jersey, c. Capt. T. S. Robin, Petit Menage, Jersey (2): A. 

 o //,■ •;: '-•J^o^ver. Bcm.-l, W. H. Crabtree, Levensholme, Manchester. 

 i, A. Martin. Eyershot. 



„ £''^°"'= 'Bl,°'"=,aB!lP»!;tr;dBe.feathcred).-Coi-l-.-l, T.W. Anns, Clapham. 

 „i,„;„^ I 1 ■ '^''^"i'^^'h Bnis.-h Cup, and Champion Cup, E. Tndman, Whit- 

 church. Salop 2, T. Stretch, he, J. K. Fowler. 



-„. 7'"''^ (Whitel-rocJ- -1, C. Bloodworlh. Cheltenham. 2. W. Whitworth. 

 jnn.. LonpBieht, Manchester, he, J. K. Fowler. Hens.-l, W. Whitworth, iun. 

 Zi o. a., t owJ^r. 



BiMHMis (Diirk).-CocJ-,-l and Cnp. Horace Lingwood. Creeting, Needham 

 Market. 2, L^Wnght. Crnnch Fed, London, ftc, W. Whiteley. Sheffield, c, 

 n rS, o™ * Mai'l'y. Wolveihanipton. JJcju.-l and Cnp, J. Watts. KinR's 

 Heath Birmmehnm. 2. T. F.Ansdell. St. Helen's, /ic. L. Wright, c. J. Eyans, 



IL.'J","" Vr^'^T.-.f ^„ ^'i''"^' Chertsey t W. H. Crabtree. Leyensbnlme. 



ISEAHMis (Liobt) -Cort.-l. T. A. Dean, Marden, Hereford. 2. Horace Ling. 

 Zrl h i- {■ Bloodworih. Hens' -1, T. A. Dean. 2, Horace Ling^vood. he. 

 ^If.C' • ^^S^:^''k ^'"™- ">■"■ F- fhefWre. Acton Middlcfex: J. Elood- 

 '^?. • fv7- R- Eodbard. Wringlon : G, & W. Smith. Widcombe. Bath (2). 



Gjme (Blackbreasled Eedsl.-Cocfc -1. J. Miu.iu, St. John's. Worcester. 2, 

 w. u. Stagg Netherayon. Hcn.-l and Cnp, W. J. Pope. Biggleswade. 2, W. 

 n. btagg. Netherayon, 



Gjme (Prown-lrP8FtedReas).-Cocfc-l, Lnnt & Hsssall, M«rket Drayton, 

 n?fJ!?'i h^ D. RicharrlFon, Wells. Hfji.-I, Miss S. M. Osborn. Yamton, 

 K^l? J 2. F^D Sweet. Ljmington. ^ic, J. T. Browne. St. Austell ; T. Burgess, 

 Burleydain. \\hilchurch, Salop : S. Mai tbew. Slowmarket. 



Oxford 



hurley* . _. , . , 



,T,^'r '^ w'""^'''^','";,'"'''^^!."'" '^"^''- Bli"'s.'Black"B;"and WhitesK-CocA-.-l 

 fl?M TC -i^- C-,H"Jl'Pa, V, orceeter. 2, J. T. Browne, he, P. A. Beck, Ouiles- 

 neJd. Welshpool. Hen.—l. S. Miitthew. Stowmarket. 2, P. A Beck 



HiMBCBGiis (Golden-spangledl.-Cocl-.— 1, H. Beldon. Goitslock. Bingley. 2, 

 J. Bnckley Tannton. Ashton-nnder-Lyne. *c,P. Hanson, East jngton, Sione- 

 nonse : T. Waller. Denton. Manchester, e. Mrs. Pattison. Dorchester. Hem. 

 n.J "P»'"'''.M'-a-. Pattison. 2, P. Hanson, he, J. Buckley; H. Beldon; L 

 Dayies, Harborne. Birmingham. ' 



iv?M°"'i'."""' (^''i'e''-iiponeled).-CocJ:. — 1 and Cup. H. Beldon. 2, H. C. 

 JIi"*'E "^J'^'i ""'.? tnlrfieW. he, S. E. Harris, Cnsgarnc, St. Day. e. Ash- 

 ton cS Booth. BroalboHom. Mottram, Manchester. Bens.-l, H Beldon 2 

 Hiss E.Brown. *c. Aehton 4 Booth; Mrs. Paltlnon. c. J. Carr, Swansea. 

 Rl?„'H"""',J''^'°>!''™J.^1?'""" "''»'*■• -"■ ""• Troyte, Bampton. 2. C. 

 Bloodworlh. he. Mrs. W. E George. Howe Croft, Sfoke Bishop ; H Beldon. 

 ?■',„ ^'■'i''''^,, flfis-'-W. (■la>ton,Keighley. 2, Mrs. Troite. Ac, W. E. 



t-eorge ; G. lackham ; C. Bloodworih. Cheltenham, e, H. Beldon 



HisiBuEoiia (Silvcr.rencilledl.-CocJ: -I. H. Beldon, Goitstock. Bingley. 2 

 p^olf'i' ^S'S'tt Ecna.-l, H. C. While, Maney, Sutton CoUfleld. 2, H. 

 reast. Ac, H. Beldon. 



*c^i"w '/Vy:,^<i'i<-;y}~Cock.-l.H. Beldon. 2. T. P. Edwards. Lyndhurst. 

 n . , f,"i,'' '""■ Athtonon-CInn; C. Bloodworlh, Cheltenham; H. Feast. 

 r^^rl- "• .^'^'l;"'^ ^- ■''■ •"■ Fii^ards. he. A. Darby, Easchorch, Shrewsbury ; 

 t-.BIoodwoith; H. Feast, c. E Jones. Neath. 



HocDiKs,-f orfc -1. W. H. Copplestone. Bridgend. Lostwithiel. 2. W. Dring, 

 Fayersbani. he, MiBB G. C. Niyille. Entleich Vicarage. GlaBtonlmry; G. D. 

 o^"'^1-P^'''^J'^- f. J C. Cooper, Limerick. S,n..-I,D Lane. Hardwick. 

 w^i' "'"'''"Jih, jiin.. LongBight. c, Mrs. N. Grenyille, GlaBtonbnry: Mrs. 

 Wollocomhe. Lew Down, Devon. 



i,„'^m™i''°-'''"'vr'""'^'''--' ""'' 2. W. H. Crabtree. Leyenshulme. Manchester. 

 Feast ' ""' P'^y'si' Bndgend. Hfji«.-1 and 2, W. H. Crabtree. lie, H. 



Ant other Dibtinct ViBiETT.— 1, T. Sontherden. Bristol. 2. J. Hinton. War- 

 minster. Ac J. S. Ecolh, Chesterfield : T. Bush. Bristol ; J. C. Cooper (2). c, 

 Mrs. Taaffe, Foxboronpb, Tulsk ; Eey. N. J. Eidley, Newbury ; A. Darby : C. m! 

 Hole. Tiyerton; J. Turner, Bath. Eens-l. T. Jones. Bristol. 2, Miss S 

 Jjorlhcote. Lympstone, Devon. Jic, Eey. N. J. Rioley ; A. Darby ; J. Southerden ; 

 1. Bush : .1. c. Cooper. 



Docks (White Aylesbnry).— 1, S. E. Harris, CuBgarne. 2, J. K. Fowler. Ayles- 

 bm. Ac. J. Hedges, AylesburylS); H. Feast; J K. Fowler. 



l)rcK8 (Rouen ).-l, Cnp. and 2, W. Fvane, Prescott. Ac and c. .T. N. C. Pope. 

 „™ '^?.'.-''*°5' "">'='' "arietyl-l, C. H. Mayo, Pnddlehinton, Dorset. 2, No 

 competition. 



Ti^l^'^^r'^f'^'i-rL.''"- ^\^- Hidley. 2, Mrs. H. J. Bailey. Eosedale, 

 4!„ £ ''i J!^l.^- Martin. Eversbot, Devon ; J. A. Lyne, Brynhyfrid. Newport ; 

 Sev.N. J. Ridley. Hcn.-l. Eev. N. J Ridley. 2. F. Kendrick.jun., Lichfield. 



GPKsr.— 1 and Ac, J K. Fowler. 2, Mrs. H. J. Bailey. 



BjNTiMs (Gold and Silver Sebrighlst.-l and Cup, C. H.PooIe.Bridgewatcr. 

 ^, 1*. Braond. Bideford. 



aS.","'^'!!,'' '^''"'' "'' ■White).-], P.. Cambridge. Horfleld. Bristol. 2, E. H. 

 Aehton, Mottram. Ac. B. F. Parrolt Henbnry, Bristol ; E, Cambridge. 

 Clapham'(2) "'■""'■'*■''*"• ''^'"''''' 2, A. Darby, c, G. Hall; T. W. Anns, 

 c, N-'ttJl^BahS^ colour or Tarielyj.-Coct.-l and 3, G. Hall, he, H. Feast. 



PIGEONS. 



CiEBiERS.— Cocfc.— 1. J. James. Bath. 2, W. H. Smith. Bath. he. E. T. Dew, 

 Weston-super Mare. Sf n,— 1, W. H. Smith. 2, H. M. Maynard, Holmewood, 

 Is'e of Wight. 



PoDTEss.^Cocfc.— 1. Rev. W. C. BuUen, Bath. 2. F. Brannd. hc.O. Holloway, 

 Jim., Stroud ; G. H. Gregory, Tannton ; Rev. W. C. BuUen (2). Ben.— I, G. 

 Holloway, ,jun. 2. H Yardley. Birmingham. 



Runts.— 1 and 2. H Yardley. 



DsinooNS.-l. G H. Gregory. 2, W. D. Richardson, Wells, he, H. Denham, 

 Exeter; H. Yardley. 



Fantails.— 1. H. H. Maynard. 2. J. F. Loversidge, Newark. Ac, G. Holloway, 

 jun. : J. L. Smith, Newport, Barnpf ap'e ; G. Packham. c, F. Braund. 



Tbdmpfters.— 1, F. Bmand. 2. H. Yardley. 



Barbs.— 1, H. M. Maynard. 2, J. Bullen, Barnstaple, he, H. Yardley; J. L. 

 Smith. 



Archangels.— 1. A. P. Maurice, Bourton, Dorset. 2. H. Denham. 



TnRBiTS.— 1, J. Croote, Jun., Wellington. 2, H. Yardley. c, J. L.Smith; E. 

 T. Dew. 



TnMBLEBB.- 1 and 2, E. Yardley. Ac, R. Joseph, Bristol ; G. Paokham, c, H. 

 Denham. 



Nuns.- 1, T. A. Dean, Marden. 2, J. P. Mills, Exeter. 



Owls.— 1, J. L. Smith. 2. F. Braund. Ac. H Yard'ey. 



Jacobins.— 1. O. E CressweU, Early W'ood. Bagshot. 2. H. Yardley. 



Anv othrb Distinct Variety.- 1, H. Yardley. 2, F. Braund. he, H. Denham : 

 G. Packham. 



Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham, awarded 

 the prizes for poultry; and Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, of London, 

 those for the Pigeons. 



[We have given a plan of the show-yard on page 477, and 

 shall publish additional reports of this Exhibition next week. — 

 Eds.] 



ST. AUSTELL POULTET SHOW. 



This Show was held on the 3rd and 4th inst. in connection 

 with the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Society's Exhibition, in a 

 large meadow well suited for the purpose. The poultry and 

 Pigeons were exhibited in a spacious tent, and were shown in 

 Turner's pens. There were 233 entries of poultry and 66 of 

 Pigeons, making a total of 299, exceeding the previous year by 

 32 in poultry and 38 in Pi?eons. The poultry had twenty-five 

 classes and the Pigeons eight, against twenty-four and nine re- 

 spectively in the precediiig year. With the exception of the 

 single cock and Selling classes the birds were exhibited in pairs. 

 The Show proved in every way a success, and much praise is 

 due to the Committee and Secretary for the manner in which 

 they conducted the affairs entrusted to them. 



Dorkings headed the list, the Coloured variety alone com- 

 peting. First came a capital pair; the second and third prize 

 pairs were also good. In the Silver-Grey and any other variety 

 class the first prize went to a good pair of Whites, and we believe 

 they have figured in the show pen before. The second-prize 

 birds were also Whites. The third prize was withheld on ac- 

 count of the birds not being of sufficient merit. The Cochins 

 bad two classes. In the first class the Buffs, Whites, and Cin- 

 namons had to compete together. The cup offered for the best 

 pair in the first six classes was won in this class by a beautiful 

 pair of Whites, and we think they well deserved their honours. 

 The second went to a nice even pair of Buffs, the third prize 

 also going to a pair of Buffs. The next class was for Partridge 

 and Brown-feathered birds, Cochins. All the three prizes were 

 won by the Partridge-coloured, the first going to the birds which 

 won the cup at the last Dorchester Show. Second came a very 

 good pair. In Dark Brahmas the first and second was won by 

 Mr. Waterman's celebrated birds. The cock in the third-prize 

 pen was very spotty on the breast, otherwise we think they 

 wculd have done better. Light Brahmas were poor, the first 

 prize being withheld. Game bad three classes, Black Reds 

 having a class to themselves. The silver cup, value three guineas, 

 given to the best pen in Classes 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, was won by a 

 first-rate pair of Black Eeds, bnt we thought the cock's hackle 

 ran off a little too light at the tips, and was slightly striped. 

 The second and third prize birds were pretty fair. All the birds 

 in the Any other variety Game were Duckwings, and the wiunero 

 exceedingly good, the first being a very nice pen, sound and 

 hard in feather. Spanish were few in number but very good ; 

 the second-prize pair were a little tinged on the face. The fir^t- 

 prize pair of Polayids were White-crested Blacks, and they were 

 well placed ; their crests bad evidently been washed and got up 

 by an experienced band. The second-prize birds were Silvers 

 of good quality ; and the third, a very good pair of White-crested 

 Blacks, were highly commended. The Golden Hamburghs were 

 a small number but good, the first-prize pen exceedingly so. 

 In the Silver-spangled the first prize and cup for the best pen in 

 Classes 12 to 19 inclusive were taken by a very evenly-spangled 

 pair. All the winning pens in the Gold and Silver-pencils were 

 well placed. The French varieties had to compete together. A 

 grand pair of Houdans took first honours ; CrcTe-Co?urs were 

 second and third. A fair pair of hard Malays won first in the 

 Any other variety class, a fine pair of Black Minorcas second, 

 and a tolerably good pair of Black Hamburghs third. A perfect 

 pen of rare Anconas were highly commended. Game BanfaniSf 

 with the exception of the three winning pens, were very poor. 

 The firf t-prize pen contained one of the best Black Red Bantam 

 cockerels for style ever seen in the western counties. It has not 

 yet cast its chicken feathers, but after another moult we think 

 it will be all that can be desired. The second-prize pair were 



