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JOURNAL OF HOUTICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



[ September 9, 1S75. 



Geese were a nice lot. Good Toulouse were first, Embden 

 second, and Grey again third. 371 (Snell) a fine pair of Embden. 



Tlie Fiijcons were a very good lot, the clasees being well filled 

 and the quality capital. In many cases the competition was 

 very keen, Messrs. Yardley, Hammock, and Baker bringing each 

 a very fine team of birds. The winning Carrier cock was a 

 beautiful bird, his shape being perfect and head very good. The 

 third Dun cock was also a beauty. The hens, too, were a grand 

 lot ; the winner was a beautiful Blue, though the third-prize bird, 

 which we almost preferred to second, pressed closely on her. 

 In Pouter cocks a superb White was first-and-cup. In hens the 

 winner was very smart, and seemed anxious all should see her 

 best points, for she " played " in a very becoming way. Barbs 

 were nice. A splendid pair won first, and the same exhibitor's 

 pen of Duns (IIG) were a grand pen. Tumblers were admirable 

 classes. The competition was very keen, but Mr. Hammock's 

 birds pulled off the cup, and deservedly so, though Messrs. Sil- 

 vester, Baker, and Yardley showed good birds, and made these two 

 Tumbler classes a show of themselves. Dragoons formed a large 

 class ; nice Silvers won first. V\'e noticed a nice pen of Blues, 

 but they seemed to contain two cocks by mistake. Antwerps 

 were good ; we saw one or two good iudividual birds which 

 being put with inferior mates had to be left out in the cold. 

 The Toys were good, but not large classes. Fantails, Turbits, 

 and .Jacobins perhaps the best. Somehow Mr. Maynard's Fans 

 did not lock so well as usual. A pretty medley in the shape of 

 a Variety class of sixteen pens brought this most interesting 

 department to a close. 



The BaVbits were large classes, but the Judges had been hard 

 at work among their other clasBes for some hours previously, 

 and so they must be excused for any errors. The Committee 

 should most certainly have engaged a separate Judge when they 

 found how heavy the entries were. The two cups fell to Mrs. 

 King's Lop-ear and to Mr. Mason's Himalayan. Among the 

 Lop-ears the first Sandy buck and first and second Tortoiseshella 

 wethought extremely good ; the third Himalayan was beautiful 

 in its markings. In Angoras only one pen appeared ; this was, 

 however, a nice white animal. The Belgian Hares we went 

 round before the Judges came to them, and we marked the 

 three prize Kabbits for the three places, though hardly in the 

 winning order. Slill this shows there could not have been 

 much wrong. The first-prize Dutch was a goodBlue-and-white. 

 There were no entries in the Variety class or in that for the 

 heaviest Babbit. We furnish full awards of all the classes 

 below. 



Ca(je Birds numbered about 130 entries, and a very interesting 

 feature they presented in the Show. The prizes althongh liberal 

 failed to induce many Canary exhibitors from sending out their 

 birds. Belgian Canaries were somewhat plentifully entered, and 

 it was to a bird exhibited in Class C8 by Mr. J. T. Holmes of The 

 Cedars, Bath, that the champion cup of the value of three guineas 

 •was given. T'he above fortunate exhibitor also gained the tur- 

 quoise oviform vase of the same value, given " for the best cage 

 of foreign birds or single bird." The Kev. Hans F. Hamilton, 

 Mrs. W. C. Drummond, and Messrs. Adams, Scott, and Long 

 ■were amongst the more fortunate exhibitors. The foreign speci- 

 mens in particular were very showy in their gorgeous and varied- 

 coloured plumage. So far as the Canary portion of cage birds 

 are concerned the present period is somewhat inopportune for 

 birdsto be sent freely for exhibition, owing to their being just 

 now in the depth of moult. In a very short time v.'e may es- 

 p5Ct to find them entered in abundance. There were a few good 

 birds in the various classes, some of immense b'gh CDlour. 



DOEKIXGS.— CoJmircii.— CocS or Cockerel. -1 anil Cup. T. E. Bnraell, Micliel 

 aever. 2. Rev. H. F. Hamilton, Chard. 3, E. Cheesman, Aslifoi-tl. c. H. 

 Feast. Brn or Pulht.—l, A. D.arby. Shrewsbury. 2, T. E. Buvnell. 3, Kov. E. 

 Bar:runi, Berkhampstead. he, R. Cheesman ; H. Feast, c, J. Taylor. 



Dorkings.— jHy other variety.—Cock or Cockerel~1, T. E. Eurnell. 2. E. A. 

 Postle, Chippenham. S, Withheld. Hen or Pullet— I, Mrs. Rolls, Monmouth. 



2, T. E. Burnell. a, J. Long, Bromley Common, c, E. A. Postle. 

 Cocmtis.— White.— Coek or Cockerel— 1 and Cup, C. Bloodworth, Chelten- 



iam. 2. — Talhot. Edenbridse. 3. J. Turner. Bath, he, T. H. Waterman ; 

 E. A. Boissier. Hen or Pullet.— 1, C. Bloodworth. 2, J. Turner. S, S. K. 

 Harris. CusKarne. 



Cochins.— yt/ii/ other variety.-Cock or Cockerel. — ly Hon. Mrs. Sugden, 

 "Wells. 2, S. E. Harris. 3. Mrs. Radclyffe, Wareham. he, Miss M. Dickinson, 

 c, H. Feast. Ben or Pulht.—l, S. R. Harris. 2, C. Sidgwick, Keighley. 3, C. 

 Bloodworth. lie, H. Feast ; Mrs. L. Jones. 



Er^hjias.— 7>art.— Coc^'or Cockerel— l.Cuji. and 2, T. F. Ansdell, St. Helens. 

 3 andc, Kev.H. F.Hamilton. Hi'it or Piidci.—l, Cop, 2, and ijJk', T F. Ansdell. 



3, J. Evans, Meadowvillo. /iC, E. Ensor; F.Lake; J.Evans, c, F. Lake. 

 BRf.niik3.— Light.— Cock or Cockerel.— I, M. Leno, Uunstable. 2 and he, T. 



A. Dean, Slarden, Hereford. 3. J. Turner, c, H. Feast. Hen or Pullet.— \ and 

 Jar. Rev. G. Watson, Exeter. 2, J. Turner. 3, Mrs. (i. Bain, Taunton, he, H. 

 Stephens; Rev. W. Pearce; T. A. Dean; Mrs. W. C. Drummond; Mrs. J. T. 

 Holmes, Stroud, e, H. Stephens. 



Game.— B/acfc or Brown-lireasted TietU.—Cock or Cockerel.— 1, J. Masrn, St. 

 Johns. 2, E. S. Godsell. Stroud. S, H. Brown. St. Austell, c, J. P. James ; W. 

 L.Blake. Hen or Pullet -1,11. Phelps, YeoVil. 2, J. Long. 3, J. P. James, 

 Swansea, c, J. Cock ; W. T. Everard. 



Ga-hb.- Ann other variet>i.—Cock or Cockerel. -1 and Cup, T. Hassel, Market 

 Drayton. 2. J. Long. 3, G. H. Fitz-Herbet, Sevenoaks. c. E. W inwood. Hen 

 or/>uiIe(.—l,G. S. Prentice, Cirencester. 2, G. H Fitz-Herbert, S.J.Long. 



HAMBcrRoiis.— f?o!rf and .Silver-pencilled —Cock or Cockerel.— ^, Cup, and 3, J. 

 Long. 2, H. Pickles. Leeds. Hen or Pullet.— I, C. Judson, Pockliam. 2, S. 

 Eliott. Liskeaid. S, J. Long. 



Hambcrohs.— GoW and Silrer-span{iled.—Cock or Cockerel— LIT. Pickles. 

 a, T. Blakcman. Tetlcnhall. 8, J. Carr, .Swansea. Hen or Pullet —1, J. Carr. 

 3, H. Kckles. 3. J. Long, he, J. Carr ; W. S. Evans, c, J. K. Harris. 



MiiAYs.- CocJ: or Cockerel.— 1 and Cuo, T. Joint, Barnstable. 2, T. Lecher, 



Redruth. 3, Eev. N. J. Kidley. he. Miss A. Brooke (2). Hen or Pullet.— 1 and 



2. T. Joint. 3, Miss A. Brooke, Shrewsbury. Ac, S. Eliot, c. Miss A. Brooke ; 

 J. Hinton. 



Spanish.- lr/K"/c-/ac«Z Black.— Cock or Cockerel.— 1 and 2, E. Jones, Bristol. 



3, G. K. Chilcott, Bristol. Ben or Pullet.— 1 and 3, E. Jones. 2. G. K. Chilcott. 

 MisoECAS.— Coi't or CocA-ere(.—l and 2, J. B. W. Williams, Devonport. 3, J. 



Croote, Bridgwater. Hen or Pullet —1, Cup, and 3, J. B. W. Williams. 2, J 

 Harwood, Tiverton, he, J. Croote (2). c, S. Rogers. 



HocDANs.— Cor/i or Coekerel.—i, W. H. Copplestone. Lostwithiel. 2, F. 

 Brewer, Lostwitliiel. 3, W. Dring, Faversham. he, R. K. Penaon ; E. Hand- 

 ley, c, Mrs. K.K. Vallancc; F.Lake. Ben or Piiiftf.- 1 and Cup, Mrs. K. R. 

 Vallanoe, Sittingbournc. 2, W. H. Copplestone. 3, G. D. Harrison, DatoUet. 

 Jic.M.H. Start; Kev. W. Pearce ; G. W. Hibbert; S.W.Thomas. 



French.— .4?(!/ other variety.— Cock or Cockerel.— i. Rev. N. J. Ridley. 2, G. 

 W. Hibbert, Hyde. 3, M. H. sturt, Pcwsey. lie, G. De Faye. Ben or Pullet.— 



1, H. Feast. Swansea. 2. W. Cutlaek. jun , Littleport. 3, W. Dring. 

 Silkies.— Cocfc or Cockerel— 1 and 3, R. S. S. Woodgate, Peinbury. 2, O. E. 



Cresswell. Hen or Pullct.-l, 0. E. cresbwell. 2, R. S. S. Woodgate. 3, A. 

 Darby. 



Ornamentai. Fowl.— 1 and 3, Mrs. W. C. Drummond, Bath. 2, J. Torrance, 

 Warminster. 



Any other Variety.— Coc/. or Cockerel.— 1, T. Norwood, Salisbury. 2. A. M. 

 H. Silvester. Sheffield. 3 and he, J. Long, c, H. Pickles. Ben or Pullet— 1 

 and Cup. A. M. H. Silvester. 2, J. Hintoo, Warminster. 3, T. Norwood, he, J. 

 Long (2), c, Hon. Mrs. Sugden. 



Game B\st&zis.— Black and Brou-n-hreasted Eed.—i, R. Erownfit, Townsend. 



2, D. 0. Wingfield, Worcester. 3, K. J. Aidagh, St. John's. Ann other variety. 

 — 1. R. Bruwnfit. 2. J. Long. 



Bantams. -^ny other variety.-l and Cup, M. Leno. 2. Mrs. S. Crook, Keyn- 

 Bham. 3, J. Long. hc,G. Holloway, jun. ; Mrs. J. T. Holmes; D. C. Wing- 

 field, c, R. A. Eoissier. 



Selling Class.— Cocfc.—l, M. H. Sturt. 2, G. K. Chilcott. 8, J. E. Pilgrim, 

 Hinckley, /ic, H. Feast, c, Rev. J. M. Riee; J. Turner. Hen.— 1, J. Turner. 

 2, H. Hunt. Bath. 3, S. Rogers. 



Selling Class.— Cocfccrci.—l, W. E. Smith. Cheltenham. 2, T. M. Derry, 

 Gedney. 3. Miss Dickinson, Taunton, /ic, F. Brown, c, (-. Bloodworth ; T. A. 

 Dean; G. W. Better. Pullets.— 1 aiid Biscuit Basket. A. Baraford. Middleton. 

 2, Rev. J M. Rice. Steyning. 3, Miss B. Neville, Glastonbury, he, J. W. Atkin- 

 son ; F. Brown ; G. W. Fetter. 



Local Class.— Cocfc or Cockerel.— 1 and Stationery Basket. J. Turner. 2, 

 Miss Milward, Bristol. 3, G & W. Smith, Bath. Ben or Pullet.— \. 3, and c. 

 Miss J. T. Holmes, Bath 2, Mi s Milwiird. f/ic, G. & W. Smith, /ic, Mrs. W. 

 C. Drummond; J. Turner; G. i4 W. Smith. 



DvcKs—]!'hite Ayleshuri/.—l, S. P. Harris. 2, T. Lear. 3 and c, S. Gulliver, 

 Aylesbury, he, E. Snell. Fiouen.-l and Cup, W. H. Copplestone. 2, Mrs. 

 Eadcljffe. S. R. W. Mai tin, Bath. Jic, E. Snell; H. Feast. Black East Indian. 

 — Iand2, G. S Sainsbmy. 3, J. White, Bath. 



Any otihr Distinct IJp.EED or Watebfowl.— 1 and 3. M. Leno. 



Geese.— 1. J. n. Nichols. 2, Mrs. Ea iclyffe. 8, G. Hanks, Malmesbury. he, 

 J. H. Fry; E. Snell. 



Tt;KKEYs —1 and 2, Rev. N. J. Ridley. 



PIGEONS. 



Carriers — Cocks.— 1 and Cup. W. J. Hammock, Ilford. 2, W. Hopkins, Bath. 

 S. H. M. Maynard, Ryde. he, W. H. Smith; R. Flukes; H. Yaniley; H. M. 

 Maynard. Bens.— J, J. Baker, Kew. 2, H. M. Maynard. 3, W. J. Hammock. 



Pouters.— CocA-.—l, Cup, and 2, H. Pratt, Hampton. 8. D. Combe. Now 

 Cross. Jic. L. W. Watkin. Hens —1, J. Baker. 2, L. & W. Watkiu, Northamp- 

 ton. 3. D. Combo. 



Barbs.— 1 and vhc, H. Yardley, Birmingham. 2, W. J. Hyde, Pillerton. 3, H. 

 M. Maynard. 



TrMEi.EP.s,—l .and Champion Cup. W. J. Hammock. 2 and 3, J. Baker, he, 

 H. Yardley; A. & M. H. Silvester. Almond.— 1, W. J. Hammock. 2, A. & M. 

 H. Silvester. 3, (;. Hollow.ay, jun., Stroud, he, H. Yardley; J. Bilker; D. 

 Combe, c, W. K. Pratt. 



Dragoons.- 1, J. Baker. 2, W. Smith, Walton-on-Hill. 3, T. Clark, he, B. 

 Yardley; D. Combe. 



Antwerps.- S/iorf/acrii.— 1, H. Y'ardley. 2, E. Thompson, Birmingham. 3, 

 J. Kendrick. Redditch. ^ny other variety.— 1, W. E. Pratt, Oxford. 2, G. 

 Garraway, Swainswick. 5, W. Gibbons. 



Owls.— 1 and Cup. D. Combe. 2, J. Baker. 3, A. J. Barnes, Gloucester, he, 

 G. Hoiloway, Jan. : W. Bryant ; J. Baker, c, J. P. Mills. 



Nuns.— 1 and 2. Miss A Brooke. 8, Withheld. 



ToRBiT3.—l,T. Holmes, Lower Sydenham. 2, J. Baker. 3, G. H. Gregory, 

 Taunton, /ic. D. Combe; T. A. London. 



Fantails.— 1, J. Baker. 2, J. F. Lovcridge, Newark. S, D. Combe. 



Jacobins.— 1 and 2. J. Baker. 3, D. Combe. 



TRUMPETERS. -1, D. Combe. 2, W. E. Cooling, Bath. 8, J. Baker. 



Any other Variety.— 1, G. H. Gregory, he, H. W. Webb, Lower Sydenham 

 (2) ; A. & M. H. Silvester. 



Selling Class.— 1, W. D. Richardson. 2, S. Rogers. 3, E. Robinson, c. 

 Miss Dickenson. 



CAGE BIRDS. „ 



Beloias.— Clfnr or Clear 7ellow.—l and c, Eev. H. F. Hamilton. 2, Mrs. W. 

 C. DiuQimond. Clear or Ticked BuJ^—l and Champion Cup, Mrs. J. T. 

 Holmes. 2 and he, H. Davios. Wolverhampton, c, Rev. H. F. Hamilton (2). 



Norwich —Clear Yellow.— 1, J. Adain.s, Coventry. 2, 0. J. Salt, Burton.on- 

 Trent. Clear Bu.ir.-l, J. Adams. 2. R. Baggs, Bath. 



NoHWiciL— T'a'fV[7rtt('ii Yellow or Buff.— i Aud he, J. Adams. 2 and c, C. J. 

 Salt. Crested Yellow or Buff.—l and 2, C. J. Salt. )ic, W. Radmore. 



hjz.KTiD.—Golden-spawjled.—l and 2, J. Long. Silrer-spanoled.—l, J. Long. 

 2, T. M. Reid, Halifax. 



CiNNAMO.v.-relion-.- 1, J. Adams. 2, J. Long. Bmr.- 1 and 2, J. Adams. 



MoLES.-l, E. W. Lulham, Brighton. 2, G. Andrews, Poole, e, Mrs. W. C. 

 Drnmmond (2). 



Cage of Six Cakaries.— 1, 1. Adams. 2 and he, R. '.Baggs. c, Mrs. W. C. 

 Drummond. 



Cage of Six English Birds.— I.Mrs. J. T.Holmes. 2,Mra.W.C. Drummond, 



Cage of Six Foreign Birds.— 1 and Vase. Mrs. J. T. Holmes. 2. Mrs. W. 0. 

 Drummond. /ic, G. Goddard; Mrs. W. C. Drummond; Mrs. J. T. Holmes, c, 

 Mrs. W. C. Drummond ; Mrs. J. T. Holmes. 



Parrot.— Gifiy.-l. Mrs. J. T. Holmes. 2, Mrs. W. C. Drummond. he. Miss 

 Young ; O. Allen ; W. Powell. 



Love Birds —1. J. Coker. 2, Mrs. J. T. Holmes, he, G. Goddard ; Mrs. W. 

 C. Drummond; Mrs. J. T. Holmes; F. Schwcifls. 



Lory.— 1, G Goddard, Bath. 2, Mrs. W. C. Drummond. 



Macaw oa Cockatoo.— I.E. Barnard, Cii-eneester. 2, Mrs. W. C. Drummond. 

 he. G. Goddard ; W. Powell, e, Jlrs. Matcham. 



Paerot or Parroquf.t.- 1, E. Noke. Bath. 2, Mrs. W. C. Drummond. he, J. 

 Coker; G. Go3dard : Mrs. A. King; — Wiblin; F. Schweiss; Miss L, J. Law- 

 rence, c. Miss Morgan ; Mrs. E. M. Miller; Miss L. J. Lawrence. 



Foreign Birds.— 1, Mrs. Matcham, Bath. 2. S. Rogers, he, Mrs. W. C, 

 Drummond (3J ; Mrs. Matcham ; W. S. Daniels ; Mrs. J. T. Holmes. 

 E.iEBITS. 



l,op-EkR^D.— Self eolonred.— Buck or Doc— 1, T. & F.. J. Fell, Blackburn. 2, 

 W. H. Wreford, Bath. 3. J. Quick, London. 



Lop-eared —Tortoiseshcll.—Buck or Doe.— I. Mrs. H. Piekworth, Spalding. 

 2, K. Bright, Reading. 3. J. Cranch, St. John's Wood. London. 



Lop-eared.- lV((oir-(in<!-TI'/ii(p.—B"Ofc or Doe—l, Mrs. E. King, St. John's 

 Wood. 2, Mrs. H. Piekworth. 3, W. H. Simmons. 



Lop-eared — .lin/ other colour —Buck or Doe.— 1, Champion Cup, and 3, Mrs. 

 C.King. 2, J. Roberts, New Swindon, /ic, J. Copenhurst; C. E. Bartlett ; A. 

 M. Murphy. 



