ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



home was destined to lay the foundation of a 

 life -long friendship. 



On my next visit to Mr. Ludlow's lofts, I 

 purchased a blue-barred Blondinette cock and a 

 pair of blue-laced Blondinettes. Thus I made 

 my first start in Oriental Frills. That blue- 

 barred cock was one of the most perfect Pigeons 

 I ever owned. The first time I exhibited him 

 was at the Palace, where in a mixed class of 

 blue-laced. Sulphurs, brown-laces, and barred, 

 he won an equal second with 29 birds competing ! 

 Not a bad start ! The next essay was at the 

 Albert Palace, Mr. Joseph Smith judging, where 

 my bird won 1st and cup. Following his success 

 a month or two later at Liverpool, he was placed 

 1st, resulting in a very tempting offer being 

 made for him by Mr. Peter Verdon, who, at that 

 time, and for many years afterwards, was one of 

 our best breeders of Oriental Frills. Having no 

 mate for the cock, I accepted Mr. Verdon 's 

 offer, and with the money I invested in a pair 

 of blue -laced Satinettes, purchased from Mr. 

 Ludlow's collection. 



Although Mr. Ludlow's name will most 

 likely crop up pretty frequently, I would like 

 to state, here and now, the immense influence 

 his fifty years or more experience had upon the 

 breed. I count it most fortunate that a gentle- 

 man of such refined tastes as he undoubtedly 

 possessed, should have been one of the first 

 fanciers in this country to be on the spot, 



