LUDLOW AND ORIENTAL FRILLS. 



SO to speak, when the various members of the 

 family of Frills arrived from Smyrna. 



I may add in connection that by this time 

 Mr. Caridia had left Manchester and taken up 

 his abode in Birmingham. This incident in 

 itself was a fortunate one as bearing upon the 

 future welfare of the breed. Mr. Caridia, 

 although a Greek by nationality, spoke our 

 language fluently, and thus in coming to Bir- 

 mingham — which might at that period be justly 

 termed the Mecca of Pigeon fanciers — he was 

 destined to make the acquaintance of Mr. Lud- 

 low, a fancier after his own heart — one who could 

 not only converse with him on all the charms of 

 the Eastern breeds of Pigeons, but could by his 

 brush and pencil portray them so beautifully. 

 And it is in this connection wherein Mr. Ludlow's 

 great talents have had such a beneficial influence 

 on Frills. The same may be said of almost all the 

 breeds of Pigeons in existence. It would, in fact, 

 be interesting to know how many fanciers of 

 Pigeons, and I will add poultry, he influenced by 

 his beautiful drawings. 



I made the acquaintance of Mr. Caridia a few 

 months after that of Mr. Ludlow, meeting him 

 for the first time at Mr. Ludlow's house. Need- 

 less to say, their conversation, mostly on Pigeons, 

 and Oriental Frills in particular, was most inter- 

 esting to myself. On many occasions afterwards 

 it was my privilege and pleasure to join them in 

 the evenings at Vauxhall Road. And I can 



