THE SATINETTE FAMILY. 



to think that if fifty Oriental Frill admirers were 

 to see these two pictures with a view of voting 

 which of the two Satinette cocks they preferred, 

 forty-nine, or possibly the whole number, would 

 plump for the light -laced one. As, apart from 

 the grand all-round structural properties this 

 bird possessed, his lacing and ground colour 

 were superb. 



Mr. Ludlow was particularly charmed with 

 this bird, and remarked to me after placing him 

 first and two specials at the Palace Show in 

 1896, that the bird represented the biggest 

 advance in Blue-laced Satinettes he had ever 

 seen ! And meeting Mr. Ludlow some few 

 months after the Palace Show, he having heard 

 that I had sold the bird to go abroad, I received 

 quite a fatherly cast igat ion at his hands for 

 allowing such a top-sawyer to leave the country. 



I think our young fanciers won't mind 

 if I give them a little of this bird's history before 

 passing on. The first time I exhibited him was at 

 Birkenhead, under Mr. Peter Verdon. I also 

 showed his brother, a plain-headed cock, in the 

 same class. The latter also a grand Pigeon. 

 Mr. Verdon placed the plain head first, and the 

 crested second, and told me afterwards that they 

 were the best pair of Satinettes he had ever seen. 

 This was in September. 



The following November I showed the crested 

 at the Palace as stated, under Mr. Ludlow, where 

 he was placed first. At that time, my old friend, 

 Harry Kitchen, used to offer a special for the 



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