ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



best headed Frill in the section, old and young 

 competing. I also used to offer one for the best 

 laced bird. My Satinette cock won both specials. 

 This was quite an achievement for a young bird, 

 so far as the " head " special went, as, be it 

 noted, my young friends, the head of an Oriental 

 improves and thickens up considerably up to four 

 or five years old. 



Shortly after the Palace Show I received an 

 enquiry from a Belgian gentleman named Bor- 

 carme, for a pair of Satinettes — and ' ' they must 

 be good ones, ' ' he said. I offered him the Palace 

 cock with a suitable hen for £25. This offer he 

 accepted. I also sold the same gentleman several 

 other pairs of Frills — Turbiteens and Blondin- 

 ettes. 



I exhibited at, and attended, the following 

 Palace Show— 1897 — and was both surprised and 

 delighted to find that Mons. Borcarme was 

 exhibiting in the Oriental classes, his birds 

 being shown in splendid bloom and condition. 

 He was very successful, winning several firsts 

 and other prizes. 



Amongst his first prize winners was the 

 crested Satinette cock I had sold him only a few 

 months previously. He was catalogued at £25. 

 I was naturally delighted to see the bird again, 

 and to see him at the top of his class. Moreover, 

 I longed to again possess him. The result was 

 that I planted myself in good time the next 

 morning at the sales office, and at once secured 

 him. I never parted with £25 with more pleasure! 



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