THE SATINETTE FAMILY. 



But I was not destined to keep him for 

 more than about fourteen months. Our then 

 president of the Oriental Frill Club, Mr. T. W. 

 H. Ashton, one of the most generous patrons not 

 only of the club, but of the Oriental Frill Fancy, 

 took a great fancy to the bird and asked me to 

 put him on price. It took me a whole day to 

 make up my mind, but not liking to disappoint 

 Mr. Ashton by refusing to sell, I put him on 

 price to him, and in return received a very 

 handsome cheque. The Pigeon continued his 

 successful career in the show pen, and, I believe, 

 sired one or two nice youngsters. He was a very 

 robust, healthy bird, and I do not think was ever 

 sick or ill. When Mr. Ashton retired from the 

 Fancy, which would be about three years after 

 he purchased the bird, he made a present of him 

 to my friend, Mr. George Leech, of Rochdale, in 

 whose lofts the " Borcarme Cock " spent the 

 remainder of his days. 



As my young friends perhaps are aware, a 

 standard for most breeds of Pigeons has been 

 framed for the guidance of the breeder and 

 for those who may be called upon from time to 

 time to judge them at our exhibitions. The 

 standard for Oriental Frills was drawn up about 

 twenty -five years ago, and it may be an item of 

 interest to some of the more recent members 

 to know that the late Mr. J. W. Ludlow and 

 myself were selected by the Oriental Frill Club 

 to carry out the work. We met on several 

 occasions at Mr. Ludlow's house in Vauxhall 



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