ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



mated her up with the big black cock referred 

 to. They bred some of the finest sulphurs I 

 ever saw, but not a single black-laced. How- 

 ever, I made all the use of the black cock I 

 could during that and the next breeding season. 

 I mated a hen bred from the cock to a Brunette 

 cock I had at that time, and from a Brunette 

 hen, bred from this pair, mated to the original 

 black cock, I produced my first black-laced 

 Satinette. This was a cock. 



In 1897, I exhibited this bird at the Palace 

 Show, and was delighted to find that Mr. Harry 

 Allsop, the judge-elect on that occasion, had 

 recognised the merits of the new breed by giving 

 him first and challenge trophy for the best 

 young Satinette. This bird was beautifully 

 laced on a nice clear ground, had good muffs, 

 abundance of frill and gullet, with a nice head, 

 and was, in a word, the first black-laced Satin- 

 ette with good all-round properties that I had 

 ever seen in a show pen ! 



BRED BLACK-LACED ACCIDENTALLY. 



At this particular show I made the acquaint- 

 ance of Mr. David Watson, of Dulwich, a gentle- 

 man who had for some years taken up the breed- 

 ing of Satinettes (blue-laced), and who informed 

 me, strange to say, that without the least design 

 on his part had bred several black-laced Satin- 

 ettes, but thinking them of no value had killed 



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