ORIENTAL FRILL PIGEONS. 



stud of Frills was brought over from Smyrna 

 to Birmingham to be disposed of, and in the 

 collection, which, by the way, was a very fine 

 one, I found this black cock and chequer hen 

 mated together, and which I secured. The first 

 season they bred and reared five pairs of young- 

 sters, all blacks, and there was not a waster 

 amongst the lot ! Quite half of them were tip- 

 top show birds, and which, I may add, held 

 their own in the keenest competition for several 

 years in succession, and their descendants for 

 many years afterwards. 



I think it might interest my young friends 

 were I to relate a somewhat unique experience I 

 once had in Turbiteens with what became known 

 as the " Eighteenpenny Cock." I was judging 

 Pigeons in the early part of 1905 at Banbury, 

 and in the gift class was exhibited a crested 

 black Turbiteen cock. He was shown by that 

 sterling and enthusiastic fancier, Mr. Wheeler, 

 of the same town. I liked the look of this cock, 

 and gave him second prize. At the auction I 

 secured him, through the good offices of Mr. 

 Wheeler, for Is. 6d., as I had to leave the show 

 to catch my train, I mated him to a nice black 

 hen, and they bred and reared seven youngsters. 



The best of the bunch was a cock. I ex- 

 hibited this bird on seven occasions, as follows : — 

 Dairy Show, 1st and challenge cup (outright), 

 1st Erdington, and 1st Walsall, under Mr. 

 Allsop; 1st Wolverhampton, 1st and three 



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