CHAPTER XXXV 



GAMES AND ORIENTALS 



In the Oriental class we find the Cornish. This bird is a cross 

 that was originated in Cornwall, England 1 , by crossing a black breasted 

 Red Game with a Red Aseel from India. The Derby Red Game was 

 a large bird as I remember them, with very heavy thighs and legs. 

 This shows in the Cornish, also the massive breast, the bone being well 

 set in gives a rounded appearance and there is an abundance of good 

 meat on the breast. 



The Cornish are bred chiefly as table fowls and their close plumage 

 and clean legs make them well fitted for this climate. Around Los 

 Angeles are several flocks of goodly numbers and the show rooms 

 are fairly well supplied with good specimens. It is not claimed for 

 them that they make high egg records, still eggs from game birds 

 rank high and the meat is of the first quality. Standard weights are, 

 for cock 9 pounds; cockerel 8 pounds; hen 7 pounds and pullet 6 

 pounds. The Cornish are well set up birds, giving an appearance of 

 great strength. The legs are set well apart as in the old days when 

 their ancestors combatted in the pit. These are the largest of the 

 Game varieties and with the exception of a very few bred by fanciers 

 there is no extensive breeding of other game breeds, except in 

 Bantams. 



Game Bantams. The Black Breasted Red Game Bantam is the one 

 mostly exhibited in our poultry shows, so we take it that must be the 

 most popular breed or variety. 



These little fellows call for ounces instead of pounds in the Standard 

 of weights, and a bird that is too heavy is disqualified. Color of male 

 is: Head, light orange; eyes, red; comb, face, wattles and earlobes, 

 red; neck, hackle, light golden; wings, shoulders, black; wing, fronts 

 black; wing'bows, red; wing coverts, lustrous black, forming a bar 

 across the wing; primaries, black, except lower feathers, which should 

 be 'bay; secondaries, part of outer web forming wing, bay, remainder 

 of feathers, black; back, bright red; saddle, light golden; tail, black; 

 sickle feathers and tail coverts, lustrous black; breast, black; body 

 and stern, black; thighs, black; shanks and toes, willow green. 



Color of female same, but on a more sober plan. All cocks must 

 be dubbed. Standard weight is: cock, 22 ounces; cockerel, 20 ounces; 

 hen, 20 ounces and pullet, 18 ounces. 



