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not being a fufficient Trial, Wilkins ftill repoied 

 a Confidence in them that they would be veryi/y^ 

 good when they became Cocks, which he made/-//;. 

 Trial of very early the next Seafon, when to 

 his great Surprize found them to fly the Pitt a 

 great deal too foon in the fame Seafon alfo he 

 fought the Old Cock, which was then three 

 Years old, and behaved fo well as to gain the 

 general Applaufe of the Pitt, by beating two 

 very good Cocks in few Meetings each : This 

 Performance in the Old Cock, together with the 

 good Opinion, upon fufficient Proof, he had of 

 the Hens, revived his'Hopes again, that the re- 

 maining Part of them would prove better, he 

 therefore referved them for Mr Chum ley's Main, 

 againft Mr Turner, who was a {lifted by Mr 

 fj&eage, but being of a larger Size than com- 

 mon, very few of them fell into the Match, and 

 thole that did were beat by Mr Heneage^ 

 which tho* they were double fed, were undenia- 

 ble Cocks, and made the other appear very bad 

 in Comparifon of them : Now had thefe Fowls 

 of Wilkins , which were called ll r es Greys^ 

 fought againft fuch as were no higher bred than 

 themfelves, or other ways againft fuch as were 

 ibmething tainted, they might have got a Cha- 

 racter, as Thoufands have done before, without 

 any Reafon; and tho' they had nought to boaft 

 of except Shape and a Perfect Conftitution, yet 

 if they find themielves too powerful for their 

 Adverfary, they will difpatch in fuch a Man- 

 ner as to deceive Men of tolerable good Judg- 

 ment yet Wilkins could not be fatisfy'd where 



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