242 FANCY PIGEONS. 



Pouting Horseman are two varieties of Croppers described by 

 Moore, at pages 37 and 38 of his " Columbarium." Of the 

 former he says: "The Uploper is a Pigeon bred originally 

 in Holland, its Make and Shape grees in every respect with 

 the English Powter, only it is smaller in every Property. 

 Its Crop is very round, in which it generally buries its Bill ; 

 its Legs are very small and slender, and its toes are short 

 and close together, on which it treads so nicely, that when 

 moving, you may put anything under the Ball of its Foot ; 

 it is close thigh'd, plays very upright, and when it approaches 

 the Hen, generally leaps to her, with its tail spread, which 

 is the reason the Name is given to it, from the Dutch Word 

 Uplopen, which signifies to leap up. These Pigeons are 

 generally all blue, white, or black, tho' I will not assert that 

 there are no Pieds of this Species. There are but very few 

 of them in England, and I have been inform'd that in 

 Holland they have ask'd five and twenty Guineas for a 

 single Pair of them." 



Moore then describes the " Powting Horseman " as follows : 

 " This Pigeon is a bastard Strain between the Cropper and 

 the Horseman, and according to the Number of Times that 

 their young ones are bred over from the Cropper, they are 

 call'd first, second, or third bred; and the oftner they are 

 bred over, the larger their Crop proves. The Reason of 

 breeding these Pigeons is to improve the Strain of the 

 Powters, by making them close thigh'd, tho' it is apt to 

 make them rump, from the Horseman's Blood: They are a 

 very merry Pigeon upon a House, and by often dashing off 

 are good to pitch stray Pigeons, that are at a Loss to find 

 their own Home; they breed often and are good Nurses, 

 generally feeding their young ones well. I have known 

 these Pigeons to be six Inches and six and a half in Legs; 

 they are a hearty Pigeon and, give 'em but Meat a,nd "Water, 

 need very little other Attendance. Some of them will home 

 ten or twentv Miles." 



