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and the adoption of an ideal bird. The writer had much 

 to do with these things being brought about, the first 

 conference being the result of a meeting held at his house, 

 and he later assisted in the drawing of the standards by 

 which during the last thirty-odd years the breed has 

 been governed. The founding of the Yorkshire Union, 

 which was closely followed by the formation of the 

 Yorkshire Canary Club, and the Southern and Northern 

 Yorkshire Canary Clubs gave the breed a tremendous 

 impetus, and for the last thirty years it has advanced 

 by leaps and bounds. 



From time to time there has been an incHnation on the 

 part of some judges and breeders to depart from the 

 standards of the Yorkshire Union, but the balance of 

 opinion has been against them, and the breed has found 

 more supporters in all parts of the country. 



Not only in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales has 

 the Yorkshire a great following, but when on my world 

 tour in 1922 I found that in Australia it is the most 

 popular of all breeds, whilst in New Zealand and Canada 

 too it has many followers. 



The wonderful progress of the breed since the establish- 

 ment of the Yorkshire Union and the enforcing of its 

 authority in the breeding and judging to its authorised 

 standards and ideal. 



A Bird of Grace and Beauty. 



In the Yorkshire of the twentieth century there is 

 nothing coarse or unrefined. On the contrary it is full of 

 gracefulness and a refined beauty that captures the eye 

 of all who admire these qualities. Its head is small 

 and delicately moulded ; not the slightest sign of eyebrow 

 can be traced ; its neck is long and straight ; its shoulders 

 are narrow, long, and well filled, with no trace of hoUow- 

 ness or prominence ; its back is long and straight ; its 

 tail is also long, closely and compactly made, not wide 

 and spreading ; a loose open tail is a great blemish ; 

 its breast narrow and well-rounded. The old idea of a 

 Yorkshire being able to go through a wedding ring was a 

 good one ! I wonder how many of the present champions 

 could do it ? The idea though was a good one. It 

 kept before the breeders and judges the idea that the 



