CHAPTER XII 



THE DUTCH FRILL 



A Breed Not Widely Known. 



Although much has been written regarding the con- 

 nection of the Belgian and the Lancashire with the 

 Dutch Frill, the latter has never been popular in this 

 country, occasionally specimens are seen in the A.O.V. 

 Classes, and one or two Societies have given classes 

 for the breed. So far as I have been able to gather from 

 my frequent visits to Holland it is not very extensively 

 bred in that country. One of the chief authorities in 

 Holland says it first attracted attention there about 

 85 or 90 years ago, some years after it was introduced 

 to France, the date is given as 1850, and then later 

 into Belgium. If this is correct what becomes of the 

 fable about the Belgian and the Lancashire having been 

 bred from the Dutch Frill ? 



My old friend, the late L. Van der Snickt, the well- 

 known Belgian fancier and journalist, said that so far 

 as he knew it was practically unknown in Holland. Thus 

 his experience agrees with my own. There is however 

 plenty of evidence as to its breeding in France. 



Mr. C. I. Young, the hon secretary of the Frome 

 Fanciers' Society, is one of the oldest breeders of Dutch 

 Frills in this country, he having kept them for something 

 hke 20 years. Another stalwart of the breed in the 

 Western town famous for cheese and printing is Mr. 

 W. J. Minty, whilst Mr. A. E. Brooks, of Cambridge, is 

 another enthusiast who has kept Dutch Frills for many 

 years. 



What a Good Frill should be. 



The Dutch Frill is a large bird running from 7| inches 

 to 8 inches in length. It is stouter in build than the York- 



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