December 7, 1876. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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our Editors. So being " my manor " I must of course have a 

 shot over it. And in truth Bristol seems the especial place to, 

 and to have special attractions for, a weBt countryman. Bristol 

 gives the name to the Channel that divides South Wales and 

 England. As to big cities or great towns to the west of Bristol 

 there are none: Bath "the queen of the west," Bristol "the 

 city of the west." 



I did not find the Show quite as large as last year — nearly four 

 hundred pens less ; of Pigeons, however, only fifty pens lesB. But 

 then the birds were as a rule superior ; and in Spanish fowls, 

 Bristol's speciality, the birds were better than at the Palace. 

 Would that I could note an improvement in attendance, but, 

 alaB ! I cannot. The long alleys were empty of company, and 

 seemed to be cleared and ready for children to play ball in. 

 Why is this? Crowds come to the Bath Show. Well, Mr. 

 Cambridge, you must try cats ; rely upon it ladies will come 

 and see them, and then get by degrees a higher taste. But 

 leaving cats for inspection another year, all's well, I stand before 

 the Pigeon pens. 



Carriers, Black. — In both cocks and hens Mr. Maynard took 

 first over Mr. Baker. This in Wiltshire phrase was " being 

 main-hard upon Baker." The first-and-cup cock was deserving 

 its place, but the second was remarkably fine in beak-wattle, 

 while the tbird was a fine-feathered and well-shaped Carrier. 

 The second hen was young and very promising. As to the 

 Duns,. the first (Fulton) was a bird of colour, size, and style; 

 second not its equal; third too down-faced, and lower beak- 

 wattle small. The second Dun hen I preferred to the first. 

 The Any other coloured Carriers were of course — for it is, alas ! 

 an of course— all Blue, Whites being absent. First cock (Fulton), 

 a very noble bird. The young Carriers were a pleasing lot. 

 First-and-cup cock, a Dun, was of an excellent colour and fine 

 thin neck. The prize hens were all Blacks. 



The Pouters. — These were a little awkward to find, their pens 

 not coming next or near the Carriers. Black and Blue cocks 

 certainly a good class. First (Watkin) nice limb, colour and 

 shape, but not large crop. Second (Hill) the best blue colour of 

 the lot. Third (Bullen) a Black, very fine colour. No. 1207 had 

 not even a highly commended. Strange this. Black and Blue 

 hens. — First-and-cup a magnificent Blue (Baker). Second and 

 third (Pratt and Baker) capital Blacks. Black Pouters have ad- 

 vanced this year. Bed and Yellow cocks.— All save the prize 

 birds were poor. First very good Bed. Hens of same colours 

 better. First (Watkin)' too heavily flagged for a prize bird, and 

 not a good Red in colour. Second (Hill) a fine Yellow. Third 

 long, but very washy in colour. 1233, Red, highly commended 

 (Fulton), fine globe. 1234, Yellow (Pratt), too grey, but nice long 

 hen. 1236 highly commended, Yellow (Fulton), good. Cocks 

 (any other colour) all Whites.— First a very elegant bird (Wat- 

 kin). White hens, of course Mrs. Ladd first. I name that 

 bird " The White Empress." An honour to Wiltshire she is, 

 and was very civil to " Wiltshire Rector," putting on her best 

 manners to me. There was one bird in this class not White, a 

 fine, long, elegant, showy Bun, that took third prize (T. Bullen). 

 Why were no good-feathered and barred Mealies shown? Now 

 dodging back again, please alter this, Mr. Cambridge, next year. 



I come to the Almonds (cock or hen).— First (Baker) a good old 

 bird. Second (same owner) a nicely spangled bird. Third very 

 good (Beck). A nice and numerous lot of Any variety of Short- 

 faces followed. First a rich Red (Baker) with beautiful eyes. 

 Second a Kite with capital head. Third (Beck) a Red Agate. 

 Among the highly eommendeds was a well-shown beautifully 

 coloured Red, though a trifle coarse, No. 1262 (Crane). 



Barbs (cocks). — Black, Red, Yellow won as to colour and order. 

 The cup hen — what a hen ! so very superior. Second and third 

 might have changed places with advantage, I think. Young 

 Barbs.— First and second Black. First fine in head and colour. 

 Third a pleasing Yellow. 



Foreign Owls more numerous than at the Palace. First and 

 third Whites. Second a good Blue. Two highly eommendeds, 

 1296 and 1297, worthy of prizes. . 



The Trumpeters. — First-and-cup, of course, Mr. Lederer. 

 Second same owner. Third a good Black. Highly commended, 

 1306 (Hill), a fine Mottle. What strange poke-about, odd, heavy 

 chaps are these Russians ! Pity there are no Turkish Pigeons to 

 put next them. 



Jacobins (Red or Yellow, cocks or hens).— First Red (Fulton), 

 colour, mane, down-face excellent. Second Red (Baker). Third 

 Yellow (Fulton), excellent. I noticed that as a rule the colours 

 in this class were very good, so also the chains, but the hoods 

 would go back or have a break in the centre of them. This 

 fault even more apparent in the Any other colours. Of these, 

 First a White (FuHod), and very good. Second a neat Black 

 (Baker), but too long-faced. Third a White, a little large, but 

 good chain and mane. 



Fantails. — Only one Blue in the whole lot. First-and-cup 

 (SerjeantsoD) a fine tail, good shape, but no motion. A Scotch- 

 man looking at it would want " a drao of whusky," or at least a 

 pinch of snuff, to recover himself. Second and third (Maynard) 

 two good Whites. 



Turbits (Red or Yellow). — I really was surprised to see No. 1351 

 carry off first and cup. Bad washed-out colour (Yellow), poor 

 peak-crest, and stained beak, the face all ; while the two Palace 

 first and second (Crafer) here only second and third. Both these 

 rich Yellows and fine peak-crests. I was surprised, and am still. 

 Any other colour. — First a super-excellent Black (Cresswell), 

 worthy of any cup. Second (Wood) a very superior Silver. 

 Third (Salter) a nice Blue. This class very good. 



English Owls. — First-and-cup a model bird, a Silver(Salter). 



Nuns.— Very very few, only three pens. First Mr. Siedle 

 with a very good bird. Second Mr. J. T. Holmes. I hope he 

 will take up the Nuns and make The Cedars at Bath famous for 

 them. There is a grand opening now for a Nun fancier, and the 

 Judges must encourage Red and Yellow Nuns as well as the 

 Blacks. 



Magpies a good class. Black first, Black second, Yellow third. 

 Glad to see the Yellows encouraged by a prize. If Judges had 

 been equally considerate to Yellow Nuns they would not have 

 vanished. 



Dragoons (Blue or Silver) an excellent lot. Whites choice ; 

 first (Woods) a noble bird. Any other colour, first (Woods) a 

 Chequer, not good-shaped wattle — not the pig shape; too much 

 lower beak wattle ; neck thick. Second a better head, a nice 

 Yellow ; third (Sugden) a good Red. Young Blues and Silvers 

 not remarkable. Young, any other colour, first (Fulton) an 

 excellent young Yellow ; second (Woods) a good Chequer. 



Antwerps of different varieties; among the Long-faced some 

 very likely working birds. 



Any other variety not mentioned, too small a class. 



Tumblers (Long-muffed).— First fine colour and marking — a 

 Black Mottle ; owner Mapplebeck. Many of the muffs very 

 long. Long-faced Beards and Balds. — Good old sorts; the 

 former once famous in Bristol. Any other variety of Flying 

 Tumbler. — This a capital class, and showed that once let prizes 

 be offered for the true old smooth-legged Tumbler — the Tumbler, 

 many birds will be forthcoming. I like flying men to be en- 

 couraged. First a Red Mottle (Mapplebeck), capital bird; second 

 Red (Fulton), a fine whole-coloured Red, as good a bird as I 

 could wish to Bee, a model of a clean-legged flying Tumbler ; 

 third (Hyde) a Yellow Mottle, good colour, neat shape; 1577 

 (highly commended) Yellow, very nice ; 1578 next to it, a whole 

 Yellow, as good or even better. May this deserving class of 

 natural-shaped interesting birds appear at every show. 



A flying class for Homing birds, and long classes of selling 

 birds, completed the Show, which, save in visitors, was as a 

 Show all that can be desired. — Wiltshire Rector. 



poultry. 

 Dorkingb.— Coloured.— Cockerel.^-1, O. E, Cresswell. 2, R. R. W. Beachy. 

 3, R. Burnside. 4, Countess of Dartmouth. vhc, Mrs. Hind, Rev. H. F. Hamil- 

 ton. Pullet.— 1. S. Newick. 2, A. M. Gibbs. 8, Rev. H. F. Hamilton, 4, Miss 

 J. Milward. vhc, O. E. Cresswell, R. W. Beachy, Rev. G. Watson. Code— 1, 

 J. Copple. 2, L. Pilkington. 3, Rev. G. Watson. Hen.—\ and Cup, F. Parlett. 



2, Mrs. Hind. 8, Mrs. Radclyffe. vhc, R. W. Beachy. Silver-Grey .—Cockerel 

 or Cock.— I and Cup, O. E. Cresswell. 2, F. Cheeseman. 3, W. W. Ruttlidge. 

 Pullet or Hen.—l, O. E. Cresswell 2, W. W. Ruttlidge. 3, H. T. Sotham. 

 White.— Cockerel or Cock.—l, Mrs. M. A. Hayne. 2, Countess of Dartmouth. 



3, R. A. Boissier. Pullet or Hen.—l, O. E. Cresswell. 2. Dr. E. Snell. 3, Mrs. 

 M. A. Hayne. 



Cochins.— Cinnamon or Buff.— Cockerel.— I, Cup, and 2, Mrs. A. Tindal. 3, 

 Henry Lingwood. vhc, Mrs. E. Allsopp. Pullet.— 1, R. P. Percival. 2, A. J. E. 

 Swindell. 3. Mrs. A. Tindal. vhc, W. A. Bumell. Cock— 1, R. P. Percival. 2, 

 Mrs. A. Tindal. 3, G. H. Procter. Hen.— 1, W. A. Burnell. 2. W. A. Bindley. 

 8, H. TomlinBon. Brown or Partridge.— Cockerel.— I, E. Tudman. 2, R. P. 

 Percival. 3, Hon. Mrs. Sugden. Pullet-— I and Cup, R. J. Wood. 2, J. H. 

 Jones. 8 and vhc, Mrs. A. Tindal. Cock.— 1. H. Tomlinson. 2, E. Tudman. 3, 

 R. P. Percival. vhc, T. Aspden. Hen— 1, Mrs. A. Tindal. 2, R. J. Wood. S, 

 W. Nickolls. vhc, J. H. Jones. White.— Cockerel.— 1, P. H. Chase. 2, Mrs. A. 

 Tindal. 3, W. H. Copplestone. Pullet— 1. J. Turner. 2, Mrs. A. Tindal. 3, J. 

 H. Nicholls. vhc. Mrs. Wilde. Cock.—l, Mrs. A. Tindal. 2, R. A. Boissier. 3, 

 H. Tomlinson. vhc, MrB. J. T. Holmes. Sen— 1, Mrs. A. Tindal. 2, C. Blood- 

 worth. 3, H. Tomlinson. vlic, W. A. Burnell. Black.— Cockerel.— 1, E. Ken- 

 driek, jun. 2 ana vhc, A. Darby. 3. H. J. Storer. Pullet.— 1, T. Beardsworth. 



2, N. Cook. 3, T. AsD'ten. vhc, E. Kendrick, jun. Cock.— 1 and 2, A. Darby. 8, 



E. Kendrick, jun. Hen— 1 ana 2, N. Cook. 3, J. Day. vhc, E. Prltchard. 

 Brahmas.— Dark.— Cockerel— 1 and 8, Horace Lingwood. 2, R. P. Percival. 



4, Rev. H. F. Hamilton. Pullet— 1 and Cup, R P. Percival. 8, G. S. Pearson. 

 4, Horace Lingwood. Cock.—l, E. Kendrick. jun. 2, J. Lyon. 8. Horace Ling- 

 wood. vhc, Mrs. Radclyffe. Hen.— 1, Newnham &Manby. 2, Rev. J.D.Peake. 

 8, T. F. Ansdell. vhc, T. Beardsworth. Light— Cockerel— I, P. Haines. 2, R. 

 P. Percival. 3. Horace Lingwood. 4, Mrs. Wollocombe. Pullet.— 1, Mrs. J. T. 

 Holmes. 2. W. H. Haseler. 3, T. A. Dean. 4, M. Leno. vhc, Mrs. Crook, 

 Cock.—l and Cnp. R. E. Horsfall. 2, Horace Lingwood. 3, Mrs. Crook, vhc, G. 

 B. C Breeze. Hen.— 1, F. Holbrook. 2, Dr. G. A. Angier. vhc, J. Bloodworth. 



Spanish.— Cockerel— 1 and Cup, P. F. Le Sueur. 2, S. H. Hyde. 8, H. 

 Goddard. 4, Miss E. Browne, vhc, E. Jones, J. Walker, Mrs. E. Allsopp. 

 Pullet.— 1, J. Walker. 2, S. H. Hyde. 3, Mrs. E. Allsopp. 4. E.JoneB. vhc, P. 



F. Le Sueur, E. W. Hawkes. Cock — 1, E. Jones. 2, J. Walker. 8, W. R. Bull. 

 Hen.— 1 and Cup, J. Hunt. 2, E. Jones. 3, Miss E. Browne. 



Hamebeghs.— Gold-spangled.— Cockerel or Cock.—l, T. Dean. 2, W. A. Hyde. 



3, G. & J. Duckworth. Pullet or Hen.— I and Cup, T. Dean. 2. G. & J. Duck- 

 worth. 3. W. A. Hyde. Silver-spangled.— Cockerel or Cock.—l, Miss E. Browne. 

 2, Duke of Sutherland. 3, Ashton & Booth. Pullet or Hen.—l, Ashton & Booth. 

 2, Miss E. Browne. 3, Duke of Sutherland. Gold-penc illed.— Cockerel or Cock, 

 — 1 and Cup. Duke of Sutherland. 2, J. Rawnsley. 3, W. R Tickner. Pullet 

 or Hen.—l, W. K. Tickner. 2, Duke of Sutherland. 8, J. Rawnsley. Silver- 

 pencilled.— Cockerel or Cock.—l, J. Rawnsley. 2, Duke of Sutherland. 3, J. 

 Preston. Pullet or Ben— 1, J. Rawnslev. 2, Duke of Sutherland. 3, Dr. E. 

 Snell Black— Cockerel or Cock.—l, S. Walton. 2. J. Pickup, jun. 3, L. Gar- 

 nett. vhc. Rev. W. Sergeantson. Stott & Booth. Pallet or Hen.—l, C. Sidg- 

 wick. 2, T. Bush. 3. Stott & Booth. 



Game— Black-breasted Beds— Cockerel or Cock.—l and Cup, S. Matthew. 2, 

 T. Mason. 3, W. H. Stagg. Pullet or Hen.—l and Cup. S. Matthew. 2, W. J. 

 Pone. 8, Hon. and Rev. F. Dntton. Brown-breasted Beds —Cockerel or Cock.— 

 1, T. Mason. 2. G. F. Ward. 3, R. Garnett. Pullet or Hen.—1, T. Mason. 2, 

 R. Garnett. 3, H. Browne. Any other variety.— Cockerel or Cock.—l, S. 



