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Stoneclough. Second, AV. R. Lane, Birmingham. Highly Commended, 

 H. M. Julian, Beverley; Hon. Mrs. Howard, Milnthorpe; D. Parsons, 

 Cnerden, near Preston ; T. Robinson, Ulverstone ; H. Adams, Beverley. 

 Commended, W. J. Cope, Barnlev ; R. Parkinson, Poulton-le-Fylde ; \V. 

 Rogers, Woodbridge; G. C. AVhitwell, Kenda'.. Chickens.— First, R. Par- 

 kinson. Second, W. Boyes, Beverley. Third, T. Moss, Poulton-le-Fylde, 

 Highly Commended, Hon. Mrs. Howard; A. Sugden, Kendal. Co r.mended, 

 ■T. Fletcher ; T. Burgess, Whitchurch, Salop ; Miss J. Taylor, Kendal. 



Game (Any other variety).— First, J. Fletcher, Ston.clough. Second, 

 H. Adams, Beverley. Third, T. Robinson, Ulverstone. Chickens.— First, 

 J. F. etcher. Second, J. Hodgson, Bradford. Third, W. J. Cope, Barnsley. 



Hamburghs (Golden-pencilled).— A Silver Cup, the gift of the Managing 

 Committee, for the best pen. Cup and First, T. Robinson, Ulverstone. 

 Second, J. Robinson, Garstang. Highly Commended, J. Dixon, Bradford; 

 W. Caiman, Bradford, 



Hamburghs (Golden-spangled).— First, N. Marton, Manchester. Second, 

 J, Dixon, Bradford. Highly Commended, J. Robinson, Garstang; S. 

 Wales, Kendal. Commended, H. AV. B. Berwick, Yorkshire ; W. Cannan, 

 Bradford; J. Robinson. 



Hamburqhs (Silver-pencilled).— First, J. Robinson, Garstang. Second, 

 AV. Cannan, Bradford. Highly Commended. C. Moore, Poulton-le-Fylde; 

 J. Sunderland, jun., Hipperholme, near Halifax. Commended, J. Dixon, 

 Bradlord. 



Hambubghs (Silver-spangled).— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second, 

 R. Teebay, Fulwood. Highly Commended, J. Robinson, Garstang, 



Hambukghs (Any variety).— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second, R. H. 

 Nicholas, Newport. Third, H. AV. B. Berwick, Yorkshire. Highly Com- 

 mended, M. Whittam, Settle. 



SINGLE COCKS. 



Spanish.— First, R. Teebay, Fullwood. Second, J. Simm, Kendal. Highly 

 Commended, G. Robinson, Kendal. 



Dor.KiNG.—First, G. C. Whitwell, Kendal. Second, J. Rowlandson, 

 Hawkshend. Highly Commended, W. F. Eraithwaite, Eastbourne, Dar- 

 lington ; R. Sergencson, Prese.ot. Commended, E. R. Whitwell, Darlington ■ 

 S. Farrer, Bolton ; G. C. Whitwell. 



Cochin-China.— First, F. M. Hindle, Haslingden. Second, Rev. F 

 Wilson. Haslingden. Highly Commended, Rev. F. Wilson. Commended 

 F. M. Hindle; A. Worthington, Bolton-le-Sands. 



Game.— A Silver Cup, the gift of the Managing Committee. Cup and 

 First, G. C. Whitwell, Kendal. Second, W. Boyes, Beverley. Third J 

 Firth, Halifax. Fourth, J. Fletcher, Stoneclongh. Highly Commended' 

 J. Fletcher; M. Whittam, Settle ; W. Thompson, Moresclale Hall, Kendal- 

 A. Heath, Calne, Wilts; T. Moss, Poulton-le-Fylde; A. Winskill, Kendal-' 

 H. Adams, Beverley; G. Lingard, jun., Birmingham. Commended, J. 

 bunderland, jun., Hipperholme, Halifax. Cockerel.— First, R. Parkinson 

 Poulton-le-Fylde. Second, J. Boulton, Ulverstone. Third, J. Fletcher. 

 Highly Commended, W. J. Cope, Barnsley; J. Hodgson, Whittin^ton. 



Game Bantam.— First, T. Wilson, Kendal. Second, R. Moon, Liverpool. 

 T. Moss, Poulton-le-Fylde. Highiv Commended, C. Bower, Lan- 

 Commended, W. Laurencson, Poulton-le-Fylde. 



Third, 

 caster, 



Bantams (Game).— First, R. Farier, Bolton. Second, J. Mashiter 

 Ulverstone. Third, C. W. Brierley, Rochdale. Highly Commended, j! 

 Cragg, Kendal ; E. G, Hornby, Westmorland ; J. Wilson, Kendal • R H 

 Nicholas Newport; T Shaw, Kirkham; w. Laurencson, Ponlton-le- 

 *ylde. ; E. Brown, Sheffield. Commended, T. Wilson, Kendal; R B 

 Parkinson, Kendal ; E. Holdsworth, Leeds. 



Bantams (Any other variety).— First, Ca;>t. Wetherall, Toddington. near 

 Ivettenng. Second, R. H. Nicholas, Newport. Commended, G. A, " 

 -Aikrigg End, Kendal. 



Gekleid, 

 Robinson, Garstang. Third, 



Dorkings (White).— First and Second 

 E. R. Whitwell, Darlington. 



Ducks (Aylesbury).— A Silver Cup, the gift of John Whitwell, Esq 

 Mayor of Kendal, for the best pen. First. Rev. F. Wilson, Haslingden 

 Lancashire. Second, Mrs. M. Seamons, Aylesbury. Third, J. Kubinson 

 •Garstang. Highly Commended, Mrs. M. Seamons. 



Docks (Rouen).— Cup and First, T. Robinson, Ulverstone. Second, J 

 sergencson, Kirkby Lonsdale. Third, J. Redhead, Kendal. Highly Com- 

 mended, Mrs. J. A.Alston, Fleetwood ; F. M. Hingle, Haslingden. 



Docks (Any other variety). — First, D. Parsons, Cucrden, Prescot. 

 Second, F. W. F.arle, Prescot. Third, R. Sergencson, Huyton, Prescot. 

 Highly Commended, Miss M. A. Hill, Woodlands, Heywood. 



PIGEONS. 



Cashiers.— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second. S. Robson, Brotherton 

 Yorkshire. Highly Commended, J. Lewthwaite, Kendal; AV. B Van 

 Haansbergen, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Commended, T. Bateson, Kendal. 



Almond Tumblers.— First, T. Kew, Westmorland. Second, H. Y'ardley 

 Birmingham. 



Tumblers (Any other breed).— First, H. B. Pring, Newport, Mon- 

 mouthsh re. Second, F. Else, Bayswatcr, London. Highly Commended 

 T. Monkhouse, Kendal; W. Cannan. 



Owls.— First, W. Cannan 

 berland. 



Powters or Choppers.— First, E. Brown, Sheffield. Second, S. Rob- 

 son. Brotherton. Highly Commended, T. Kew, Commended, AV. Cannan- 

 H. Yardley, Birmingham. ' 



Bares.— First, A. L. Silvester, Birmingham. Second, M. Irvine, White- 

 haven. 



Fantails.— First, J. W. Edge, Birmingham. Second, E. Brown Shef- 

 field. Commended, F. Else, Bayswater, London; F. Key, Beveilev- 

 J. R. Jessop. Hull. J ' 



Turb-.ts.— First, R. Thompson, Kendal. Second, J. Barrow, jun 

 Kendal. Highly Commended. F. Else, Bavswater, London ; A. L Silvester 

 Birmingham ; J. AA'. Edge, Birmingham. ' 



Trdmpetehs.— First, J. J. Wilson, Darlington. Second, F. Kev Bever- 

 ley. Hiehly Commended, F. Key ; W. B. Van Haansbergen ; H. Yardley 

 Birmingham; 8. Robson, Brotherton. Commended, T. Kew, Westmor- 

 land. 



Birmingham. Second, H. Yardley, 

 R. Thompson. Commended, F. Else, 



(Spangled Swahians) ; H. B. Pring, Newport (Runts, Spanish imported) ; 

 R. Thompson, Kendal (Nuns). Commended, A. Heath, Calne, AViltshire 

 (Isabels). 



Mr. Edward HeAvitt, of Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, offi- 

 ciated as the Judge. 



Second, J. & AV. Towerson, Egremont, Cum- 



GAME FOWLS. 



"E. A. S." seems to wish that the Game classes should be 

 judged by plumage only, and not for their game qualities. If so, 

 instead of being, as they now are, one of the gems of the exhibition, 

 their character would be totally changed, and a great portion 

 of the interest now taken in them would cease. As " E. A. S." 

 seems to take such interest in them, perhaps he will tell us the 

 whole of the qualities necessary for perfection in a pen of Black 

 Bed Game. — An Exhibitor. 



Jacobins.— First. A. L. Silvester 

 Birmingham. Highly Commended, 

 Bayswater, London. 



Ant other Variety. — First, A 

 Td. Irvine, AVhitehaven (Runts). 



L. Silvester, Birmingham. Second, 

 Highly Commended, J. W. AVooler 



DISQUALIFIED BLACK BANTAMS AT 

 DAELLNGTON. 



I HAVE just returned home, having been absent since the 

 middle of November, and during that time I have not seen a 

 copy of your Journal. I now find that the Black Bantams 

 lately exhibited by me at Birmingham and Darlington have 

 been the subject of some discussion, and I take the earliest 

 opportunity of explaining the matter. 



Your correspondent " Jttstitia" is quite correct in saying 

 I claimed the pen (for £3) at the Crystal Palace Summer Show. 

 They were exhibited by Mr. Hutton, and were " highly com- 

 mended." He (Mr. Hutton), as he says, took first prize with 

 another pen on which he had £2. I preferred the, highly- 

 commended pen at £3 to the first-prize pen at £2, and claimed 

 them. As soon as the birds arrived at home I sent them out 

 to a walk, and did not see them again till a lew days before I 

 left home in the middle of November, when my man brought 

 them up, and I discovered that the cock's legs had changed to 

 white. As I was leaving home immediately, my man was anxious 

 to know what was to be done. I told him to write off to Mr. 

 Hutton at once, and inquire if he had any good cocks to dispose 

 of. He wrote back Baying that he had, and asked £2 each for 

 them. My man requested him to send two on approval. They 

 arrived (I being from home), and my man assures me that they 

 were perfectly valueless for exhibition, one having legs as bad as 

 the bird I already possessed and being worse in other points, 

 and the other having red earlobes. He (my man) was quite at 

 a loss Avliat to do. He did not know where to apply to for 

 another bird, and he had not time to write to, and receive an 

 answer from, me before sending to the Birmingham Show ; so 

 he concluded the only plan was, as he thought, to follow the 

 example of the former owner of the birds and colour the cock's 

 legs. He did so, and they were sent to Birmingham and Dar- 

 lington in that condition. I suppose his success at the former 

 Exhibition encouraged him to send again to the latter. When 

 they were sent to Birmingham I was in the south of England, 

 and wheu to Darlington in Scotland, and knew nothing at all of 

 the affair. If I had been at home, they certainly would not have 

 been sent. 



In your Journal of December 13th you say "This pen at the 

 recent Birmingham Meeting took first prize among a heavy 

 class." You would have been much nearer the truth if you had 

 said " among a weak class," as by reference to the Birmingham 

 catalogue you will find that only four pens were exhibited. 

 When 1 claimed the pen at the Crystal Palace the cock's leg3 

 were, to all appearance, perfect. Mr. Hutton says " that not 

 the least particle of colouring matter, or Btain of any other kind 

 whatever, was laid on, or came in contact with, the legs of the 

 birds referred to, by either myself or any other person, previous 

 to their being dispatched to the Show." I suppose we are in 

 courtesy bound to believe him ; but it certainly is the most 

 peculiar case that ever came under my notice, that a bird's legs 

 should change from black to white in three short months. 

 When my man wrote to Mr. Hutton lie explained why I wanted 

 another cock ; but, in his reply, that gentleman offered no 

 explanation, or even mentioned the bird's legs, confining himself 

 to the mere fact that lie had birds to dispose of. — Tee Exhibitor 

 of the Disqualified Pen or Black Bantams at Darlington. 

 [We consider the above explanation exculpates Mr. Munn, 

 and his sincerity is sustained by the fact that he has returned to 



