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JOUBNAL OF HOETICIJLTUBE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ August 10, 1871. 



Do^EisGS.—Any Coloiir.—l, W. Malton, Bowling. 



PoLAKDB.— 1, H.Bowter. 2 and he. H. Beldon. 



Bantams.— Game.— 1 and he, J. Elamires, Horton. 2, J. Elam, Horton. 

 c, E. K. Fos, Great Horton. Any other Variety.— 1 and he, H. Beldon. 2, J. 

 Preston, Allerton. c, H. Eo-wker. 



SellesG Class.— 1, J. Po-well. 2, J. Dnxbury. 



Eabbits.— -4^2/ Variety. — 1, J. Buckley, Bradford. 2, S. Johnson. 

 PIGEONS. 



Caeeiees.- 1, J. Holden, "Wibsey Slack. 2, E. Homer, Harewood. ftc, H. 

 Yardley, Birmingliaia ; E. Homer, e, H. Sno-wden, Great Hoi-ton. 



Croppers.- 1 anci 2, E. Homer, he, Clayton & Bairstow, Girlington; J. 

 Thresb, Bradford. 



Dragoons.— 1, E. Homer. 2, H. YariLley. he, J. Greenwood, Queenabiu'y; 

 G. W. Bobinson, Halifas. 



Owls.— 1, J. Holden. 2, A. H. Jubb, Haliias. he, E. Rhodes, Great Horton ; 

 E. Homer. 



TuEBiTS.— I, Clayton & Bairstow. 2, W. Poole, Bradford, lie, J. G. Dnim, 

 Newcastle; Clayton & Bairstow. 



Tumblers.- 1, E. Homer. 2, H. Yardley. he J. Thresh, c. J. Holden. 



Jacobins.- 1 and 2, E. Homer, c, H. Yardley ; Clayton & Bairstow. 



Fantails.- 1, H. Yardley. 2, Clayton & Bairstow. 



Baebs,— 1, H. Yardley. 2, E. Homer. 



Aktwerps.- 1, Clayton & Bairstow. 2, J. "W. Collinson. he, Clayton and 

 Bairstow ; E. Homer. 



Any VAEiETy.— 1, J. Thresh. 2 and he, Clayton & Bairstow. c, A. Murga- 

 troyd, BraiiEord. 



Judges. — Mi*. W. Caniion, Bradford, and Mr. E, Hutton, Padsey, 

 Leeda. 



WAKEFIELD POULTKY SHOW. 



The folloTving prizes were awarded at this Show, held July 29th: — 



OiME— Blade or Broiim Beds.—l, G. F. Ward, "Wimliury, Nantwich. 2, C. W. 

 Brierlev. Middleton, Manchester. Any other Variety. — V.C. W. Brierley. 2,B. 

 Jarvis, Mansfield. Chickens. — 1 and 2, B. Jarvis. 



Spanish.— i>?acfc.~-l, C. W. Brierley. 2, H. BeldODjGoitstock. 



Cochin-China.— 1, H. Laey, Hebden Bridge. 2, C. H. Wood, Accrington. 



Brajima Pootea.— 1 and 2, H. Lacy. 



Hambtjeghs.— GoZd.si?(T7if7Z<:t! or Peneilled.—l and Cup, H. Beldon. Bilver- 

 spangled or Pencilled. — 1, H. Beldon. Any other Variety. — 1, H. Beldon. 



Gaiie Bantams. — 1, E. Pa^ne. 2. W. Adams, Ipswich. Any other Variety. — 

 1, H. Beldon. 2, S. cS; K. AsMon, Mottram. 



Chiceens.— ^ny Variety.— 1. B. Jarvis. 2, C. & J. W. Mason, Drighlington. 



Duces.— 1, C. W. Brierley. 2, E. Leech, Rochdale. 

 PIGEONS. 



Caeeiees. — 1, H. Yardley, Birmingham. 2, E. Homer, Harewood. 



Poutees.—1,H. Yardley. 2. E. Homer. 



Baebs.— 1, E. Horner, 2, H. Yardley. 



Dbagoons.— 1, H. Stanhope, Eccleshill, Leeds. 2, F. Graham, Birlienliead, 



TEtniPETEHs.— 1 and Cup, E. Homer. 



TuEBiTS.— 1 and 2, E. Homer. 



Jacobins.— 1 and 2, E. Homer. 



Nuns. — 1, J. Watts. Birmingham. 2, H. Yardley. 



Fantaiis.— 1, J. Walker, Newark. 2, H. Yardley. 



TUMBLEHS. — i. E. Hoi-ner. 2, H. Yardley. 



0^\s.—English.—\, E. Bradley. 2. H. Adams, Beverley. 



Antweeps.— SftorWocecJ.— 1. E. Horner, 2, W. Jarvis. he, S. W. CoUlngBO, 

 Halifax ; H. Stanhope. Long-faced.— 1, H. Stanhope. 2, J. W. CoUinson. he, E. 

 Oldroyde, Osset (3) ; C. Ambler, Wakefield. Six Working.— 1 and 2, E. Oldroyd. 

 he, H. Drake, Wakefield. 



BABBITS. 



Spanish.— 1, A. H. Easten, Hnll. 2, H. Cawood, Thome, Doneaster. 



Angoea.— 1, J. Barron, Castlemere. Rochdale. 2. A. H. Easten, 



HniALAYAN.— 1, J. Boyle, jun., Blackburn. 2, A. H. Easten. 



Silvee-Geey. — 1, S. Greenwood, Hebden Bridge. 2, J. Boyle, jim. 



Judges. — Poultry, Pigeons, and Rabhits : Mr. W. Cannon, Bradford ; 

 and Mr. E. Ackroyde, Eccleahill, Bradford. 



Long Sutton Poultey Show. — We have received a prize 

 schedule of the Show of poultry, Pigeons, and Babbits to be 

 held at Long Sutton, on the 4th and 5!h of next October. The 

 general arrangements of commodiouB tents for the careful pro- 

 tection of all the specimens will be carried out j ast as in former 

 years, and admit of no imprOYement. The prizes offered are 

 most liberal. Fifteen silver cups of the value of five guineas 

 each are offered for the principal classes, and prizes in the 

 general classes of 20s. and 10s. are also given. A class for 

 ornamental birds, each pen to consist of any number, will, 

 doubtless, cause not only a very heavy but most attractive 

 entry. A five-guinea cup to the most successful exhibitor, to be 

 awarded by points, wiU secure many extra competitors, and 

 doubtless the next Show will eclipse its predecessors. A very 

 stringent rule against trimming will be strictly enforced. la 

 certain classes, 28, 29, 30, and 49, the prize and commended 

 birds will be disposed of under the hammer, and any sum 

 obtained beyond the price at which they are entered in the 

 catalogue, will be equally divided between the Committee and 

 the exhibitor. 



MELTON MOWBRAY POULTRY SHOW. 



This Society dates the institution of a Floral, Horticultural, and 

 Fruit Show from some three years bact, but it was not until the Show 

 of last Thursday that poultry, Pigeons, and Kabbits formed part of 

 the Exhibition. This new feature added much to the general attrac- 

 tion, and a remarkably fine day amply secured the financial success of 

 the undertaking. The Show took place in the park directly opposite 

 Lord "Wilmot's hunting box, and perhaps a more lovely place for such 

 a purpose has rarely been choseu. The acting Committee, though 

 quite inexperienced in poultry matters, carried out all their arrange- 

 ments as methodically as though conversant with the management of 

 a poultry show for a long series of years. They worked well, both as 



a body and individually, and deserved the success they attained. The 

 tents were very spacious and well ventilated, and Messrs. Turner, of 

 Sheffield, supplied all necessary exhibition pens. 



Dorhiiuis were in many cases of very high character, but were as a, 

 rule in deep moult. Sjianish were as good a class as any in the show 

 tent ; and although only a couple of entries were made in the class for 

 Cochins, Mr. "Woodcock and Mrs. Williamson may dare competition 

 at almost any meeting. Mxs. Williamson's Light Bralimas we have 

 scarcely seen equalled throughout the season, their condition and 

 markings being first-rate. HaviburgJis were one of the weakest points 

 in the whole Show ; they appear to be almost unknown in the district, 

 but one or two annual exhibitions will quickly alter this shortcoming. 

 Game folds were good but mostly out of condition, and unexpectedly 

 the Game Bantams were far below par. 



The Water foiols and Turheys were all good ; and among the Gees& 

 a pen of White Spanish, a scarce variety, were shown in capital con- 

 dition. 



Pigeons, with the exception of the Pouters, were not good, but we 

 must except a pair of winning Archangels in the Variety class. A 

 little different arrangement of the prize schedule would much improve 

 this section of the Show in future years. 



Babbits formed a first-class show, and there was a numerous entry. 



Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Sparkbrook, near Birmingham, was the 



CROYDON POULTRY SHOW. 



CoxsiDERTNG the number of poultry shows to which our attention is 

 now invited, and the consequently large choice offered to exhibitors, it 

 may be well to know to which not to send our birds. It is always 

 painful to complain, and it has never but once before been my lot, in 

 a considerable experience, to feel forced so to do about any poultry 

 show management. In the points which, I am about to enumerate I 

 believe the mismanagement of the late Croydon Show to have been so 

 great and so reprehensible that silence would be equally unjustifiable. 



On Wednesday, July 26th, I made my way to the Show, which waa 

 held in a park. At the lodge a policeman informed me that it did not 

 open till one o'clock; that there was no objection, however, to my 

 going to the tent, though it then wanted half an hour to the time. 

 Anived at the tent I found the same privilege accorded to several 

 others, acquaintances, apparently, of the authorities there, which I 

 have not the honour to be. We were supposed not to go more than a 

 certain distance inside — quite far enough, however, to give a view of 

 the whole tent, and fa> xeveal several particulars hardly satisfactory to 

 exhibitors — 1, That then (about 12.45) the judging of the 250 pens 

 had not advanced far, supposing the Judge to take the classes in order, 

 and to finish one before he began another. 2, That a Kst of the pens 

 and their exhibitors — in fact, a proof sheet of the catalogue — was 

 posted up in the tent while the judging went on. 3, That the rain 

 came through the tent like spray on to the birds, the pens, of course, 

 being open at the top. A policeman in charge informed me, with more 

 satisfaction to self than me, that he had been obliged to keep his water- 

 proof cape on all night in the tent. 4, That the larger number of the 

 baskets were piled up in the open air, and after a drenching night were 

 saturated through liniaga and straw, and their labels rendered almost 

 illegible. 



This was the first act in the proceedings. At one o'clock I was 

 advised to return to the lodge to purchase a ticket of admission. This 

 I unwisely did, for once outside the gate it was impossible to get back. 

 No ticket-vendor arrived till long after the time announced, and in the 

 meantime I stood in dripping rain at the gate. When at last he put 

 in an appearance he was not allowed to sell tickets on account of the 

 Judge's delay. At last, about 1.40, I was allowed to have one, and 

 proceeded towards the tent ; but, though " Admission from one till 

 five" was printed on the ticket, I was soon called back, reprimanded 

 for going near the tent, in which I had been an hour before, and de- 

 prived of my ticket. A few minutes later tickets were generally sold. 

 I once more proceeded to the tent, bought a catalogue (with no awards) , 

 and found no prize cards up. At last these came, and were irregularly 

 put up at intervals for half an hour. I had already seen enough of 

 the Show to make me desponding on the subject of awards. I will 

 not animadvert on them, as I might be partial. I never heard such 

 dissatisfaction before. The above is a plain and accurate account of* 

 what happened, and, I need hardly say, shall not happen to me agatQ 

 at Croydon. — 0. E. Cresswell. 



P.S. — I may add, 1, That through the Secretary's carelessness m 

 not numbering class and pen on my labels I never felt certain that my 

 birds would be penned till I saw them. 2, That I have heard from a 

 great patron of the Show that his birds arrived from Croydon dripping 

 " as i£ from a washtub," and one with roup, hitherto unknown in his- 

 yards.— O.E. C. 



I VENTURE to trouble you with some few remarks upon certain points 

 connected with this Show which may not he unworthy of the atten- 

 tion of the Committee, of the subscribers to the funds, and of exhi- 

 bitors, The schedule of prizes issued by the Committee was undoubt- 

 edly good both with regard to the number of classes and to the amount 

 of the prizes offered for competition in each class. A very fair number 

 of entries, and an exhibition of poultry quite up to the aveiage in mosi 

 iastances in point of quality, were thus secured ; but I am inclined to 



