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JOURNAL OF HOETICTJLTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENEE, 



[ September 21, 1871. 



■was the impression of all who saw them, that even had the prize birds 

 been taken away, a first-rate class wonld have still remained. Bralimas 

 were an equal treat to visitors, both Light and Dark- feathered birds 

 being among the prizewinners. Spanish were not nnmerons, but very 

 good. Lady Gwydyr's Buff Cochins and Mr. Sidgwick's Partridge- 

 feathered were marvelloasly well shown, and this remark is equally 

 applicable to Mr. Matthew's Qame fowls. The Spangled Hamhurghs 

 were remarkably good, but the Pencilled were far behind those shown 

 in this district in former years. That Mr. J. K. Fowler had it entirely 

 his own way in Geese and Bucks would be almost anticipated ; they 

 were a show in themselves, but it must be remarked that the cottagers' 

 pens of Aylesbury Ducks were closely competing. The best pen of 

 Bouens weighed 15i lbs. the pair, the Aylesburys 16^ lbs., and the 

 cup Geese (Grey), 54 lbs. the pair. A grand collection of Pheasants 

 amply repaid the attention of visitors. A pair of that rare variety 

 known as the Swinhoe Pheasant took the first prize, and a large 

 display of Silver and Gold Pheasants called forth continued remarks 

 of approbation from visitors. All kinds of Bantams were included in a 

 general class, Silver-laced Sebrights and Blacks taking the prizes. 



DosHixGS (Any variety).— Cup, J. Martin, Claines. 2. O.E, CresswelL Han- 

 worth. 3, J. Smitli, Stullinglee, Petworth. he, C. A. Barnes. Chor.ey Wood; 

 J. Smith ; Eev. E. Bartrum, Great Eerkhampstead ; Miss E.Williams. Henllys. 

 Berriew ; J. Clift, Dorking ; L. Patten, HiUmore, Taunton, c Kev.E.Bartruin ; 

 T. W. Tapping, Hartwell. 



Beahius (Any variety).— Cnp, H. B. Morrell, Caer Mawr, Clyro. 2, M. Leno, 

 Markyate Street, Dunstable. 3, Lady Gwydyr, Stoke Park, Ipawich. He. Hon, 

 Mrs. B. Hamilton, Eidgmoaut, Wobnrn (2). c, Eev. E. Alder, Etwell Vicarage, 

 Derby ; H. Ling\vood, Greeting, Needham Market ; J. K. Fowler, Avlesbury. 



Spanish.— Cup, Mrs. Allaopp, Worcester. 2, W. Davy, Brixton, 's, E. Jack- 

 son, Finchfield, Wolverhampton, he, Mrs. AHsopp, Worcester; S. Bam, 

 Whitby ; F. James, Peckham Rye. 



COCHIN'S. — Buff. — Cnp, Lady Gwydyr. 2. H. Tomlinson, Gravelly Hill, 

 Birmingham. 3, C. Sidgwick, Ryddlesden Hall, Keighley. Partridge.~Cnp 

 and :.', C. Sidirwick. 3. H. Lingwood. 



GA2J.E. — Bl43,ck-hreasted aJid other Reds. — Cnji, S. Matthew, Stowmarket. 

 2, T. Dyson, Halifax. 3, J. Fletcher, Stoneclough, Manchester, he, J. Fletcher ; 

 W. E. Oakley, Atherstone (2). c, W. Adams, St. Clements. Ipawich. Any oth-er 

 Colour. — 1, S. Matthew (Duckwings). 2, W. Dunning, Newport, Salop [Duck- 

 wings); J. Goodwin, Liverpool (Red Piles). 



Feenxh Fowls (Any variety)— Ctip and 2, J. J. Maiden. Biggleswada (Creve- 

 Ccenrs). 3, H ilia i: Co., Brighton (Houdans). he, C- A. Eames (CrevcKCcenr) ; 

 W. Dring (Houdans): Hon. MiBS B. Hamilton (Hondans); J. K. Fowler (Creve- 

 CcEurs) (2). c, C. A. Barnes (Hondans). 



Hameueghs.— Go^d or Silver-pencilled.— \. J. Wing, Oxford (Silver-pencilled). 

 2. S. &E. Ashton. Mottram (Gold-pencilled). 3, R. S. S. Woodgate, Pemburv, 

 Tunbridge Wells (Gold-pencilled). Gold or Silver-spangled.— Cup and 3, Mrs, 

 Allsopp (Silver-spangled). 2, E. T. Gardom, Newcastle (Golden-spangled). 

 /ic. Ashton & Bootb, Broiidbottom, Mottram, Manchester, c, G. Erawn. 



Bantams (Any variety).— Cup and 3, M. Leno (Silver-laced). 2, S. & E. Ash- 

 ton, Mottram, Maneheater (Blacks), he, M. Leno ; Rev. F. Cooper, Ampney 

 Crncis, Cirencester (Duckwings); Bellingham & Gill. Woodfield, Burnlev, 

 Lancashire (Black Rtds and Red Piles); W. Adams iBrown Reds and Black 

 Reds), c, S. Stephens, juu., Ebl-^y. Stroud (Brown Eeds). 



DvcKs.— Aylesbury (Prizes offered by S. G. Smith, Esq., M.P.) Cup, J. K. 

 Fowler. 2, H.jonps, Hartwell, Aylesbury. 3, W. Castle, Stone. (Cnp presented 

 by Lady A. de Rothschild) —Cup, 3, and he, J. Hedges, Aylesbury. 2, J. Funge, 

 Long Marston. c, W. Stonehouse, Whitby, Eouen.—Cvm and 2, J. K. Fowler. 

 3 and he, S. H. Stott, Preston. 



Geese (Any variety).— Cup and 2, J. K. Fowler (Grey and White). 3, M. 

 Eew. Oakham (Grey). 



Pheasants (Any'varietv).- 1 and 3, M. Leno (Swinhoe and GolJ). 2 and 

 he, J. K- Fowler (Silver. Gold, and Kelledge). 



Selling Ci,.i^s.— 1 and 3, J. K. Fowler (Aylesbury and Houdans). 2, J. Wing. 

 Oxford (Silver Fowls), c, H. Yardley. Birmingham (Grey Dorkings). 



Extra Stock. — Turkeys. — he. Lord Chesham, Latimer (2). 



Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Sparkbrook, Birmingham, officiated. 



WHITBY CANARY SHOW. 



The duties of an honorary secretary are endless ; so are his 

 anxieties. He has his pleasures, too — that is, pleasures of a kind, 

 pleasures which to anyone in his senses would be consid-red pains. 

 The beginning of the thing (I'm talking about the getting-np of a 

 show) is awfully jolly, but the end thereof is weariness. The inter- 

 mediate state is "a mixture of hopes and fears." Thank you. 



That expresses it very nicely : a mixture of hopes and fears. The 

 line is not mine, but it will do. I was going to say (when a white 

 pique so naively suggested the other idea) that the intermediate state 

 is one of perspiration, copious and suppressed, hot and cold ; the final 

 agony on the eve of the close of entries being a sleepless night, with 

 cold drops trickling down one's back like little shots, the committee 

 meantime slumbering peacefully, alike unmindful of the Hon. Sec. or 

 his anxieties. I was not astonished, then, to know that the Hon. 

 Sec. for Whitby had been suffering from those symptoms which the 

 annual return of the Show induces, having experienced them myself 

 when placed in similar circumstances ; nor will I deny that some slight 

 misgivings as to the success of the Show occasionally arose in my own 

 mind when I remembered how early in the season it fell, and what a 

 poor year it had been for rearing young birds, and I pictured to my- 

 self the ample staging only very sparsely covered with cages judicioosly 

 spaced out to make a little go a great way. But I received intimation 

 from the white fAque that the mercury had risen in the executive 

 barometer. "All our old Iriends — Moore Sc Wynn, Bexson, Bnlmer. 

 Harrison, Hawman, Gayton, Burniston, Mills, Stevens, and a host of 

 new ones have turned up, and we received aearly two hundred entries 



this morning," and ever so much more, all enclosed in a, scented 



envelope, on which " J. E. W." struggled in a Laocoon kind of 

 monogram. 



The two hundred entries had swelled to nearly 250, when, after a 

 two-hours drive through some of the picturesque scenery of the Esk, I 

 was set down at the door of the Congress Hall, and found myself face 

 to face with the first collection of youug birds entered for competition 



this season ; so numerous an entry at such an early day, showing the 

 high estimation in which the Whitby Show is held, and attracting by 

 its intrinsic excellence many well-known- fanciers, anxious to get a fijst 

 peep at the budding beauties of the year. Among the familiar faces 

 of many who were scanning the cages with severe criticism, I saw Mr. 

 Wallace, Mr. Hawman, Mr. Bulmer, Mr. Mills, Mr. Young, Mr. King, 

 Mr. Burniston, and many others whose faces ate well known to me^ 

 but whose names I forget, all good men and true, men who are the 

 mainstay of our exhibitions, entering every feather which has a chance, 

 and many which have no chance, of winning, simply from kindly 

 feeling and a desire to support a hobby in which they feel interested. 

 To all such, greeting. 



I must dispose of Moore & Wynn, by saying that they are still in 

 the moult, and being short of preparation failed to stay the distance ; 

 but I hear of some dark youngsters in the Northampton stable destined 

 to play a prominent part at future meetings. 



In Clear Jonques, Mr. Bunting, of Derby, was first with a sensation 

 bird, which found a ready purchaser at its catalogue price, £3, and 

 ought, like many other bigh-priced yearlings, to pay its way. My 

 attention was directed to it later in the day by men who ought to 

 know a high-class bird when they see it, some of whom affirmed it was 

 painted, while others discovered a microscopic tick ; but my own- 

 opinion was, that it had only received a true Derby polish, and that 

 the tick which ultimately reduced itself to one imaginary minute 

 feather in front of the left eye, and an illogical inference that tweezers 

 had been applied to others which might have been there, never existed 

 at all. I don't know how Mr. Bunting will like all this, but as the 

 bird must be well known in Derby, it may be that these remarks may 

 be noticed in as kindly a spirit as that in which they are penned. T 

 only mention what some thought and said. The prize award will show 

 what I thought and did. Mr. Close, of Derby, and Messrs. Adams 

 and Athersneh, of Coventry, were second, a good length behind Mr. 

 Bunting. There being large entries in some of the classes, the 

 Honorary Secretary for Whitby at once complied with my request, 

 that I might award extra prizes, and supplemented the permission by 

 a generous intimation that the extras need not of necessity be third 

 prizes. Such a liberal policy speaks for itself. No. 7, Barwell anff 

 Golby, Northampton, was the se3ond best bird for colour, but upon 

 close examination I think it will be found to be scarcely eligible for 

 exhibition in a Clear class. 



Mealy Norwich were strong in numbers and excellent in quality, 



[ Adams & Athersuch winning easily, taking first and second, with. 



I Barwell & Golby special second with a nice bird. Messrs. Smith and 



] Preen, of Coventry, had a good entry in this class, but by some mistake 



of their own, it found its way into Class 6, and their representative 



there into the Clear class. But for this error their Clear Mealy wonld 



have run into a place. The "mentioned" birds all had merit, and 



the competition was so close that I was glad when I turned my back' 



upon the forty-six Clear birds, and got to the Variegated classes. 



In Evenly-marked Jonques Barwell & Golby made a decided mark 

 with their bird, which, when one or two I know of are out of the way, 

 will take some beating. But I wish they and other no-doubt well-in- 

 tentioned exhibitors would have doors to their cages, and not make ii 

 necessary to extract half a dozen screws before a bird can be got at^ 

 besides, there is great risk of a bird escaping when the entire front of 

 the cage is removed. I say nothing of the unnecessary and uncalled-for 

 waste of time to the Judge. If security be the object, a simple padlock 

 will answer all purposes, and the key can be lodged with the Secretary. 

 Think of this when you send your birds to the next show. Adams 

 and Athersuch were a good second ; and Messrs. Holmes & Doyle, of 

 Nottingham, third with one not quite Al in exactness of marking, but 

 of grand quality. Mr. Bunting also showed a good bird, marked and- 

 capped, and Moore & Wynn sent their hero of many fights, who was- 

 iu such a dilapidated state that I hardly recognised him. But when. 

 I mused over his fallen greatness, and wrote sic transit against hifl- 

 number, he whistled resurgam^ and said that even if he were, like his 

 owner, not so young as he once was, he would still, like him, be heardT 

 of to greater advantage before the end of the season. 



Adams &" Athersneh had no difficulty in scoring first again in the 

 Evenly-marked Buffs with a grand bird, a very good mealy edition of 

 Mr. Hawman's famous Jonque, which is, I believe, a nephew of Messrs. 

 Adams & Co.'s bird, and was bred by them. Mr. Bunting's second 

 was neat, very neat. 



In Ticked Jonques Mr. Close's first was of delicious colour and' 

 quality. Mr. Bunting's second, too, was good, and the v.h.c. o£ 

 Bexson & Bennett, of Derby, a credit to the firm. Mr. Headman, of 

 Whitby, was mentioned with one of the right kind. 



Barwell & Golby came in alone in Ticked Buffs. I heard a "person 

 say it was an awful bird. Bexson &■ Bennet made a good race for 

 second with a very fine specimen which in nine years out of ten wouU 

 have been first ; but Barwell Sz Co.'s bird gave nothing a chance. 

 Mr. Bunting would not be left out in the cold, and Mr. Cleminson, of 

 Darlington, beat all the commended birds, earning a special third. 



In Crests it was Bridgenorth election again — "all on one side. 

 Barwell & Golby showed one of the best Crests I have seen for years, 

 perhaps tlie best. The bird has nothing to boast of in its markings, 

 nor is its colour extraordinary — on the contrary. I think, however, itr 

 is a hen. Still the colour it has is the right quality. Its crest is its 

 chief attraction, and that feature is something beautiful — flat, well 

 filled in behind, of good large silky feathers, close, compact, and dense. 



