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JOUKNAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



[ December 14, IS7I. 



PouTEK.— Cocfr.-l and 2, W. T. Eichardson, Oldham. Ben.—l aiid2, W. T. 

 Kichardson. he, H. Yardley. 



TviiBL.E-RS.—Almond.~l. J. Fielding', Jan., Eochdaie. 2, W. A. Hyde. Any 

 other Varietit.—l, J. Fielding. 2, A. Ashton, Parkfield, Middleton. Ac, K. G. 

 Teebay, Ormskirl", 



EuKTs.— 1 and he, "W. Taylor. 2, H. Yardlev. 



Jacobins.— 1, F. "Waitt. 2, H. Yardlev. 



Bares.— , H. Yardley. 2, E. C. Stretcli. he, H. Smith, c, Mrs. Hunt, 



Faxtatls. — 1, H. Yai'dJev. 2. A. Ashton. 



Deagorns.— 1, F. Graham, Bukenhead. 2, P. TJns^orth. he, A.. Ashton; J. 

 Holden, Heaton Norris; J. "Westwood, Eredbnry; T.J. Caparn; F.Graham. 

 c, J. Chatterton; Mrs. Hunt. 



Akitvekps.— 1 and he,'SV. J.W. Pass, Bury. 2, J. T. Cook, Denton, he, E. 

 Brierley, Fishpool,Laueashire. 



AxT OTHER Distinct Yaeiett. — 1, H. Yardley. 2, J. Fielding, he, A. Ashton ; 

 H. EatoD, Manchester. 



Selling Class.— 1, B. Consterdine- 2, T. Moore, Birkenhead. 

 LOCAL CLASSES. 



G&2rE.— Cock.— I, W. "Warburton. 2, J. Arrandale. Hen.~l, W. "Warburton. 

 2, J. Airandale. 



HAiiBUEGHS.- GoM or Silver-spamled.—l, Ashton & Booth. 2, T. Walker, 

 jtm. he, S. & E. Ashton. Gold or Silver-pencilled.— 1, S. & E. Ashton. 2, 

 Ashton & Booth, 



BANTA3IS.— 1, Ashton & Booth. 2, S. & E. Ashton. he, J. H. Howe, c, H. 

 Ha^e, Hyde, 



Ajst othee Variety except EANXAars.— 1, T. Walkei', iun. (Black Hamburgh). 

 2, E. Kyder. e, C. B. Cooke (Bark Brahmas). 



Ceoss-Beeb.— 1, "W. W . Cooke. 2, Ashton:& Booth. 



Ducks.— .4712/ Faricff/.- 1, G.B. GoodfeUow. 2,S.&. E.Ashten. 7tf,H.Smitb. 



PIGEONS. 



Caeeiek.— Coe?:.— ],"W.A.Hyde. 2, J. Ains-worth,KTde. /ic, G.B.GoodleEow. 

 Ren—h J. Ainsworth. 2, W. A. Hyde. 



Dhagooxs.— 1, G W. Hibbert. 2. T. Wardle. 



A^T OTHZE YAEiETr.— 1. J. Armifase (Blue English O-wl). 2. J. Swan (OtvI). 



Ceoss-Bred.— Coet.— i, J. Smith, Hyde. 2, J. Ainsworth. Hen.—l, J. Smith. 

 2, J. Ainsworth. 



Mr. Edward Hewitt, of Birmingham, ^vas the Judge. 



YORK POULTRY SHOW. 



The fifteenth, annual Esliibition of poultry and Pigeons was held 

 in conuection with the Yorkshire Agricnitnral Society, on the 5th, 6th, 

 and 7th inst., and proved another success both as respects the quality 

 and number of the birds and the amount of the receipts. 



Dorhings numbered over thirty pens, and were good, the prizes 

 going mostly to young birds. Spanish were very good, and the win- 

 ning bii'ds were much admired. Cochins and Brahmas were very fairly 

 represented, but we did not consider the Samiurghs quite up to a 

 Yorkshiie competition. Game and Polish formed good classes, and 

 that for Any other variety was well filled, chiefly with the French 

 breeds ; a good pen of Creve-Cceurs were first. 



PIGEO^"S. 



The show of Pigeons was beyond all comparison the best for the 

 last five years, numbering 193. 



The Carrier cocts were a good class of twelve entries, and the prize 

 birds rightly placed. The Carrier hens numbered seven entries ; they 

 were a rather coarse lot with the exception of the first-prize Blact hen, 

 ■which was very fine. Of Carriers hatched in 1871 there were only 

 six entries. I think eshili-ors should support this class better. The 

 first prize was wen by a very fine Black cock ; the second by a very 

 good Dun. 



Of Pouter cocks there were nine entries. The first prize went to a 

 very good "SYhite cock ; the second to a very inferior Blue cock. For 

 Pouter hens the first prize and cup were given to a Bed hen, good in 

 limb and feather, but bad in colour, and inferior in crop. The second- 

 prize Bed hen was by far the best in the' class ; she certainly should 

 have been first ; her colour was very fine ; she had great length of 

 feather, good shape, and a grand crop. Two good Blue hens were 

 shown. 



The Almond Tumblers were easily judged. The first-prize pair 

 was fine in colour and shape ; the second-prize pair good in head and 

 beak, but not so rich in colour as the first-prize pair. For Short- 

 faced Tumblers, a pair of fine Black Mottles were first ; and the 

 Escond prize went to an odd-coloured pair, the cock being red and white, 

 and the hen yellow and white. These birds were the best in head 

 and beak, but I could not see their claim to the prize, not being 

 of the same colours. 



Of Fantails there were fifteen entries. This was a very fine class ; 

 I think the Judges could have given the prizes twice over. In the 

 first-prize pair the cock was very fine, the hen rather out of condition ; 

 the second-prize pair was very good. I considered the best pair in the 

 Show was Pen 602, which was overlooked. 



Of Trumpeters there were only six entries, but the birds were of 

 excellent quality. The first prize went to a remarkably fine pair, 

 vei-y large in rose and hood, and with capital feet. The highly-com- 

 mended Blacks shown by Mr. Haansbergen should have had the 

 second prize ; the hen is the best I have seen. 



Of Barbs eight pens were shown. The first prize and cup went to a 

 pair of Blacks which really were perfect. The second-prize pair were 

 very good Blacks. 



Jacobins were an excellent class, numbering seventeen pens. The 

 first prize went to Reds, the second to "Whites. The best pair in the 

 class was passed over, a pair of Yellows, good in hood and chain, rich 

 in colour, and small. The Reds should have given way to the Yellows. 



Of Turbits there were eighteen entries. The first prize went to 

 Reds, the second to Blues, but the best pair was overlooked, Pen 619, 

 a pair of Yellows. These birds shotild have been first, and the first- 

 prize Reds second. 



There were ten entries of O^ls ; the first-prize pair Whites, the 

 second Blues. This class was good in quality and rightly judged. 



Nuns, eight pens, were good. The first pnze went to Black-headed, 

 the second to Yellow-headed. The highly-commended pair. No, 666, 

 was very fine — clean marked and with capital hoods ; they should 

 have had a place. 



Antwerps numbered twenty-two pens. The first-prize pair were 

 Silver Duns, the second Blue-chequered, Several other excellent 

 pens were highly commended, I thought Pen 680 should have been 

 second. They were short-faced and had well-shaped heads. Another 

 pair shown was also equal to either of the prize pens. 



In the class for any New or Distinct Variety there were fourteen 

 pens. The first prize went to a pair of fine Ice Pigeons, which were 

 claimed at £5 ; the second to a pair of "White Dragoons. Pen 697 

 should have been placed second. They were a pair of grand Black 

 Priests. Several other pens of excellent birds were shown, one being 

 a splendid pair of Red Magpies, rich in colour and markings. 



In the Selling Class there were twenty-three pens, but most of them 

 very poor, and some of the winning pens were hardly worthy of notice. 



The birds were well looked after, and had a plentiful supply of good 

 food and clean water, — J. W. R,, Torh, 



RABBITS. 



PERHAPsin no other place have admii-ers.of these pets seen such a 

 collection either as to number or value. Too much praise cannot be 

 given to those on the Committee for their untiring efforts to insure 

 success, and this was, indeed, the reward for their zeal. York now 

 stands foremost in its show of Rabbits, and I feel assured other places 

 will more patronise these interesting animals. 



Of the Dops, the Grey Self-coloured eleven-months-old doe, justly 

 the winner of the silver cup, had ears 23 inches by 5 inches, and Mr. 

 Boyle's Sooty Fawn buck, seven months and a half old, was good in all 

 points, and had ears 22| inches by 5^. In the class for Yellow and 

 White Mr, Terry again stood first" with a doe, ears 23^ inches by 5f, 

 and was closely followed in position by a beautiful young doe (seven 

 months) of Messrs, Lewin & Robinson, ears 22i inches by 5^, In 

 the Tortoiseshell Mr. Terry again won the first prize with a buck well 

 found, ears 22^ inches by 5 ; and next in position was a seven-months- 

 old doe, with ears 22^ inches by 5^, also a good specimen. In the 

 Black and White class Mr. C. Ejng stead first with a nine-months-old 

 doe weU marked, ears 21f inches by 4^ ; and Mr. T. Irving's buck, 

 with ears 21^ inches by 5, entitled him to the second position. The 

 Blue and White are evidently scarce, as only one entry was made^ 

 and that a fair specimen, four months old, well marked, but rather 

 short in ear (IS^), yet by no means unworthy the second prize awarded. 

 The Grey and White class was good (seven entries), and Mc J. Boyle's 

 buck, seventeen weeks old, with ears 21;^ by 5 inches, is evidently a 

 good specimen of a Lop, as his first position proves. Mr. Terry's buck, 

 with ears 22 by 5 inches, was a well-formed animal, yet rather of an 

 undecided shade for a Grey. 



To speak of the Lops as a whole, we must in justice say they were 

 very good, and it is not often that thirty-three Lops of such value, 

 and possessing such points of excellence, are found. The longest- 

 eared Rabbit in the Show had ears 23 inches by 5, a size not always 

 to be met with, especially during the winter season, as December and 

 June weather produce in all probability some slightly different results 

 in this respect when the ears are measured, though the Rabbits were 

 in a nice warm cotner of the building, forming three sides of a square, 

 with a fire in the centre. 



The Himalayan next claim our notice, and to speak of them as a 

 class (twelve entries), they were not quite equal to what I have seen; 

 the want of equality of shade in the extremities was what we most 

 complain of ; in point of size I find no fault, as some of them were 

 rather large for this variety ; the ears and nose were of the right shade, 

 but the feet rather too light in most specimens. Mr. W. H. Tomlin- 

 son's first-prize doe was an excellent Rabbit, as was also Mr. H. 

 Cawood's six-months-old buck as second. Nest comes the showy 

 Angora in goodly numbers (twenty-two entries), and, perhaps, a better 

 class is seldom seen. The large lamb-like doe of Mr. W, Whitwortb 

 was as good a specimen as we ever remember seeing, white and clean, 

 with her wool evidently well cared for ; Mr. C. Anton's buck, a 

 fitting companion, was in the next pen as second prize, and perhaps a 

 finer or more perfect pair are rarely seen. The pretty little Dutch 

 (fourteen entries) were also good as a class. Some presented rather 

 too much white around the neck, and too little about the feet, yet 

 some almost perfect pens were found. A Blue and White buck was the 

 fortunate first-prize winner, and Mr. S. G. Hudson's " wee " Grey and 

 White buck was a worthy second-prize. The Silver-Greys (nine 

 entries) were good with one or two exceptions. For equality of silver- 

 ing, which we prefer, the prizetakers were what a Silver-Grey or 

 Chinchilla should be. In the Any other variety class (thirteen entries) 

 the large Patagonian, or " Ram Rabbit," buck, with his broad bull-dog- 

 looking head, was entitled to the first position, and it is rare we meet 

 with so good a specimen, as they are scarce, and Mr. J. Boyle's Belgian 

 Hare -Rabbit buck was a deserving second prize ; with a pretty " silver 

 cream " of Mr. S. G. Hudson as highly commended, and a Polish 

 buck of Mr, C. King's, were novelties in the class, and both were good 

 specimens. The Selling class (fourteen entries) presented some gocd 

 Rabbits ; Mr. Wharton's Sooty Fawn doe, with ears 2i| inches by 

 * 5, was a fitting first prize. This, a Silver-Grey as second, and a Yellow 



