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The prizes are considerably augmented, and include a ten- 

 guinea cup for the best pen of poultry, a ten-guinea cup for 

 Dorkings, two five-guinea cups for Brabmas, one six-guinea 

 cup for French fowls, the usual cups for Bantams, Pigeons, and 

 oage birds, altogether making an exceedingly good prize list, 

 whioh will no doubt secure a large share of entries. Entries 

 close on the 20th of October. 



MIDDLETON POULTRY SHOW. 



Perhaps in no instance baa a similar exhibition so steadily pro- 

 gressed as that held at Middleton. Every season shows not only a 

 very considerable addition to the nnmber of entries, hnt, more satis- 

 factory still, the poultry show is almost without exception of the very 

 highest quality. Such, then, was the position of the Middleton Show 

 of the 21st and 22nd inst. The lovely antnmnal weather induced an 

 immense attendance, as proved by the receipt of upwards of £800 at 

 the entrance on the first day alone". That the Committee well deserve 

 their success is certain ; they have in their arrangements carried out 

 the old saying, " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together." 



The Oame fowls were unexceptionable, Mr. Chaloner's pen of Black 

 Reds being shown in excellent condition, and we especially noticed 

 some of the hardest and doBest-feathered Brown Red pullets that have 

 met our eye for years past. The Spanish were unusually good, and 

 the competition very severe. Mr. Brierley, of Middleton, took the 

 Spanish silver cup. Dorkings throughout were excellent, though many 

 pens were not sufficiently matured to show to the best advantage. The 

 Dark Brahmas were much superior to the Light-feathered ones ; and 

 as to Cochins, the finest collection brought together at any meeting 

 it B , eason was on view at Middleton. The district being the home of 

 Samhtrghs, and most of the best birds of this year's growth being 

 shown, the competition was almost without precedent; in fact, on 

 account of the high intrinsic value of the prizes offered, most of the 

 best-known breeders had kept back their finest specimens for the occa- 

 sion. Mr. Beldon, with a pen of almost faultless Silver-spangled, took 

 t w Httn ? bnl 'B l1 8ilTOr cn P- The Black Hamburghs and all varieties 

 of French fowls were, without doubt, most praiseworthy. 



In Geese, Ducks, and Turkeys Mr. Leech, of Rochdale, left very 

 little room for competition. So fine a collection in these varied classes 

 is rarely shown at once by any one exhibitor ; it must also be remem- 

 bered that the classes were at the same time unexceptionably good. 

 Some very pretty varieties of fancy Water Fowl were shown, but 

 scarcely in perfect feather. 



The Pigeons, so far as we could get a sight of them, were of a very 

 high standard ; but this division of the Show proved so attractive and 

 excessively thronged that none but the most resolute could enjoy a 

 very close inspection. 



*? W H rnnl'p t£ u Uslc ' ?" rb3, V 8 ' Cni ."- G ' Prioe ' Tajnton. Gloucester 

 rhU^S," ? £ ' Th ' lle ? c y *>*>&. v orcester ; T. Stutter, jim., Whitefield ; P 

 ?S.Wii Co.ierd.-l, (J. Chaloner. 2, G.Bafrnell. Dravcott. hc.W. 

 ri.innS- 'o J "T H »' and ' M?J"*eBter. Any other Variety. -Chiekem.-l, C 

 Chaloner. 2, J. Barrow, Cheadle, Cheshire. 8, A. G. Wildirie Brierfield 

 ?^™ Iey ' w •,? arker A t Ch"nock. Illin K worth, Halifax. Vtofl-lTi 

 Johns™, Wath-upon-Dearne. 2. C. Chaloner. Pullets.— 1, G. Bamell. 2 and 

 klil^Ai V r'^ n ;, 8 ; S- B ° nlt ™. Dalton-m-Fumess he, W. J. Pope, 

 Biggleswade; J. Holland, Manchester. * u i JC , 



BriftoT SH rp MC Tfer 1 =, C ^i Merley, Middleton. 2, E. Jones. Clifton, 

 j™" 1 ' J;„ E t - B r°'™l Sheffield Coekerel.-l, H. Beldon, Bingley. 2, E 

 Jones. Pullets.— I, E. Jones. 2, H. Brown. Putney Heath. 



poHKiNGs.— Chickens.— 1,T. E.Kell, Wetherby. 2 J White Warlahv North 

 SS&,Uta. A. Bruce. WuWf. Meirie. Cockerel -1,' T. " ate f jun 

 SSBw.; ' Mancheater. he, H,Lmgwood, Keedham Market. PaHct«.-l. Miss 

 IfeodK'seKe'rham. ™**- % H ° n ' H " W ' ™«"1»»». Wentworth 

 •w^St^i Fo ^ R \-~S'\\ ckcn Z--}' ^ A - l^or, ManchesUr. 2, Dr. Ho'mes, 



iteffiSM^ 8 ^"- *<• J - "^ Ti^f/j/JhlfhSI; 



aSSf^"n Cm ^"-L~^l tW , <""} c '™><"h°» -C><ickcn,.-l, w. A. Tavlor. 2, T 

 fr^'^";* Cockercl.-l aai 2 ' W - A - Ta 7 l0 *- PM-'ts.-l. Lady Gwjdr 

 ^f;if/.* gW ^ , P 1Bhl f y ^'" : ' W - A ' Burnell, SouHw.U; W. A. Taylor. Any 

 Vanely.-Chickens.-I W. A. Taylor. 2, J. K. Fowler, he, A. P Steedman 

 IXff To SSE&Hi T rV S aj ! or - =• C - Sidswick. hi, T. H. Beatoan: 

 nuiets.— i,o. Sidgwick. 2, A. D. Cochrane. Stourbridge. 



n^^ V r G J i , e r'i" l if' en , ciUed -- 0h ' c '''' ,s -~ 1 - T - Wriglev, Middleton. 2, H. 

 Beldon, Goitstock, Bingley. 8, Bev. B. A. White WTiitbv Cncl-errl i t 



torn NSffiSS. Middleton. he W. Speakman, Nantwich ; W. Pierce. 'Hart 

 ford, Northwich. Sitoer-penciUtd— Chickens.— 1, H. Beldon 2 H Pickles 

 cZifrT-Ii S H P ReV™ E - ^fe '"-ley- he. ita. AUsopp. Wor^eS 

 PulUtB-T b M«Vfcf o I w Ne 7 l0 T n ' Chadderton Heights, Manchester. 

 j-u«ers.—l,M. Pickles. 2, A. Woods. Liverpool, he, H. Beldon- F and C 

 WMd" 2 •R H ti R , 1 n 1CCdCn H 0?ld.svan a Ud.-Chickenk-l- J Chaddert'on,' HoBiS 

 E. w \k-&" n P»™.HnUurwood. I, J. Og.lc.il. Hollywood, he, J. Chadder- 

 ton ; E. Bnerloy, Heywood. Cockerel.— 1, T. Mar WolTerhaninton s> F 

 fon 8 ?'? • <&' , E - F ~, Gard ° m . Newcastle. SUfTordshYre. ™Im».^ P J Chadder: 

 -Chfckins-is B.w ?„ Son o L T W' w ;Pnden I T. Ogden Silier-sfangUd. 

 ni5,iJt iT ' ? Beldon 2. J. Fielding, N'ewchurch, Manchester. 3, M W. 



W^Jt. ■£ ^ i 3, Mason & Walter. Denton, Maneheator. he, Rer. W. 

 iC g tJJ^l Bll p e » B ? ,iry ; ^^^-r 1 ' J ' Garside, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire 

 ^^Srf:G^ B {ii£^^r 2 ' KeT " W ' Ser ^- t8 -- »M- Holt, 



i5 a l den - ?• E ^ ?r? tchard - TettenhallWolverhamp on? c, G. Sews Tui 



mSJtSrTrt ^^-1, Hon. C. W. FitzwiUiam. 2, J.J. M™S 7 fcc J 



Drewry, Bnrton-npon-Trent; W. Dring. cu ' lc ' "' 



Amt othee Vaeijstt. - 1, H. Pickles, jtm. f Earby. 2, J. ffintoo, War- 



minster. 3, P. Unsworth, Lowton, Newton-le-WillowB. he, H. Beldon. c, A. 

 D. Payne, Shrewsbury. Cockerel.— 1, H. Picklea. 2, P. Unsworth. 7»c, H. 

 Beldon. Pullets.— I, H. Pickles, jun. 2, P. Unsworth. he, H. Beldon; W. 

 Gamon, Chester. 



(tamb Bantams.— 1, F. Steel. Halifax. 2, J. Eaton. Farnsfield, Southwell 

 2, W. F. Entwiele, Cleckheaton. Coch and Cockerel. — 1, G. Maples, jnn.. 

 Waver tree, Liverpool. 2, W. F. Entwisle. 3, T. Sharpies, Forest Bank, 

 P.awtenstall. he, F. Steel, stump Cross. Halifax ; G. Heafford. Loughborough. 



Bantams (Any other Variety). — 1, J. Watts, King's Healh, Birmingham. 

 2, H. Beldon. 3, S. & K. Ashton, Mottram, Cheshire, c, T. C. Harrison, Hull. 



Selling Class— 1, C. W. Brierley. 2, J. Wellens, Middleton. 3, W. A. 

 Taylor, c, J. Lee, Middleton ; J. Bamford, Rochdale ; J. Howard, Shawclough, 

 Kochdale. Cock or Cockerel— 1, W. A. Taylor. 2, J. Hartley, Middleton. c, K. 

 Dawson, Shaw, Oldham. 



D vcklikg $.— Aylesbury.— 1 and 2, E. Leech, Rochdale. 3, J. K. Fowler, 

 Aylesbury, he, S. H. Stott, Rochdale (2). Roueib.— 1 and 8, J. Sootson, Newton- 

 le-Willows. 2, E. Leech, he, S. H. Stott, Rochdale; T. Siatter, jun., White- 

 field, Manchester ; J. Dickinson, Leigh, Manchester (2). Any other Variety. — 



1, C. W. Brierley. 2, S. H. Stott. 3, S. Burn, Whitby, c, H. B. Smith, Preston. 

 Goslings.— 1 and 2, E. Leech, c, J. K. Fowler; Rev. G. Buster, btillingfleet. 

 Turkevs.— 1, E. Leech. 2, J. Sykea, Skircoat Moor, Halifax. 



Winners of Cups.— Game.—C. Chaloner. Cockerel.— C. Chaloner. Pullets.— 

 G. Bagnall. Spanish— C. W. Brierley. Dorkings.— T. E. Kell, Wetherby, 

 Yorkshire. Brahma Pootras —Lady Gwydyr, Stoke Park, Ipswich. Cochins. 

 — W. A. Taylor. Hamburghs (Silver-spangled j.—H. Beldon, Goitstock, Bingley. 

 French.— J. J. Maiden, Biggleswade. Bantams.— G. Maples, juii., Wavertreo, 

 Liverpool. 



PIGEONS. 



TuainLERS.— Almond.— 1, P. H. Jones. 2, E.Horner, he, R. Fulton; J. Ford. 

 Any other Variety -1, R. Fulton (Yellow). 2, R Minnitt, jun. (Black Mottles). 

 he, J. Fielding, c, C. Anton. Balds ob Beards. — 1, R. Fulton (Black Balds). 



2, J. Fielding (Blue Beards). Carriers.— Cock.— I, E. Homer. 2, R, Fulton. 

 Hen. — 1 aDd 2, E. Fulton, he, W. Massey; E. Horner. Pouters. — Cock.— 

 1 and 2, R. Fulton, he, W. Gamon. Hen.—l, R. Fulton (Yellow). 2, E. 

 Horner (Red). Barbs.— 1 and 2, Capt. Heaton. he, R. Fulton, c, A. Ashton; 

 E. Horner; J. Fielding. Turrits.— 1 and 2, J. Fielding, he, 3. B. Pinder. 

 Jacobins.— Cup, E. Horner. 2, J. B. Pinder. Fantails.— 1, J. F. LoverBidge. 

 2, W. Choyce. Owls— 1, H. Yardley. 2, J. Stanley, he, R. Fulton ; J. Field- 

 ing. Nuns.— 1, F. Graham. 2, T. A. Dean. Dragoons.— 1, P. Unsworth. 2, J. 

 Holland, he, W. Justice; T. Charney. Trumpeters.— 1, R. Fulton. 2, E. 

 Horner. Any other Vaijiety.— 1, E. Horner (Red Swallows). 2, T. Wadding- 

 ton (Yellow Magpies). 



Rabbits.— Lop-eared.— 1, A. H. Easten. 2, E. "Vaughan, Birmingham. Extra 

 2, C. Gravil, jun. he, H. Creeke. Angora.— I, E. Vaughan. 2, B. S. Rotbwell. 

 he, S. G. Hudson, Hull. Himalayan.— I, J. Boyle. 2, J. Butterworth. Stiver- 

 Grey.— 1, E. E. M. Royds, Rochdale. 2, S. G. Hudson, he, J. Boyle. Any 

 other Variety.— 1 and he, J. Boyle. 2, S. G. Hudson. Selling Class.— I, J, 

 Boyle. 2, W. Higham. 



Mr. Edward Hewitt judged all the Hamburghs, Ducka, Selling 

 classes, and the Variety Bantam class ; Mr. Douglas the Dorkings, 

 Cochins, Spanish, and Brahmas ; Mr. Tegetmeier the French Fowls, 

 Rabbits, and Variety class ; Mr. Fielding the Game fowls and Game 

 Bantams ; and Mr. Esquilant the Pigeons. 



(From Correspondents.) 

 The Rabbits were a great success, and for variety, numbers, and 

 excellence of quality could hardly be surpassed. The entries were 

 fifty-three in number. The Rabbit from Mr. A. H. Easten, Hull, a 

 splendid Black and White Lop, is deserving of high praise, and was 

 greatly admired. The second prize went to a very good Yellow and 

 White, and an extra second prize to a first-class Bine and White. The 

 highly commended pen was a good Tortoise shell. The Angoras were 

 very good. The first prize was a cross between a Lop and Angora, 

 which I consider ought not to have beea shown, not being a pure 

 Angora. The first prize for Himalayan went to a splendid doe, per- 

 fect in all her .points ; the second to a good Rabbit with dark points, 

 but very small. The Silver-Grey class throughout was very good. 

 All Rabbit judges should fuDy understand that it is not the largest 

 Silver-Grey that is the best, but the best silvered, however small he 

 may be. Too often the largest gets the prize, and the small, but 

 best silvered, are overlooked altogether. The first prize went to a 

 large Rabbit, but too dark about the head, the second to one much 

 better silvered. The Any variety class was good, the first prize going 

 to a Grey and White Dutch. They are pretty little things, and much 

 admired. Beautiful Bine and White and Black and White Dutch 

 were second. The " Selling class" was very large, numbering eighteen 

 pens. The first prize went to a Black and White Lop, the second to 

 a Grey and White Lop. 



The Committee of this Show deserve praise for the accommodation 

 of the Rabbits. These had neat pens, plenty of sweet hay and oats, 

 and the pens were covered up for the night with coarse cloth ; in fact, 

 everything was done that could be desired. — J. B. 



Thb show of Rabbits was upon the whole good, and if the Com- 

 mittee could be induced to offer a more valuable prize than 105., I 

 have no doubt there would be no demand on the funds, as the increase 

 of entries would more than cover the value of the prizes. When the 

 prizes are small few but local exhibitors care to send their stock. The 

 Rabbits were in all respects well attended to, and all intending exhi- 

 bitors may rest assured their stock will be safe if sent to Middleton. 

 Mr. Esquilant, of Effra Road, Brixton, was the appointed Judge, but 

 for some reason Mr. Tegetmeier, who was appointed for the poultry, 

 undertook the duties, and in some instances, perhaps, had not quite 

 studied the real points, or given time enough to discover them before 

 affixing the prize card. This, as may he expected, leads to a feeling 

 of discontent in the mind of the exhibitor, who knows that his speci- 

 men is best, and deserves a higher position than awarded by the inex- 

 perienced judge. I would impress this upon all Committees as of 

 the greatest importance — to have the man with the right knowledge 

 amongst the specimens whose points of merit he has to decide. 

 I should have liked to have seen all the Rabbit family represented, 



