December 15, 1S70. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAROENEK. 



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he, J. Fernv ; G-. Allan ; S. & R. Ashtou ; J. Archibald, c, T. Watson. Hens.— 



1, S & E. Ashton : 2, W. Gibb. c, Miss B. P. Frew. 



Scotch Grf.ys.-1, W. Gibb. 2,D. WaMie. „ „... vl ,,„ 



AN! other Breed.— 1, C. Sblgwiek (Black Hamburgh). 2, J. Sichell (Creye- 

 Cceur). lie, G. A. Stephens ; W. E. Park : W. Bearpark ; H. Pickles. 

 ■DvcKS.~Aylesbunj.-l and Cap, E. Leech. 2, J. Scott. Rouen.— 1, E. Leech. 



2, D. Hardie. Any other Variety.-!, C. N. Baker. 2, T. Clarkaon. 



Selling Class.— Cocks.— I, A. Williamson (Cochin). 2, TV. Paterson (Spanish). 

 H en ■;.— 1, A. Bowie. 2, W. Sinton. ■ 



' Turkeys.— 1, J. Wilson. 2, Dake of Buccleuch. Poults.— I, E. Leech. 2, 

 Duke of Buccleucb. 

 Geese.— 1, E. Leech. 2, D. Hardie. 



Judges. — Mr. R. Teebay, Fulirood, Preston; and Mr. D. Brown, 

 Perth. 



BERWICK AND BORDER ORNITHOLOGICAL 

 ASSOCIATION'S SHOW. 



The Berwick and Border Ornithological Association, which was 

 formed this year, held its first annual exhibition of British and 

 Foreign Cage and Song Birds in the Corn Exchange on the 7th and 

 Sth inst. Altogether there were -29S of tho feathered tribe. The prize 

 list is as follows : — 



Belgivm.— Clear Yellew.—l, O. Norris, Berwick. 2, J. Baxter, Newcastle. 

 3 J. B. Gilchrist, Berwick, he, J. Baxter; G. Norris (tins would have been 

 awarded the second prize but for an accident destroying the plumage), c. h. 

 Hall, Belford. Clear Buff.—l, J. Thompson. Tweedmouth. 2, G. Norris. 3. C. 

 Lngton, Hillbum, Ayton. vhc, A. Dippie, Chirnniile. he, E.Hall; G. Norris. 

 Varieriated, Ticked, or Unevenly-marked— -1, G. Norris. 2, J. Thompson. 3, fa. 

 Bunting, Derby, he, G. J. Barnesby ; R. Hall ; J. B. Gilchrist, e, J. Dryden. 



Glasgow Doss.— Clear Yellow.— 1, E. Forsyth. Edinburgh. 2 and 3, A. 

 Scott, Jedburgh, he, R. Burnett. Clear Buff— I, C. Lugtou. 2, D. Allen, 

 Leith. 3. J. Spalding. Stockbridge, N.B. he, E. Forsyth; W. Young, e, S. 

 Robinson, Berwick. Flecked— 1 and 2, D. Allen. 3, W. Young, he, T. Dippie. 



Norwich— Clear Jonque.—l, G. J. Barnesby, Derby. 2 and 3, Moore and 

 Wynne, Northampton, vhc, S. Bunting ; Wallace & Beloe, Berwick ; W. Young. 

 Clear Bu tl—1 and i. G. J. Barnesby. 3, S. Bunting, vhc, E. Hawman, Middles- 

 brough : S. Bunting ; Moore & Wynne (2) ; , W. Young, he, W. Young, c, R. 

 Hall ; Moore & Wynne. 



Norwich— Evenly-marked Yellow. — 1, S. Bunting. 2. Wallace & Beloe. 

 3, Moore & Wynne, vhc, R. Hawman; E. Mills, he, Wallace & Beloe (3); 

 Moore & Wynne, c, J. Baxter. Evenly-marked Bnff.—l and 2, Moore & Wynne. 

 3. W. Young, vhc, E. Mills, Sunderland ; Wallace & Beloe. he, Wallace and 



KoR-xiim.— Unevenly-marked, Jonquc.—l, G. J. Barnesby. 2, S. Bunting. 

 S.W.Young, vhc, R. Hawman. c, R. Hall. Unevenly-marked Buff.—l, G. J. 

 Barnesby. 2, E. Hawman. 3, S. Bunting, vhc, G. Grcgson, Lou lynn; Wallace 

 and Beloe (2). c, Wallace & Beloe. 



Norwich (Evenly-marked Jonoue or Buff, with Crest).— 1, Moore A Wynne. 

 2. S. Tomes, Northampton. 3. Wallace & Beloe. i)Ac, Wallace - Beloe; W. 

 Clarkson, Yark ; G. Sbiel, Sunderland. 



Noi.wich (Clear Jonnue or Buff, with Dark, Grey, or Clear Crest).- 1, Cup, 

 and Medel, Wallace e2 Beloe. 2, G. J. Barnesby. 3, Moore & Wynne. 

 vhc, Moore ii Wynne; W.Young (2); Q. Shiel. he, Wallace & Beloo (2). c,W. 

 Jobson, Berwick. __ „ „ — , 



Cikxamoh.— Joiique.— I, Moore & Wynne. 2, S. Tomes. 3, Wallace & Beloe. 

 vhc, Wallace & Beloe ; R. Tomes ; S. Bunting ; G. Sbiel. Buff.—l and 3, Moore 

 and Wynne. 2, Wallace & Beloe. vhc, Master G. Wallace ; Wallace & Beloe. 



Cinnamon (Variegated Yellow or Buff.— 1 and vhc, S. Tomes. 2 and he, Wallace 

 and Beloe. S, Moore & Wynne, c, D. Allan ; Stevena & Burton. 



Any other Variety.— 1 and 3, Stevens & Burton. 2. S. Tomes, vhc, E. 

 Hawman; Fairclough & Howe; Wallace & Beloe; W. YouDg. he, G. J. 

 Barnesby; W.L.Miller (2); E.Mills. 



Gsldfixch Mule.— Marked or Variegated Yellow— 1, J. Baxter. 2, Stevens 

 aud Burton. 3, G. Shiel. c, G. Thompson. Marked or Variegated Buff.— land 

 2 G Sh'cl. a, Fairclough A Howe, vhc, J. Baxter, Newcastle (2); W. & C. 

 Burniston, Middlesbrough ; G. Shiel. he. S. Bunting. Dark— 1 and 2, Moore 

 and Wynne. 3, Stevens 4 Burton, vhc, H. G. McCreath. New Mills, Berwick. 

 If. T. Bowie, Berwick, c. W. L. Miller, Berwick ; R. Paxton, Belford. 



Goldfinch.— 1, J. Baxter. 2, Fairclough & Howe, Middlesbrough, vhc, S. 

 Bunlin": Stevens & Burton, he. W. & C. Eurniston. c, J. B. Gilchrist. 



British Bibd (Any other variety).—!, G. Shiel. 2. W. & 0. Burniston. he, J. 

 Baxter. Newcastle; T. Bobertson, Berwick; Fairelougk & Howe; W. Grey, 



Foreign Birds (Any variety).-2, Capt. T. Williams, Coldstream, he, W. and 

 C. Burniston. 



DISTEICT PEIZES. 



Y'ellow OR Buff (Anv breed).— 1, J. G. Nisbett, Berwick. 2, W. Allan, 

 Berwick. 3, W. Grieve, Berwick, he, T. A. Gladstone, Berwick: J. Geggie, 

 Berwick ; E. Grey, Berwick ; J. Purves, Berwick, c, W. Headsmith, Berwick. 



Yellow or Buff Marked (Anv breed).— 1, J. G. Nisbett. ,2. J. Lindsay, Bcr- 

 ^rick. 3, J. Gilchrist, lie, W. Gilchrist, c, J. Geggie ; T. Robertson (2) ; J. 

 Lindsay ; P. Farrell, Tweedmouth. 



The Judge was Mr. Robert Pearson, Durham. 



DORKING POULTRY SHOW. 

 This was held on the Sth inst. The following are the awards : — 

 Dorkings.— Coloured.— 1, M. Putney, Dorking. 2, L. Patton, Hillmore, 

 T.iuaton. 3, Rev. J. D. Hoysted, Bradenstoke. he, F. May, Reigale. e, Ivery 

 and Son, Dorking. Chickens— \, Ivery & Son. 2, G. Cubitt, Dorking. 3, J. 

 Smith, Sbillinglee Park, Petworlh. he, G. Ellis, Ashcroft, Betchworth. c, L. 

 Patton.; W.B.Boxall. Cockerel— 1. J. Smith. 2, M. Putney. 3, G. Hine, West- 

 cott. Ac. Ivery & Son. c. Rev. M. Rice. Pullets.— 1, G. W. GrecnbiU, Ashford. 



2, H. Humphry, Ashington. 3, W. B. Boxall. he, E. May. e, G. Ellis. 



OPEN TO MEMBERS. 



Dorkings.— Coloured— 1, W. Fell. Westcott. 2, Ivery & Son. 3, M. Putney. 

 4, E. T. Bennett, Betchworth. he, D. B. Green, Brockharn Court. Chickens. 

 —1, Ivery & Son. 2, G. Hine. 3, W. Fell. 4, M. Putney. Ac, Z. Greenfield. 

 C.E.May. Cocfc.—l, Ivery 4i Son. 2, M. Putney, he, G. Ellis. Cockerel- 

 Livery & Son. 2, W. Fell. Ac, Rev. H. J. Cummins. Buckland ; M. Putney. 

 Hens— 1. M. Pntney. 2, D. B. Green. Ac, W. Fell, c, E. T. Bennett. Pullets. 

 —1. W. Fell. 2 aud c, G. Hiue. he, Ivery & Son. 



Dorkings.— Blue-Heckled. -1. Mrs. Mavo, Dorking. 2, W. Grifiln. We6tcott. 



3, W.Philps, Dorking, e, G. Hine. Chickens.— 1, W. Philpa. 2. G. Hine. S, G. 

 Ellis, c, W. Belcher, Great Bookhara. Cock. — 1, E. Neal, Dorking, he, G. 

 Hine. c, J. L. Playfoot. Hens or Pullets.— 1, G. Cubitt. Ac, W. Griffin, c, G. 

 Hine. 



Dobktngs— White.— 1, G. Cubitt. 2, J. Bargman, Dorking. 3. W. Attlee, 

 Doriring. Ac, Le.drM. Le?ge, Dorking, c, G. Hine. Chickens. — 1, G. Hine. 

 2. W. Attlee, 3, W.'J. Evelyn, Wotton, Dorking. Ac, G. Cnbitt. c, W. Attics; 

 W. F. Wat6on. Henfold Capsl; Cock.— 1 and e, J. Bargman. he. G. Rlne. 

 Bens or PaBeU.—l, J. Attlee. 2, W. Fell. Ac. W. F. Watson, e, a. Cnbitt. 



Ducks— Aylesbury— I, W. F.Watson. 2. J. B. Nichols. Dorking. S, J.M. 

 Putney. Ac. D. B. Green. Any other Variety.— I, Ivery & Son. 2, J. E. Corbet. 

 8, G. Cubitt. 



Geese.— 1, W. Messenger, Wonersli. 2, W. F. Watson. Gbslinas— 1 and Ac, 

 W. Attlee. 2, W. Messenger. 



Turkeys.— 1, W. Messenger. 2, W. F. Watson. Ac, D. Christie, c, W. J. 

 Evelyn. 



JrDGES. — Mr. John Wood and Mr. Jenkins. 



Year. 



Poultry. 



Rabbits. 



Pigeons 



IS 8 . 



... 245 . 



.. 53 . 



.. 137 



1869 . 



... 334 . 



.. 69 . 



... 57 



1870 . 



. .. 344 . 



.. 124 . 



... 1SJ 



YORK POULTRY, PIGEON, AND RABBIT SHOW. 



This Show opened to the public on the Gth inst., and was by far the 

 best Exhibition, regarding both numbers and quality, held in the 

 ancient city. The receipts were much larger than in any former year. 



The following shows the number of entries'at each of seven years' 

 exhibitions : — 



Year. Poultry. Rabl>its. pigeons. 



IStii .... 265 .... 5- .... 276 



1865 .... 312 .... 58 .... 3^4 



1866 .... 278 ... . 55 .... 289 

 1S67 .... 276 .... 55 .... 124 



Dorhlngs held the post of honour, and were, indeed, worthy, being 

 seventeen pens, all good, with a splendid pen of Mr. White's first. 

 There were one or two cockerels with the spur outside, aud some hens 

 with very bad claws. Exhibitors should keep such at home. Only 

 one pen of adult Spanish came before the Judges, but they would, no 

 doubt, have held their own against a very much larger field. Of 

 young Spanish there were six pens, of which four obtained notice ; 

 it was a beautiful class. Cochins mustered twenty-two pen3. Thero 

 were several very mealy-winged cocks; and in Bull's, with the ex- 

 ception of tho prize pens, they were far from being up to the staudard. 

 Tho Partridge-coloured were very superior to them in all points. Only 

 one pen of very inferior Whites were shown. Drahmas occupied 

 sixteen pens, old and young competing together. The first-prize pen 

 was very fine, the cock, if anything, coarso in tho head aud not good 

 in comb, but his partner was everything that could be wished for, in 

 size, depth of colour, &c. There were several white-tailed brown- 

 feathered cocks shown with vulture hocks nicely drawn. Game filled 

 forty pens in four classes, and were quite a treat to the lovers of those 

 birds. Of SambibrgJis, there were forty-five pens in four classes. Tho 

 Gold-pencilled were only a moderate lot, with the exception of the prize 

 pens. Being in the darkest corner of the Show, also in three tiers, one 

 over the other, they were very difficult to see ; neither Judges nor ex- 

 hibitors had a fair chance. Hollow coml)3 and very mossy hens 

 abounded. The Silver-pencilled, with the exception of the first-prize 

 pen, which had a beautiful-tailed cock and fine-marked hen, were 

 poor, the difficulty being to award three prizes amongst them. The 

 Spangled birds were decidedly better, and the prize pens left little to 

 find fault with. Polish occupied ten peus, the Gold-spangled being 

 the best. The Game Bantams mustered forty-four pens, but were, liko 

 the Gold -pencilled Hamburghs mentioned above, in a dark corner, 

 and four tiers, one over the other, and it being a dark day, great diffi- 

 culty was experienced to obtain a sight of them. "Where so many were 

 good it was difficult to choose tho best, but the first-prize cock was a 

 beauty, and carried himself in true Game style ; too many in this 

 class betraying their Bantam origin by their drooping wiDgs, &c. Of 

 Laced Bantams there were only two entries, which were both good. In 

 Bantams of any colour eight entries were made ; the first and second 

 going to Blacks. The hen in the first-prize pen was a little gem, but 

 the cock in the second-prize pen more stylish. In the " Any other- 

 variety " class were seventeen entries. Black Hamburghs took the first, 

 and Sultans the second prize, with Houdans, Creve-Cceurs, and Malays 

 in the order of merit. This was a fine class, one or two good pens 

 arriving too late. Of Turlceys, the old birds weighed 44 lbs., and the 

 young ones 36 lbs. In Gccsc, the Rev. G. Hustler had it all his own 

 way, his first-prize pen of Whites weighing 54J lbs. ; while the second- 

 prize pen of Mr. Leech's only gave 49^ lbs. when they came to the 

 scales. Mr. Hustler may be proud of having won on the same day a 

 double victory at the Crystal Palace and York with such splendid birds. 

 The Aylesbury Dnclcs occupied fifteen pens. The first-prize birds 

 weighed 16 lbs., and the second 15£ lbs. ; both being very good in bills 

 and plumage. Of Houens there were nineteen pess ; 16 lbs. tho 

 weight of the first, and 15 lbs. of the second-prize birds. They were 

 very fine in shape, colour, and bill. In the " Any variety " class were 

 six pens. Black East Indians were first, and Brown Call Ducks 

 second. 



As at the Crystal Palace, so at York, tho " Selling class " was, 

 perhaps, the most remarkable in the Show, and abounded with fine 

 specimens of different varieties, which wo were glad to see marked 

 "sold" in large numbers. Fifty-five entries, Dorkings taking first, 

 Brahmas second, Cochins third prizes ; but it is a pity not to have 

 a separate class for Ducks, Geese, and Turkeys, for with only three 

 prizes in a class the Judges could not fairly please themselves ; they 

 gave a very high commendation to Black East Indian Ducks, with a 

 high commendation to Aylesbury, and sixteen oommendations in this 

 the best class in the Show. 



BABBITS. 



Never, perhaps, before in this country was collected together for 



exhibition so numerous or valuable a Btock of Rabbits, six. distinct 



varieties being well represented, and amongst come of them the best 



3pecimans in tho oonntry. It really was difficult to determine which. 



j most to admire — the se-date yet graceful Lop-e&rsd; the showy and 



