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JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUEE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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Any other Variety (such as Manx).— 1, E. Smith, Edinburgh. 2, W. Brown, 

 Tranent, he, Misa Smith, Edinburgh. 



Best Marked Kitten. — 1, J. Jeffrey, Edinburgh. 2, J. 0. Smith, Glasgow. 

 3, Mrs. Shorrock, Leith. c, Mrs. Irving. 

 Pure White.— Silver Medal. J. Fraser, Edinburgh ; Miss Bonar, Edinburgh. 

 Unusual Colour. — 1, Miss S. Jack, Newiogton. 



Pure White.— he, and recommended for a prize, T. Johnson. Edinburgh. 

 Tabby.— 1, Mrs. Butters, Liberton. he. R. Coxson, Edinburgh. 

 Unusual Colour.— 1. Mrs. J. Anderson, Edinburgh. 2, T. J. Jack, Edinburgh. 

 Pure White. — I, Miss Hales, Canterbury, he, Miss S. A. Pocock, Great 

 Berkbampstead. 

 Tabby. — 1, Withheld. 2, Major Pearson. 

 Unusual Colour.— 1, Withheld. 2, Miss Hales. 

 Long-haired Kitten. — 1. S A. Pocock. 



Heaviest Cat.— 1, Mrs. Clark, Edinburgh (20 lbs). 2, Mrs. Scrivener (IS lbs). 

 5, Miss M'Kerracher (1GJ lbs). 



Litter of Kittens (not less than three in litter, to be exhibited with mother). 

 — 1, W. Westwater, Royal Gymnasium, Edinburgh. 2, Mrs. Hogg, Edinburgh. 

 lie, Miss Ruthven, Edinburgh, c, A. Hope. Dalkeith. 



Extra Prizes (presented to the Working Classes by the Scottish Society 

 ior the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.— 1, Mrs. Butters, Liberton. 2, J. 

 Brown, Edinburgh. 3, J. Alexander, Gorgie Mills. 4, J. G. Archibald, Leith. 

 5, Mrs. Bremner. 



RABBITS. 

 Lop-eared (Yellow and White).— 1, T. C. & H. Lord, Huddersfleld. 2, A. H. 

 Easten, Hull. 8, C. King, St. John's Wood, London, he, G. Johnson, Wad- 

 «roft, Kettering. 



Lop-eared (Self-coloured).— 1, T. C. & H. Lord. 2. W. H.Webb, jun., Coseley, 

 Bilston. S, J. Hume, York, he, J. Irving. Blackburn, c, A. H. Easten; H. 

 •Cawood, Thome ; J. Wharton, York ; W. H. Tomlinson, Newark-on-Trent. 



Lop-eared (Black and White).— 1, G. Johnson. 2, J. Irving. 3, A. H. Easten. 

 he, A. L. Peace. Thome, e, H. Cawood. 



lop-eared (Grey and White). — 1, A. H. Easten. 2, G. Johnson. S, C. King. 

 he. J. Liddell. Blinkbonny, Craigleith. c, W. H. Webb, jun. ; W. H. Tomlinson. 

 Lop-eared (Tortoiseshell).— 1 and Cup, A. H. Easten. he, C. King. 

 Silver-Grey.— 1 and Medal, S. G. Hudson, Hull. 2 and 3, J. Irving, he, S. G. 

 Hudson, e, H. Munroe, Hull; A. H. Easten. 



Dutch (Any colour).— 1, A. H. Easten. 2 and he, S. G. Hudson. 3, W. Whit- 

 worth, jun., Manchester, e, W. Whitworth, jun. ; G. Johnson ; S. G. Hudson (2). 

 Himalayan.— 1, W. Whitworth, jun. 2, A. H. Easten. 3, W. H. Tomlinson. 



Angora.— 1 and he, W. Whitworth, jun. 2, A. H. Easten. 3, W. H. Tom- 

 linson. c, F. Storie, jun, Prestonkirk ; W. G. Hancock, Northampton. 



Any other Variety.— 1 and he, W. Whitworth, jun. 2, S. G. Hudson. 3, C. 

 King, c, C. King ; W. Whitworth, jun. 



Judges. — Cats : James M'Bain, Esq., M.D., R.N., Logie Villa, 

 Trinity, and Mr. A. Fairgrieve. Babbits : Mr. Charles Rayson, 

 Ivy Lodge, Didsbury. 



SNAITH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S POULTRY 

 SHOW. 

 The eighteenth annual Show of the Snaith Agricultural 

 Society was held on the 4th inst. in Sherbourn Park, which was 

 kindly lent by the proprietor. The day was exceedingly hot, 

 but the pens being well placed under a number of well-grown 

 trees, the birds did not suffer on that account. Considering 

 the inducements were not large there was an excellent entry, 

 and for the time of year the birds were mostly in very good 

 order. 



Mr. Julian showed some excellent Brown Red Game, and the 

 Piles from Mr. Brierley were almost perfect. Hamburghs were 

 very poor, and the Bantams only of moderate quality. In single 

 cocks a very good Duckwing was first, and a Golden Poland 

 second. Turkeys and Geese were good, but there was only one 

 pair of Ducks, and these were "Whistlers. 



In Bigeons Mr. Harvey won most of the prizes offered ; the 

 quality of the birds was first-rate, and several extra prizes were 

 awarded. In the Variety class the first was awarded to Blue 

 Pouters, the extra first to Red Magpies, the second to White 

 Dragoons, extra second to Blue Runts, and. third to Red Barbs. 



Babbits were good and well shown in all classes. For Lop- 

 eared bucks Messrs. Lord won first with a handsome Sooty 

 Fawn, the second being Tortoiseshell. In does Messrs. Lord 

 also were first with Fawn and White, the second being Yellow. 

 In the Variety class many of the Himalayans were young and 

 dirty; but the first-prize Silver-Grey and second-prize Hima- 

 layan were models of their kind, as also the pretty little Fawn 

 Dutch, to which a third prize was awarded. 



There was also a nice show of Canaries and other birds, and 

 several handsome Parrots were lentfor exhibition. 



Game —Black or other Bed.— 1, H. M. Julian. Hull. 2, C. W. Brierley. he, F 

 Sales, Crowle. Any other Variety.— 1, C. W. Brierley. 2, H. M. Julian, he, F 

 Sales. 



Spanish — Black— 1, C. W. Brierley. 2. W. Harvey. 



Cochin-China. —1, C. W. Brierley. 2. W. Harvey. 



Hamburghs.— Golden-spangled— 2, W. Anplevard, Low Ackworth. Silver- 

 spangled.— 2, H. Claybourne, Sykehouse. Golden-pencilled.— 2, W. Appleyard. 

 tsilver-pencilled.—l, W. Applevard. 2, G. Morley. 



Dorkings.— 1 and he, W. Mdffitt, Goole. 2, W! Harvey. 



Bantams.— Game— I, W. Palthorp, Carleton. 2, W. Harvey, he, F. Sales. 

 Any other Variety.— 1, R. H. Ashton, Mottram. 2. W. Harvey. 



Any other Variety— 1, W. Harvey. 2. W. Appleyard (Black Hamburgh). 



Any Breed— Cock— I. F. Sales. 2. W. Harvey, he, C. W. Brierley. 



Turkey.— 1 and lie, A. Martin, Rawcliffe, York. 2, J. E. Croft, Blythe. 



Geese.— 1 and lie. Miss Norwood, Fox Gates. 2, J. Maister, Barlow. 



Ducks— 1, C. W. Brierley. 



Guinea Fowls.— 1. Miss Carr, Balne. 2, G. Cooke, Gowdall Broach. 



Extra Stock— 1, C. Wheatlev, Barlow. 2. R. C. Empson. 



Pigeons— Carriers.— 1, W. Harvey. 2, W. W. Fowler, Pontefract. Turn- 

 biers- 1, W. Harvey. 2, W. W. Fowler, c, J. E. Crofts, Blvtn. Jacobins— 1, 

 W. Harvey. 2, W. W. Fowler. Tin bits.— 1, W. Harvey. '2, H. Whittaker, 

 Heslington. Oieij.-l, W. W. Fowler. 2, W.Harvey. hc.C. Dennison, Halifax. 

 Any Breed— 1, W. Harvey. Extra 1, J. E. Crofts. 2, W. G. Waters, Elsham. 

 Extra 2, C. Dennison (Runts). 3, W. W. Fowler (Barbs), he, J. Hairsine, Hull 

 (Barbs); J. E. Crofts (Magpies). 



Fancy Birds —English Canary— I and 2, J. Wright. Snaith. he, L. Morris. 

 Snaith; Miss Widdop, Snaith. Belgian or Foreign Canary— 1, F. Smith. 



Goole. 2. A. Chesney. Goole. Any Variety.— 1, A. Chesney. 2, Mrs. E.E.Clark, 

 Cowick Field, he, E. Shipman, Selby ; R. Stones, Cowick (Love Birds) ; W. 

 Chesney (Goldfinch Mule). 



Rabbits.— Lop-eared— Buck.— 1, T. H. & H. Lord, Huddersfleld. 2, C. Gravi*» 

 jun., Thome. 3, S. Ball, Bradford, he, H. Cawood, Thome. Doe.—\, T. H* 

 and H. Lord. 2, S Ball, he. C. Gravil, jun. ; R. Leggott. Thome. Any other 

 Variety.— 1, R. H. Glew, Wakefield. 2, S. Ball, Bradford. 3, C. Gravil, jun. 

 (Dutch), lie, J. Hairsine. Hull (Himalayau); Master S. M. Peace (Himalayan). 



Mr. B. Hutton, Pudsey, was the Judge. 



PIGEONS AT THE BIRMINGHAM SUMMER 

 SHOW. 



{From a Correspondent.) 

 Carriers. — Black cocks were an extraordinarily good class, the 

 cup going to a bird good in all points. Every bird in this class 

 was worthy of a prize. In Dun cocks, Mr. Tardley exhibited 

 a grand bird that ought to have been placed second. For Blue 

 cocks, the cup and third prize went to birds of good colour, 

 grand style and carriage, good in eye and bill wattle — in fact 

 perfection. Second came a very stylish bird rather deficient in 

 bill wattle. The second and third prizes should have been 

 reversed. In Black hens, a grand hen, good in all points, was 

 first, and good birds were second and third. In this class was 

 exhibited a young Black hen that ought to have been placed 

 second ; she was a perfect gern, good in all points — in fact per- 

 fection. In Duns, the best hen in the class was exhibited by Mr. 

 Massey, and passed over without notice. For a Blue or Silver 

 hen the cup went to a very good bird. The third-prize hen, a 

 Silver, ought not to have been in the prize list. Mr. Watts 

 exhibited a Blue that certainly should have obtained the second 

 place. This was a good class. The class for young Carriers 

 bred in 1872 was a strong one, numbering forty pens. The cup 

 went to a promising young bird, and the second prize to one far 

 superior. 



The Carriers, as a whole, were a grand display, and were 

 acknowledged by all to be the best lot ever seen together, especi- 

 ally the Blues. The seven classes of these birds numbered 

 no less than 130 pens. 



Bouters. — The first and second-prize birds were Blues, the 

 third Yellow. Mr. Dew exhibited a very good Black. In hens 

 the cup went to a bird rather poor in colour, stiff -winged, and 

 blind in one eye. A Red was second ; a good Yellow hen third. 

 Taking these two classes as they were judged, Mr. Fulton 

 certainly should have obtained the cup. 



Fantails. — In White, the cup for the best Fantail was awarded 

 to a fair bird. Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Vandermeersch obtained 

 the second and third prizes respectively. This was an extra- 

 ordinarily good class, and a most difficult one to judge ; still, I 

 think, the best bird was shown by the Rev. W. Sergeantson, 

 Pen 1092. Any other colour — good birds were first and second. 

 I was pleased "to see that fanciers are beginning to cultivate 

 Blacks and Yellows, as several good birds of these colours were 

 shown by Mr. Edge and Mr. Choyce. 



Barbs. — In Black or Dun, the cup went to a Dun in very bad 

 condition. Second came a Black far superior. This was a 

 very good class. For any other colour, the first prize went to a 

 Yellow, the broadest-sculled bird I remember to have seen. A 

 good Yellow was second, and a good White third. Taking these 

 two classes as they were judged, certainly the cup should have 

 been awarded to Mr. Yardley. 



Tumblers. — Almond mustered seventeen pens, and were the 

 finest lot of birds seen together for some time, the cup going to 

 a good bird. Of Short-faced Tumblers, Any other variety, there 

 were twenty-four pens. First came a Eed wholefeather, second 

 a Black Mottle, a perfect bird. These should have changed 

 places. A goodBlne Beard was third, and Silver Baldheads highly 

 commended. In Muff-legged Tumblers, Mottle, Rosewing, or 

 Redbreast, a Red Rosewing was first, second a Black Mottle, 

 third a Redbreast. All three birds were good, and shown in 

 good feather. In Muffed-legged Tumblers, Saddle, good Blacks 

 were first and second, a Blue third. In Muffed-legged Tumblers, 

 Badge, a nice Blue was second, a Black third. With regard to 

 the marking from which they obtain their name (from Badge), 

 we can hardly understand, as the many fanciers of this variety 

 all want a different marking on their birds. For any other 

 variety, first and second came Blue and Silver, shown in 

 splendid condition, third a good Blue ; and Mr. Massey also ex- 

 hibited a very nice Yellow. These birds were all self-coloured 

 and very pretty. For Clear-legged Tumblers, any variety, a 

 very nice Red Mottle was first ; a Black Mottle and Red Bald- 

 head respectively second and third. This was a good class. 



Jacobins. — The cup went to a Red, too large and coarse. 

 Second and third were a Red and Yellow, either bird being 

 superior to that which won the cup. They were smaller, better 

 in hood, and frill, shorter in beak, and had small round heads. 

 There were also some very good Blacks and Whites exhibited 

 by Mr. Van Haansbergen, and by Mr. Thompson the best Blue 

 I ever saw. This was a remarkably good class of forty-one pens. 

 Turbits — Avery good Silver took the cup; the second-prize 

 bird was a Silver, the third a Blue. This was a strong and good 



