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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ November 14, 1872. 



ingside; E. Homer, c, A. Anderson; T. H. Dowa. Hen.— 1 and 2, E. Fulton. 

 he, E. Horner. 



Pouters.— Any other Colour.— Code— I, J. Grant. 2, J. P. Fawcett, "Whitby. 

 he, J. Thomps&n ; A. Frame; A. Wintour; E.Horner. Hen.— I, R.Fulton. 2, 

 H. Pratt, Birmingham. 



Tumblers.— Short-faced Almond.— Cock.— 1. E. Fulton. 2. J. Fielding, jun. 

 he, R. Fulton ; E. Horner (2). Hen.—l, R. Fulton. 2, J. Field'ng, jun. he, W. 

 Drydone, Dnnse ; R. Fulton ; E. Horner; R. &, J. Anderson. Newcastle. 



Tumblers.— Any other Colour.— Cock.— I and c, R. Fulton. 2, W. R. &. H. O. 

 Elenkinsop. Newcastle, he, E. Horner; "W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop. Hen.— 1, 

 W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop. 2, R. Fulton, he, W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop; W. 

 Sefton, Blackburn ; R.Fulton; E.Horner (2). 



Babbs— Cock.— 1 and 2, R. Fulton. /ic.R.Wade; J.Fielding, jun. ; E.Horner; 

 J. P. Fawcett. Hen.—l, R. Wade, Halifax. 2, E. Horner, he, J. Fielding, jun ; 

 R. Fulton (2) ; J. Stanley. 



Owls.— Foreign.— I, J. Fielding, jun. 2, R. Fulton, he, TV. P. & H. O. Blen- 

 fcinsop; C. Dennison, Halifax; S. A. Wyllie, East Moulsey ; J. Fielding, jun.; 

 P. H. Jones, Fulham. 



Owls.— English.— Cup, J. W. Edre. Erdington. 2, J. Chadwiek, Bolton, he, A. 

 Ashton; J. Dye, Hexham ; J. E. Spence, Broughtyferry ; J. Chadwick (2) ; J. 

 Thresh, Bradford : A. N. Dodds, North Shields, c, T. Switbenbank. 



Trumpeters.— Mottled.— \ and Cup, R. Fulton. 2, W. B. Van Haansbergen, 

 Newcastle-un-Tyne. vhc, R. Fulton; E. Horner, he, Miss E. M. Beveridge, 

 Ayr; T. Rule; W. B. Van Haansbergen ; E.Horner. Any other Colour.— 1, R. 

 Fulton. 2, E.Horner. hc,T. Rule; "W. B. Van Haansbergen ; R. Fulton. c,W. 

 Gamble. 



Fan tails.— White,— 1, J. Walker, Newark. 2. T. Rule, he, J. F. Loversidge ; 

 R. Blair, Thornhill ; W. H. Tomlinsori, Newark; H. Yardlev. Birmingham ; J. 

 Walker: W. B. Van Haansbergen. Any other Colour.— 1,H. Yardley. 2, W. 

 Drydone. he, W. Drydone ; J. Kemp ; T. Rule. 



Jacobin's— Red or Yellow.— 1 and Cup, J. Thompson. 2, T. Rule, he, W. E. 

 Easten, Hull; W. R. & H. O. Blenkinsop; R. Wade; J. Thompson; W. Kitchen, 

 Whitehaven ; T. Rule ; A. A Vander Meersch, Tooting. 



Jacobins.— Black.— 1 1 E. Horner. 2, R. Fulton, he, R. W. Smith ; J. Thomp- 

 son, Bingley ; R. Fulton; E. Horner. Any other Colour.— l, W. B. Van Haans- 

 bergen. 2, T. RuIp. he, R. Fulton ; A. A. Vander Mt ersch. 



Tu rbits.— Red or Yellow, Point-headed.— 1, G. Fletcher. 2, O. E. Cresswell, 

 Bagshot. ho, -J. G Orr, Beith ; W. Croft, Ripley; J Stephenson, Gateshead; 

 MrB. J.Muir; O. E. Cresswell: R. Fulton: H. Beldon ; W. Lnmb. Rochdale. 

 Any other Colour.—}, L. H. Ricketts. 2, R. & J. Anderson, vhc, R. Fulton. 

 he, E. Dew ; W. Croft ; W. & G. Cutler, Sheffield ; J. Fielding, jun. ; W. B. Van 

 Haansbergen. 



T cubits.— Red ot Yellow. She II crowned— 1, H. Yardley. 2. R Fulton. he, 3. 

 Nash; W. Croft; W. B Van Haansbergen. Any other Colour. -1, W. Croft. 

 2, W. J. Donkin, Newcastle, he, W. Ridley, Hexha'm ; J. Thompson ; W.B.Van 

 Haansbergen. 



Magpies.— 1,M. Ord. 2, F. Homer, he, A. Anderson; J. Stephenson; W. 

 Kitchen ; R Fulton ; J. Watts. 



Nuns.— Black.— 1, E. Horner. 2, W. Croft. fcc.W.E. Easten: W. Crnft; P. 

 H. Jones. Any other Colour.— I and Cup, H. Beldon. 2, W. B. Van Haans- 

 bergen. he, T- Imrie, Ayr ; E. Horner. 



Dkagoons.— Blue or Silver.— Cnp, W. Sef'on. 2, W. Slarkland. he, A. Jack- 

 son. Bolton ; W. Lund, Shipley ; W. Sefton ; E. Horner ; A. N. Dodds. Red or 

 Yellow.— 1, J Ashworth, Blackburn. 2, A. Jackson, he, A. W. Wren, Lowestoft; 

 J. Watts. White, or any other Colour— -1. R. Fulton. 2, P. H. Jones, vhc, F. 

 Graham, Birkenhead, he, E. T. Dew ; J. Watts. 



Antwerps — Short-faced.— 1. Cup, and 2, H. R. Wright. Tic, F. WoodhouBe; 

 W. Dumb. Long faced— 1, W. Lund. 2, J. W. Collinson, Halifax, he, J. W. 

 Collinson ; H. Jennings ; J. Guthrie. 



Tumblers.— Long-faced, Almonds.— 1. J. Dye. 2, J. G. Dunn, Newcastle, he, 

 J. G. Dunn ; M. Green ; J. Baxter, Newcastle. Long-faced, Balds or Beards.— 



1, R. Gray. 2, J. Chadwick. he, W. J. Donkin ; J. Thompson : W. Croft. 

 Any other Variety.— 1, M. Ord. 2, H. Beldon. he, R. Kitchen ; J. Thomp- 

 son ; E. Horner. 



Selling Class —Cock or Hen.—l and 2, J. H. Harland, Norton. 3, A. A. 

 Vander Meersch. he, R. Laws ; W. B. Van Haansbergen ; H. Beldon ; J. Grant, 

 Edinburgh, c, J. Ashworth, 



Selling Class.— Pair.— 1, A. Frame. Larkhall, N.B. 2, J. Bell, Newcastle. 

 3. W. E. Easen he. T. Duncan; J.Thompson; A.Wright; H. Beldon; E. 

 Horner, c, W. Sefton. 



CANARIES. 



Belgian.— Clear or Ticked Yellow.— 1,2, and Medal. J. Rutter, Sunderland. 

 he, J. Brown, jun., Penrith. Clear or Ticked Buff.— I, R. Hunter. 2. W. Scott. 

 he, J. Rutter. 



Belgian— Variegated— 1, J. Rutter. 2, Dobson & Phillips, he. J. N. Harri- 

 son, Belper. Clear Dun or Dun Marked— -1, W. Pearson, Seaton, Birmingham. 



2, G. Scott. 

 Nobwich.— Clear Yellow.— I, Moore & Wvnn, Northampton. 2, Miss E. Bax- 

 ter, h?, J. Baxter; Grainger & AlleLby, Durham. Clear Buff.— I, M. King, 

 Scarborough. 2. J. Cleminson. vhc, Moore & Wynn. Ac, Miss E.Baxter; H. 

 Head-ley, Leicester. 



Nobwich, — Clear Yellow, Marked or Variegated. — 1 and Medal, Miss E. 

 Baxter. 2, S. Tomes. Northampton. Clear Buff, Marked or Variegated.— I, 

 Miss J. Baxter. 2, W, Wa'son. jun. 



Crested.— Yellow or Yellow-marked.— 1. J. Spence. 2, W. Watson, jun. he, 

 S. Tomes. Buff or Buff-marked— 1, Miss J. Baxter. 2, Briggs & Brown. 



Glasgow Dons.— Clear Yellow.— I and 2, J. Kerr, Morpeth, he, J. Stark, 

 Bsbside. Clear Buff.— I, J. Davison, Newcastle. 2, P. Trainer, Newcastle, he, 

 J. Kerr, variegated.— 1, J. Kerr. 2, J. Baxter. 



Lizards— Golden-spangled. — 1 and Medal, J. Taylor, Marlborough. 2, R. 

 Ritche, Darlington. Silver-spangled.— 1, J. Taylor. "2, M. King. 



Goldfinch Mules.— Yellow.— 1, J. Baxter. 2. J. Laugbland, Kilmarnock. 

 Buff.—l, J. Baxter. 2, J. Brown, jun. Dark.— 1. J. Baxter. 2, M. Burton. 



Linnet Mule.— 1, J. Stevens. 2, E. S. Godsell, Gloucester. 



Any Variety of Mule.— 1, J. Baxter. 



Cinnamon.— Jonq ue.—l, Moore & Wynne. 2, G. Ather, Gateshead, vhc, J. N. 

 Harrison, Belper. Buff.—\, J. N. Harrison. 2, Moore & Wynn. he, J. Gil- 

 heppie, Newcastle. Marked or Variegated.— 1, W. Pearson. 2, Miss J. Baxter. 

 vhc, J. Stevens, Middlesborough. 



Canary.— Green.— 1, J. Spence, South Shields. 2. J. Jackson, vhc, J. Potter, 

 Gateshead. Common.— 1 and extra. Miss C. W. Blenkinsop, Newcastle. 2, — 

 Robson. vhc, J. Spence; C. Robson, Cramlington. Any other Variety.-l, 

 Miss M. B. Brown. 2, J. Spence. 



Goldfinch.— 1. J. King. Newcastle. 2, J. Baxter, he, D. Kav. 



Linnkts.— Brown.— I, w. Carrick, Middlesborough. 2, A.' Webster, jun., 

 Kirkstall, Leeds, he, J. Baxter (2). 



British Bird.— Any other Variety.— I, Miss E. Baxter. 2, Miss J. Baxter. 



Foreign Bird — Any Variety.— 1, J. Lamb, Newcastle. 2, S. G. Blenkinsop. 



Selling Class.— 1, J. Baxter. % J. Robson. vhc, Grainger AAllenby. he, 

 J. Kerr. 



Judges. —Poultry ; Mr. E. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston. 

 Pigeons: Mr. T. J. Charlton, 62, Trafalgar Street, Bradford; 

 Mr. F. Esqiiilant, 4, Effra Road, Brixton. Canaries : Mr. T. 

 Lowrey, Low Fell, Gateshead j Mr. "W. Robinson, Seghill, 

 Northumberland. 



Rabbits at the York Show. — The schedule of prizes ought to 

 ss-cure entries equal to those of the previous exhibitions. There 



are five classes for Lops and five for the other varieties. A piece 

 of plate is given for the best Lop, also another piece of plate 

 for the best Rabbit in any of the other classes. A Selling class, 

 also, is added. 



SCOTCH HOUSE TUMBLERS AS EXHIBITION 



BIRDS. 



In my former papers I have endeavoured to describe the 

 House Tumbler as it is, and has been ; my object in continuing 

 the subject is to show what I think may be made of it in the 

 way of reviving the taste for performing birds, and from nothing 

 in connection with it do I expect better results than from its 

 suitability as a bird for exhibition at our shows. Before, how- 

 ever, attempting to describe the qualities which make the House 

 Tumbler a bird particularly adapted for exhibition, and the 

 good effect which I would expect to follow from giving it the 

 encouragement to which it is justly entitled, it will be necessary 

 to consider what influence the annual exhibitions of Pigeons, 

 &c, which are now held in almost every town, have already had 

 on the tumbling " fancy " and on the performing bird itself. My 

 own belief, after carefully considering the subject, is, that in both 

 cases the effect has been exceedingly bad, so much so that I do 

 not think that any other cause, or all other causes put together, 

 have damaged the tumbling fancy half so much, or so greatly 

 tended to deteriorate the bird as a performer. 



In the prize lists of many shows, particularly in England, 

 there is no encouragement offered to performing birds ; the 

 classes for Tumblers being merely divided by colour or mark- 

 ings, the awards are monopolised by Short-faced birds, which 

 do not tumble as a rule, and are not expected to do so. The con- 

 sequence of this treatment is, that the performing bird is kept 

 out of the notice of those who are first induced to keep Pigeons 

 through the interest they find in these exhibitions, and I have 

 little doubt that by far the greater number of those engaged in 

 the pursuit at the present time have been drawn into it as an 

 agreeable recreation, in the way I have indicated. Besides this, 

 the gaining of even a small prize will sometimes give the luke- 

 warm fancier a new and fresher interest in his birds, and it 

 must be confessed that very few care to admit that they keep 

 birds incapable of taking prizes, or of such small consequence 

 that there is no class generally allotted for them. I have, conse- 

 quently, little doubt that many who have kept performing birds 

 have gradually given them up because they have found that they 

 were generally not considered very high-class. Shows con- 

 ducted on this principle, therefore, appear to me to have the 

 double effect of tending to cause old fanciers to give up the per- 

 forming Tumbler, and of keeping new fanciers from cultivating 

 a breed which probably more than any other is suited for tha 

 beginner on account of its easy management, and the great 

 scope which it affords for the study of colour- breeding through 

 the wide range of colours and marking which it presents for 

 experiment. In Scotland nothing pays a show better than a 

 class for common Tumblers, and committees, who are generally 

 alive to their interests, give the performing bird this amount of 

 encouragement, I am sorry to believe with the very worst effect 

 on the breed itself. The reason is obvious, for whereas a 

 Tumbler before shows were introduced was valued in proportion 

 to its quality as a performing bird, now it is valued because it 

 can take prizes, which it is none the less likely to do although 

 it cannot tumble, as I am not aware that anyone has ever pre- 

 tended to know from mere appearance whether a bird can tumble 

 or not. I am perfectly aware that good performing birds still 

 secure a share of the prizes ; but there are three great causes 

 at work gradually making the share a smaller one, and which, 

 I think, will ultimately extinguish it altogether, unless some 

 encouragement be given to birds capable of being tested as per- 

 formers by the judges at our shows. 



The first cause, having its origin in our exhibitions, tending to 

 deteriorate the bird as a performer, is that the common Tum- 

 bler has been a good deal crossed with the Short-faced bird for 

 the purpose of making it handsomer. This arises from the fact 

 that there is no difference in the standard for shape and style 

 in the performing bird from the Short-faced, and that it is im- 

 possible to tell where the two breeds meet ; it is, therefore, no 

 great wonder that many judges err in admitting too much of the 

 Short-faced ; and to give some idea of what will sometimes occur, 

 I may state that I have seen very fair pure Short-faced Beards 

 carry off the first prize in a class for common Tumblers, and 

 have often observed the first cross between the common Tum- 

 bler and the high-class Short- face amongst the prizetakers, a kind 

 of bird which I never could see had anything but colour to re- 

 commend it. The more common and successful plan, however, 

 is to have the cross considerably more toned down, or if a first 

 cross to make it with a low-class Short-face, such as a Bald or 

 Beard, in which case it is much more difficult to detect. 



Some judges, however, have such a good eye for the true-bred 

 performer, that exhibitors of crosses find that with every care 

 they are found out; and to meet the taste of these resort is had 

 to another plan equally destructive to the bird as a performer, 



