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JOUENAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



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the forthcoming poultry show, at the Agricultural Hall, is 

 headed with the words " Under the patronage and manage- 

 ment of the Poultry Club ? " 



If the Poultry Club did not take upon itself to find judges 

 for shows, and had not been advertised as taking the man- 

 agement of one, but was simply an association of gentle- 

 men for purposes of their own, my application to Mr. 

 Tudman might have been construed into an act of imper- 

 tinence. Under the circumstances above mentioned I had a 

 right, in common with every other exhibitor of poultry, to 

 inquire what were the rules and regulations of the Club. 



If this be the kind of information to be furnished, I suppose 

 your correspondents, who are invited by Mr. Tudman to com- 

 municate immediately, will be as well satisfied as I am. 



A public statement of the rules and regulations, with the 

 objects proposed to be accomplished by the Club, would save 

 your correspondents and Mr. Tudman much trouble. 



It may be that this Poultry Club is a very desirable and 

 useful body, but it certainly does not go the right way to 

 win the confidence of the public. — George Manning. 



NEWMLLLEPJ3AM POULTRY SHOW. 

 This was held on the 2nd inst., when the following prizes 

 were awarded : — 



Game (Red).— first, G. Hellewell, Sheffield. Second, J. Charlton, Brad- 

 ford. 



Game (Duckwing).— First, J. Charlton, Bradford. Second, G. Hellewell, 

 Sheffield. 



Game Chickens.— First, J. Crosland, Wakefield. Second, G. Hellewell, 

 Sheffield. 



Cochin-Chinas (Buff).— First, S. Pickard, Wakefield. Second, W. Daw. 

 son, Hopton. 



Cochin-China (Cuckoo).— First, W. Dawson, Hopton. Second, S. Pickard, 

 "Wakefield. 



Cochin-China Chickens.— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second, J. Cros- 

 land, Wakefield. 



Dorkings (Grey).— First and Second, S. Pickard, Wakefield. Chickens. 

 —First, J. Hirst, Boyn Hiil. Second, S. Pickard, Wakefield. 



Spanish.— Prize, W. Cannan, Bradford. (Only one entry.) 



Pheasants (Golden).— First, J. Ellis, Leeds. Second, H. Hirnsworth, 

 Lupset. Chickens.— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. Second, J. Ellis, Leeds. 



Phkasants (Silver).— Prize, W. Cannan, Bradford. (Only one entry.) 

 Chickens.— First, J. Ellis, Leeds. Second, W. Cannan, Bradford. 



Any Distinct Breed.— First, W. Carfuan, Bradford. Second, S. Schol- 

 field, Heckmondwike. 



Bantams (Black or White).— First, W. Cannan, Bradford. " Second, J, 

 Charlton, Bradford. 



Bantams (Any variety).— First, S. Scholfield, Heckmondwike. Second. 

 J. Wade, Leeds. 



Turkeys.— First, and Second, J. Fawcett, Wakefield. 



Geese.— First and Second, J. Fawcett, Wakefield. 



Duces (Rouen).— First, J. Hirst, Boyn Hill. Second, E. Atha, Boyn Hill, 



Bantams (Game).— Prize, G. Hellewell, Sheffield. (Only one entry.) 



YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 



POULTRY SHOW. 

 The above Show, which is one of the migratory class, was 

 held at Howden on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th inst. The poultry 

 entries were not so numerous as at some of this Society's 

 previous Exhibitions, but many pens of superior excellence 

 were shown. 



In the class for old Spanish, Mr. Eodbard was first ; but 

 the commended pen of Mr. Beldon would have been a formid- 

 able competitor for the first prize if the cock had not been 

 diseased in his feet. Mr. Eodbard was also the exhibitor of 

 a good pen of dark Cochins. In the adult Game classes, Mr. 

 Beldon and Mr. Julian exhibited some very good birds, and 

 the competition between them was very close. The Game 

 Chickens were not so good as might have been anticipated 

 at a Yorkshire Show. Mr. Beldon obtained the chief share 

 of the Hamburgh prizes ; and in the Poland classes he was 

 Without a competitor. 



The following is a list of the awards :— 



Spanish— First, J. R. Eodbard, Bristol. Second, S. Robson, Brotherton. 

 Highly Commended, H. Beldon. Chickens.— Prize, S. Robson. 



Dorking — First, F. Key, Beverley. Second, M. Hunter, Green Hammer- 

 ton. Chickens.— Prize, Rev. J. F. Newton, Kirbv-in-Cleveland. 



Cochin-China (Black or White).— First and Second, W. Dawson Mirfield 



Cochin-China (Any Colour not Black or White).— First, J. E Kodbard' 

 Bristol. Second, H. Beldon, Bingley. Chickens:— Prize, S. Eobson. Highly 

 Commended, H. Beldon. 



Game— First, H. M. Jul™, Hull. Second. H. Beldon. Highly Com- 

 mended, J, N. Holmes. Chickens.— Prize; H. Beldon. Commended, J. 

 Thornton. 



Hambijp.ghs (Golden-spangled).— First, H. Beldon. Second, C. Cowburn. 

 Leeds. Chickens.— Prize, C. Cowburn. 



Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled).— First, H. Beldon. Secoud, S. Smith, 

 Halifax. Highly Commended, H. Pickles. Chickens. — Prize, H. Beldon. 

 Highly Commended, H. Pickles. 



Hambukgh (Silver-spangled).— First, H. Beldon. Second, E. Aldington. 

 Howden. Chickens. — Prize, H. Beldon. Highly Commended, C. Cowburn. 



Hamburgh (Silver-pencilled). — First, H. Pickles, jun., Skipton. Second, 

 H. Beldon. Chickens. — Prize, H. Pickles. Highly Commended, H. Beldon. 



Poland.— First and Second, H. Beldon. Chickens.— Prize, H. Beldon. 



Any other Distinct Breed not Previously Classed. — Prize, H. Lacy, 

 Hebden Bridge. Highly Commended, F. Powell ; H. Beldon. Chickens. — 

 Prize, H. Lacy. 



Bantams. — Prize, H. Beldon. 



Single Cocks. — Spanish. — Prize, H. Beldon. Dorking. — Prize, H. Beldon. 

 Cochin-China. — Prize, J. Bell, TMrsk. Game. — Prize, H. Beldon. Highly 

 Commended, H. M. Julian. Commended, J. Rennison. Hamburgh (Golden- 

 spangled). — Prize, H. Beldon. Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled). — Prize, S. 

 Smith. Highly Commended. H. Pickles. Hamburgh (Silver-spangled). — 

 Prize, H. Beldon. Hamburgh (Silver-pencilled). -Prize, H. Beldon. 



Geese. — First, R. Johnson, North Cave. Second, S. Walker, Howden. 



Ducks (Rouen, or any other Breed not Aylesbury).— Prize, W. Bradley, 

 Pollington. 



The Judges were Mr. J. H. Smith, Skelton Grange, near 

 York ; Mr. Jolly, Aeomb. 



PIGEONS 



AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE 

 DARLINGTON SHOWS. 



AND 



At the Exhibition of the Northern Counties Agricultural 

 Society at Darlington Mr. J. "W. Botcherby, of Darlington, 

 acted as Judge, as he did also at the recent Show of the 

 same Society at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The re-appearance of 

 Mr. Botcherby as a Pigeon Judge renders it necessary that 

 something should be done to prevent a recurrence of such 

 decisions as those named by Mr. Yardley at page 97, and 

 alluded to in your own note relative to the many strange 

 details you have heard " about the Pigeons at Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne." 



To my having exhibited Pigeons at the last Darlington 

 Show, and Mr. Botcherby having repeatedly declared at the 

 time in answer to universal expressions of dissatisfaction 

 that " he would never judge again," may be attributed the 

 fact of the decisions having escaped criticism so far as I am 

 concerned. Now, however, that Mr. Botcherby has once 

 more ventured to undertake a post for which he is altogether 

 unfitted, further silence would be an injustice, more parti- 

 cularly as it is well known that the appointment of Mi - . 

 Botcherby at Darlington was most strenuously opposed by 

 one of the Committee, a gentleman well able to give an 

 opinion ; and that he was met by the declaration of the 

 Honorary Secretary when the Judges were appointed that 

 he had engaged Mr. Botcherby and would not have any one 

 else! " A Compiler of the Darlington Schedule," who 

 has ably exerted himself in the poultry department, and to 

 whom its consequent improvement is justly due, will no 

 doubt correct me if such be not the case. 



A few remarks will enable your readers to form their own 

 opinions of the awards at Darlington. In the first place, a 

 local exhibitor penned the birds, and his " partner in the 

 fancy " accompanied the Judge, the only pen exhibited by 

 this person taking the first prize, though, with the exception 

 of a half-crown prize at Middlesborough, it never figured as a 

 prize pen at any other place. In Carriers some of the best 

 birds were unnoticed. The silver cup for the best pen in 

 the Show was awarded to an old Dun cock, a draft from the 

 loft of one of our well-known exhibitors; while one of the 

 best Carriers in the kingdom and in her prime, a black hen 

 belonging to Mr. Else of London, was shown. In Powters, 

 a hen second at Birmingham a few days previously was not 

 considered worthy of commendation, and £o was refused for 

 another unnoticed bird in the same class. At Glasgow, a 

 few days subsequently, two pens entirely passed over at 

 Darlington took first position in, perhaps, the strongest 

 competition known. The other classes were no exception. 

 In one two cocks were first against a very superior pair, and 

 so on; but if further particulars are required they can be 

 forthcoming. 



One of the Honorary Secretaries of the Newcastle Show, 

 Mr. Shorthose, was at Darlington, and could scarcely be 

 ignorant of the extreme dissatisfaction then so loudly ex- 

 pressed; and it is unaccountable how that, gentleman could 

 nave been induced to sanction such an appointment for 

 Newcastle. At the latter place, in Powter cocks a bare- 

 skinned bird took first ; in Barbs the best cock stood second, 

 while the best hen was passed over altogether ; in Jacobins 



