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JOURNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ December 6, 1861. 



The Chairman moved that the resignations be accepted, 

 when Mr. Tegetmeier said, he believed it was out of order 

 for such a motion to proceed from the chair, and begged to 

 move, as a matter of form, that the resignations be ac- 

 cepted. This was seconded by Mr. , who stated that he 



did so with very great reluctance, but he thought the 

 Secretaries should know something of the business with 

 which they were connected. He quite understood the diffi- 

 culty of corresponding with each other. 



Mr. Tudman said that much rested with Secretaries, and 

 thought they ought to have discretionary power. Whoever 

 they had for Secretary should have discretionary power. 

 Something should be said about the price of the Rules, only 

 fifty had been printed, and these had been sent to members, 

 with the exception of such as were reqiiired by judges. 



The resignation of the Secretaries was then accepted. 



Mr. Zurhorst then said, he had had something to do with 

 bringing about the resignations ; he was aware tha,t the 

 Secretary of an institution hike this had much to do to please 

 all, but whoever undertook the office it should be thoroughly 

 and properly fulfilled. At the last meeting there were no 

 minutes and no balance-sheet. (Mr. Tudman here said, 

 with reference to the latter, the funds had to be considered, 

 the Club was yet in its infancy.) The Club had no press 

 assistance, and without a head they were now in a "very 

 great fix." Mi - . Munn might consider writing fifty letters 

 a very great difficulty, but many men did so and thought 

 nothing of it. If the work were too much the next Secre- 

 tary should have a paid assistant. There were many com- 

 plaints now about letters not being answered, but if they 

 paid an assistant they could hold hi in responsible. He had 

 no doubt such an one would be found. Although the Secre- 

 taries had not done all that was possible, and the Club had 

 got in a bit of a mess, he moved a vote of thanks to them, 

 and this being seconded by Mr. Tegetmeier, was carried 

 unanimously. 



Ma-. Tudman was then elected Treasurer. 



Mr. Munn nest entered into some explanations regarding 

 the revised Rules not being published, and the difficulty the 

 Secretaries laboured under in reconciling the differences 

 of opinions which had been expressed by those to whom they 

 had been submitted. 



Some discussion then took place as to who was to go 

 through the book and opinions on it, and how this was to 

 be done. 



Mr. Zurhorst proposed a sub-committee for the purpose, 

 and named Messrs. Teebay, Dixon, and Challoner as fit 

 persons to act, and moved that they be requested to revise 

 and consider the Rules when they met at the Manchester 

 Show, and this motion was carried. 



Mr. Munn said the next business was to elect a Secretary. 



Mr. Zurhorst proposed Mr. Dolby, and was seconded by 

 Mr. Fowler. 



A motion was then made that the present Secretaries be 

 invited to act till the Manchester Show ; and Mr. Munn 

 said, as there was some difficulty in choosing a fresh Sec- 

 retary, if the Club would allow him he would be Secretary 

 for another year, provided Mr. Dolby were permitted to 

 assist him. 



Some objection was made to Mr. Dolby's residing at 

 Dublin, as being likely to cause delay in correspondence, 

 when Mr. Dolby said it was only one day's post to Dublin. 



The motion was then put that Mr. Dolby be appointed 

 Secretary, and carried by a large majority. 



Mr. Munn said their next business was to elect Stewards 

 for the ensuing year. Captain Hornby, RN., had refused to 

 act, and Mr. Hyde was disqualified for re-election from non- 

 attendance. 



Mr. Harvey thought so many Stewards cumbersome; he 

 did not know where there were so many who had done so 

 little. It was much better to have two or three in whom 

 they could place confidence than twelve or fifteen. 



Mr. Ashton said there were four or five Judges who were 

 ex officio Stewards. 



The following gentlemen were then elected Stewards — viz., 

 Messrs. Fowler, Ashton, Munn, Kelleway, Stretch, T. P, 

 Wood, Hawkesley, Zurhorst, Boyle, Eden, Crossland, and 

 Beldon. 



Mr. Wood proposed Mr. Tegetmeier as one of the Judges 

 of Pigeons. 



Mr. Tegetmeier thought that such a meeting was neither 

 the proper time nor place for the election of Judges; he 

 considered that if the meeting elected him to the office it 

 would be a mischievous precedent, and injurious to t'-e best 

 interests of the Club; for the election of Judges should not 

 be left to a single meeting, but to the Stewards. 



Mr. Munn then proposed a vote of censure on the manage- 

 ment of the Birmingham Show in respect to their selection 

 of judges ; and the motion having been seconded by Mr. 

 Tudman, was carried unanimously. 



The minutes of the last meeting were then confirmed, and 

 the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chair- 

 man. 



The following were proposed as new members of the Club 

 at the meeting, and subsequently during the Show — viz., 

 Messrs. E. Brown, Monsey, Carless, F. Else, M. Headley. 

 T. Colley, C. Lister, W. J. Cope, R. Swift, W. H. Oates, 

 F. Esquilant, J. A. Briggs, C. Maples, jun., R. Woods, J, 

 Staley, and G. Manning ; Rev. F. Taylor, and Sir R. Clifton, 

 Bart,, M.P. 



CHIPPENHAM POTJLTBY SHOW. 



Having walked, according to my annual custom, through 

 this Show, peeping and peering into each pen, noting excel- 

 lencies and defects, I now sit down to give a fair and un- 

 biassed account of the same. The Show this season was the 

 largest ever known at Chippenham. It might be larger; 

 but the Committee fear if they advertised it extensively 

 they should not be able to accommodate all the poultry that 

 would be sent. I own I think this wrong, for room might 

 easily be made for fifty more pens. 



The next point I would notice is that the birds were ex- 

 ceedingly well judged by Mr. Rodbard. I had the pleasure 

 of walking round the Show with that gentleman after the 

 prizes had been awarded, and in my humble opinion never 

 were prizes awarded more fairly and correctly. 



I was sorry to see that there was a falling-oif in the 

 quality of the Game birds shown. Now, it is not enough 

 that a bird is a Game cock, but none that is not at any rate 

 a tolerably good Game cock should be sent to any show. 

 But proceed in due order according to the catalogue. 



Dorkings, eight pens, good birds. Mr. Peacey, of Chel- 

 worth, first prize ; Mr. F. Bailey, of Calne, second. Spanish, 

 three pens. Mr. A. Heath, of Calne, won first with a good 

 pen. Game, Black-breasted Reds, eighteen pens. Miss Elling, 

 of Sutton Parva, had the first prize, and her birds were by 

 far the best. Game, Any other variety, five pens. One 

 good one of Brown-breasted and the prize Duckwing cock 

 was a nice bird. Cochins, four pens. Mr. W. Bowley, Ciren- 

 cester, first prize, and Miss Julia Milward second, in both 

 cases good birds. 



Next came the Hamburghs, and here was a great improve- 

 ment, there being fourteen pens instead of the four only of 

 last year, ten additional of the best egg-producers. The 

 first prize in both Silver-pencilled and Silver-spangled went 

 to Mr. Hulbert, of Chippenham, and both were good pens. 

 In Golden-pencilled and Golden-spangled Mr. Maggs, of 

 Telbirn, was first. Poland's, three pens. Mr. J. Hinton, of 

 Hinton, took first prize with an excellent pen of Silver- 

 spangled ; and Mr. Hulbert, of Chippenham, was second. 

 Next we had eight pens of Any other distinct or cross breed. 

 Mr. J. Hinton won first with his Brahmas. Bantams, Game, 

 five pens. Mr. Renny, of Chippenham, had the first prize 

 with a charming pen of Black -breasted Reds ; the hens were 

 particularly good. Mr. E. Cambridge was second with birds 

 of the same kind nearly as good, the cock perhaps even 

 better. In Bantams, any other variety, three pens, Mr. 

 Cambridge was first with Blacks. Thus there were eight 

 pens of Bantams in a show consisting of just one hundred 

 pens. Well, the tiny pets came off not amiss. I shall soon 

 think that the poultry world is beginning to agree with an 

 enthusiastic Bantam fancier, who declared to me that " they 

 were the most profitable of all fowls, for they ate nothing 

 and produced abundance of eggs." This is better than the 

 ex nihilo nihil fit of one's school days. Turkeys one pen, the 

 very good ones belonging to Miss Milward ; but beca use 

 there was no competition only a bounty of ten shillings was 

 given instead of the prize. Was this quite fair ? Geese, four 

 pens. Bucks, Aylesbury, five pens, good. Rouen, six pens, 



