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136 — The last three properties are those of the eye, which ought to be 

 broad, round, and of an equal thickness ; for if one part of the eye be 

 thinner than the rest, it's said to be pinch-eyed, which is deemed a very 

 great imperfection ; whereas if it has the contrary properties, it is said to 

 have a rose-eye which is very valuable. 



137. — To these, some add the distance, which is between the hinder part 

 of the wattle, and the edge of the eye ; but I cannot allow this to be a 

 property, because when a Carrier comes to be three or four years old, if the 

 eye is broad and the wattle large, they must of necessity meet : the dis- 

 tance therefore seems to be rather a property of the horseman, of which 

 more in its proper place. 



138. — Another distinguishing mark of a Carrier is the length and thin- 

 ness of its neck, which some call a property ; and it must be allowed to 



136. (Eaton.) — It generally happens if one part of the eye is thinner than the rest, it 

 is at the back of the eye ; my attention was called to this by one of the most experienced 

 successful Fanciers that ever lived, the late John T. Sawyer, Esq., of Portman Square, 

 London. There are many Fanciers living at this time, 1858, who know what I am 

 about to state is true, he was the Fancier who brought the Tumbler, Carrier, and 

 Pouter, to a nearer state of perfection than any other Fancier in his day : I shall never 

 forget his remark to me when shewing me Carriers, he stated if a young Carrier be 

 thinner or pinched at the back of the eye it never would have a good or rose eye, if, on 

 the contrary, the wattle is stout or thick at the back of the eye, it will have a good or 

 rose eye. This remark is particularly worth the young Fanciers attention, in looking 

 after young Carriers and how they will make up, as regards having a good or rose 

 wattle eye. 



137. (Eaton.) — I think it might not perplex some of the younger Fanciers if Mr. 

 Moore had added the words on the beak, it would then read thus, — " to these some add 

 the distance, which is between the hinder part of the wattle ' on the beak ' and the edge 

 of the eye," &c. &c. I think without those three words it might bother the young Fancier, 

 otherwise paragraph 137 I think cannot be improved. 



138. (Eaton.)— In Mr. Mooke's day, according to paragraph 129, a Carrier was 

 reckoned to have twelve properties, &c., and all in that small portion of the bird the 

 head, allowing not a single property to test the Carrier by, as touching length and thin- 

 ness of neck, length of body and feather, notwithstanding their wonderful symmetry, 

 elegance, and shape, although in former times it was called by the G-entlemen of the 

 Fancy "the king of Pigeons," for its elegance and sagacity. A judge unequal to the 

 office he was filling might award the prize, although it was not laid down as even one of 

 the twelve properties to test the Carrier by, is its shape, carriage, style, length and 

 thinness of neck, and length of body. Standing erect on its legs, the broader the chest 

 the better, slenderness of girt ; after all this is only one property out of the five proper- 

 ties, according to the standard laid down by Mayor, which is noticed by Moore in 

 paragraph 138, but not laid down by him as a property. I think we are greatly in- 

 debted to Mr. Mayor, page 84, for the judicious remarks he makes as touching the 

 properties of the Carriers, he says, — "but in my opinion the above twelve properties 

 would be better and not so liable to be confused, if they were reduced to five properties, 

 viz. : — 



1st, The Beak. 



2nd. The Wattle. 



3rd. The Head. 



4th. The Eye. 



5th. Length and thinness of neck, and length of body." 



But as the Gentlemen of that Fancy have not yet taken upon them to fix a proper 

 standai-d, as has been done for the Almond Tumbler and the Pouter, the above is sub- 

 mitted to their consideration. The reducing the twelve properties to five simplifies, and 



