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convey at once to our mind the idea, ' I 'm mon- 

 arch of all I survey.' 



" Although there are many varieties of Game 

 fowls, one description will suffice for the whole, 

 for the exhibition points are identically the same. 

 I wUl, therefore, begin with the Black-breasted 

 Red, believing, as I do, that it is the purest 

 feathered Game that is bred; for, breed what 

 variety we may, we have never found any come 

 so true to colour as a brood of Black Eeds. 

 As more depends upon the Game hen, in the 

 production of first-class chickens, than many 

 are aware of, we will first describe her points: 

 Head, long ; mandible, very strong and firmly set 

 in the head ; eyes, very prominent ; neck, long and 

 graceful ; shoulders, square ; chest, broad ; points 

 of wings almost meeting under the tail; the 

 latter adornment must be close and compact, not 

 carried too erect or loose over the back ; thighs, 

 short and muscular; legs, long, and free from 

 feather; toes, well spread; feathers, short and 

 hard. These are the points of a good Game hen. 

 We now come to her mate, the Game cock. 

 Some breeders fancy one weight and seme 



