THE ORPINGTONS 



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REPRESENTATIVE ENGLISH WHITE ORPINGTON FEMALES 

 Reproduced Prom "Feathered World," London, England 



American and English fanciers in regard to the type, size 

 and color of White Orpingtons as good breeders in both 

 countries are striving toward the same ideal in shape and 

 size. 



The Kellerstrass harvest was such a bountiful one 

 that other shrewd fanciers became interested in White 

 Orpingtons so that classes at our leading shows began to 

 swell to large proportions. Such noted exhibitors as 

 Owen Farms, Sunswick Farm, William Cook & Sons, 

 Lawrence Jackson and others dividing the honors with 

 the Kellerstrass entries. At the New York and Baltimore 

 Shows of 1910, one hundred and thirty-four White Orp- 

 ingtons were exhibited at the former and one hundred 

 and twenty-seven at the latter, exceeding the Buffs in 

 numbers at Baltimore by twenty-three specimens and 

 coming within the same number of equaling the Buffs at 

 New York. This indicated the present status of the breed 

 in the East, although at the Boston show the Whites 

 ranked third to Buffs first and the Blacks second for the 

 past three years. In the West and South, the Buffs still 

 have a formidable lead, the race for second place being a 

 close one between the Blacks and the Whites, with the 

 latter slightly in the lead. A study of the tables pre- 



pared by D. E. Hale showing the relative popularity of 

 the different varieties of Orpingtons at leading exhibitions, 

 which appear in the later chapter of this book, will prove 

 interesting and pleasing to lovers of White Orpingtons. 



Improvement in Shape 



In shape the White Orpington has progressed rapidly, 

 rivaling the Blacks in this respect, but not reaching the 

 size and weight of the latter as a rule. They also show 

 less softness and profusion of body and fluff feathering 

 and more length of shank than the Blacks, which in the 

 opinion of conservative breeders is a very good fault. 

 There seems to be a tendency among some breeders to- 

 ward a more Cochiny bodied type, which is more readily 

 noticeable in the females illustrated by artists on the other 

 side of the Atlantic. We reprint on page 27 an illustration 

 of a pair of White Orpingtons from "The Orpington and Its 

 Varieties," Feathered World, England, 1909, which shows 

 the large and rather loose feathered and low hanging 

 body, fluff, departing from the "U" shaped body line and 

 the original cobby type of Orpingtons. The male retains 

 this "U" shaped body line and cobby look. 



