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THE ORPINGTONS 



described as follows: "Large and stately in appearance, 

 with long round deep bodies and very full breast and back 

 development. The abundance of hackle and saddle feath- 

 ers on the Orpington male gives him the appearance of 

 having a short back, whereas it is both broad and long like 

 that in the female Orpington." 



The revised American Standard of 1910, gives sub- 

 stantially the same description as the one of 1905, but in 

 clearer and more detailed language placing particular im- 

 portance on the maintenance of the cobby type, which the 

 original English Orpington possessed. In other words: 

 Keep away from the loose fluffy feathered Cochin body and 

 thighs seen on some strains of Black and White Orping- 

 tons which have been "sized up" by the introduction of 

 Cochin blood. The EngHsh carriage horse, the Cob, with 

 his fine head, strong full arched neck, deep, full and 

 rounded, albeit compact, body, is the correct idea of what 

 constitutes the cobby type in horses, and this in a cor- 

 responding and modified degree, can be applied to the ac- 

 cepted and correct type of the Orpington fowl. 



English Standard Type. 

 The illustration on the opposite page represents the ideal 

 English Standard type of Orpingtons. It was drawn by J. 

 W. Ludlow, England's greatest poultry artist now living, 

 and printed in Lewis Wright's comprehensive and invalu- 

 able publication "The New Book of Poultry" 1902, Cas- 

 sell & Co. Limited, London, Paris and New York, from 

 which we reproduce it. 



Comparison of English and American Standards 



Comparisons may be odious, as the old saying goes, 

 but frequently, when applied to Standard type variation, 

 may prove more instructive and interesting that otherwise. 

 To fix in the minds of our breeders the true and original 

 type of the Orpington, no better method than the com- 

 parison of the American and English Standards can be 

 presented to the student of form. Consequently, we re- 

 produce in the "deadly parallel columns" below the shape 

 variations as found in the English Standard of 1901 and 

 the American Standards of 190S and 1910. 



STANDARD SHAPE OF ORPINGTON MALE 



Section 



Head 



Beak 



Eyes 



Comb 



Ear-lobes 



Wattles 



Neck 



Back 



Breast 



Body 



Wings 



Tail 



Legs and Toes. 



English Standard 1901 



Sma41, neat, fairly full over eye 

 Strong and nicely curved 

 Full, bright, intelligent 

 Medium 



Medium size, rather long 



Medium 



Nicely curved, abundant hackle 



Short with broad shoulders, 

 saddle rising slightly 



Broad, deep and full, carried 

 well forward, long straight 

 breast bone 



Note: In English Standard the 

 Body section includes breast, 

 back, saddle and wings. — Ed 



Well formed, carried close to 

 body 



Medium in size, flowing and in- 

 clined backward 



Thighs short; shanks short and 

 strong Toes — 4 in number, 

 well spread 



American Standard 1905 



Medium 



Short, stout, regularly curved 



Large 



Medium size in proportion to 



specimen 

 Medium size 

 Medium size 

 Medium length, large, well 



arched, abundant hackle 

 Broad, long, rising with slight 



concave sweep to tail. 

 Broad, deep, full 



Long, broad, deep keel, bone 

 rather long, straight, extend 

 ing well forward 



Medium, well folded 



Medium length, fairly well 



spread; carried at an angle of 



45 degrees 

 Thighs large, rather short; 



shanks short 

 Toes of medium length, 



straight, strong, well spread 



American Standard 1910 



Rather large 



Short, stout, regularly curved 



Large 



Rather large 



Medium size 



Medium 



Rather short, well arched, 

 abundant hackle 



Broad, medium with full con- 

 cave sweep to tail 



Broad, deep, well rounded 



Broad, deep; keel bone rather 

 long, extending well forward 



Medium, well folded 



Moderately long, fairly well 



spread; carried at an angle of 



45 degrees 

 Thighs large, rather short; 



shanks short, stout in bone 

 Toes of medium length, 



straight, strong, well spread 



STANDARD TYPE OF ORPINGTON FEMALE 



