ns a warning — by the Secretary of the English I. R. Club. The 

 faults especially named are bad carriage, and "wide on legs." 

 The width between legs, and the solid fawn which the American 

 ideal demands, are regarded by the English as decidedly detri- 

 mental to the breed. "If the legs are placed wide apart, you are 

 certain to get a waddler instead of a Runner, and if not placed 

 well back you get horizontal carriage," says Mr. Thomlinsori. 

 It is true that the English Standard demands an appearance of 

 uniformity of the darker markings in the body color of the 

 female, but it states with equal distinctness that these feathers 

 may carry two tones, one described as "soft fawn," the other 

 as penciling which is "brighter and warmer in tint,'' (Another 

 shade of fawn, in fact). It avers that the overlapping of the 

 feathers makes the females appear almost solid fawn, quite even 

 in tone. This question does not come up with regard to the 

 drakes, as they do not show penciling, in either the American or 

 the English type. 



Some of those in America who do not breed the penciled 

 type of Runner are pushing strongly to make the strongly pen- 

 ciled type favored, in order to put it farther from the American 

 Standard type. At least one bird of extreme penciling received 

 a blue ribbon at New York in 1912-13. This is in strongest 

 opposition to the English Standard up to the present time, which 

 has called clearly for indistinct penciling. Fine, typical birds 

 selected to this Standard demand were compelled to go without 

 a place in this show, sharply-penciled birds wrongly ranking them 

 in the favor of the judge. Unless the new British Standard 

 makes a change in this demand, breeders will need to watch 

 this point. 



Numbers of breeders who have had both types affirm that 

 the English Standard-bred Runners are better layers ; laying 

 earlier, more in numbers, larger eggs, and eggs of better color. 

 The Indian Runners of the best English type lay eggs of a trans- 



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