The above facts go to show that the modern English Indian 

 Runner, beautifully penciled (or laced, as the words have come to 

 be almost interchangeably used) very erect in carriage, and racy 

 in type, is immovably fixed as the real distinctive and charming 

 correct model of Indian Runner type. To it belongs the breeJ 

 name; to it, the first place. Others must follow it, as variations 

 upon its excellent characteristics, and must come in purely as- 

 varieties. If to say this be "partisan," surely it is the only logi- 

 cal partisanship, and precisely in line with our American Stand- 

 ard rulings concerning breeds and varieties, that type sUall be con- 

 sidered first. '^"^""^ 



There is one point in especial about the carriage of the In- 

 dian Runners, to which I want to direct attention. ' The most 

 distinctive, characteristic Runner pose may be compared to that of 

 a pointer dog. When the bird is quickened to alertness by eager- 

 ness or by danger, the back stiffens and becomes almost a straight 

 line from head to stern. Only the best ducks in America show 

 this pose. A very large number have an angle at base of neck, 

 which makes the bird appear ungainly. Many do riot apprehend 

 this as a defect, if the head is held high.^ But the head may be 

 very high, yet the bird may not show more than 45 degrees of 

 erectness in the body, and when this is the case, the angle at base 

 of neck is very unpleasantly prominent. Sometimes the head will 

 be carried high, while the body is held less than at an angle of 

 45 degrees. The lower the body, in proportion with a bigh head, 

 the more prominent the angle. I have discarded birds elegant in 

 shape and otherwise, because of this one fault. ° It will be a long 

 time before all our birds show the straight line of back, but it is 

 what we ought to work toward? When a bird'can "point" nearly 

 vertical in pose, then we have what I consider a bird of good car- 

 riage. For some reason, this pose does not seem to come as na- 

 turally to the males as to the females/'At least, many more 'of 

 the females which I have' seen show it, when excited. '"'' ''^' 



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