died side by side, the English type were the better layers ; some, 

 that they were equal. 



I am not for a minute in opposition to those who really want 

 to breed the Runner of the present American, Standard type. 

 What I do want, is to make sure that the farmers, who are to 

 supply the great majority of buyers of Indian Runner eggs for 

 hatching, for some years at least, shall get the type of bird that 

 will prove most practical. They will stand for the white-egg 

 type, I am certain. They will also stand for the English type 

 strongly when they are made to know that it calls for a bird with 

 longer body, and therefore with more egg and meat capacity. 



It is scarcely possible, I think, to insist too strongly that 

 those who believe in the Indian Runner as bred to the specific, 

 English Standard, should make clear in each advertisement, just 

 what they are offering. Only in this way, can we avoid the in- 

 finite confusion which is likely to arise. 



In 1910, I said: "It would be only just if classes should 

 be made, in the shows, for the English-bred duck. It would be 

 the only amende that could be made for having taken the breed 

 name away from this duck and given it to a substitute duck. It 

 is perfectly practicable, as I see it, to have classes for the Eng- 

 lish type, and judged by the English Standard." This good work 

 has now begun. 



Future? Her future brightens daily! Nearly every mail 

 brings good news of some new opening, some change to higher 

 status of the genuine Runners. Only occasionally is there any 

 doubt of the Runner. 



I read on this day of writing, one of the very few stories of 

 failure with the Indian Runner. The story ran that the first 

 sitting of eggs from "a prominent breeder" gave only two weak 

 ducklings ; a second sitting gave five ducklings, all of which lived 

 to maturity, but from the two ducks, June-hatched, only one egg 

 was received in March, and later, the owner sold them in disgust. 



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