was any question of breeding to a solid fawn as far as our Stand- 

 ard was concerned. 



I said, in the first edition of the Indian Runner Duck Book : 

 "The white bird, everywhere and always, is a popular bird. And 

 as soon as the public is assured that it breeds true in any meas- 

 ure, we may look for a strong movement toward the White Run- 

 ner." I think my short chapter was the first reference in any 

 book to the White Runners. They were then very new here. 



The march of events is already showing my 1910 prediction 

 just. One breeder of the White Runners calls them "the com- 

 ing duck of America"; another says: "It seems to have out- 

 classed its parent in the matter of egg production and in the 

 production of pure white eggs." (Its parent, from this man's 

 point of view, being the American Standard Runner). Also: 

 "as a fancy fowl, for pleasure and profit, I doubt if there is any 

 other that has ever proved itself the equal of the White Runner 

 Duck." 



To be sure, these are the words of lovers and advertisers 

 of the variety. But even T. F. McGrew, the prominent judge 

 and head of a Correspondence Department in a widely-known 

 system of schools, voiced something of the same opinion re- 

 cently in a private letter, when he said : "I believe that the most 

 popular of all Runners will be the White Runner Ducks." He 

 also referred to the fact that breeders are dropping the adjective 

 "Indian," in this variety, with commendation. 



With reference to the varying quality of White Runners, I 

 might mention a report that came over from England concern- 

 ing some which were exhibited there in 1911. The regular cor- 

 respondent of "The Feathered World" (the most highly re- 

 garded English poultry periodical, I believe) said, with regard 

 to those appearing at the Crystal Palace Show (England), after 

 describing the new "Upright Mysteries," or "Fairy Fawns," as 

 some call them: "As to the Whites, penned alongside the ex- 



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