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their beautiful plumage and hard, rapid style of fighting. The cocks 

 run in weight from five to seven pounds, and very frequently have 

 proved winners against strong odds. The hens are good size, good 

 layers, and take great interest in their young. 



HEATHWOODS. 



A noted strain of games named in honor of Thomas Heathwood, a 

 celebrated cocker and breeder. They breed various colors, weigh 

 from four and a half to six pounds, and are bred for the pit 

 only. For many years they were the principal winners in many of 

 the large mains fought in our eastern cities, and were so highly prized 

 that extravagant prices were asked and paid , but they now have be- 

 come more numerous and can be found on many a fancier's and cock- 

 er's yard. They are remarkably quick fighters, fighting with force 

 and vigor, stand up well, and are liberally possessed of bone and 

 muscle. 



RED HORSE. 



A fowl long known to old Southern cockers, breed black-brown 

 and ginger-reds, with dark legs, and are considered one of the best of 

 the Southern varieties. They have long been fought in the principal 

 mains in Maryland and Virginia, and no pains have been spared to 

 make them reliable. They are strong, fast fighters, and invariably 

 force the fighting, are quick in their movements, and are an excellent 

 fowl for yard or pit purposes. In certain sections they have many 

 admirers who breed them largely for pit purposes. The hens are of a 

 dark brown color with dark hackle and dark legs, are compactly made 

 and of good size. 



COUNTERFEITS. 



A fowl much thought of at the present time, with a handsome plu- 

 mage and courageous disposition, are a desperate fighting bird, quick 

 in motion, good size, rather low on legs, long wings, good bones, fine 

 eye, in color either brown or ginger-red, with dark legs, are a very 

 hardy fowl and keep as free from disease as any on our yard. The 

 Counterfeit strain of fowls took its origin from a black-red rose-comb 

 cock weighing five pounds and six ounces. This cock was a very 



