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Breast and Body, 6 



Wings, 4 



Legs, 6 



Feet, 6 



Hardness of Feather, 5 



RED PILE GAMES. 



DISQ UALIFICA TIOXS. 



Adnlt cocks not dubbed; color of legs or plumage not matcbing, "wben sbown in 

 pairs or trios; crooked backs; wry tails; malformed breasts; duck-feet; artificial 

 coloring; trimming or plucking foul featbers. 



THE COCK. 



He-\d : Deep chestnut red, long, thin and tapering, and very strong 

 at its junction with the neck. Beak, slightly curved, and strong at 

 the base. 



Comb, W.^ttles and Ear-lobes : Comb, rich, bright red, in chick- 

 ens that have not been dubbed, small, single and thin, low in front, 

 serrated, erect and straight ; mature birds to be neatly dubbed, and 

 free from warty excrescences, small feathers, or ridges, on the edges. 

 Wattles, red, very thin and smooth in texture. Ear-lobes, red small, 

 thin, and smooth in texture. 



Eyes : Red or brown, large, prominent and bright, with a quick 

 and fearless expression, and perfectly alike in color. 



Xeck : Rather long and nicely arched, the hackle light chestnut- 

 red. 



Back: Uniform rich red, rather short, flat, broad across the shoul- 

 ders and narrowing to the tail ; the stern slender and neat, and the 

 saddle-feathers light chestnut-red, and very short and close. 



Breast and Body : Breast, white, slightly penciled with chestnut- 

 red, broad, full, and round. Bod\', very firm and muscular, not soft 



