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THE CAMPINES 



points of fancy color mean no more than the color of 

 the hair on a Jersey cow's tail. The black and white 

 bars on the Campine will always be the feature in gilt- 

 edge show birds that can command the top-most prices. 



The Shape of the Campine 



With the prevailing fashion demanding low-carried 

 tails in so many Standard breeds, the Campines that 

 have upright tails are not those that are considered the 

 most beautiful, although too many Campines that have 

 appeared in the show room have had these upright 

 tails. In poses, such as portrayed in the three upper 

 males, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in Group I, the tails are carried in 

 pleasing symmetry with the remaining sections of the 



type, being distinctly in a class by itself. (Note — Atten- 

 tion is called to the footnotes written by Mr. Sewell for 

 the cuts which he made especially for this article. — Ed.) 



Description of Illustrations 



In some specimens of the Campines there appears 

 a spirit -of over-anxious pride (common in Bantams), as 

 if making a ridiculous attempt to appear great. No. 13 

 only moderately expresses the self-conceit that can ap- 

 pear in a bird of mediocre style. In this outline is illus- 

 trated the sharp angle formed by the abruptly sloping 

 back and too high carried tail. Such an angle does not 

 harmonize with the rounded form of the Campine. The 

 carriage of this specimen's neck forms a curve too 



Group III — These three outlines Illustrate defects and variations seen In the Campine. No. 13 is a Campine male of 

 over-proud carriage. The comb shows wrinkles and irregularities of serrations. The wattles are coarse and angular 

 and not nicely rounded; the neck curves too much backward, the back is too sloping and the tail Is too erect and Is 

 carried at too sharp an angle with the back. The wings are too round at the points and the legs are too much bent 

 at the hocks. No. 14 is too slender, too narrow and shallow bodied and flat breasted for a high quality Campine. In 

 No. 15 the comb Is irregular, wrinkled In front over the nostrils and there are too many points, also a double point, 

 the fourth from the front, and there are three Instead of one point on the rear blade. Combs like this and No. 13 are 

 too large and the rear blade of both is much too coarse and large and sags down on the rear of tlie head. The comb 

 on No. 14 Is much better. — F. L- Sewell. 



birds. I should not favor a tail carried lower than that 

 of No. 1 on a Campine, nor one higher than the tail of 

 No. 3 I could not admire, because it would not be in 

 keeping with the bird's type. 



From the demand for birds with "a good, low-car- 

 ried tail," one might imagine that this was the most im- 

 portant end of the bird and to be criticized first. How- 

 ever, this is not the case. The experienced judge views the 

 bird first as an entire object, trying to decide on the 

 most symmetrical individual for the premier place. 



The carriage of the head is always of great import- 

 ance in the beauty of any specimen, because on it de- 

 pends the typical style and it also shows the intelli- 

 gence of the bird. The head of the best Campine is 

 not carried stretched up with straightened neck, but with 

 the neck well arched back, combining a graceful oppo- 

 site curve with the front line of the full rounded breast. 

 No. 1, Group I, portrays a capital pose to illustrate this 

 feature. A long neck with the moderately short tail of 

 the Campine, would not be symmetrical. On the other 

 hand, a neck that is a little too short is apt to present 

 a type that would approach the fashion of the Dorking. 

 With lines elongated in a bird of over size, the type 

 approaches the Minorca, or if it is too slender, and 

 small the style inclines toward the Hamburg. The Cain- 

 pine is unique and possesses a neat, plump beautiful 



severe to be graceful. The arch is too pronounced and 

 thiown backward too far. The points of the wings are 

 carried very much too low. They should be held up 

 neatly at the sides of the body, resting above the fluflf 

 of the second joint. With the back too slanting, the 

 breast is also carried too upright, and this section, in- 

 stead of being plump and rounded, shows lumpy and 

 lacking full development. 



Some of the faults common to large single combs 

 are seen in this sketch — wrinkles, sometimes called 

 "thumb marks," appear in the front over the nostrils; 

 double points always an extremely severe blemish; loose 

 texture and lopping points; split blade and both front 

 and rear blades sagging too close to the beak and to 

 the rear of head or neck; wattles that show angles in- 

 stead of nicely curved edges. Other sections of the 

 bird look lumpy, angular and irregular. Added to all 

 these defects, the bird does not stand firmly on its feet. 

 It turns in and bends too much at the hocks. This i^ an 

 example of qualities opposite to those that Campine 

 fanciers select when breeding for beauty in their birds. 

 There are other characteristics that through indiflferent 

 breeding or crossing may spoil the type desired. 



In No. 14 the outline shows a type of Campine 

 that appears too flat on the breast and too slender 

 throughout. It possesses a degree of pleasing style. 



