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THE CAMPINES 



of my visit. I am not in a position to state definitely, at 

 tliis time, whether or not this cockerel is the famous 

 "Silver King," as an eight month old cockerel, for my 

 visit was made to Mr. Jones' yard during the month 

 of September and before the Dairy and Crystal Palace 

 Shows when this cockerel was first shown. "Silver 

 King" was sent to Mr. Kennedy, of Birch Clifif, 

 Ont., and later purchased by Frank Hering, South Bend, 

 Ind., who has been breeding "Silver King" and has pro- 

 duced wonderful results from his matings. The two 

 cockerels No. 1 and No. 4 are by "Silver King" and in 

 our opinion are the finest American bred males shown 

 last season. 



Silver Campines were admitted to the American 

 Standard of Perfection in 1893, but dropped again in 

 1898, owing to lack of interest and the scarcity of the 



Messrs. M. R. Jacobus, Aug. D. Arnold, Geo. E. Noeth, 

 J. H. Prudhomme and E. F. Dean. It will be of inter- 

 est to the reader to observe the vast improvement made 

 in the Campine males by a comparison of the illustration 

 of Madame A. F.' Van Schelle's cockerel shown at Chi- 

 cago, December, 1910, with those shown at New York 

 and Chicago 1913-14. We made photographs and 

 feather studies of Madam Van Schelle's Belgian exhibit 

 at Kansas City and Chicago in 1910, which included var- 

 ious breeds of Bantams, Malines and Campines, and the 

 picture of this cockerel seems very interesting in this 

 connection. 



It will be noted that wonderful improvement has 

 been made in development of tail sickles, color of same 

 and that of breast and wing flights. Until the last two 

 seasons males having well furnished, nicely curved 



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1 — The above cockerel was shown at Chicago, 1913, and headed Prank B. Bering's first prize young pen He 

 embodied many valuable qualities and has a very useful and symmetrical type, in fact, in many ways he may be con- 

 sidered a model, and a fashion plate to follow. His tail barring is wonderful, and in furnishing he is one of the 

 best shown last season. 



2 — We visited the yards of Rev. E. Lewis Jones, Knighton, England, in October, 1911, and made photographs of 

 some of his best birds. The above cockerel was Rev. Jones' best young male that season and evidently matured into 

 a wonderful cock and proved to be a valuable breeder. Note the excellent clear barring on tail sickles and espec- 

 ially the similarity in combs of cockerels Nos. 1 and 4 to that of No. 2, allowing for the foreshortening caused by the 

 head being turned away from camera. We are inclined to believe this cockerel was "Silver King" as a youngster the 

 same individual now owned by Frank E. Hering, and which sired cockerels No. 1 and No. 4. ' 



3 — This male was the sensational winner in the cock class, 1913, at the Philadelphia Club Show New Tork 

 and Palace Shows. He won on color and tail furnishings alone, for he was faulty in shape, being too short and 

 chubby. He was an open barred individual with clear distinct white marking. His black bars were wide and cov- 

 ered with a beautiful green lustre. He had too much color in neck as do all the winners nowadays, but his breast 

 was well marked. No doubt he will make a very valuable breeder for Mr. Rankin, proprietor of Schenlpv Heie-hta 

 Poultry Yards, Pittsburgh, Pa. • v v >. ocneniey iieignis 



4 — We have seen about all the good Campines shown at the large eastern shows thus far, and we do not remem- 

 ber of ever handling a more pleasing cockerel than the one shown above. He was sired by Silver King and is a 

 brother to No. 1 of this group. In size he was just a bit smaller than his brother, but was equally as good in color 

 and tail furnishings and showed more style than his brother. We hope Mr. Hering, South Bend Ind will nroduce 

 more such fine birds. It would help the breed wonderfully if all Campine breeders could ow,n such "males to head 

 their breeding yards this season. — A. O. Schilling. 



breed in this country. In 1907 M. R, Jacobus, Ridgefield, 

 N. J., made his first importation of the new fashioned 

 English Campine, and to him belongs the credit of the 

 second Campine boom in America. Mr. Jacobus worked 

 hard and patiently in introducing the breed and creating 

 its present day accepted standard. At this time permit 

 me to assure the reader that it is not my intention to 

 antagonize this Standard in any way, but to assist in 

 bringing about a better and fuller understanding of what 

 the ideal Campine should be like and to bring about uni- 

 formity in judging at our shows, as well as to assist the 

 amateur in studying the breed thoroughly and carefully. 

 We publish in connection with this article a full 

 page illustration of a set of male and female feathers, 

 taken from various sections of the body. These feathers 

 represent the very choicest specimens from my own col- 

 lection together with others sent to me by different 

 breeders of reputation throughout the country. Among 

 the gentlemen who were kind enough to contribute were. 



sickles were very rare, in fact did not exist, and in our 

 opinion three of the males shown herewith are the finest 

 of their kind produced to date. Several weeks ago we 

 wrote letters to a number of the most successful breeders 

 and exhibitors for suggestions and opinions on the pres- 

 ent accepted Standard. Replies to these letters are pub- 

 lished in connection with this article, some of which 

 bring out some very important points for consideration. 



We have also prepared a full page illustration repre- 

 senting the ideal male and female (see page 69.) These 

 studies are a combination of the most perfect sections 

 taken from different specimens I have found in the show 

 room up to date, and are drawn in accordance with the 

 present Standard description adopted by the American 

 Campine Club. 



We shall not discuss the question of type to a great 

 extent except to give our personal views, which seem to 

 agree in a general way with those of the breeders who 

 have expressed themselves in letters published herewith. 



