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THE CAMPINES 



ful in the show room and are largely responsible for the 

 popularity of the Campine in America: 



Markings and Color of Main Tail Feathers Omitted From 

 the Standard 



In regard to the shape and color of the tail of males, 

 the Standard calls for sickles well curved and extending 

 well beyond the main tail feathers with lesser sickles and 

 coverts in abundance, with which I am entirely in ac- 

 cord, feeling that the nearer we approach the Leghorn 

 in this section the more Campines will grow in favor. 

 At the recent New York show you will recall an unplaced, 

 yet beautiful little cockerel, from across the pond, which 

 possessed one of those saucy, neat, French mustache 

 appearing tails, he was a little beauty, but here is where 

 the trouble lies, as I have never seen a bird of this type 

 which obtained any size and I doubt if any ever come 

 up to the Standard in weight. There is a very import- 

 ant part which is omitted from the Stan'dard, and that 

 is the markings, or color of the main tail feathers; these 

 I feel should be pure black, devoid of any markings. I 

 should like to hear this section discussed. 



Regarding the correct barring on the backs of male 

 and female, we feel that the present Standard is all that 

 could be hoped for, as specimens having barring in -this 

 section of the ratio one to four, are certainly beautiful 

 and possess lustre which could not be obtained if the 

 Standard were changed even so little as to make it 

 one to three. This will be noticed by reference to the 

 samples of feathers herewith enclosed. (The trouble in 

 this section does not seem to be with the Standard, but 

 in the judging). There is another point which we feel 

 should be mentioned here as to the color, i. e., the pres- 

 ence of brown in so many winning birds at our leading 

 shows. While our Standard states that black and white 

 are the colors on a Silver it does not disqualify nor 

 penalize for the presence of brown, it might be said that 

 it does not mention pink, red or even yellow either, but 

 it is our feeling that as brown is so often found in the 

 tails, especially of Silvers, that some mention at least 

 should be made of it. I would not suggest going fur- 

 ther than to state that it is a serious defect and should 

 be judged as such. 



Taking up the subject of kind or quality of barring 

 of male to be used for breeding exhibition females, I 

 feel, Bro. Schilling, that you are opening a sore, as the 

 leading breeders of this country have been trying to 

 convince the "Poor Unsophisticated Back Lotters" that 

 double matings are absolutely unnecessary. Our exper- 

 ience is that double matings are absolutely essential, in 

 fact we found such to be the case when breeding Leg- 

 horns a number of years ago, and the reasons for double 

 mating Campines are very apparent. Our method of 

 mating for exhibition females is not to use a finely 

 barred male with a like barred female, but rather birds 

 of more open barring, not wide open, but of well de- 

 fined markings on both the male and female and find 

 that the tendency is to tighten in the markings of the 

 progeny. The' breast and hackle are also very import- 

 ant factors in mating. — E. F. Dean. 



Believes the Campines' Ideal Should Resemble the Leg- 

 horn in a General Way 



This short communication is in line with my prom- 

 ise made you the other evening. 



Personally, I am in favor of a Campine that in type 

 resembles the Leghorn rather than the Minorca, which, 

 I believe, is excellently set forth in the pictures of the 

 two cockerels that you photographed for me. 



I am also very strongly in favor of a well feath- 

 ered tail, with pronounced sickle feathers and a pro- 

 fusion of lesser sickles. I am in favor of lesser sickles, 

 because I think that ^the green sheen shows to better 

 advantage on these feathers than on any others in the 

 plumage — at least this is so with my strain. I am in 

 favor of the present barring at the ratio of about one to 

 four. I am opposed to very narrow barring. 



I am furthermore in favor of having a bird well set 

 up from the ground, with a full breast, and a much 

 smaller comb than we have been able to breed in the 

 Campine. 



I also believe in lengthening the body of this bird 

 if necessary, in order to insure plenty of room for the 



egg laying organs. I think in general the tail is car- 

 ried at too high an angle, and I would favor an angle 

 as shown in the enclosed pictures. — Frank E. Hering. 



Does Not Like the Extremely Narrow Barred Speci- 

 mens and Believes in Double Mating 



My idea of the male Campine is that it should be 

 in time built more after the style of the Leghorn. I 

 would like to see the male with well furnished tail and 

 with long curved sickles clearly barred. I have never 

 liked a high tailed bird, and this has been to my mind 

 a very strong objection to the Campine. 



I made some experiments last season in mating, 

 based on the principles that a double mating would 

 produce a better barred specimen than a single mating, 

 but unfortunately the products of these matings were 

 destroyed by rats. 



In regard to the barring, I do not like the narrow 

 white bars. It gives the bird too much of a mossy ap- 

 pearance. My idea is that the black bars should be 

 practically four times the width of the white bars on 

 shoulders, wings, -.back, saddle and tail. The "spidery 

 effect" I do not like. I prefer more black in the bird 

 so that the green sheen which makes the fowl so at- 

 tractive to the eye, will predominate. — K. M. Turner. 



Dislikes Penciled Hackles and Wants More Points 

 Allotted to That Section As Well As Comb 



I am in favor of the Standard, only I would prefer 

 to see the combs 6 or 7 points, but points of ipierit and 

 the tendency has been beefy combs and laced hackles, 

 which I am opposed to, I want to get away from the 

 Barred Rock in neck hackle. Another thing is the 

 flights in the wings. Some run very white and it is hard 

 to get rid of this white — although you see birds photo- 

 graphed and the wings showing correct, when upon ex- 

 amination they have a goodly portion of white in the 

 fl'ght feathers. 



Altogether, I think the Standard fair, it was drawn 

 by men who knew the Campines and knew their wants, 

 and while it may be improved upon as the breed pro- 

 gresses, I think in description of type and in outline 

 of barring it fills the bill. 



I am in favor of Standard barring, black bar four times- 

 as wide as the white bar. I am in favor of long sickle 

 feathers and well furnished low tails, not so low as the 

 Leghorns. I am in favor of saddle feathers, tail coverts 

 and main tail feathers being as long as they can be 

 gotten, that is without being abnormal, but to conform 

 with same parts of Leghorns. I think therein lies the 

 beauty of the bird, and we must have these qualities in 

 the male. 



I like the females to be thick and heavy set in the 

 body. I think the body should be heavy. I think a 

 laying breed should be long backed and thick or heavy 

 set at the posterior extremities to give capacity to the 

 egg chamber and to allow space for the formation and 

 growth of heavy, large eggs, for the manufacture of 

 which the Campines have derived fame. — J. H. Prud- 

 homme. 



AMERICAN CAMPINE CLUB STANDARD SAT- 

 ISFACTORY 



Claims That Rapid Development of Long Sickles Will 



Tend to Revert Back to Braekel Color and 



Tinted Eggs 



The shape of the Campines is more important than 

 many breeders realize, as one cannot secure the best 

 results from birds which are too broad in body in com- 

 parison with the length of the bird. 



I have said a lot about the shape of the Campines, 

 but if this shape is neglected it matters little how near 

 perfect one produces his birds in markings to comply 

 with the Standard he will not make a success with the 

 breed, as he will really have handsomely marked feath- 

 ers on birds that are not truly Campines. 



It is also important that breeders strive to have the 

 handsomely marked feathers as called for in our Stand- 

 ard on the bodies of birds of proper shape. 



As to the difference of opinion as to the length of 

 the sickles of a Campine male and as to their markings, 

 I personally feel that when we secure, as called for in 

 the Standard, a large full tail, with long, well curved 



