Judging Campines 



The Anthor of this Article has Judged the Campiue Classes at Leading Shows of the East, Inolndini^ Phila- 

 delphia. Boston, New York State Fair — Difficulties in Judging a New^ Breed — Three Bars on the 

 Surface is Enough — Some Penciling at the Base of the Hackle Should be AlIoM'ed — 

 The Way the Tail Joins the Back Should be Carefully Observed — Low^ Sta- 

 tioned Birds Not Wauted — Every Bird is Entitled to Proper Con- 

 sideration at the Hands of the Judge — Be Decisive. 



By M. Ij. Glintiman, Bro>vn*s MIIIb* N. J. 



THIS article was written juit previous to the admis- 

 sion of the Campinc to the American Standard of 

 Perfection and was revised just after recognition 

 was accorded them by the American I'oultry Association 

 at Chicago, August 11th to 14th, 1914. While the Amer- 

 ican Campine Club has had a standard for the guidance 



breeds and from the standpoint of true beauty, one is as 

 Kodd as another. The change to five points was made 

 because it was thought that both could not be consistently 

 classed as perfect. The point is that a six point comb 

 if K')od otherwise should not be penalized very heavily. 

 There is one thing certain; the Campine breeders 



of judges and breeders, there have been several points have got to improve the combs on their male birds. Con- 



of agitation that could only be settled by the A. P. A. siderable leniency has been allowed the breeders in this 



Standard makers. In the past we have had to deal with respect by the judges during the past few years, but the 



Campine matters largely from the standpoint of the in- time has arri\'ed when the law in reference to combs 



tent of the leading breeders as 

 to what, in their opinion, 

 should constitute a perfect 

 Campine. 



It seemed to be the wish of 

 many Campine breeders that 

 their favorites should be 

 classed with the Mediterranean 

 breeds. If this had been done 

 Campines would have to have 

 been judged by the same scale 

 of points as other Mediterra- 

 nean breeds. However, a new 

 class has been provided for the 

 Campines, namely, a Conti- 

 nental class, and a scale of 

 points has been adopted sim- 

 ilar to that used in the Club 

 Standard. The greatest differ- 

 ence in value of sections in the 

 Mediterranean scale of points 

 from that adopted by the Cam- 

 pine Club has been in head 

 points, the former allotting 35' 

 points to the head sections, 

 while the latter alloted 26 of 

 the 100 points. I mention these 

 matters so that not only what 

 follows may be better under- 

 stood, but that the difficulties 

 that have attended the satis- 

 factory judging of Campine 

 classes in the past may be ap- 

 preciated. 



To begin with the head 

 points; the comb should be 



This is one of two cockerels shown at Bos- 

 ton that were pronounced by Campine men to 

 be the best exhibited in 1913-14. He has good 

 type, carriage and head, and is remarkably 

 regular in his markings. The sheen of the 

 black — all that is to be desired. — Louis Paul 

 Graham. 



standing upright should be en- 

 forced. 



The eye should be large and 

 prominent. The dark eye is 

 one of the breed characteris- 

 tics and it is quite important 

 that it should be as dark as 

 possible. The eye color will 

 fade some with age and this 

 fault should not be penalized 

 as heavily in an old bird as 

 would the same eye in a cock- 

 erel or pullet. Wattles should 

 be medium in length, well 

 rounded and free from wrin- 

 kles. Ear lobes should be 

 smooth, medium in size, broad- 

 ened almond in shape, white in 

 color and nicely enameled. The 

 neck should be of medium 

 length, nicely arched, and 

 abundant hackle. The color of 

 the head and neck, in my opin- 

 ion, is best described by sil- 

 very white. Many of the best 

 specimens answer this descrip- 

 tion and such a color with its 

 burnished metallic appearance 

 harmonizes with the general 

 color scheme of the breed. The 

 undercolor of the hackle should 

 be slate. A pure white hackle 

 on a bird with good back pat- 

 tern and a well barred breast 

 is very rare, indeed. The 

 writer never remembers see- 



medium in size, single, straight and upright, slightly fol- ing one and I have handled the winners at the large 



lowing the shape of the neck but not laying on the neck, eastern shows for a number of years. Right here is 



serrated into five points, the points should be shaped like where the judge has to exercise discretion and should 



a sharpened lead pencil rather than wedge shaped. To remember that both back and breast are given more 



be considered perfect a Campine's comb need not be points in color value than the hackle. To make a long 



quite as fine in texture as the comb of a White Leghorn, story short, slight ticking or tipping of the hackle at the 



Many Campines have a six point comb and if the comb 

 has a blade of good length six points become the bird 

 as well as would five points. The standard used to allow 

 either five or six points as perfect for the Mediterranean 



Dase or part that flows over the shoulders really de- 

 tracts but little from the beauty of the bird and should 

 be penalized very lightly. 



Some judges and breeders are under the impression 



