8C 



THE CAMPINES 



that a pure white hackle should be given preference over 

 everything else. There is nothing in the Standard 

 adopted by the club March 7, 1913, nor will there be 

 anything in the 1915 A. P. A. Standard, to warrant this 

 and it is the opinion of the leading breeders now that 

 it is better to have slight ticking in the hackle and a 

 bird well barred in all sections than a pure white hackle 

 and weak barring in breast. 



The color of the back is really the keynote to the 

 whole color scheme of each bird. Many of the best breed- 

 ers and judges have maintained that the color of back 

 should be given a greater value than the color of any 

 other section and the trend of opinion is in that direc- 

 tion. Without a good back your chance of winning in 

 the show room is poor, indeed. The dark bar should have 



a lustrous green sheen and 



should be four times the 



width of the white bar. The 



white bar should have clear 



cut edges. Up to the present 



time a more or less V-shaped 



white bar has been accepted 



on a par with a straight bar. 



It seemed practically certain 



that when the breed was ad- 

 mitted to the A. P. A. Stand- 

 ard breeders would have to 



say which type of barring 



they preferred, as both styles 



could not be accepted as per- 

 fect. The matter of obtaining 



the sense of the breeders on 



this important feature was 



left to the American Campine 



Club, with the result that a 



description was decided upon 



for use in the 1915 Standard, 



as follows: The bar shall be 



"slightly V-shaped." 



The judges should examine 



all specimens carefully for 



what is called mossiness or 



blurred barring of a brownish 



color, in the back. First class 



specimens present a sharp 



clean cut barred effect to the 

 eye that is very beautiful. 

 I have before me feathers 



from the back of several 



noted winners. Most of them 



have three bars on each feather. It is enough. I hope the 

 Campine breeders will never go in for barring to the skin. 

 The undercolor of the back should be dark slate. Prac- 

 tically all wild birds that have a brilliant top color have a 

 slate undercolor, and it seems to be best suited to reflect 

 a brilliant top color such as the Campines have in the 

 lustrous dark bar. The barring in the wings and tail 

 should be wider than those in the other sections. The 

 majority of the males do not show, as yet, very good 

 tail and wing barring. The best specimens have well 

 barred tail coverts and sickles. The females, especially 

 in their pullet year, show well barred wings and tails, 

 the curve of the back and the way the back and 

 tail join together should be carefully noted by 

 the judge. A good back and tail add as much 

 or more to the appearance of a bird as any other sec- 



This cockerel is an exceptionally well marked 

 bird; brilliant sheeny black and white, regular 

 markings, good head and good type, although a 

 little too high In tail to meet the standard of Cam- 

 pine tall carriage. Taken altogether, he is a worthy 

 second to the extraordinarily fine first prize Sliver 

 cockerel. — Louis Paul Graham. 



tion. High tails have been one of the faults of the breed. 

 A bird with a very high tail has no beauty and the de- 

 fect should be penalized heavily. In order to get the well 

 spread tail that is so admired on the male birds, they 

 should have seven feathers on each side, besides the 

 sickle feathers. Some females that spread their tails well, 

 look all right with seven feathers on a side. Females 

 from which you expect to breed show males should have 

 eight feathers on a side. A large powerful wing is one 

 of the characteristics of the breed. 



A breast perfect in shape is hard to get in any breed. 

 Fortunately most Campines have well shaped breasts. It 

 should be deep, well rounded, carried well forward and 

 the keel bone nearly horizontal. One defect that is 

 sometimes found is that the keel bone runs up in the air 



too sharply, which makes too 

 much daylight under the 

 breast and gives the bird the 

 appearance of being poorly 

 balanced. The dark and 

 white bars on the breast 

 should be of equal width. 

 Broken barring — bars running 

 only half way across feath- 

 ers — and in some cases pen- 

 ciled instead of barred, are 

 the defects that the judge 

 should look for; these are 

 serious defects and should be 

 penalized accordingly. A 

 Campine should show some 

 thigh underneath his body 

 when viewed from the side, 

 not enough to present a leggy 

 appearance, but enough to 

 stop short of what would be 

 described as a low stationed 

 bird. Do not make the mis- 

 take of thinking that any 

 dark color for shanks and 

 feet will do. The color des- 

 cribed by the Standard is 

 leaden blue. This color, when 

 seen at its best, adds mater- 

 ially to the beauty of the 

 bird, and if shanks are not 

 leaden blue they should be 

 cut accordingly. 



I have not attempted to say 

 how much the cut should 

 be for the various defects, but simply to give the faults 

 most likely to be found and to indicate as to their rela- 

 tive seriousness. Just a suggestion that applies to the 

 judging of all breeds. Every bird is entitled to proper 

 consideration and should be allowed opportunity to pose 

 themselves naturally. It may take several trips care- 

 fully up and down the aisles to give all the birds a proper 

 chance. I generally do this first and make all my checks, 

 as to shape, etc., before I start handling any of the birds, 

 for the reason that you will occasionally find a wild bird, 

 or one with a bad disposition, that will cry out and make 

 disturbance enough to frighten all birds in that vicinity 

 and after such a disturbance none of the birds will do 

 themselves justice for some time. Another thing, do not 

 get your impression of a bird's shape while you have one 

 hand in the coop bearing down hard on his tail. If a bird 



