THE CAMPINES 



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is quiet and you work long enough on him you can pat 

 and push him into the shape you want and he will prob- 

 ably hold the pose for you for the time being, but you 

 are not supposed to do that. Walk along the aisle and 

 quietly attract the attention of each bird and let him 

 show you what he has got, birt do not give any oste- 

 opathic treatments. After you have satisfied your mind 

 as to shape, start at one end of the line and go carefully 

 over each bird for disqualification, etc. If you have 

 several birds of? about equal merit, compare them side 

 by side and section by section as to color, then empty 



enough coops to line them up together and compare them 

 for shape, consider everything carefully and make your 

 decision promptly and on the spot. 



The writer has had the honor of judging the Cam- 

 pine classes at some of the large shows in the past and 

 during a time when there was little in the written law 

 to go by and some difference of opinion as to what con- 

 stituted a good Campine. I do not feel that I can close 

 without a word of appreciation for the sportsman qual- 

 ities that have always been displayed by the Campine 

 breeders in their acceptance of my awards. 



Rose Comb Silver Campines 



By F. L. Pla*« 



ROSE Comb Campines, both Silver and Golden, 

 have b^en known in Belgium for many years. 

 Dr. H. P. Clarke, of Indianapolis, was the first 

 to draw the attention of Americans to these Rose 

 Combs, he being attracted to some Rose Comb Silver 

 Campines while exhibiting Games in France and Bel- 

 gium. These birds were hen-feathered and it was be- 

 cause of this feature, which he believed to be of great 

 breeding value in the production of females, that he 

 fancied them. This was before the advent of the modern 

 English-type Silver Campine, and Dr. Clarke in his 

 early appreciation of this type, is truly to be considered 

 one of the pioneers in Campine history. 



In 1911 and 1912 when the English type Campines 

 were becoming popular in America and the exportation 

 of stock from England was at its height, the envy of 

 the Belgians was aroused. While the Campine was a 

 native of Belgium, practically no stock was being im- 

 ported from Belgium by Americans, but the English 

 alone were reaping the benefit of the "boom." 



The Belgians were aroused. They charged the 

 English with infusing Hamburg blood in their stock. 

 There can be no doubt but what the charge was justi- 

 fied by facts, notwithstanding the argument of the 

 English. 



The controversy was led by Madame A. F. Van 

 Schelle on the Belgian side, and replied to by Rev. E. 

 Lewis Jones for the English. It waxed warm and was 

 carried the rounds of the English poultry press and into 

 the leading Belgian weekly, Chasse et Peche, of 

 Brussels. 



The Rose Comb Campine was the center of the con- 

 troversy. Did the Rose Comb come from the Ham- 

 burg cross? Yes, said the Belgians; no, said the English. 



The issue, however, is no longer a live one. It has 

 been shown that Rose Comb Campines have been bred 



off and on in Belgium for years, and that Rose Conib 

 Campines have been hatched from eggs of English Silver 

 Campines. 



We reprint the following two letters on the subject 

 of Rose Comb Silver Campines: 



68 Studley Road, Clapham, London, Eng. 

 Editor R. P. J.:— 



I was much interested in the article by Mr. Piatt on 

 Campines in your April issue. 



Mr. Piatt says that he did not see a Rose Comb 

 Campine in Belgium, but perhaps he will recollect call- 

 ing upon me with the Rev. Lewis Jones when he was 

 in England and seeing some Rose Combs that I had 

 bred. I think he rather liked them. I still have some, 

 although I killed a good many. 



This is how I came to get them. I had been breed- 

 ing Campines for some years when in 1910 one, a hen, 

 came with a rose comb. I mated her with a single comb 

 cockerel and most of her progeny came with rose 

 combs. I still have the original rose comb hen, whicli 

 by the way, I christened Bleriot on account of her flying 

 propensities. Yours faithfully, 



S. E. DUNKIN, 

 (Vice-President Campine Club.) 



Monsey, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1913. 

 Editor Campine Herald: — 



Dear Sir: — It may interest your readers to learn that 

 I have (much to my surprise) two Rose Comb Silver 

 Campine sports, male and female, hatched early in 

 July; being a late brood they were allowed to roam at 

 large with the hen, consequently they did not come 

 under my notice until a few days ago. Like all my 

 stock they were bred from imported English prize win- 

 ners and as I breed nothing but Silver Campines an in- 

 teresting field of speculation is opened up as to why 

 these two particular birds should have rose combs, when 

 their brothers and sisters (a few hundred in number) 

 have bred true to type; perhaps some of our Mendelism 

 friends will come forward with an explanation. 



Truly yours, 



E. J. GIDMAN. 



