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PARTRIDGE ID '.•/ A7)(> 'iriiS. 



counted 3 points when found in competition for prizes in 

 the show roow. 



Back. 



In this, as in other varieties of the Wyandotte, back is 

 one of the most important sections from a color' as well as 

 a shape standpoint, and is one of the hardest to get right. 

 The illustration as shown in Pig. 39, representing defective 

 feathers in neck, compare favorably with the defects that 

 are found in the back of males, and would be discounted 

 proportionately. There is still another defect that is com- 

 mon in backs of Partridge Wyandotte males, and that is 

 under color. A great many specimens will show white at 

 roots of feathers up near the center of back, which gradu- 

 ally grows more prominent as it reaches the tail, the saddle 

 and tail coverts quite often showing what is termed a "cot- 

 ton under color." This defect is valued at from % to 1% 

 points, as in degree. 



The Standard description for color in this section is: 

 "Back — Dark red (that is, the portion between the wings, 

 forming the section from cape to where saddle feathers 

 appear). Saddle — Red with black stripe through each 

 feather. Under color — Dark slate, red shafts allowable." 



We have studied the description of this section sev- 

 eral times, and the words "shafting allowable" are, in 

 our opinion, an error. It is either correct to have it there 

 and all others should be discounted, or else it should be 

 discounted for being there and other color correct. Red- 

 dish shafting would, no doubt, add to the value of the 

 plumage from a pullet-breeding standpoint, but we doubt 

 very much if it would were the male intended to head a 

 pen for producing first-class exhibition males. However, 

 we can only take the Standard for what it says, but this 

 is one section that Partridge Wyandotte breeders should 

 make a note of and instruct your Revision Committee to 



Fig. 80. 





STANDARD PARTRTDGR WVANDOTTK FEMALK. 



either eliminate this word description or insist on it being this i.f.Miilar variotv tr, ,iqoi^„ ., , 



considered ideal. We will leave this to the breeders o^ bac\ '^^Tl.out Ihe red shafting"' ""' "'"""'' ^" '''^'^' ^^' 



