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He stood alone in the fancy when on earth, and although he has 

 passed to the great beyond these many years ago, no one has 

 dared to even try on the shoes he put off. He was the original 

 producer of all the varieties of Malay bantams, and to the best 

 of my knowledge, all the birds now extant have sprung from the 

 birds he bred down from the large varieties. 



They are bred in five varieties, whites, pyles, pheasant, dark 

 red and bright red, and about the only ones we are familiar with 

 on this side are the whites, pyles and dark reds. In shape they 

 have the same characteristics that make the large Malays stand 

 out as a grand old bird that glories in all that goes to make 

 strength, fashioned in every part as the draft horse is fashioned. 



Silver Duckwing Game Bantam Cock. 



Good specimens are but slightly larger than exhibition Game 

 bantams, but they are stouter built, with broader shoulders, nar- 

 row sterns and drooping tails. They should all have orange yel- 

 low legs and bills and strawberry combs' with pearl eyes. The 

 three drooping curves seen in the large Malay should be exactly 

 reproduced in the bantam. The first colors to show up were the 

 whites and black reds, and they have always remained the fav- 

 orite. They are hardy, their eggs always hatch and I have always 

 found the chicks hardy and easy to rear. They lay fewer eggs 

 than the exhibition Game bantams, laying eleven or twelve eggs 

 before wanting to hatch. You can count on three clutches each 

 season. They make splendid mothers after the weather becomes 



