STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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RED PILE GAMES. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Adult cocks not dubbed; color of legs or plumage not match- 
ing, when shown in pairs or trios; crooked backs; wry tails; 
malformed breasts; duck-feet; artificial coloring; trimming or 
plucking foul feathers. 
THE COCK. 
Head : Deep chestnut-red, long, thin and tapering, and very- 
strong at its junction with the neck: — Beak, slightly curved, 
and strong at the base. 
Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes: Comb, rich, bright red, 
in chickens that have not been dubbed, small, single and thin, 
low in front, serrated, erect and straight: — mature birds to be 
neatly dubbed, and free from warty excrescences, small feath- 
ers, or ridges on the edges: — Wattles, red, very thin and smooth 
in texture: — Ear-lobes, red, small, thin and smooth in texture. 
Eyes: E-ed or brown, large, prominent and bright, with a 
quick and fearless expression, and perfectly alike in color. 
Neck : Eather long and nicely arched, the hackle light chest- 
nut-red. 
Back: Uniform rich red, rather short, flat, broad across the 
shoulders and narrowing to the tail, — the stern slender and 
neat, and the saddle-feathers light chestnut-red, and very 
short and close. 
Breast and Body: Breast, white, broad, full and round: — 
Body, very firm and muscular, not soft or hollow on the sides, 
broadest at the shoulders, and tapering to the tail. 
Wings: Of medium length and powerful, the butts and 
