60 THE AMERICAN 
Back, . . . . . . .5 
Breast and Body, ..... 6 
Wings, . . . , . . . 4 
Tail, 7 
Legs, ....... 6 
Feet, ....... 6 
Hardness of Feather, . . . . .5 
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WHITE PILE GAMES. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Adult cocks not dubbed^' color of legs or plumage not match- 
ing^ when shoivn in pairs or trios y- crooked backs wry tails; 
malformed breasts; duck-feet; artificial coloring; trimming or 
plucking foul feathers. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Long, thin and tapering, and very strong at its 
jnnction with the neck: — Beak, yellow, willow, or white, 
slightly curved and strong at the base. 
Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes: Comb, rich, bright red, 
in chickens that have not been dubbed, single, small 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: Red, large, prominent and bright, with a quick and 
fearless expression, and perfectly alike in color. 
Neck: Rather long and nicely arched, — the hackle mainly 
white, and with but faint penciling. 
