STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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straight: — Wattles, red, small, thin, and neatly rounded on the 
edges: — Ear-lobes, red, very small, and close to the face. 
Eyes: Eed, bay or dark, large, prominent and bright, with 
a quick, fiery expression, and perfectly alike in color. 
N'eck: Long, the feathers very short, giving the neck a slen- 
der and graceful appearance, — the plumage spangled, black 
and white, red and white, blue and white, buff and white, or 
any other well-defined combination. 
Back: Of moderate length, flat, broad across the shoulders, 
and narrowing to the tail. 
Breast and Body: Breast, spangled, broad, round and 
prominent: — Body, very muscular and firm, broadest at the 
shoulders, and tapering to the tail, the plumage throughout 
handsomely spangled. 
Wings: Of medium length, and powerful, the butts and 
shoulders carried somewhat high, so as to cause a flat back, the 
points not drooping, but carried compactly against the sides. 
Tail: Moderate in length, not carried over the back, but ex- 
tending backwards, the feathers not spread out, but held 
neatly together. 
Legs: Thighs, stout and round, and the feathers short and 
close :— Shanks, yellow, willow, olive or bronzy-black, long, 
bony, clean and tapering, the scales narrow, smooth and close, 
and to match tlie cock's, in color, when placed on exhibition:— 
Feet, broad, flat and thin; toes long, straight and spreading, 
and well furnished with strong nails; the hind-toes set low on 
the feet, standing well backwards, and not duck-footed. 
Hardness of Feather: Body-feathers, close, short, hard 
and firm,— quills, very hard and strong. 
Carriage: Neat, upright, quick and active. 
POINTS IN spangled GAMES. 
Symmetry, . 
Condition, 
Station, 
Color, 
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