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THE AMERICAN 
GINGER-RED GAMES. 
DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Color of legs or plumage not matching, when shown in pairs or 
trios; crooked hacks; wry tails; malformed breasts; duck-feet; 
adult cocks not dubbed; any artificial coloring; trimming or 
plucking foul feathers. 
THE COCK. 
Head: Eed, long, thin and tapering, and very strong at its 
junction witli the neclc: — Beak, olive or bronzy-black, slightly 
curved and strong at the base. 
Comb, Wattles and E ar-lobes : Comb, 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 feathers, or ridges on the 
edges: — ^Wattles, red, very thin, and smooth in texture: — Ear- 
lobes, red, small, thin, and smooth in texture. 
Eyes: Brown or black, large, prominent and bright, with a 
quick and fearless expression, and perfectly alike in color. 
ISTeck: Rather long and nicely arched, the hackle short and 
close, and a rich, clear red in color. 
Back: E-ich red, rather short, flat, broad across the shoul- 
ders, and narrowing to the tail, — the stern slender and neat, 
and the saddle-feathers very short and close, and a rich, clear 
red. 
Breast and Body: Breast, in color, ginger-red, becoming 
darker towards the thighs, broad, round and full: — Body, gen- 
eral plumage rich red, very firm and muscular, not soft or 
hollow on the sides, broadest at the shoulders and tapering 
to the tail. 
