538 
The Chester Meeting. 
No. Alive 
700. Dorking and Indian Game. (1) 
2 lb. 14 oz. ; (2) 3 lb. ; small, 
but good shape, nice legs and 
feet, four toes. 
701. Indian Game and Dorking. (1) 
3 lb. 4 oz. ; (2) 3 lb. 3 oz. ; 
■white legs, but bad breasts. 
703. Indian Game and Dorking. (1) 
3 lb. 13 oz. ; plump, well made ; 
(2) 3 lb. 12 oz. ; both good 
in shape and legs. 
bead Prize 
(1) 2 lb. 13 oz. ; neat and good l 
colour, full of pin feathers ; (2) I ^ 
2 lb. 15 oz. ; same fault, plumper | ' * 
but coarse in skin. J 
(1) 3 lb. 2 oz. ; (2) 2 lb. 13 oz.;, 
both soft, and with badly bent L 
breast-bones. J 
(1) 31b. 10 oz.; coarse in skin,! 
but plump, and a nice fowl; I 0 , 
(2) 3 lb. 5 oz. ; better colour, j 
but not so fleshy. J 
The feature of this Class was found in the first prize pair, showing that 
the Dorking and Wyandotte cross is a good one, but the ripe condition of 
these birds helped them materially. 
C lass 290. Pair of ducklings of 1893, of any pure breeds. Eight entries 
all exhibited. 
No. Alive 
783. Aylesbury. (1) 5 lb. 12 oz. ; 
good length, nice in bill ; (2) 
5 lb. 12 oz. ; do., a very equal 
pair, with 1893 rings. 
784. Aylesbury. (1) 5 lb. 2 oz ; good 
quality, in nice condition ; (2) 
6 lb. 11 oz. ; bigger, but did 
not look well, plumage all wet. 
785. Aylesbury. (1) 5 lb. 13 oz. ; big 
bodied and well developed, 
promising well ; (2) 5 lb. 6 oz. ; 
not quite so large or so fit, 
nice head and bill. 
786. Indian Runner. (1) 3 lb. 5 oz. ; 
(2) 3 lb. 8 oz. ; very small, 
but fair specimens of race. 
Better as layers than on the 
table. 
787. Aylesbury. (1) 4 lb. 12 oz. ; very 
young, capital shape and 
plump ; (2) 5 lb. 1 oz. ; equally 
good and a nice pair. 
788. Aylesbury. (1) 5 lb. ; shapely, 
good colour ; (2) 4 lb. 10 oz. ; 
good plumage, but not so 
plump. 
789. Aylesbury. (1)6 lb. 8 oz. ; (2) 
6 lb. 5 oz. ; largest pair in 
class, but looking rather sick. 
Probably been kept too long. 
790. Aylesbury. (1) 6 lb. 1 oz. ; (2) 
5 lb. 15 oz. ; a well-developed 
pair, better shown, but still 
very pale. 
Dead 
Prize 
(1) 5 lb. 7 oz. ; (2) 5 lb 7 oz. nice' 
colour, but No. 1 spoiled by pin 
feathers. 
Res. 
(1) 4 lb. 11 oz. ; (2) 4 lb. 15 oz.;] 
a lovely pair, grand colour, very 1 1st 
even, in the pink of ripeness, j 
(1) 5 lb. G oz. ; uneven in flesh] 
and full of pin feathers ; (2) I 
5 lb. 1 oz. ; better quality, but j 
not so fleshy. J 
(1) 3 lb. .3 oz. ; (2) 3 1b. 6 oz.;] 
showing dark frontal flesh of - 
this breed. j 
(1)4 lb. 6 oz. ; (2) 4 1b. 10 oz.;] 
a neat, even pair, a little soft, I g n( j 
but nice colour ; might have I 
been more fleshv. j 
(1) 4 lb. 12 oz.: (2) 4 lb. 7 oz. ;] 
good length, fair colour, but not [■ 
even, and wanting in flesh. J 
(1) 6 lb. 3 oz. ; (2) 5 lb. 15 oz. ;] 
a large pair, very full of pin - h.c. 
feathers and very pale in flesh, j 
(1) 51b. 11 oz. ; (2) 5 lb. 10 oz.;] 
even, and well grown, better in ! „ ^ 
body, but still with deadness in f 
colour of flesh. j 
Class 291. Pair of ducklings of 1893, of a first cross from any pure breeds. 
Eight entries ; seven pairs exhibited. 
No. Alive Dead Prize 
791. Aylesbury and Pekin. (1) 4 lb. (1) 4 lb. 1 oz. ; (2) 5 lb. 3 oz. ; full j. 
4 oz. ; (2) 5 lb. 8 oz. ; an uneven of pin feathers, and coarse. ' 
pair, No. 2 partaking of Pekin 
type. 
