518 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. [ December 2 , isso. 
ton ; h.c., Doughty, J. Brettell Wilkes (2), J. Wilkes, jun., Gamon. 
First (Crudgington) in Mottles is a good Black. Second (Care¬ 
less) another very pretty bird, but with a little too much white ; 
h.c., Mapplebeck, Crudgington ; c., J. Wilkes, jun. Badges follow, a 
variety hardly known beyond the Tumbler circle. First (Hadley) 
and second (Crudgington) are very rich Reds ; h.c., Wilkes, Hadley (2); 
c., Wilkes. Then come Saddles with magpie marking and mottled 
heads. First (Wilkes) is a Black, second (Crudgington) a Blue ; 
v.h.c., Trebble, Clarke ; h.c., Jackson, Wilkes ; c., Mapplebeck (2), 
Doughty, Jackson, Wilkes. Self-coloured Muffed Tumblers are a 
large class, the winners both Black. First (Woods) ; the second 
(Bott) very fine in foot feather ; h.c., Bott, Southall, Crudgington ; 
c., Ludlow, Collins. In any other variety Muffed Redbreasts win 
both prizes. First Woods, second Bott ; h.c., Southall, Crudgington ; 
c., Ludlow, Collins. Long-faced Balds or Beards number twentv-six. 
First (Woods) is a lovely Blue Beard. Second (Mapplebeck) a Black 
Beard. Third (Woods) a Black Bald, clean cut but dull in colour ; 
c, Clarke, Lund, Bowler. Clean-legged Long-faced Tumblers of any 
other colour muster twenty-six. First-and-cup (Woods) is a Yellow 
very correctly mottled. Second (Crane) a Red. Third (Mapplebeck) 
a Yellow. 
Barbs are few. In the old class both the winners are black, and 
both splendid in head. The first (Montgomery) a little the smallest. 
Second (Baker) ; h.c., Baker, Fulton. In the young class a most 
promising Red is first (Sutton), and a Black second (Sutton), h.c., 
Baker. 
Trumpeters. —The winning Mottles are both marvellous birds in 
rose and foot-feather ; the second (Fulton) much lighter in colour 
than the other (Hutchinson). There are several other fine birds in 
the class ; h.c., Shaw, Hutchinson, Baker. Two lovely Whites win 
in the next class, the first (Hutchinson) best in rose, the second 
(Shaw) in condition ; h.c., Hutchinson, Wardle. 
Runts require larger pens. First (Stephens) the well-known French 
Silver. Poor thing ! he could hardly move in his pen. Second (Price) 
another of the same colour ; h.c., Stephens, Green. 
Archangels. —The cup (Whichello) goes to a nice but not a won¬ 
derful bird, too blue in tail. Second (Whichello) has brown marks on 
the wing, which we observed on one of the Palace winners. We 
much liked the third (Stevens), a very purple-breasted bird ; h.c., 
Stevens. 
Fantails (White).—The cup-winner (Loversidge) is a small bird with 
flat and very sound tail. Second (Cresswell) good of the same type, 
he held the same position at the Palace. Third (Stevenson) very 
small and nervous. Pen 2559 (Serjeantson) a splendidly round tail; 
h.c., Serjeantson (2), Loversidge, Cresswell (2), Crofts. Any other 
colour.—First (Cresswell) a Blue with large and very round tail. 
Second (Stevenson) a Black Saddle, very good in black; h.c., Shaw, 
Warhurst. 
Nuns. —All Blacks. First (Woods) small and good in colour. 
S?cond (Dale) good in flight ; h.c., Shaw, Crofts. 
Swallows. —First-and-cup (Tedd) a Black, better in marking than in 
colour. Second (Bulley) a rich Red. nice in foot feathers. The class 
is a good one, but many birds fail in foot feather ; h.c., Crofts, Sutton, 
Wardle. 
Magpies have three classes. The cup goes to the first Black (Bulley), 
a nice small bird with light bill. Second (Stevens) is rather too 
Tumbler-like; h.c., Bulley, Tedd. The Red winners are all good. 
First Bullev. Second Tedd ; h.c., Tedd, Bulley. Any Other Colour. 
—A good Yellow of Mr. Tedd’s takes first and second ; h.c., Bulley. 
Mr. Tedd shows a bird (2017) of very curious colour, a kind of Silver, 
each feather laced like an Andalusian fowl. 
Jacobins are not such classes as we should have expected at Birming¬ 
ham. Blacks are only four. First (Weyman & Buchanan) close in 
hood. Second (Goold) not quite so good in this respect, but brilliant 
in colour. The cup goes to the first Red (Fulton), very perfect in 
all points of form, though he might be brighter in colour. Second, 
Weyman & Buchanan; h.c. and c., Dale. The first Yellow (Wey¬ 
man & Buchanan) is fine in chain and bright in colour. Second 
(Dale) a pretty little bird, not very sound in colour; h.c., Fulton ; 
c., Dale. Whites take both prizes in the Any other colour class. 
First (Waters) rather coarse, but good in chain. Second (Dale) 
smaller, but with hood too much thrown back ; h.c., Weyman and 
Buchanan (2), Fulton ; c., Maynard. 
Turbits have now three classes, and share a cup with Owls. First 
in Reds or Yellows (Fulton) is a splendid little Red, rich in colour 
and down in face. Second (Crafer) a very fair Yellow, short in beak ; 
h.c., Cresswell; c., Baker. A well-known old Silver (Baker) wins in 
the next class, rather short of gullet. Second (Fulton) a Blue, a nice 
bird all round, and short on the leg ; v.h.c., Woods, Baker ; h.c., Dale ; 
c., Shaw. First in the other class (Cresswell) is a tiny Black, 
evidently a hen, very fine in head. Second (Fulton) a coarser Black, 
but with the merit of clean thighs ; h.c., Braid. 
Owls are not numerous. Two Whites win in the Foreign class, and 
the cup goes to the first (Woods). Second Baker ; h.c., Fulton, 
Wardle ; c., Leake. In English (seven entries) a Powdered Silver, 
splendid in head, is first (Woods). Another Silver, not his equal 
second (Waddle); h.c., Fulton and Shaw ; c., Shaw. 
Dragoons have six classes. We ai - e sorry to see many birds with 
very heavy beak wattles winning again. The cup Blue cock (Smith) 
is excellent in colour and fine in style, but in respect of wattle does 
not please us. The second Blue Shewell) has also much wattle; 
h.c., Osmond (2); c.. Beach, Fulton. Smith, Mitchell. In Any other 
colour cocks first (McCandlish) a Yellow, fine in colour and shape, 
but as big as a Carrier. Second (Smith) a very stylish Blue Chequer ; 
h.c., Pratt, Morpus ; c, Beach, Smith. Shewell. In hens we remarked 
the beautiful bars of the first Blue (Smith), though her beak is too 
large for our fancy. We preferred the same owner’s second ; h.c., 
Osmond, Fulton ; c., Mitchell, Simkins. Any other colour hens.— 
First McCandlish. Second Smith ; h.c., Smith ; c., Osmond. The 
two winning 3 ’oung Blues much pleased us ; both are fine in shape 
and dark in eyelash. First Smith ; second Osmond ; he., Burton, 
Gaunt ; c, Morpus, Osmond. Any other colour young Dragoons.— 
First McCandlish ; second Osmond ; h.c., Shackleton, Osmond, c., 
Yardley, Ludlow, Morpus. 
Antwerps .—We have seldom seen such a lot of really “short-faced” 
birds. Too often Antwerps are of a nondescript type which seems to 
puzzle judges, and in which we can see little beauty. Hardly an 
indifferent bird was to be seen in the prize list, and the winners 
almost defy criticism. The cup Red Chequer seemed well to deserve 
his position ; both the Silver Dun winners too, and the first Blue are 
splendid birds in head. The Long-faced birds, too, make creditable 
classes. The awards in these classes were :—Silver Dun.—First-and- 
cup, second, and fourth, Clay ; third Clulee ; h.c., Godfree, Clay, 
Thompson, Mapplebeck, Gough, Slater, Wade, Breeden, Kemp. Blue. 
—First Hubbard ; second Ludlow ; h.c., Green, Clay, Yardley (2), 
Southall. Red Chequered.—First-and-cup Waterhouse; second and 
third Clay ; h.c., Clulee (2). Yardley, Wade, Kemp. Blue Chequered. 
—First Clay ; second Ludlow ; h.c., Waterhouse, Green. Clay, Yard- 
ley (2), Ludlow. Long-faced.—First and second Rawnsley ; h.c., 
Clulee, Wade, Lister. Silver Dun.—Hens.—First-and-cup, second, 
third, and fourth Clay ; h.c., Moseley, Godfree (3), Clulee, Thompson, 
Waterhouse, Ludlow. Blue or Blue Chequered.—Hens.—First and 
second Ludlow ; h.c., Grice, Waterhouse, Hubbard, Walton. Any 
other colour.—Hens.—First and second Clay ; third Thompson ; h.c., 
Lister, Gough. Copeman, Southall, Clulee, Ludlow. Silver Dun, 
hatched in 1880.—First Moseley ; second Fellows ; third Moseley ; 
fourth Gordin ; h.c., Yardley (2), Haywood, Lister, Mapplebeck, jun., 
Salmon, Moseley. Blue, hatched in 1880.— First Kemp; second 
But'er; h.c., Mitchell, Hubbard, Ludlow. Blue Chequered, hatched 
in 1880.—First Grice; second Yardley; h.c., Walton, Lund. Red 
Chequered, hatched in 1880.—First-and-cup Rawnsley; second Clulee ; 
third, Kendrick, jun.,; h.c., Thompson (2), Yardley (2), Wade, Slater, 
Green, Moseley, Holden. 
Short-billed Frilled Varieties. —The two classes contain lovely 
collections. In the first-named Satinettes are first (Wardle) and 
second (Bott), and a Bluette third (Paget) ; h.c., Yerdon (2), Yardley 
(2), Bott; c., Fulton. In the other class a Black Turbiteen is first 
(Baker), and a Blondinette second (Yardley); thiid Yerdon; h.c., 
Waterhouse (2), Wardle, Baker. These two classes fill thirty-five 
pens, and are a treat to any admirer of these eastern beauties. 
Any other New or Distinct Variety .—First (Gatty) is a sandy Frill- 
back. Second (Chavasse) a Modena ; a curiously marked bird of 
Runtish type. Third (Crofts) a Red Letz. 3979 (Naden) is a curious 
bird, black with white flights and a white line down its face ; a cross 
apparently between a Dragoon and Beard ; h.c., Gatty, Stevenson, 
Bulley, Yardley (2), Fulton ; c., Ludlow. 
The following were the principal sales up to the time of our going 
to press. Mr. Pilkington’s cup Coloured Dorking cock, £15 15s.; 
Messrs. Smyth’s h.c. Dorking cockerel, £10; Mrs. D. Lane’s v.h.c. 
Houdan cock, 10 guineas ; Mr. Rawnsley’s first-prize Silver Polish 
cockerel, 10 guineas ; Mr. J. Walker’s second-prize Spanish cockerel, 
10 guineas ; Mr. Lyon’s cup Black Red cock (a son, we believe, of 
the £100 bird of two years ago), £100 10s.; Mr. Harley’s second- 
prize Black Red Game pullet, £25 ; Mr. Lyon’s fourth Black Red 
cockerel, 10 guineas. We believe the same owner’s cup cockerel in 
this c'ass changed owners privately at 50 guineas. Mr. Kelleway’s 
cup Black Hamburgh cockerel, 10 guineas ; Mr. Wyke’s cup Turkey 
cockerel, 10 guineas. 
BEXLEY HEATH POULTRY SHOW. 
A lovely day induced us to visit this Show. It was held on Wed¬ 
nesday and Thursdav last week, and the entries attained the respect¬ 
able total of G53. The managers of many more pretentious exhibi¬ 
tions might well take a hint from the method in which this little 
Show is conducted. An able and enthusiastic Secretary and a Com¬ 
mittee of thorough fanciers make a good foundation to start with. 
The penning was admirable, the heavier birr’s being in all cases in the 
lower tier. The feeding was all that could be desired, and the cata¬ 
logue with the awards was in the hands of the public at 3 r.M. on the 
first day. 
Dorkings, Cochins, and Dark Brahmas call for no special mention, 
but amongst the Light Brahmas i i e cock in the first-prize pen (Thur- 
low) was a very fine bird in a ' points, while the second-prize pen 
(Cobb) contained a pullet large in size and good in shape ; but for her 
hocks and a very few dark feathers showing through her back she 
would not be easily surpassed. Spanish require no special mention. 
The winners in the French class were a very fine old pair of Mr. 
Howard’s Houdans. Game had a large entry of fourteen, and the 
winners (Mercer) were a large reachv pair of Brown Reds, the cock¬ 
erel being well pencilled on breast. In Hamburghs, Spangled or Pen¬ 
cilled (sixteen) the first (Bell) were an evenly marked pair of Golden- 
