538 JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. c December 9, mo. 
and to telegraph the settlement of a claim of some standing, all 
applications for which made by an individual had been disregarded. 
For these reasons we hope that all the well-meaning fanciers who 
have not seen their way to joining the Club will read the circular 
about to be issued, and, if they see that they are profiting by the 
work of their brother fanciers, will not hesitate to undertake a 
part of their burden.—C. 
EYMOEE BLACK FOWLS. 
In the excellent report of the great poultry Show at Birming¬ 
ham in last week’s Journal I see it is stated fowls of this variety 
were third in the variety class, and information is sought as to 
what they really fire. This is what many would like to know. If 
Mr. Gabb the owner cannot say I have no doubt Mr. Burnell the 
Judge will be able to tell us all about them, as I presume no 
judge would give any fowls a prize unless he knew what they 
were, and that they were thoroughly worthy of this distinction. 
Are they good layers and hardy, easily reared, quick in growth, 
and good for table?—J. Mum, Margam. 
YOLK POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW. 
This Show opened on the Tuesday of this week, and closes to¬ 
night. Poultry had twenty-six classes with 333 entries, and Pigecns 
seventeen classes with 157 entries. The prizes were from £1 down 
to os. The poultry were in all cases shown in pairs ; the Pigeons, as 
a rule, singly. The arrangements were on the whole good. It was 
a mistake, however, to put the heavier birds so high up, and the 
perches might well have been left out of the pens of the larger 
varieties. The smaller sorts and Bantams seemed to appreciate 
them. Mr. H. Beldon judged the poultry; Mr. J. Hawley the 
Pigeons. Mr. B. Kilvington, jun., acted as Steward, and it was chiefly 
through his promptitude in getting the awards up and courtesy to 
us, that we are enabled to give our report this week. The catalogue 
opened with 
Dorkings (seventeen).—Only a moderate class. The winners 
(Cannan) being rather long in leg, and the cock squirrel-tailed. 
Second (B. Smith) contained the best hen in the class, but she dwarfed 
the cockerel her mate. Third (Newall); h.c., Lord, Pounder, B. 
Smith; c., White. 
Spanish (eight).—First (Eawnsley) a nice pair of chickens, best in 
quality of face and condition, but rather narrow in lobe. Second 
(Cannan) an old pair, the cock large but rough in face and going 
blind, the hen also rather rough in face. Third (Thresh) a good old 
pair but not in condition ; h.c., Doulton. 
Cochins. — Buff (fourteen).—A fair average class. First (Croft) a 
shapely old hen, rather mealy in colour, mated with a medium-sized 
cock deficient in breast; hocked. Second (Thornton) a fair young 
pair, hocked again ; size and colour moderate. Third (C. Brown) a 
good pair of lemon chickens, nice in hock, but the cock too long in 
leg and carrying too much tail; v.h.c. (Mitchell) might have stood 
higher but for the cock’s defective comb ; h.c., Eawnsley, Pounder, 
Barker, Southwell. Any Other Colour (fourteen).—A medium class. 
First (Sowthern) went to a pair of Partridge, both cocked ; the cock 
bright in colour, but too large in tail and wanting in saddle ; the hen 
good in marking. Second (Eawnsley) Whites of fair quality, the 
hen being the best of the two. Third (Carr) Whites again, the cock 
with too much tail and a canary shade through his hackles ; v.h.c. 
(Southwell) moderate Blacks ; v.h.c., Cannan ; h.c., Clayton, Ewbank, 
Handley. 
Brahmas. — Baric (fifteen).—Taken all round this was a very poor 
class, some of the exhibits being the worst we have ever seen in a 
pen : one pair had actually well-developed single combs. The winning 
pen (W. Mitchell) contained the Hull cup cockerel and a moderately 
marked pullet of the Kendrick stamp. Second (Eastwood) a fine old 
cock with too much tail and too little saddle, mated with a small 
hen heavy in moult, brown in colour, and heavy in head. Third 
(Holmes) a slim pair of chickens too long in leg ; v.h.c., Wilkinson. 
Light (twelve) were better as a class than Darks, but still contained 
a pen of pure Whites with single combs. First (Cannan) were a 
good all-round old pair, but that the cock was warm in colour and 
rather heavy in comb. Second (Williams), the cock neat in head but 
extremely hollow in breast; both birds very yellow. Third (Hudson) 
a shapely hen, bad in colour, mated with a cock of similar stamp; 
h.c., Edwards, Grieve. 
Houdan or Creve (eleven).— A fair class. First (Cannan) Creves, 
the hen particularly good in crest, muffling, and shape ; the cock 
only moderate in crest, but in good condition. Second (Chadwick) 
good Creves again, lighter in build than the winners. Thii'd (Perry) 
moderate old Houdans. 
Game. — Black or Brown Reds over one year (seven).—A very poor 
class. First (Cannan) moderate Brown Eeds, the cock very loose in 
carriage of wing. Second (Chadwick) and third (Perry) Brown Eeds 
also. Any other colour over one year (six).—Another poor class, the only 
really good pen being the first (Crofts). Second J. Walker, third 
E. Walker. All three were yellow-legged Piles. Any colour , hatched 
in 1880 (seventeen).—A very moderate class. First (Firth) fair Brown 
Eeds. Second, third, and v.h.c. (Thompson) Black Eeds. 
Hamburghs.— Golden-pencilled (fifteen). — A good class. First 
(Eawnsley) neat in comb and lobe and good in marking. Second 
(Kidson) neat in head also, but not so good in colour. Third (Webster), 
the cock coarser in comb and not so clear in lobe, but rich in colour ; 
h.c., Eawnsley, Digby, Kidson. Silver-pencilled (five).—Moderate. First 
(Eawnsley) a stylish pair, but the cock rather poor in colour. Second 
(H. Smith), cock rough in comb and very wild, but well marked in 
tail. Third (Carver) poor in lobe; h.c., Eawnsley. Golden-spangled 
(eleven) contained nothing wonderful. First (Cannan) rich in colour 
but rough in comb and stained in lobe. Second (Eawnsley) also poor 
in lobe, and the hen out of sorts. Third, Eawnsley. Silver-spangled 
(fifteen).—A moderate class. First (Cannan) good in marking but rough 
in comb and bad in lobe ; as also were second, Eawnsley ; and third, 
Dodgson ; h.c., Eawnsley, Dodgson. Blacks (eighteen) seem to be 
popular here. First (Pemberton) a stylish hen, good in head and 
lobe, and bright in colour. Second (Eawnsley) good in lobe and 
colour, but the cock coarse in comb. Third (Digby), the cock bright 
in colour and good in lobe, but comb crooked ; h.c., Eawnsley, Sidg- 
wick, Eutherford, all fairly good ; c., Gunn. 
Polish (eight).—A (moderate class, both first and second going to 
Mr. Eawnsley with a pretty pen of Goldens rather white in crest, and a 
good pair of White-crested Blacks ; v.h.c. (Cannan) good Silvers 
hardly in condition ; h.c., Perry. 
Any Other Variety Except Bantams (twelve).—First (Hutchin¬ 
son) stylish Malays, bright in colour and hard in feather. Second 
(Eawnsley) neat Sultans, rather short of foot feather. Third (Crewe) 
Malays again ; h.c. (Bellerley), Andalusians ; h.c. (Thurgood), Mi- 
norcas ; h.c. (Anthony), White Leghorns. 321 (Foggin) a pretty pair 
of Silky Bantams wrongly classed. 
Game Bantams .—Black or Broivn Red (twenty).—A poor class for 
its numbers. First (Southwell) a very neat pair of Black Eeds. 
Second (Chadwick) moderate Brown Eeds. Third (Beckitt & Dodson) 
Black Eeds again, as also were h.c., Blakey. Any Other Colour 
(twenty) also only a moderate class. First (Cannan) moderate yellow¬ 
legged Piles badly shown. Second (Firth), Piles also willow-legged. 
Third (Schofield) Duckwings; h.c. (Walsham), Piles; h.c. (Henning- 
field), Duckwings. 
Bantams .—Gold or Silver Laced (eight).—First and second (Eich- 
ardson) moderate Golds. Third (Eawnsley) neat Silvers. Any Other 
Variety .—First (Cannan) Black Eosecombs, clear in lobe, and bright 
in condition. Second (Eawnsley) pretty White Eosecombs, nice in 
colour ; h.c., Eawnsley, Preston, Digby, all Black Eosecombs. 
Turkeys (ten) were a good class, the winners being fine bronze 
birds. First Garforth. Second Edwards; h.c., Kendall, Dowell, 
Bulman, Chadwick. 
Geese (twelve).—Also a fine class The winners (Snell) were large 
Greys. The second (Cannan) fine Whites ; v.h.c., Dodworth (White); 
h.c., Smith and Sutcliffe (Grey); c., Trousdale (White), Chadwick 
(Grey). 
Ducks .—Aylesbury were a fair class of twelve. First (Scoby). 
Second (Snell) ; h.c., Dodsworth, Fentriss. Rouen (twenty-one).— 
A good class containing many birds above the average in quality. 
First (Garforth). Second (Crofts) ; h.c., Snell, Stamper, Newton, 
Kingston, Pounder. Any Other Variety (seventeen).—Another good 
class. First (Chadwick) large upstanding Pekins. Second (Cannan) 
Mandarins. Third (Gunn) good Pekins again; h.c., Snell, Leng, 
Crewe (all Pekins). 
PIGEONS. 
Carriers.— Cock (six).—A moderate class. First (Eobinson) a 
Black, as also were second ; h.c., Gell and c., Booth. Hen (six).—First 
(Gell) a Dun ; second (Gell) a Black ; c., Booking. 
Barbs .—Cock (five).—First and second (Gell) were both Duns ; 
h.c., Thurwell, Fawcett (Blacks). Hen (three).—First (Gell) a Dun ; 
second (Thresh) a Yellow ; h.c., Gell (Black). 
Pouter (six).—First (Eobinson) a Blue-pied ; second (Crofts) a 
Black-pied ; v.h.c. (Eobinson) a Dun-pied ; he., Harrison, Lund, both 
Blue-pied. 
Tumbler .—Almond (five).—First and second (Weston) were good 
in head, but not first-class in colour; h.c., Eobinson, Martin (2). 
Short-faced , any other variety (ten).—First (Martin) a Eed Agate ; 
second (Martin) a Silver ; h.c., Weston (2, Blacks), Eobinson. 
Turbits .—Blue or Silvei (eight).—First (H. Eobinson) and second 
(Goldsborough) were both of the first-named colour ; h.c., A. Eobin¬ 
son, Cass. Any Other Colour (eight).—First and second (Parkin) a 
Yellow and a Dun ; h.c., A. Eobinson, Crofts. 
Owls (eleven).—First and second (Thresh) both Blue English ; h.c., 
E. Eawnsley, J. W. Eobinson, Weston. 
Fantails (ten) were all Whites. First A. Eobinson; recond 
Loversidge ; h.c., Lawson ; c., Crofts. 
Jacobins (twelve).—First (J. W. Eobinson) a Eed. Second (Book¬ 
ing) a Yellow ; h.c., Cass (a Eed) ; c., Eobinson, Booking. 
Nuns (sixteen).—First (Horsley) a Black, as also we think was 
second (Stanley) ; h.c., Cass, J. W. Eobinson (2), J. B. Eawnsley ; c., 
W. H. Fowler. 
Dragoons (twenty).—First (Sliewell) a Blue, as also was second 
(Tate & Ewen) ; h.c., ditto ; c., Benson, Close. 
Antwerps (twenty-one) were a good class, first and second going 
to Mr. B. Eawnsley. h.c., Scurr; c., Armstrong, Ward. 
Turtle Doves, pair (four), were all fair specimens. First (East- 
wood) were Eingdoves ; second (Eingrose) Whites : h.c., Eingrose ; 
c., Eastwood. 
