THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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I E EBRUARY 2. 
and too generally entirely overlooked in the arrangements 
of a Poultry Show. The extreme cleanliness that pervaded 
j every section of the Show reflects infinite credit on the 
j Committee; and the result, in a pecuniary point of view, is 
| a convincing test it was duly appreciated by the public, the 
• attendance including almost every family of distinction in 
the county. I by no means expected to meet with so 
many first-rate specimens at Liverpool, and with pleasure 
do I acknowledge my belief that so general an amount 
of first-class birds have but rarely competed, while the 
influx of indifferent ones was unusually limited: a sufficient 
proof that the selection by exhibitors themselves improves 
steadily and satisfactorily. In Game fowls, however, this 
remark is inapplicable, many of decidedly superior pens 
being properly disqualified from the fact of yellow, black, 
and white legs being all exhibited together. The Spanish , 
coloured Dorkings , buff Cochins , Game (of all kinds), 
‘ Hamburghs and Polands (of each variety j, were excellent. 
| In Geese , however, and Turkeys , it was evident the 
1 Judges had not a sinecure task, for the competition 
i was, perhaps, the best yet witnessed; and such was the 
I surpassingly beautiful pen of Wild American Turkeys , 
j that belonged to John B. Neilson, of Doe Park, Woolton, 
1 near Liverpool, that an extra first prize was awarded them; 
I and the Aylesbury Ducks were a very liberal and un- 
; usually good class. The first prize pen of Rouen Ducks 
1 were as true to feather as the most fastidious amateur 
I could desire; but I long to see the weights approaching 
! more nearly such as were, year after year, effected at Bir¬ 
mingham (varying from twenty-six to thirty-four pounds the 
set of four), for certainly great size (if combined with 
| purity of breed) is quite a desideratum. There is no cause 
for doubting, a very few seasons will find Liverpool possess- 
! ing an exhibition of poultry second only to Birmingham, and 
I hope that the Committee will meet with well-merited 
i support.” 
Class 1.— Spanish. —Cock and two Hens.—1. First, prize, Capt. 
William Windham Hornby, Knowslcy Cottage, Frescot. 3. Second 
i prize, Mrs. Windham Hornby, Knowsley Cottage, Prcscot. Class 2.— 
j Cock and two Pullets.-—26. First prize, Captaiu Windham Hornby, 
! Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. Hatched Feb. 1st., 1853. 13. Second prize, 
] Mr. John Wilmott Hardy, Warringtou. The cockerel hatched early in 
May ; the pullets on May 20. 
Class 3 .—Dorking (Coloured).—Cock and two Hens.—33. First 
prize, Captain Windham Hornby, Knowslcy Cottage, Prcscot. 41. 
Second prize, Mrs. Windham Hornby, Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. (The 
whole class meritorious.) Class 4.—Cock and two Pullets.—47. First 
prize, Mrs. Katharine Townley Parker, Astley Hall, Chorley. Hatched 
15th of April. 61. Second prize, Captain Windham Hornby, Knowslcy 
Cottage, Prescot. Hatched 16th of April. 
Class 5.— Dorking (White).—Cock and two Hens.—70. First prize, 
Mr. Joseph Jenners, Moseley, Birmingham. 72. Second prize, Mr. 
George Fell, Warrington. Class 6.—Cock and two Pullets.—75. First 
prize, Mr. C. Rawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. Hatched May, 
1853. 73* Second prize, Mr. R. Gibson, Hooley, near Crawley, Surrey. 
Seven months old. 
Class 7*—Coc 111 n-Cii 1 na (Cinnamon and Buff).—Cock and two Hens. 
1 —77* First prize, Mrs. Lydia C. Stowe, Bredon, near Tewkesbury, Wor- 
j cestershire. 76. Second prize, Mr. William Mitchell, Keighley. Class 
I 8.—Cock and two Pullets.—10/. First prize, Mr. John Harrison, jun., 
I Snelston Hall, near Ashbourn. Hatched middle of April. 117. Second 
prize, Captain Windham Hornby, Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. Hatched 
March 24th, 1853. 
Class 0 .—Cochin-China (Brown, and Partridge-feathered).—Cock 
and two Hens.—135. First prize, Mr. Joseph Hindson, Brock Road, 
Everton. 134. Second prize, Mr. Charles Leigh Clare, Hindlcy House, 
Liverpool. Class 10.—Cock and two Pullets.—146. First prize, Mr. 
Edward Archer, Great Malvern. Cock and hen hatched March 25th ; 
other hen February 16th, 1853. 141. Second prize, Mr. Samuel Job, 
Holmefield House, Aigburth. Hatched 13th July, 1853. 
Class 12.— Cochin-China (White).—Cock and two Pullets.—155. 
First prize, Mr. C. Rawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. Hatched 
April, 1853. 153. Second prize, Mr. Samuel Job, Holmefield House, 
Aigburth. Hatched on the 9th of August, 1863. 
Class 13.— Cochin-China (Black).—Cock and two liens.—159- First 
prize, Mr. Howard B. Fox, New Ferry. 
Class 15 .—Malay.—C ock and two Hens.—162. First prize, Mr. Tlios. 
S. Trapp, Bedford. Class 16.—Cock and two Pullets.—106. First piize, 
Mr. Thos. S. Trapp, Bedford. Hatched in June. 
Class 17 .—Game Fowl (White and Piles).—Cock and two Hens.— 
I 168. First prize, Mr. James Monsey, Ber-strect, Norwich. 169. Second 
j prize, Mr. Francis S. Bullock, Hawthorn House, Handsworth. Class 18. 
I —Cock and two Pullets.—170. Second prize, Mr. James Monsey, Ber- 
street, Norwich. Six months old. 
Class 19 .—Game Fowl (Black-breasted and other Reds).—Cock and 
I tw( > Hens.—181. First prize, Mr. Abraham Turner, Thornton Grange, 
j Cheshire. 175. Second prize, Mr. William Cox, Brailslord Hall, near 
j Derby. (Whole class commended.) Class 20.—Cock and two Pullets.— 
I89. First prize, Mr. James Monsey, Ber-street, Norwich. Age, six 
months. 188. Second prize, Mr. William Cox, Brailsford Hall, near 
Derby. Hatched April 10th. 
Class 21. — Game Fowl (Blacks and Brassy-winged, Greys and Blues). 
—Cock and two Hens.—202. First prize, Mr. Theed William Pcarsc, 
Bromham ltoad, Bedford. (Duckwing Game.) Age : cock seven months ; 
pullets eight months. 19C. Second prize, Mr. Janies Dixon, Bradford. 
Class 22.—Cock and two Pullets.—206. First prize, Mr. Edwin L. 
Bullock, Handsworth, Staffordshire. Hatched June 30th. 207. Second 
prize, Mr. Samuel Taylor Smith, Park Lane, Madeley. Age, nine months. 
Class 23.— Golden-pencilled Hamburgh. —Cock and two Hens.— 
209* First prize, Mr. C. ltawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. 208. 
Second prize, Mr. Henry Worrall, Knotty Ash House, Liverpool. Class 
24.—Cock and two Pullets.—214. First prize, Mr. Josiah B. Chune, 
Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. Age, seven months. 
Class 25.— Golden-spangled Hamburgh. —Cock and two Hens — 
221. First prize, Mr. George Fell, Warrington, Lancashire. Age, about 
one year and eight mouths. 219* Second prize, Mr. Thomas West, Eccle- 
ston, near St. Helens. Class 26.—Cock and two Pullets.—225. First 
prize, Mr. Janies Dixon, Bradford. 230. Second prize, Mr. C. ltawson, 
The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. Hatched April, 1853. 
Class 27.— Silver-pencilled Hamburgh. —Cock and two Hens.— 
234. First prize, Mr. William Mitchell, Keighley. Class 28.—Cock and 
two Pullets.—239. First prize, Mr. William Mitchell, Keighley. 240. 
Second prize, Mr. James Dixon, Bradford. 
Class 29.— Silver-spangled Hamburgh. —Cock and two Hens.— : 
247. First prize, Mr. C. Rawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. 245. ! 
Second prize, INIr. William Mitchell, Keighley. Class 30.—Cock and two 
Pullets.—249. First prize, Mr. William Mitchell, Keighley. 252. Second 
prize, Mr. Edward Alison, jun., Park Hall, Chorley, Lancashire. Age, 
seven months. 
Class 31.— Poland Fowl (Black, with White Crests).—Cock and 
two Hens.—264. First prize, Mr. Thomas Beesley, Eccleston Lane Ends, 1 
near Prescot. Hatched in June, 1853. 260. Second prize, Mr. Joseph 
Conyers, 42, Boar Lane, Leeds. (Whole class meritorious.) 
Class 32.— Poland Fowl (Golden).—Cock and two Hens.—273. 
First prize, M r. Joseph Conyers, 42, Boar Lane, Leeds. 267. Second 
prize, Mr. C. Rawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. (Class highly 
meritorious.) 
Class 33. — Poland Fowl (Silver).—Cock and two Hens.—280. First 
prize, Mr. S. T. Baker, Manor House, King’s Road, Chelsea. 282. 
Second prize, Mr. James F. Green all, Grappendall Hall, Warrington. 
(Class highly meritorious.) 
Class34.— Bantams (Gold-laced).—Cock and two Hens.— 29O. First 
prize, Mr. Gilbert W. Moss, Liverpool. 293. Second prize, Mr. C. 
Rawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. 
Class 35.— Bantams (Silver-laced).—295. First prize, Mr. C. Rawson, 
The Hurst, Walton-on-Thamcs. 298. Second prize, Mr. C. Rawson, 
The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames. 
Class 36.— Bantams (White).—Cock and two Hens.—300. First prize, 
Master R. M. Brocklebank, Ansley, Aigburgth. 
Class 37 .—Bantams (Black).—Cock and two Hens.—304. Firstprize, | 
Mr. Gilbert W. Moss, Liverpool. Chickens of 1853. 302. Second 
prize, Mr. Joseph Conyers, 42, Boar Lane, Leeds. 
Class 39- — Geese. —Gander and two Geese.— 30/. First prize, Mrs. 
Katharine Townley Parker, Astley Hall, Chorley. 316. Second prize, j 
Mrs. Katharine Townley Parker, Astley Hall, Chorley. 
Class 40.— Ducks (White Aylesbury).—Drake and two Ducks.—326. 
First prize, Mr. C. Rawson, The Hurst, Walton-on-Thames- 330. 
Second prize, Mr. John Weston, sen., Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. 
(Class highly meritorious.) 
Class 41.— Ducks (Rouen).— Drake and two Ducks.—335. First 
prize, Mr. Theed W. Pearse, Bronham Road, Bedford. 337. Second 
prize, Mr. Henry Worrall, Knotty Ash House, Liverpool. 
Class 42.— Ducks (Any other variety).—Drake and two Ducks.—338. 
First prize, Mr. Janies Dixon, Bradford. (East India Black.) 330. 
Second prize, Mr. Lambert John Bird, Litlicrland Mount, Lithcrland, 
near Liverpool. (Decoy or Call.) 
Class 44.— Turkeys. —Turkey Cock and two Hens.—353. First prize, 
Joseph Conyers, 42, Boar Lane, Leeds. (Cambridgeshire.) Weight of 
the three birds, 58lbs. 350. Second prize, Mr. John B. Neilson, Doe 
Park, Woolton, near Liverpool. (American.) Extra first prize for 
Purity of Breed.—357* Mr. John B. Neilson, Doe Park, Woolton, near 
Liverpool. (Wild American.) 
Devon and Cornwall Poultry Association’s first 
Exhibition. —This Society had their first show at St. 
George’s Hall, Stoiiehouse, 011 the 18th and llJth of the 
present month, on which occasion 243 pens were entered 
for competition. This number would, probably, have been 
considerably exceeded, had it not been for the accidental 
collision, in respect of time, with the Torquay Exhibition, 
held in the previous week, and also from what we must 
consider the unwise determination of the committee to 
confine the entries to residents in Cornwall and Devon. 
If the general improvement of our poultry-yards he the 
object of such Associations, it is manifest that such limi¬ 
tations must he prejudicial to success, for the wider the 
sphere of their operations, the greater probability is there 
of bringing together the best specimens of every breed ; 
and another year we shall hope to number such restrictive 
