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THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. 
Decembek 2. 
I Hall was mucli too confineil a place, and the coops much 
too small for Cochins; and some of the wire fronts had 
much too small a mesh, some not big enough to put yom- 
' finger through ; but next year no doubt they will improve. 
Neither was the arrangement of the pens well managed— 
some being very low, and other.s up too high. The judges 
were Mr. Baily, of London, and Henry Hinxman, Esq., of 
Durnford, near Salisbury. 
The Spanish were very indifferent; Dorkings good; Cochins 
vei’y good, especially Mr. Steggall’s and Mr. Devenish’s. 
The first prize Cochin cliickens were the best match ever 
seen, both in size and colour. They were small, but good¬ 
shaped, and looked older than specified. Tlie Malays were 
middling ; but some very nice specimens of Game fowls 
were tliere ; and the Spangled Hamburgh, very few entries, 
were fair. Polands, only two competitors, were very nice, 
but all had dark feathers, more or less, in their breasts. 
There were some very beautiful Bantams, especially those 
which gained the first prize, belonging to A. C. Sayers, Esq. 
Geese, good. Ducks, a lai’ge entry, and some very fine 
specimens, both Rouen and Aylesbury white. Turkeys, very 
few and middhng. Considering the weather, the attendance 
I was very good, and a great many sales took place. Parties 
' were very eager to buy ; and to those who are not initiated 
in the TIOOO prohibitory clause, as at Birmingham, could 
not understand the enomous difference in price of birds 
i of nearly the same apparent value. The attendance before 
two o'clock, price 2s., was very good; and after that, at Is., 
there was quite a crowd, and it was very difficult to get about, 
SPANISH. 
Cock and two hejis. —No first prize. 2nd. Mr. C. Clark, Street. 
Cockerel and three No award. 
DORKING. 
Cock and two hens.^\%i. Mr. E. Pope, Great Toller, 2nd. Mr. W. 
Pope, Symondsbury. 3rd. Mr. F. Noyes, Laverstock. 
Cockerel and threepullets. —1st. and 2nd. Mr. E. Pope. 3rd. Mr. W. 
Pope. 
SHANGHAE. 
Cock and two hens.—\%t. Mr. C. D. Saunders, Tarrant Hinton. 2nd. 
Mr. F. C. Steggall, Weymouth. 3rd. Mr. A. C. Sayers, Ramridge, 
near Andover. 
Cockerel and three pullets.^l^t. Mr. W. Symonds, Milborne. 2nd. Mr. 
J. Crane, jun., Tolpuddle. 3rd. Mr. H. Fookes, Whitechurch. 
! MALAY. 
Cock and two hens. —Ist. Mr. C. Clark, Street. 2nd. Mr. H. Williams, 
Stinsford. 3rd. Mr. A. C. Sayers, Ramridge, 
Cockerel and three pullets, —No first prize. 2nd. Mr. W. Manfield, 
Dorchester. 
GAME. 
Cock and two hens.-^Xst. Mr. J. T. Ensor, Dorchester, 2nd and 3rd. 
Mr. J. Crane, jun., Tolpuddle. 
Cockerel and three pullets. —Ist. Mr. J. T. Ensor, Dorchester. 2nd. 
Mr. J, Crane, jun., Tolpuddle. 
GOLDEN-SPANGLED HAMBURGH. 
(No award), 
SILVER-SPANGLED HAMBURGH. 
Cock and two hens. —No 1st prize. 2nd. Mr. C. Clark, Street. 
Cockerel and three pullets. —1st. Mr. C. Clark. 
GOLDEN-PENCILLED HAMBURGH. 
Cock and two hens. —Ist. Mr. C. Clark, Street. 
Cockerel and three pullets. —Ist. Mr. C. Clark. 
' SILVER-PENCILLED HAMBURGH, 
i Cock and two hens, —No Ist or 2nd. 3rd. Mr. R. Fookes, Milton 
Abbas. 
I POLAND. 
Cock and two Aens.—1st and 2nd. Mr. T. P. Edwards, Lyndhurst Rail¬ 
way Station. 
Cockerel and three pullets. —Ut. Mr. T. P. Edwards. 
BANTAMS.— Gold or Silver Laced. 
Cock and two hens. —Ist. Mr. J. Goodenough, Godmanstone. 2nd. 
Mr. J. Crane, jun., Tolpuddle. 
BANTAMS.— Black, White, &c. 
Cock and two hens. —Ist. Mr. A, C. Sayers, Ramridge. 2nd. Mr. R. 
Fookes, Milton Abbas. 
GEESE. 
Gander and one Goose. —1st. Mr. W. H. Drummond, Troytowm. 2nd. 
Mr. W. Manfield, Dorchester. 
DUCKS. 
Drake and two Ducks. —Ist Prize to Mr.R. Genge, Waterson; Mr. E. 
Pope, Great Toller; and Mr. T. D. Chard, Tarrant Hinton. 2nd. Mr. W. 
H. Dunman, Troytown. 3rd. Mr. T. P. Edwards, Lyndhurst Railway 
Station. 
TURKEYS. 
Cock and one Hen. —1st and 2nd. Mr. W. H. Manfield, Dorchester. 
HITCHIN POULTRY SHOW. 
The Hitchin and Home Counties first exliibition of domes¬ 
tic poultry took place on the 20th, 22nd, and 23rd instant; 
and a first attempt has seldom achieved better success than 
crowned the efforts of the spirited projectors. jMr. Goodwin, 
and the gentlemen of the committee, were aided in the 
an’angement of the details by one of our spirited Birming¬ 
ham amateurs, and all were, and had reason to be, gratified 
by the result. 
As usual on these occasions, the Shanghaes formed the ] 
chief attraction, and numbered nearly one-third of the fowls ! 
exhibited; nor did they fail to do their part toward the I 
support of this popularity, for in half-a-bucketful of eggs 
which were removed from the pens during tlie exhibition, ' 
for the purpose of being destroyed^ there Avere five only Avhich | 
were not laid by Shaiighae hens. | 
I\Ir. Taylor, of Shepherd’s Bush, showed a pen of his , 
pretty Andalusian fowls., whose compact, domestic look, and ' 
bright slate-coloured plumage, form a. decided improvement, 
in appearance at any rate, on their first cousins, the Spanish, 
of funereal hue. 
Judges. — Ed^vard Hewitt, Esq., Eden Cottage, Spark 
Brook, Birmingham; and Mr. Baily, Mount Street, Gros- 
venor Square, London. 
COCHIN-CHINA. (WHITE.) ! 
Cock and two hens. —Ist. John Fairlie, Esq., Cheveley Park, New- j 
market. 2nd. Mr. William Lort, Ward End, Birmingham. 3rd. Mr. 
G. C. Peters, Moseley, Birmingham. I 
Cock and three pullets. —Ist. Mr. G. C. Peters, Moseley, Birmingham. | 
2nd. Mr. William Lort, Ward End, Birmingham. 
COCHIN-CHINA. (COLOURED.) i 
Cock and two hens. — 1st. Mr. H. Gilbert, 17, Upper Philimore Place, ! 
Kensington. 2nd. John Fairlie, Esq., Cheveley Park, Newmarket. 
3rd. C. Punchard, Esq., BlunVs Hall, Haverhill; 
Cock and three pullets. —1st prizes to Mr. H. Gilbert, 17» Upper Phili- 
niore Place, Kensington ; Mr. G. C. Peters, Moseley, Birmingham; 
Mr. W. Lort, Ward End, Birmingham; and Mr. R. Steward, South 
Town, Yarmouth. 2nd. W, T. Squire, Esq., Barton Place, Milden- 
hall. 3rd. C. Punchard, Esq., Blunt*s Hall, Haverhill, Suffolk. 
DORKING. (WHITE.) 
Cock and two hens. —2nd. Mr. J. Jennens, Moseley, Birmingham. 
Cock and three pullets. —1st. Mr. H. Forster, Markyate-street, Herts. 
2nd. Miss Mary Lane, Maidencroft, Hitchin. 
DORKING. (COLOURED.) 
Cock and two hens. —1st. Mr. Oliver Steed, Baldock. 2nd prizes to Mr. 
F. Thursby, Abingdon, Northamptonshire; Mr. H. Forster, Markyate- 
street, Herts; and Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston. 3rd. Mr. Joseph 
Lucas, Hitchin. 
Cock and three pullets. —1st. Mr. T. Nice, Great Bradley Hall, Suffolk. 
2nd. Rev. J. Boys, Biddenden, Kent. 3rd. Mr. W. Harrison, Bag- 
worth Park, Leicestershire. 
SPANISH. 
Cock and two hens. —1st. Hon. Mrs. Astley, Swanton House, Thetford. 
2nd. Mr. John Taylor, jun., Cresey House, Shepherd’s Bush, London. 
3rd. Mr. James Barber, Great Yarmouth. 
Cock and three pullets. —Prizes withheld. 
GAME FOWLS. (WHITE). 
Cock and two hens. —Ist. H. Thurnall, Esq., Royston, Hertfordshire. 
2nd. Mrs. Hoggett, Norton, near Baldock. 
Cock and three pullets.—\st. Mr. W. Groom, Holt, Norfolk. 
GAME. (COLOURED). 
Cock and two hens. —1st. Henry Thurnall, Esq., Royston. 2nd. Mr. 
W. Groom, Holt, Norfolk. Two 3rd prizes. Henry Thurnall, Esq., 
Royston. 
GAME. (COLOURED). 
Cock and three pulletSf chickens of 1852.—Two 1st prizes. Henry Thur¬ 
nall, Esq., Royston. 2nd. Mr. A. Cannell, Cringleford, Norfolk. 
GOLDEN-PENCILLED HAMBURGH. 
Cock and two hens. —2nd. Mr. T. Church, Acle, Norfolk. 
Cock and three pullets, —Jst. Mr. T. Barber, Acle, Norfolk. 
GOLDEN-SPANGLED HAMBURGH. 
Cock and two hens.— \si. Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
3rd. Mr. T. Cane, Baldock. 
Cock and three pullets.—"Ho entry. 
SILVER-PENCILLED HAMBURGH. 
Cock and two hens. —1st. The Hon. Mrs. Astley, Swanton House, Thet¬ 
ford. 2nd. Mr. J. Dutton, Bury St. Edmunds. 
Cock and three pullets, —1st prizes to Mr. Charles Thurnall, "Whittles- 
ford, near Cambridge; and Francis L’Estrangc Astley, Esq., Burgh 
Hall, Thetford. 2nd. Rev. Justice Chapman, Clareborough Vicarage, 
East Retford. 3rd. Mr. James Monsey, St. Miles, Thome Lane, i 
Norwich. | 
SILVER-SPANGLED HAMBURGH. 
Cock and two 1 st. Mr. Joseph Jennens, Moseley, Birmingham, i 
3rd. W. J. Vivian, Esq., Singleton, Glamorganshire. I 
Cock and three pullets, —No entry. 
MALAY. i 
Cock and two hem. —3rd prizes to Mr. M. Ridgway, Dewsbury, York- ! 
shire; and Mr. W. Harrison, Bagworth Park, Leicestershire* * 
Class not Meritorious. ' 
Cock and three pullets. —Prizes withheld. 
POLAND FOWL. (GOLDEN). j 
Cock and two hens, —Ist. W. J. Vivian, Esq., Singleton, Glamorgr.n- j 
shire. 2nd. Mr. C. Stephenson, 2, Loudoun Place, Brixton, Surrey. 
Cock and three pullets,—2,xid, Mr. C. Stephenson, 2, Loudoun Place, 
Brixton, Surrey. 
