87 
May 5. 
THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
is added to the list of Shows for which Yorkshire was 
already famous. About 140 pens of poultry were brought 
together, and the observation at once occurred that there 
was little among them that could be called even inferior. 
'the prize-list will show who were the successful com¬ 
petitors in the various classes, and we have little to add to 
the tale which it tells. That little, however, will be in 
praise both of the arrangements and of the exhibition 
itself, which bids fair to become an exceedingly good one, if 
we may judge from the specimens exhibited in some of the 
classes, or from the interest apparently taken in the entire 
show. 
ihe Spanish were the best class in the exhibition, and we 
very much doubt whether, as a class, a better one was ever 
exhibited, even at Birmingham itself. The individual 
specimens were excellent, the pens well matched, and the 
birds, lor the most part, shown in excellent condition. 
1 lie Shanyhaes also were good, and in each of the other 
classes, with one or two exceptions only, some tirst-rate 
birds were exhibited. 
I he fineness of the day, as must necessarily be the case 
with all out door shows, contributed much to the gratifi¬ 
cation which a very numerous company, especially of ladies, 
experienced; and we shall look to that at Howden as a 
j thriving Society. It is but justice to the Hon. Sec., 
-Ur. Carter, to state that the public are greatly indebted to 
j him lor the arrangements made, and for the use also of the 
show-field. 
-\r following is the list of prizes awarded by the judges, 
, Mr. i ravers, of York, and Mr. Bond, of Leeds. We omit 
I the classes in which no prize was awarded. 
Class 1.—SPANISH (Cock and two Hens). 
r Pme, J. H. Smith, Esq., Skelton Grange, York. Second prize, 
J. Hartley, Esq., M.D., Howden. 
Class 2.—COCHIN-CHINA (Cock and two Hens). 
Hrst prize, J. H. Smith, Esq., Skelton Grange, Y'oik. Second prize, 
George Jackson, Esq., York. 
Class 3.—DORKINGS (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize, Mr. Blanshard, Bubwith. Second prize, Sir Clifford 
Constable, Burton Constable. 
Class 4.—MALAYS (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize, Mr. George Jackson, York. Second prize, Mrs. Pettincer, 
Spaldington. ’ ° ’ 
Class 4a. GOLDEN PHEASANT (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize, Mr. Kendall, Goole. Second prize, Mr. Mark Green, 
I Howden. 
Class 6.—POLAND. (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize, Mr. George Boothby, Louth. Second prize, Mr. Thomas 
Saxelbyc, Howden. 
I Class 7.—SILVER PHEASANT or CHITTYPRAT (Cock and two 
Hens). 
c P r . lzc > Mr. George Clark, Howden. Second prize, Mr. Charles 
Smith, Caistor, Lincolnshire. 
Class 8. AN\ BREED OR CROSS (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize, Mr. Charles Hutchinson, Howden. Second prize, Mr. F. 
Ferguson, Walkington. 
Class 9-—BANTAMS (Cock and two Hens). 
First prize, Mr. C. Smith, Caistor, Lincolnshire. Second prize, Sir 
Clifford Constable, Burton Constable. 
Class 10.—EXTRA PRIZES (Best Cock). 
First prize, J. H. Smith, Esq., Skelton Grange, York. 
Class 12.—DUCKS (Drake and two Ducks). 
First prize, Mr. Blanshard, Bubwith. 
Class 14.—GUINEA FOWL (The Pair). 
First prize, Mrs. J. Thompson, Spaldington. 
Class 15.—RABBITS (F’or the best Pair). 
First prize, Mr. J. Foster, Haigh, Selby. Second prize, Mr. George 
Sherburn, Howden. 
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i ' • 1 
SPANGLED versus PHEASANTED. 
f hat my remarks as to the true colour of a spangle 
should, at the present time of poultry-fancying, meet with 
some opposition, I am not at all surprised; for as the va¬ 
rieties known as Pheasant, Moonies, Ac., have lately been 
huddled together by the parvenu amateurs and dealer 
clique, and having been thus amalgamated under a new 
name for about five or six years, it is not to be wondered at 
that when the true Spangle of the old aristocratic fanciers 
asserts its claim, it should be scoffed at as a pretender that 
no one knows or cares about. I take white to be the colour 
of a spangle—certainly not black. Dr. Johnson, who is the 
Englishman’s authority for the meaning of his words, gives 
the following examples of the application of the word 
spangle :— 
“As hoary frost with spangles doth attire 
The mossy branches of an oak half dead.” 
Spenser’s Farie Queen. 
“ Thus in a starry night fond children cry 
For the rich spangles that adorn the sky.” 
Waller. 
“ That now the dew with spangles deck’d the ground, 
A sweeter spot of earth was never found.” 
Dry den. 
And I think, if an artist had to paint the spangles of frost, 
stars, or dew, white would he the colour principally used, 
though it might be edged with some of the prismatic colours. 
As to whether my “unique” opinion on this point, as 
Dr. Horner calls it, has now become apocryphal or not, is of 
little importance; hut I do assure him it was once canon¬ 
ical, and I still consider it as such. I shall, therefore, 
adhere to the traditions of the Fathers in this until he can 
find some more conclusive reasoning. That the uninitiated 
frequently confuse the various markings of fancy poultry is 
not to be wondered at; but when a fancier understands all 
the varieties the confusion ceases. 
I like everything should have a light name, and be called 
by it. The true old Spangled Polands, and the old feather- 
footed Spangled Bantams, were adorned with a multitude of 
small white spots, which constituted the spangling whence 
the name was derived; hut as these got scarce, the term 
became ambiguous, and was applied by the would-be ama¬ 
teurs to various markings, of the real names of which they 
might be ignorant. Thus, doubtless, arose the confusion 
complained of in the liev. E. S. Dixon’s work; hut, as he 
appears to know nothing of the true white spangle, is, con¬ 
sequently, not an authority in this matter. He objects to 
the term Pheasanted, because simple people have misunder¬ 
stood its meaning; and thinks it improper to use the name 
of other birds to illustrate the marking of fowls; hut even 
he makes use of the terms Pheasant Malay, Cuckoo-fowl, 
and Lark-crested. 
The term Spangled has hut comparatively lately been 
applied to the Pheasant and Mooney markings ; and, if 
each are not properly distinguished, we shall have, under 
the prismatic system, the anomaly of White Spangled 
Golden fowls, and Black Spangled Golden, or Silver fowls, 
and so forth, whether Polands, Dutch Every-day layers, or 
\ Bantams; and, as the fancy advances, the shape of the 
spots will also require to be designated: for instance, such 
a list of names as Lozenge - shaped Black Spangled 
Golden Dutch Every-day Layers, which may be simply 
expressed by Golden Pheasanted Dutch. 
In answer to “ W’s ” remark respecting the golden- j 
pheasanted feathers sent, I beg to say they were perfect, j 
and if he will take the trouble to obtain a few feathers from 
the crop-part of a cock pheasant’s neck, and compare them, 
lie will, I think, at once be convinced of the resemblance. 
What he alludes to when he says the spots should be 
rounder, is a variety of the pheasant’s marking sometimes 
known by the name of moony. Tho other remarks of his 
I have answered by another paper, as he did not seem 
exactly to understand my meaning, which is, simply, that 
what are now generally called “ Spangled Polands ’’ are not ! 
really and truly such, but used to he known as Pheasanted 
Hamburghs, a variety quite distinct from what are now 
improperly, I think, called Hamburghs. 
It is, also, worthy of remark, that though the recent poultry 
shows are greatly improving some of our breeds of poultry, 
still others seem much to have degenerated from what they 
