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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, December 4, 1860. 
Hamburoh (Pullets of any variety).—First, Mrs. Pettat. Second, Mrs. 
Hancos. Third, Mr. Lowe. 
Malay.— First, Mr. Rumsey. Second, Mr. Manfield. Chickens. —First, 
Mr. Sykes. Second, Mr. Rumsey. 
Malay (any other variety).—First, Lady Aylesford, Mr. Dawson, Mr. 
Reynolds, Mr. Lane, and Mr. Dixon. Second, Mr. Dawson. 
SINGLE COCKS. 
Dorking.— First, Lady Louisa Thynne. Second, Mr. Hill. Third, 
Dr. Hewson. 
Spanish.— First, Mr. Brundrit. Second, Air. Wood. Third, Miss Rake. 
Cochin-China. —First and Second, Mr. Tomlinson. 
Brahma Pootra.— First, Air. Craigie. Second, Mr. Botham. 
Polands. —First, Air. Dixon. Second, Airs. Pettat. 
Hambtjrghs (Golden-pencilled).—First, Mr. Carter. Second, Air. 
Worrall. 
Hamburghs (Golden-spangled).—First, Mr. Worrall. Second, Mr. 
Carter. 
Hamburghs (Silver-pencilled.—First, Air. Martin. Second, Air. Keahle. 
Hamburghs (Silver-spangled).—First, Air. Robinson. Second, Mr. 
Beldon. 
Bantams (Golden-laced.)—First and Cup, Mr.Hill. Second, Air. Punchard. 
Bantams (Silver-laced).—First, Air. Leno. Second, Air. Bayley. 
Bantams (White).—First, Air. Alarks. Second, Air. Elkington. 
Bantams (Black).—First, Mr. Stansfield. Second, Mr. Woirall. 
Bantams (Any other variety).—First, Air. Daft. Second, Air. Peters. 
Geese (White).—First, Air. Daft. Second and Third, Mr. Alanfield. 
Geese (Grey and Mottled).—First and Cup, Air. Fowler. Second, Mrs. 
F. Blair. 
Ducks (Aylesbury).—First, Cup and Third, Mrs. Seamons. Second, 
Mr. Fowler. 
Ducks (Rouen). First, Mr. Holmes. Second, Air. Fowler. Third, Air. 
Ashton. 
Ducks (Black East Indian).—First, Aliss Beasley. Second, Aliss Steele 
Perkins. 
Ducks (Any other variety).—First, Lady Paulett. Second, Air. Bayley. 
Turkeys. —First and Cup, Mr. Smith. Second, Airs. F. Blair. Third, 
Mr. Barker. 
Turkeys of I860.—First, Mr. Smith. Second, Rev. T. Fellowes. Third, 
Mr. Smith. 
GAME FOWLS. 
Black-breasted Reds. —First, Captain Hornby. Second, Mr. Wood. 
Third, Air. Richard Swift. Chickens. —First and Cup, Hon. Mr. Vernon. 
Second, Airs. Hornby. Third, Air. E. Archer. 
Brown and other Reds. —First, Master AIoss, for the best pen of Game 
in the Exhibition. Second, Mr. E. Archer. Third, Air. Dawson. Chickens. — 
First, Mrs. Moss. Second, Air. Fletcher. Third, Air. Smith. 
Black and Brassy-winged. —First, Mrs. Dawson. Second, Mr. Munn. 
Third, Mr. Burman. Chickens.— First, Mr. Bullock. Second, Air. Burgess. 
Third, Mr. Munn. 
Duckwings. —First and Cup, Mr. Doncaster. Second, Air. Swift. Third, 
Mr. Dawson. Chickens. —First, Mr. Doncaster. Second, Air. Alunn. 
Third, Air. Heape. 
Whites and Piles.— First, Air. J. Camm. Second, Mr. Foulkes. Third, 
Mr. Robinson. Chickens.— First, Mr. Robinson. Second, Air. Clayton. 
Third. Miss Crawford. 
Hens.—F irst, Mr. S. Swift. Second, Miss G. Moss. Third, Air. E. 
Archer. Pullets.— First, Hon. G. Howard. Second, Air. Swan. Third, 
Mr. E. Archer. 
Any other Variety.— First, Air. Douglas. Second, Mr. Dawson. 
Third, Air. Robinson. 
Black-breasted Reds.— First, Mr. Douglas. Second, Air. Swift. 
Third, Mr. Archer. 
Brown and other Rrds. —First and Third, Aliss E. AIoss. Second, 
Miss Cargie. 
SWEEPSTAKES FOR SINGLE GAME COCKS. 
First, Mr. Garton. Second, Captain Hornby. Third, Hon. AV. W. 
Vernon. Fourth, Mr. E, Archer. 
BLACK EAST INDIAN DUCKS. 
I TEEL it is necessary that we should again urge upon Com¬ 
mittees and Secretaries of Poultry Shows the necessity for giving 
a separate class for Black East Indian Ducks. Although at many 
Shows this is now done, there are still many which do not give 
this beautiful breed of Ducks the chance of competing at all. I 
have recently received prize lists of forthcoming Poultry Shows 
where they give classes for Aylesburys and Rouens, but none 
either for Black Ducks or “Ducks of other varieties,” so that we 
Black-Duck breeders have to keep our birds at home and our 
entry money in our pockets. 
Now, the best proof Committees can have of a class being 
necessary for these very beautiful birds is the way in which 
where it is given it fills. Take, for instance, the Crystal Palace 
Winter Show, 1859, where the Duck classes were as follows :— 
Aylesburys, 12 pens ; Rouens, 21 pens ; DIack Ducks, 16 pens; 
other varieties, 12 pens. So, then, the Blacks exceeded the 
Aylesburys in the number of pens by four. 
Take the same Show in January, 1860, when the entries were 
as follows—viz., Aylesbury, 11; Rouen, 14; Black Ducks, 11; 
other varieties, 9. So that in this instance the Black Ducks were 
the same as the Aylesburys in the number of pens. Or to take a 
more recent case—the late Devizes Show, where the entries were 
—Aylesburys, 7 pens ; Rouens, 13 pens ; Black Ducks, 12 pens; 
other varieties, 7 pens. Here the Blacks again exceeded the 
Aylesburys by five pens ; and what Committees have to do, is to 
support the classes which support them—and a Black-Duck 
class is generally well filled. I hope the day is not far dis¬ 
tant when it will be no more excluded from the prize sheet 
than that for Aylesburys or Rouens, as, if they are not more 
useful they are much more ornamental, and there is no doubt 
but that Poultry Shows are for the encouragement of fancy 
rather than useful poultry, although, undoubtedly, they tend to 
the improvement of both. 
Let the fancy breeds have their due; and when Calls, Man¬ 
darins, Carolinas, &c., number as well as East Indians do now, 
let them each have a class, but until then they must be content to 
compete in that for “ other varieties,” besides Aylesburys, Rouens, 
or Black East Indian. I have not sent to several Shows where 
I should have entered four or five pens in different classes, solely 
because there was no class for Black Ducks ; and it is my 
intention to support those Shows which give them a chance of 
competing on a level with Aylesbury and Rouen, and withhold 
my support from those which do not, and would most earnestly 
intreat other Black-Duck breeders to do the same. 
I am confident that many Shows lose as much by not giving 
this class as they could, if they liked, get by giving it, as they 
not only lose entries ©f this particular breed, but also of others ; 
as I make a rule, and know some others do the same, that if 
there is no class in which Black Ducks can compete, not to 
show anything at all.—A Black-Duck Breeder. 
CRYSTAL PALACE WINTER POULTRY SHOW. 
This great annual Show of Poultry will be held at the Crystal 
Palace this year during the Cattle Show week, commencing on 
Wednesday, the 12th, and continuing until Saturday, the 15th 
December. The entries are very numerous, comprising nearly 
1000 pens of poultry of all kinds, with Gold, Silver, and other 
varieties of Pheasants, nearly 400 pens of Pigeons, and 100 pens 
of Rabbits. A novel feature is added in the shape of a sweep¬ 
stakes for Game Cocks, for which a large number of entries 
have been made. 
The object of holding the Show this year at the same time as 
the Cattle Show, is to afford to agriculturists and others the 
opportunity of inspecting during a single visit to the metropolis 
the progress of the various breeds of poultry, as well as of cattle. 
The north wing of the Palace, adjoining the tropical depart¬ 
ment, has been refitted with hot-water pipes for the purposes of 
the Show, so that, however inclement the weather may be, an 
agreeable resort will be open to the public. Combined with the 
Poultry Show there will be a great exhibition of Roots, to which 
many of the most celebrated agriculturists will contribute. Thee© 
will be arranged in the centre transept of the Palace. 
As the leading exhibitors at the Palace, who annually erect 
their stalls in the naves for the Christmas season, have received 
permission to commence their holdings by the time of the above 
Show, the Palace is likely to present an unusually gay and 
bustling appearance for this season of the year. 
NORTHAMPTON AMATEUR POULTRY AND 
CANARY SHOW. 
Several of the lovers of poultry in Northampton and its 
neighbourhood had long wished to get up a Show of poultry, 
but from various causes their attempts had been unsuccessful. 
However, on Thursday last (November 22nd), the first of what 
we hope will be the prelude to many more was held, and from 
the support it received we augur that its future success will be 
certain. There were about eighty pens of poultry, and nearly 
two hundred Canaries exhibited. The Spanish classes were re¬ 
presented by twelve pens, Mr. Wright, of Northampton carrying 
off the principal prizes. The cockerels in these classes were good, 
but the hens and pullets had unmistakeably red faces. These 
latter must be discarded in future. The Dorking class was 
very well filled. We expect Mr. Shaw’s, of Hunsbury Hill, and 
the Rev. F. Thursby’s, will be heard of again at Birmingham 
and the Crystal Palace. The Cochins were badly represented. 
Game had from twenty to thirty pens to sustain their reputation, 
and amongst the cocks were some excellent birds. To those 
conversant with Canaries there was every inducement to pay 
the Show a visit, every variety being well represented. 
Mr. Wright, of Northampton, was Secretary, and by the inde¬ 
fatigable exertions of Mr. Jno. Shaw, of Hunsbury Hill, near 
Northampton, with Mr. Housman and a working Committee, 
