244 THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY 
decisions were ruining all the Shows, and driving Judges 
out of the held. Capt. Hornby at last achieved a victory 
over Mr. Wright’s long victorious pens. The attendance 
was good, and the Secretary and Committee very active, and 
attending personally to everything.—W. 
The following is the list of prizes:— 
Spanish. —Cup, Capt. W. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. 
Second, Mr. J. Dixon, North Park, Bradford. Chickens.— Cup, Mr. J. 
K. Rodbard, Langford, Bristol. Second, Mr. J. Mashiter, King Street, 
Ulverstone. 
Dorking (Coloured).—First, Mrs. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cottage. 
Second, Mr. A. Potts, Boughton, Chester. 
Dorking (White).—Second, Mr. J. Robinson, Vale House, Garstang. 
(First withheld.) 
Dorking Chickens. —Cup, Capt. W. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cot¬ 
tage. Second, Mr. W. Evans, Hurst House, Prescot. 
Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff).—Cup, Mr. W. Copple, Eccle- 
ston. Second, Mr. T. Stretch, Marsh Lane, Bootle. 
Cochin-China (Brown and Partridge).—First, Mr. G. C. Adkins, 
Edgbaston, near Birmingham. Second, Bliss V. W. Musgrove, West 
Bank, Aughton, Ormskirk. 
Cochin-China (White).—First, Mr. R. Chase, Moseley Road, Bir¬ 
mingham. Second, Mr. R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston. 
Cochin-China Chickens. —First, Mr. T. Stretch, Marsh Lane, 
Bootle. Second, Mr. J. R. Rodbard, Langford, Bristol. 
Brahma Pootras. — First, Mr. R. Teebay, Fulwood, Preston. 
Second, Mr, J. Dixon, North Park, Bradford. 
Hamburgh (Golden-spangled). — Cup, Mr. W. R. Lane, Bourn 
Brook Farm, Birmingham. Second, Mr. W. Banks, Weston House, 
Runcorn. 
Hamburgh (Golden-pencilled).—First, Mr. W. C. Worrall, Rice 
House, near Liverpool. Second, Mr. W. Banks, Weston House, 
Runcorn. 
Hamburgh (Silver-spangled).—First, Messrs. Bird and Beldon, 
Ercleshill Moor, Bradford. Second, Mrs. H. Sharp, Mill Lane, 
Bradford. 
Hamburgh (Silver-pencilled).—Cup, Mr. J. Dixon, North Park, 
Bradford. Second, Mr. E. Archer, Malvern, Worcester. 
Hamburgh Chickens. —First, Messrs. Bird and Beldon, Eccleshill 
Moor, Bradford. Second, Mr. E. Archer, Malvern, Worcester. 
Polish (Golden).—Cup, Mr. R. H. Bushe, Litfield House, Clifton, 
Bristol. Second, Mr. J, Dixon, North Park, Bradford. 
Polish (Silver).—First, Mr. J. F. Greenall, Grappenhall, Warring¬ 
ton. Second, Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 
Polish (any other variety).—First, Mr. J. F. Greenall, Grappenhall, 
Warrington. Second, Mr. J. Dixon, North Park, Bradford. 
Polish Chickens. —First, Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birming¬ 
ham. Second, Mr. J. Dixon, North Park, Bradford. 
Game Cock. —Cup, Mr. J. Lyon, Vicarage Place, Prescot. Extra 
Prize, Mr. E. Worrall, Knotty Ash House. 
Game (White, Piles, and Duckwing).—Cup, Mr. T. Burnett, Hutton, 
Preston. Second, Capt. W. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cottage. 
Game (Black-breasted and other Reds).—First, Capt. W. W. Hornby, 
Knowsley Cottage. Second, Hon. W. W. Vernon, Wolseley Hall, 
Rugeley. 
Game (any other variety).—First and Second, Mr. J. Dixon, North 
Park, Bradford. 
Game Chickens. —First, Mr. W. Lomax, Stone Clough, Man¬ 
chester. Second, Mrs. H. Sharp, Mill Lane, Bradford. 
Any other Distinct Breed. —First, Mrs. H. Sharp, Mill Lane, 
Bradford fBlack Hamburghs). Second, Mr. W. Dawson, Hopton Mir- 
field, Yorks (Sultans). 
Bantams (Gold-laced).—First, Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Bir¬ 
mingham. Second, Capt. W. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cottage. 
Bantams (Silver-laced). — First, Hon. W. W. Vernon, Wolseley 
Hall, Rugeley. Second, Mr. J. Dixon, North Park, Bradford. 
Bantams (any other variety).—First, Mr. T. Durning, Rainford. 
Second, Mr. M. Ridgway, Dewsbury. 
Ducks (Aylesbury).—First, Mr. J. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Ayles¬ 
bury. Second, Mr. R. Sergencson, Chester Street, Liverpool. 
Ducks (Rouen).—First, Mr. H. Worrall, Spring Grove, West Derby. 
Second, Mr. W. Evans, Hurst House, Prescot. 
Ducks (any other variety).—First, Mrs. S. Rigby, Eccleston. Second, 
Mr. F. W. Earle, Edenhurst, Prescot. 
Turkeys. —Prize, Mr. J. R. Rodbard, Langford, Bristol. 
Geese. First, Capt. W. W. Hornby, Knowsley Cottage. 
Mr. J. Fowler, Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury. 
Second, 
Pigeons. Carriers. Prize, Mr. W. Scott, Snig Lane, Prescot. 
Balds. First, Mr. J. W. Edge, Aston New Town, Birmingham. 
Second, Mr. W. Sephton, Victoria Place, Prescot. Beards. —First, 
Mr. J. W. Edge, Aston New Town, Birmingham. Second, Mr. H. 
Foster, Lane Ends, near Prescot. Runts.— First, Mr. E. Worrall, 
Knotty Ash House. Second, Mr. H. Child, Sherbourne Road, Birming¬ 
ham. Owls. First, Mr. W. Sephton, Victoria Place, Prescot. Second, 
Mr. G, C, Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Fantails. —First --nd 
GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, July 14, 1857. 
Second, Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Powters. —Prize, 
Mr. G. C. Adkins, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Any other distinct variety. 
—First, Mr. E. Worrall, Knotty Ash House. Second, Mr. H. Foster, 
Lane Ends, Prescot. 
OUR LETTER BOX. 
Goslings (Goose). —The earliest hatched, if they thrive, fetch the 
highest price. Our quotations are what they are retailed at. 
Anerley Poultry Snow(Betchworth). —We should sue the Secretary 
for the money received for the Ducks. He is a clerk in Crowley’s brewery. 
Messrs. Crowley supply the Anerley Arms. Oblige us by particu¬ 
larising the inaccuracies you allude to. We are preparing for a second 
edition. 
Mottled Tumbler (T. W. Wrench). —The properties of a Mottled 
Tumbler are the same as those for any other variety, as described in The 
Cottage Gardener of March 31st and April 7th, the feathers, from 
which they derive their name, being mottled. There are two varieties, the 
Dark-mottled, having only a few white feathers about the head, neck, 
and shoulders; and the Gay-mottled, being nearly white, with dark flights 
and tail, and only a few coloured feathers about the body. These are 
sometimes called Ermined.—B. P. B. 
Errata. —March 31st, 1857, page 451, Tumbler Pigeons, 25th line, 
for Grey Mottle read Gay Mottle; 46th line, for under the hack read 
under the beak. May 26th, 1857, Laugher Pigeon, page 126, 2nd 
column, 8th line, for Grey Mottle read Gay Mottle.—B. P. B. 
Dorking Chickens Diseased (R. Lockhart).— The symptoms are 
those of roup. See the treatment in “The Poultry Book for the 
Many,” which you have. 
Prize Rouen Ducklings (Amicus Galli). — “ Can you tell me the 
weight necessary to arrive at in a pen of Rouen Ducklings to obtain a 
first prize? My best ducks of this variety, which weigh considerably 
over 10 lbs. the pair, age six weeks and five days, have a white ring 
round the neck. Is this likely to disappear in the moult, and how is so 
extraordinary a variation of colour accounted for ? Should the head of 
the drake be all one colour, or should he possess the dark stripe above 
and under the eye so beautifully developed in the duck? Will a spotted 
bill be rejected if the spots are only on the edge, and if the general 
appearance is uniform ? ” 
[Although weight is desirable, purity of plumage is more imperative. 
In every point Rouen Ducks should resemble Wild Ducks. The ring 
round the neck is a defect, and is more likely to increase than to 
disappear. The head of the drake should be entirely green. Spots on 
the edge of the bill are not very important, but in close competition I 
they would tell against the bird. The.weight you mention is very good, 
and is large enough for success anywhere if the plumage is correct. It 
will still increase as the birds get older.] 
Error. —“ Permit me to rectify a mistake of your compositor in my 
contribution respecting the Crystal Palace Show in last week’s Cottage 
Gardener, which, although at first sight so trivial, as being simply 
confined to a single letter only, changes my ideas altogether. At j 
page 223, eleven lines from the bottom, ‘ size ’ is printed instead of 
‘ sire.’ Perhaps your contributor who now styles himself ‘ A North 
Country Amateur’ will not ‘shrink from the application of the j 
remedy’ I myself proposed, but at once openly—to use his own words— 
‘ venture to roll away the sulphureous vapours which prevent our dis¬ 
cerning his features,’ and in which at present he is designedly 
enveloped, by the frank acknowledgment of his individuality, as I 
myself have purposely already done at the foot of the self-same article ' 
he so deprecatingly refers to.”— Edward Hewitt, July 8th, 1857. 
LONDON MARKETS.— July 13th. 
COVENT GARDEN. 
The supply is now heavy of all descriptions of goods, and business 
not quite so brisk to clear it off — prices, consequently, receding. 
Foreign consignments inwards comprise Melons, Apricots, Pine 
Apples, and Chen ies; and in Vegetables we are still receiving French 
Beans, Artichokes, and Endive, with some very good Tomatoes. 
POULTRY. 
There has been a sensible falling off in the trade during the past week, 
and all betokens the decline of the London season at the West End. 
Large fowls continue scarce and in demand. 
Large fowls.. 7s. 0d. to 8s. Od. each. 
Smaller do. 4s. 6d. to 5s. Od. ,, 
Chickens .. 2s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. ,, 
Goslings.6s. to 6s. 6d. ,, 
Ducklings.. 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. ,, 
Guinea Fowls Os. Od. to Os.Od. each. 
Pigeons.lOd. to lid. ,, 
Rabbits.... Is. 5d. to Is. 6d. ,, 
Wild ditto. 8d. to 0d. ,, 
Leverets.... 3s. Od. to 4s. fid. ,, 
London: Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—July 14, 185". 
