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3y Messrs. Lucas and Co., at their sale on the 30th ult., after 
;he utmost efforts of those gentlemen in parading the high 
ionours awarded to him in the Exhibition from two of the 
iblest Judges in the land, for a nett sum to his owner of less 
Jian tvventy shillings. 
The unnoticed one is a remarkably fine cockerel, now 
line months old (pen 335), his shape and condition, almost 
perfect, two of the Committee and several undoubted 
lodges having expressed themselves to the owner in high 
;erms on the latter quality; colour bright and correct in 
?very point, and breast, thighs, legs, and rump perfectly black; 
was entered at the unsaleable price of AT00, hut might have 
been sold at the Exhibition and since for nearly half the 
number of pounds which his successful rival brought shil¬ 
lings ; was the first-prize chicken at the last Birmingham 
Show, where the same two Judges gave him the Silver Cup 
and all the honours in their power. 
Having trespassed to so great a length on your space, I 
will only further ask the Judges one or two nuestions. 
Have Ave been wrong in our notions of what a Partridge- 
feathered cock should he? is it not necessary to have the 
bright plumage, black breast, thighs, and legs, so long coveted? 
and are we, against the next gathering at Birmingham, to 
prepare for competition only such nondescripts as the bird 
highly commended by you in the late Exhibition at Liver¬ 
pool? By their replying to these questions they will much 
oblige, not only myself, but many other admirers of this 
beautiful breed.— Consistency, Liverpool. 
PIGEONS. 
Class No. 3.—TUMBLER PIGEONS (Columbarevolvensf 
French. German. 
Pigeon Culbutant. Tumjiler, or JIurzel Tauben. 
This class of Pigeons are distinguished from all others by 
their revolving or turning a summersault backwards in the 
air while flying. They are very widely diffused, and there 
are several varieties of them. All, however, are very docile 
or easily tamed, light fliers, have pearl irides, and their 
beaks, though varying much in length, have a similarity of 
form, and I have noticed a tendency in most of the varieties 
to throw birds with white piuions and a white mark under 
the beak. As a race they are very prolific. 
Variety 1.—THE COMMON EUROPEAN TUMBLER, 
This variety is very plentiful in Germany, Holland, and 
France, and I believe universally to be met with in most 
parts of the Continent. They are about the size of a Dove- 
house Pigeon, hut of a rather different build, and a more 
gentle and less wild expression; neither is the beak so much 
Dove-shaped or depressed in the middle. They are good 
breeders and attentive nurses. They fly well and tumble 
much. I believe this is the breed that is now often sold in 
England as Rollers, so called from their excessive tumbling 
or rolling over so many times as they fly. In comparison 
with our finer-bred English Tumblers they are coarse, 
mousey, or jowlter-headed, as the fanciers term it, that is to 
say, the beak longer and the forehead less raised. They are 
clean-footed, though some of the Dutch have small feathers 
on the feet. In plumage they are very various, possessing 
all the known shades and colours of domestic Pigeons. 
Some are whole-coloured, hut the greater portion are black, 
blues, or reds, with white flights. Others, also, have white 
tails, and often a small white splash under the beak. There 
are also mottles, grizzles, haggles, splashed, and pieds, as 
magpied, or white with dark heads and tails, called in Ger¬ 
many Die Kappen Burzel Tanbe. Like all other fancy 
Pigeons the more regularly they are marked, and the more 
accurately they are bred, and bred to the particular marking, 
the more they are esteemed. 
KENDAL POULTRY SHOW. 
This was held at Kendal on the (1th and 7th instant. 
T. Challoner, Esq., Judge, who awarded the prizes as 
follows :— 
Spanish. —A Silver Cup for the best pen of Spanish, the gift of 
George Carr Glynn, Esq., Member for Kendal.—Cup and First, J. Tate, 
Preston. Second, Capt. W. W. Hornby, R.N., Knowsley Cottage, j 
Prescot. Third, G. A. Gelderd, Aikrigg End, Kendal. Highly Com¬ 
mended, J. Dixon, North Park, Horton, Bradford; Mrs. L. C. Wells, 
4, Albion Cottages, Brunswick Square, Camberwell, London. (Very 
good class.) Chickens of 1856.—First, J. Horrocks, jun., Ribblesdale 
Place, Preston. Second, Capt. W, W. Hornby, B.N., Knowsley Cottage, 
Prescot. Third, T. Robinson, The Gill, Ulverston. Highly Commended, 
G. A. Gelderd, Aikrigg End, Kendal ; J. Dixon, North Park, Horton, 
Bradford; J. Tate, Preston. Commended, J. Mashiter, King Street, 
Ulverston. 
Dorking (Coloured).—A Silver Mug for the best pen of Dorkings, 
the gift of the Hon. Col. Upton, C.B., Levens Holl.—Mug and First, j 
G. A. Gelderd, Aikrigg End, Kendal. Second, W. Wright, West Bank, 
Widnes, near Warrington. Third, J. Robinson, Vale House, Garstang. 
Highly Commended, E. Owen, Kendal; Capt. W. W. Hornby, Knowsley 
Cottage, Prescot. Commended, R. Sergencson, 8, Chester Street, 
Liverpool. Chickens of 1856.—First, J. Gelderd, Aikrigg End, Kendal. 
Second, J. Robinson, Vale House, Garstang. Third, J. Tate, Preston. 
Highly Commended, G. A. Gelderd, Aikrigg End, Kendal; A. Watkin, 
Freedom Cottage, Walkley, Sheffield. Commended, H. Cragg, Kendal ; 
G, C. Whitwell, Tolson Hall, Kendal ; W. W. Ruttlidge, Storthend, 
Kendal. 
Dorking (White).— First, J. Robinson, Vale House, Garstang. 
Secoud, Miss M. Jackson, Vale House, Garstang. Chickens of 1856.— 
First, J. Robinson, Vale House, Garstang. Second, J. Whitwell, 
Kendal. 
Cochin-China. —A Silver Cijp for the best pen of Cochin-China, the 
gift of the Hon. H. C. Lowther and Lord Bective, the Members for the 
County, W. Wright, West Bank, Widnes, near Warrington. 
Cochin-China (Cinnamon and Buff).—First, T. Burnett, Hutton, : 
Preston. Second, G. A. Gelderd, Aikrigg End, Kendal. Chickens of \ 
1856.—First, T. Burnett, Hutton, Preston. Second, J. Gelderd, Aikrigg 
End, Kendal. Commended, R. Sergencson, 8, Chester Street, Liver¬ 
pool. 
Cochin-China (Brown and Partridge-feathered).—J. Bell, Kirkgate, 
Thirsk. Chickens of 1856.—First, W. Wright, West Bank, Widnes, ; 
near Warrington. Second, J. Bell, Kirkgate, Thirsk. 
Cochin-China (White or Black).—First, J. M. Barnes, Levens. 
Second, W. Wanklyn, jun., Bury, Lancashire. Commended, C. ; 
Gandy, Oakland. Chickens of 1856.—First, T. Burnett, Hutton, Preston. ; 
Second, R. Teebay, Fleetwood, near Preston. Highly Commended, W. 
Wanklyn, jun., Bury, Lancashire; A. Watkin, Freedom Cottage, 
Walkley, Sheffield. 
Game. —A Silver Cup for the best pen of Game, the gift of Geo. | 
A. Gelderd, Esq., of Aikrigg End, Kendal —Capt. W. W. Hornby, R.N., 
Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. 
Game Fowls (White and Piles).—First, Capt. W. W. Hornby, R.N., 
Knowsley Cottage, Prescot. Second, W. Wilkinson, Lyth, Levens. 
Third, II, ltauthmell, Old Hutton, Milnthorpe. Highly Commended, 
F. Atkinson, Lord’s Plain, Levens. Chickens of 1856.—First, W. 
Wilkinson, Lyth. Second, F. Atkinson, Lord’s Plain. Third, Rev. T. 
E. Abraham, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk. Highly Commended, N. Dixon, 
Helsington, Levens. Commended, R. Atkinson, Bradleyfield, Kendal. 
Game Fowls (Black-breasted and other Reds).—First, Capt. W. 
W. Hornby, R.N., Knowsley Cottage, l’rcscot. Second, J. Hindson, 
Barton House, Everton, Liverpool. Third, T. W. Pearse, Bedford, 
Beds. Highly Commended, J. J. Banks, Kent Cottage, Kendal; G. 
W. Moss, Bank, Liverpool; Mrs. H. Sharp, Bradford; T. Robinson, 
The Gill, Ulverston. Commended, T. E. Atkinson, Bradleyfield, Kendal ; 
I. Robinson, Kitching, Kendal; T. Burnett, Hutton, Preston. Chickens 
of 1856.—First, T. Baron, Kendal. Second, H. Cragg, Kendal. Third, 
W. Bownass, Royal Hotel, Bowness. Highly Commended, J. Fawcett, 
Eskrigg End, Old Hutton; R. Pickthall, Mint House, Kendal; M. 
Redhead, Kendal; F. Atkinson, Lord’s Plain, Levens; E. Swainson, 
Nibthwaite, Ulverston. Commended, R. Gelderd,Soutergate, Ulverston. 
G ame Fowls (any other variety).—First, H. Rauthmell, Old Hutton 
