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to the first-prize bird, which, although having very ample 
hood and chain, was very loose and straggling. 
Fantails had only one class, principally whites, and in a 
class so hard to judge, when a lot of good birds are assem- 
bled, it is difficult to criticise the awards, and much more so 
to make them. 
the new type, Mr. Fulton taking first and cup with a grand 
black; Mr. Lederer second and third. 
English Owls formed one of the best classes in the show, 
and contained many birds of surpassing merit; but there 
appears to be a diversity of opinion among judges and 
breeders as to the proportions of an English Qwl, some 
saying it should have a gullet and dewlap, others ignoring 
these properties, and going in for birds without them. It 
would be well if this question could be settled, so that 
breeders might know what to work for. However, in the 
present case, all the prize and commended birds were good 
specimens, some of the latter only wanting age to qualify 
them for the superior degree. Foreign Owls, as they get 
acclimatized and breed with us, appear to loose the specific 
character of the imported birds, and show a tendency to be- 
come larger and coarser than we like to see them. The two 
classes of Turbits made a grand show, Messrs. Dew, Jones, 
and Gregory in blues and silvers, and Messrs. Ropes, Croft, 
Salter, and Jones in the class for ‘any other color,” showing 
splendid birds. 
The class for best collection of four pairs, any variety ex- 
cept Carriers, Pouters, and Short-faced Tumblers, had 
twenty entries, many of the pens containing not only beau- 
tiful, but valuable, birds; but we cannot congratulate the 
judges on their awards in this class. The cup was given to 
a pen of White Fantails, in fine feather and condition; the 
second prize to a pen of Grizzled Dragons; and equal thirds 
to a pen of Mealy Antwerps and a magnificent pen of birds 
shown by Mr. Fulton, which, in the opinion of the majority 
of fanciers, should have had the cup. We would suggest 
some alteration in the conditions of this class in future 
shows. 
There were three classes for Antwerps, comprising over 
one hundred and fifty birds. In the special class for homing 
birds, it was a condition that all birds to which a prize was 
awarded in the pen could only claim their right to the prize 
on being returned to the show, after being tossed from the 
Palace at noon on the second day of the show; but unfortu- 
nately the state of the atmosphere was so very unfavorable 
that the committee, in the exercise of their discretion, did 
not have the birds thrown. The prizes will therefore be 
given as awarded to the birds in the pens; but there is little 
doubt that, had the weather been suitable, every bird would 
have found his way home and back to the Palace. It is 
only necessary to mention the names of Sutherland, Lub- 
bock, Tegetmeier, and Sparrow, to prove the truth of our 
surmise. 
The judges were: For Pouters, Messrs. J. Montgomery 
and M. Stuart; for Carriers, Barbs, and flying class of Ant- 
werps, Mr. Corker; Dragons and Short-faced Antwerps, Mr. 
Jones Percival; Jacobins, Fantails, Nuns, Trumpeters, 
Owls, and variety class, Mr. Harrison Weir ; Turbits, Mag- 
pies, Runts, Almonds, other Short-faced Tumblers, Flying 
Tumblers, Mr. F. Esquilant; and the collection of four 
pairs, by the last three gentlemen combined. The pigeons 
were under the care and supervision of Mr. P. H. Jones and 
a staff of attendants, who performed their duties most satis- 
factorily. 
Trumpeters contained a good lot of birds of 

The Rabbits were numerous and very good; they were 
judged by Messrs. Heath and Rayson.—Field. 
[We omit the list of awards as being too long for our 
columns at this time, and not of sufficient interest to war- 
rant crowding out other matter.—ED. ] 

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(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR. 
READER, have you ever noticed the disposition on the 
part of some men to claim that the goods they want to sell 
you are just a little better than those of any one else in the 
neighborhood? In some business communities this exists to 
a greater extent of course than in many others. 5 
The only phase under which we wish to consider it here, 
however, is in its bearing on stock interests. If there is one 
thing which can provoke a stock fancier or breeder more 
than another, it is for a neighbor to misrepresent his stock ; 
and yet how often is it done. It seems the special destiny 
of some men to hunt for points of criticism; they are never 
satisfied unless they are showing something to be wrong. 
We once had a neighbor of this kind, and he was the 
plague of our life. Whenever he got a new trio of birds 
they were sure to cost twice as much as our own, though he 
did not pay half as much. Did he buy a new Partridge 
Cochin cockerel, he was sure to weigh fourteen pounds or 
over, though when tested by the scales he did not draw ten. 
When be talked about his fowls, he always spoke of having 
reared his distinctive breeds longer than any other man in 
America. No, he did not go quite so far as that, but he did 
claim to know good fowls better than any one else in the 
neighborhood ; and when he advertised,—well, did you ever 
hear of the ‘only white ear lobe strain in America?” or the 
‘“‘unsurpassable Buff and Cinnamon Cochins?’”’? He had 
them. That was his style. Catch him keeping second-rate 
fowls. No indeed, he did not breed that kind. He would talk 
to you by the hour about the parents of his stock, and show 
you his book of feathers, to prove that they were from the 
best in the country; but somehow he outgeneraled himself. 
With all the slurs and unjust criticisms that he made on 
the stock of his neghbors, they still succeeded in a quiet 
way, and by minding their own business in disposing of 
theirs more readily than he; in fact he talked so much that 
he outdid himself; nevertheless it was more than provoking 
to hear him speak in his sneering way, and hear him tell 
the visitor to his yard, that Mr. So and So kept nothing but 
mongrels, or at best a very inferior strain. 
Now we do not believe that any man gains anything by 
sharp practice of this kind, though he may impose upon the 
beginner in the fancy, it won’t hold out. The time will 
come when all will know and understand his way of deal- 
ing, and take his talk for what it is worth. It is best at all 
times, and we say this particularly to beginners, to depend 
on the merits of your stock, and not on your representation 
of it. Strive to improve your stock, and make it equal to 
the best, and then invite your buyer to see it and ieee of 
its merits for himself. AGEN « 
Lock HAVEN, Pa. 

TuE official list of awards of the Bucks County Poultry 
Society, at its late show, gives Prof. A. N. Raub first pre- 
mium on Black-wing Turbits. This was omitted in the 
published list. He won five first and two second premiums 
on seven entries. 

— 
POULTRY SHOWS FOR 1874 & 1875. 
Bucks Co. Poultry Association. 
ber 8, 9, 10, and 11. 

Doylestown, Pa., Decem- 
Theo. P. Harvey, Secretary, Doyles- 
town, Pa. 
Maine Poultry Association. Portland, January 12, 18, 14, 
and 15. Fred. Fox, Secretary, Portland, Maine, 

