434 FANCIERS’ 
JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 


BuFFAtLo, N. Y., January 16, 1874. 
To the Convention for the Revision of the Standard of Excellence. 
GENTLEMEN: Your Committee on Black Spanish would respectfully 
report, that they find it unnecessary to alter the general description ex- 
cept in the carriage of the cock, which we recommend to read “ Carriage 
bold and upright.” 
The disqualifications also we would recommend to be left unchanged. 
In the scale of points, however, we would present the following, instead 
of that pow in use. 
POINTS IN SPANISH FOWLS. 

BIZe,% ems % 0 Thighs, legs, and feet, . 7 ® 
Comb, . : ; 60 Tail. 5 ‘ : 
Face, $ as $ wr 15 Symmetry, a 5 
Ear lobe, . 6 : LO Condition, 4 i 7 = PLO, 
Breast, depth and breadth, . 10 — 
Wings, . : : - 5) 100 
Respectfully submitted, 
A. M. HALsTED, 
EpWaRD B. SMITH, 
I. K. FELCH. 
Now, the New Standard reads just as the committee 
ordered it to read ; it read in the Old Standard, “ Carriage up- 
right and striking ;’ it was changed to ‘‘ Carriage bold and 
upright.’ The scale of points in the old standard were: 
Comb, 10 Symmetry, . 5 , eo: 
Face, A A 5 20 Condition of plumage,. lO 
Ear lobe, . : - 20 Size, 7 z - 5 10 
Purity of white face and — 
ear lobe, . 15 100 
It was changed to the points as in the above report, so it 
will be seen thatzf Mr. Halsted has the minutes of the com- 
mittee, he has caused to be published a downright falsehood. 
He goes on to say that he is not going to enter protests for 
the other committees, but will note a few errors; see 31, 
last line, ‘‘ hardiness ’”’ of plumage, instead of ‘‘ hardness ;”’ 
it is ‘‘ hardiness” in the report of the committee, in Mr. P. 
W. Hudson’s handwriting, and so on with every one of the 
“ glaring errors,’ as he calls them; they are just as the com- 
mittees wrote them, and the convention passed them. In 
another place he says that in justice to two members of the 
Publishing Committee, Messrs. Estes and Wade, I will state 
that neither of them even compared this edition with the 
minutes, and that the publication of their names was unau- 
thorized by them, which is another falsehood. Mr. Wade 
took the autographs and had them engraved himself, and 
there was acopy of the standard sent to both of these gentle- 
men before it was published, and I have letters from them 
acknowledging that it was correct as far as they could see; 
and when he says ‘‘that the New Standard was copied from 
the old Hartford edition, he is false, and I can prove it; and 
every time he advertised his edition of the standard of 1871 
as ‘¢ the only correct one,’’ he tells that which is not true, for 
he went through that just as he has his articlein No. 19, and 
added here, and took owt there, so that it was not like the 
minutes of the New York Convention, and I can prove that 
by letters in my possession from Mr. G. H. Leavitt, Secre- 
tary of the Convention. 
I will not occupy any more of your valuable space, and 
will close by simply saying that whoever knows A. M. 
Halsted’s Fowl life, will not let his articles make a very 
heavy impression on them. 
HARTFORD, May 13, 1874. Wma. H. Locxwoop. 
[ The above assertion seeming altogether too harsh for our 
columns, we drew our pen through the lines which we con- 
sidered especially objectionable and forwarded it to Mr. 
Halsted, who returned it, requesting us to print it verbatim, 
and whose answer may be expected next week. 
Mr. Lockwood makes statements above in reference to 

myself, which seems to call for an explanation; he says, 
“Mr. Wade took the autographs and had them engraved 
himself, and there was a copy (proof?) of the Standard sent 
to both of these gentlemen before it was published, and I 
have letters from them acknowledging that it was correct as 
far as they could see.’’? I can only speak for myself in this 
matter. Mr. L. sent mea proof of the New Standard but no 
copy; I wrote Mr. L. that unless I compared the proof with 
the copy I would not consent for my name to be used as a 
member of the publishing committee. Mr. L. answered by 
next mail, in not a very pleasant mood, saying, that they 
had a first-class proof-reader and he did not see why I should 
object, as it would take so long to send proof and copy to all 
of the publishing committee. I then sent back the proof, 
corrected as far as I could see; saying, that if he would have 
the proof carefully read and corrected, I would allow my 
name to be used. Being very busy at the time and hurried 
by Mr. L., who I believe requested the return of the proof 
the following day, therefore I did not give it the thought I 
otherwise should, or I could not have allowed my name to 
be used under the circumstances.—ED. ] 
















As its name suggests, this celebrated breed is supposed to 
have originated in Rouen, France, where they are still said 
to be found in considerable numbers in the market-places, 
though we have not sufficient evidence that this is their 
native home. In appearance they are nearly the same as the 
Mallard or Wild Duck, especially in color of plumage, though 
the breast of the domesticated male bird differs in shade, it 
being of a deeper claret. The same birds have also grown 
to larger proportions and less elegant shape. For a long 
