FANCIERS’ 
JOURNAL 
AND 
POULTRY EXCHANGE. 

MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE 
' AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
METROPOLITAN HoreL, NEW YORK City, 
July 23d, 11 o’clock A. M. 
THE meeting was called to order by Mr, C. A. Sweet, 
First Vice-President, who stated that after waiting twenty- 
four hours for a quorum, and a sufficient number not being 
present, it was deemed imperative that the meeting proceed 
to business, and act upon business, as if a full board were 
present. 
In answer to the call, which convened the Executive Com- 
mittee, that all fanciers, who were interested in the revision 
of the Standard, should be present and offer their views for 
the consideration of the Executive Committee, the Secretary 
presented a communication and protest from Mr. A. M. 
Halsted, in the matter of expulsion, which was read, re- 
ceived, and ordered on file. On motion of Mr. Philander 
Williams, Mr. Halsted was given a hearing; and, after a 
careful consideration by the committee, the following reso- 
lution was offered by Mr. Sweet (Mr. Williams having been 
called to the chair) : 
Wuereas, A. M. Halsted has this day appeared before 
the Executive Committee of the American Poultry Associa- 
tion, and has made explanation to this Association of the 
Willis Cochran affair, upon which he was expelled; and 
Wuersas, He has presented to this Association evidence 
that he was not aware at the time that the said Willis was 
appearing under an assumed name; and 
WHEREAS, We deem that he has presented to us sufficient 
evidence to warrant us in reinstating him to full member- 
ship in the Association. 
Resolved, That we do hereby recommend that he be re- 
instated upon the evidence in the cage; and that we deem 
his point of a want of jurisdiction in the case, one not well 
taken. 
Mr. Halsted having withdrawn his plea of the want of 
jurisdiction, the resolution was unanimously adopted. 
Mr. Isaac Van Winkle; being called upon, gave his views 
respecting Houdans. He considered the requirements of the 
Standard respecting the fifth toe as injurious; as a breed, 
they had his partiality, as he considered they matured earlier, 
with less offal, than any other variety; being, at two 
months, fit for the pot. In his several years of experience 
in breeding them, he had noticed that although he possessed 
wide perches, ata slight elevation, floors of sea-sand, and a 
good grass run, those fowls which possessed the fifth toe— 
which he considered as an excrescence—had a strong ten- 
dency to become bumble-footed, which he could attribute to 
no other cause than this useless appendage. The same dis- 
ease was acknowledged to be thus caused in the Dorkings ; 
but, while the fifth toe was natural with them, in the Hou- 
dans it was artificial ; being derived from the cross with the 
Dorkings. While his own yard wus breeding quite uniform 
the fifth toe, still he believed it should be left optional with 
the judges as to the requirement of it. 
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He also made remarks upon other breeds, giving great 
credit to American breeders in the advancement they had 
made during the past few years. 
Mr. P. Williams made pertinent remarks as to the revis- 
ion of the Standard. 
Rev.Mr. Atwood remarked that we could take an advance 
step in breeding Dark Brahmas, considering that white 
should be admissible in the cockerels, as they would breed 
the clearest steel-gray birds. 
Mr. Burnham coincided with the views of the previous 
speakers, and remarked that he was well pleased with the 
changes proposed in the “‘ Instructions to Judges,”’ and upon 
motion of P. Williams the following was adopted : 
“ Resolved, That the following changes be made in the 
‘Instructions to Judges,’ on pages 3 and 4 of the Standard : 
Ist. That the word ‘Instructions’ be changed to ‘Sugges- 
tions,’ so that the phrase shall read, ‘Suggestions to Judges.’ 
2d. That the whole of the first paragraph be stricken out. 
3d. That the next (second) paragraph shall read, ‘The Asso- 
ciation advises,’ &c.,and that wherever the word ‘instructs ’ 
appears it shall be changed to ‘suggests’ or ‘advises.’ 4th. 
That the paragraph next the last be amended so as to read, 
‘ Also, that we recommend that no variety of a class of fowls 
be placed in our list of premiums, when such class is recog- 
nized in our Standard of Excellence, unless such variety is 
also recognized.’ 5th. That the entire concluding paragraph 
be expunged. And, 6th. That these ‘Suggestions to Judges ’ 
be placed in the back part of the book, instead of in the front 
as now.”’ 
Mr. Burnham wished the Committee should take action 
upon additions to the Game Class, as proposed in the com- 
munication of Mr. 8. J. Bestor. 
Mr. Van Winkle remarked upon the breeding to feather 
of some of the varieties proposed to be added to the Game 
Class. 
They were followed by remarks from Messrs. Burnham, 
Atwood, Warren, and Williams. 
Mr. A. D. Warren offered the following, which was 
adopted unanimously. 
‘t Resolved, That all applications to the American Poultry 
Association for recognition of any new breed or variety of 
fowls, must be accompanied by specimens, and a statement 
of the breeder that the said variety or breed has been bred 
by himself, or others, for two or more years, and that they 
have bred as true to feather as other well-known breeds; 
and the said statement must be testified to by competent 
witnesses.’ 
On motion of Mr. Warren, of the original Committee on 
Games, it was unanimously 
Resolved, That we will recommend to the Committee on 
the Standard that they insert in the standard of Excellence 
a standard for Spangled, Blue, and Brass-Back Games. 
The following names were presented for members of the 
Association : 
G. W. Frederick, Philadelphia, Pa.; Geo. C. Athole, New 
York City; A. P. Groves, Philadelphia, Pa.; Chas. H. Ed- 
monds, Melrose, Mass.; Henry B. Butts, M.D., Louisiana, 
