32 AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
Standard Size: In determining size, the judge shall decide by com- 
paring the specimens in competition, with due regard to weight in all 
breeds and varieties where weight is required by the Standard. When a 
bird fails to attain to, or in case it exceeds, the size proportionate with the 
type or shape, it must be discounted quite severely. It is desirable that 
the judge recognize and reward those specimens that come nearest to the 
ideal, in shape, size and weight, still giving the important and vital matter 
of correct plumage full credit. 
Bantam Type: While smallness of size is desirable in all Bantams, 
no specimen shall be entitled to win over a larger bird simply because of 
its small size; it must conform to the type and symmetry demanded for 
the breed it represents. 
Game Type: In judging Games, Game Bantams, Cornish and Su- 
matras, it is imperative that shape be considered of greatest importance. 
Specimens lacking in this essential breed-characteristic shall not be 
awarded first honors, even if there be no competition. 
Color Defects: A few very small, grayish specks in white fowls 
shall not debar a specimen that otherwise is superior in color from winning 
over one less typical in shape and sound in color; provided, however, that 
the grayish specks do not appear prominently in the primary, secondary, 
or main tail feathers. 
The natural white bird shall not be handicapped by the apparently 
bleached one, and, other things being equal, the natural white bird shall win. 
Scaly Leg: A fowl whose legs and toes are so deformed by what is 
called "Scaly Leg" as to hide or appear to have destroyed the color, shall 
not be awarded a first prize. 
Note: Under the comparison system judges must deduct the full 
valuation of the cuts in all sections, where a specified cut is made under 
the head of "Cutting for Defects." 
GENERAL DISQUALIFICATIONS. 
Note: In applying the Standard of Perfection, if judges find any of the 
defects described below, they shall disqualify the specimen and state on 
the proper card or blank the nature of the disqualification. 
In the Asiatic breeds, except Lang- 
shans, and in Cochin Bantams and Booted 
White Bantams, shanks not feathered down 
the outer sides; outer toes not feathered to 
the last joint. 
In Langshans, shanks not feathered 
down the outer sides: feathers not growing 
beyond the middle joint of the outer toes. 
p. 35 In Silkies and Sultans, shanks not 
Five-Toed Foot (ideal). feathered down the outer sides. 
