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FANCIERS’ JOURNAL AND POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
Mo. ; Geo. W. Wood, Ithaca, N. Y. ; Frank P. Butts., Far- 
mers’ Village, N. Y. ; C. G. Plaisted, Hartford, Conn. ; L. 
D. Ely, Jr., Rochester, N. Y. ; James M. Lambing, Par- 
ker’s Landing, Pa.; E. W. Wellington, Worcester, Mass.; 
Geo. P. Burnham, Melrose, Mass.; Isaac Van Winkle, 
Greenville, N. J. ; A. B. Banta, Hackensack, N. J. ; Rich- 
ard L. Haydock, Bloomfield, N. J. ; Henry I. Allen, School- 
craft, Mich. 
All of whom were unanimously elected. 
On motion adjourned to half after four. 
five o’clock p.m. 
Executive Committee met pursuant to adjournment. 
Mr. Philander Williams moved to recommit the revision 
of the Standard to the following committees, viz.: 
Brahmas.— I. K. Felch, Natick, Mass. ; W. H. Church- 
man, Claymont, Del.; Jos. M. Wade, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
E. C. Skinner, Detroit, Midi.; Philander Williams, Taun- 
ton, Mass. ; A. B. Estes, New York City. 
Cochins.— -E. C. Comey, Quincy, Mass.; David Jones, Te- 
cumseh, Mich.; C. H. Crosby, Danbury. Conn.; W. H. 
Todd, Vermilion, 0.; H. M. Thomas, Brookline, Ont. ; 
Daniel Allen, Galt, Ont. 
Plymouth Rocks and Dominiques. — W. H. Lockwood, Hart- 
ford, Conn.; C. B. Elben, Pittsburg, Pa. ; M. J. Ellis, Nor- 
wood, Mass. 
Dorkings. — G. H. Warner, N. Y. Mills, N. Y. ; Fred 
Sturdy, Guelph, Ont. ; H. H. Stoddard, Hartford, Conn. 
Hamburgs. — Andrew J. Tuck, Nashua, N. H. ; E. S. 
Ongley, Auburn, N. Y. ; H. H. Stoddard, Hartford, Conn. 
Black Spanish, Andalusians , White, Brown, and Dominique 
Leghorns. — J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, N. Y. ; C. A. 
Pitkins, Hartford, Conn.; W. P. Atkinson, Erie, Pa.; F. 
J. Kinney, Worcester, Mass. 
Polish. — H. T. Sperry, Hartford, Conn. ; R. M. Griffith, 
Wilmington, Del.; II. M. Thomas, Brookline, Ont. 
Houdans, Crevecceurs, La Fleche, and Guelders. — Philander 
Williams, Taunton, Mass.; G. H. Warner, N. Y. Mills, N. 
Y. ; W. P. Atkinson, Erie, Pa. 
Games and Game Bantams. — Phil. W. Hudson, North 
Manchester, Conn ; M. H. Cryer, Salem, O.; A. D. War- 
ren, Worcester, Mass. ; Isaac Van Winkle, Greenville, N. J. 
Bantams other than Game. — E. S. Ongley, Auburn, N. Y. ; 
Geo. A. Seavey, Cambridgeport, Mass. ; E. P. Ilowlett, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
The Various Classes. — Wm. Atwood, Big Flats, N. Y. ; 
S. H. Seamans, Wauwatosa, Wis. ; W. II. Todd, Vermil- 
ion, O. 
Turkeys. — Geo. Van Derveer, Pt. Jackson, N. Y. ; J. Y. 
Bicknell, Westmoreland, N. Y. ; W. H. Todd, Vermilion, 
Ohio. 
Geese and Ducks. — W. H. Todd, Vermilion, O. ; C. B. 
Elben; J. Y. Bicknell. 
Carried unanimously. 
A. J. Tuck offered the following resolution : 
Resolved, That we desire poultry fanciers, generally, to 
write out their criticisms on the New American Standard, 
and also to write out in full their ideas of what the Standard 
should be on the various classes, and send the same to the 
Secretary (Mr. E. S. Ralph, Buffalo, N. Y.) before Septem- 
ber 1, 1874; and the Secretary will take a record of them, 
and forward them at once to the chairmen of each of the 
sub-committees, when the various committees will take all 
of them into consideration, and from them endeavor to per- 
fect a standard that will be generally acceptable. 
Carried unanimously. 
Mr. A. D. Warren offered the following : 
Resolved, That the President appoint a Compiling Com- 
mittee of three, whose duty it shall be to gather the reports 
from the sub-committees, and, if deemed necessary, they 
shall be and are empowered to employ a competent person 
as editor, to clothe the same in proper and uniform language, 
and that the standard, as thus compiled, shall be ready to 
be submitted to a general meeting of the American Poultry 
Association, to be held in the City of Buffalo, N. Y., Friday, 
February 12th, 1875, at 2 p.m. 
Carried unanimously. 
The President then appointed the following gentlemen as 
such committee: A. B. Estes, H. H. Stoddard, J. M. Wade. 
A. D. Warren offered the following resolution, which was 
carried unanimously : 
Resolved, That we hereby assure all persons who have pur- 
chased one of the present edition of the standard, and all 
who may purchase, that they will be entitled to a copy of 
the new corrected standard, as soon as it is issued, without 
charge, upon their returning to the Secretary the old copy. 
Moved by A. J. Tuck, and adopted, that all documents 
already received, or that may be received, on the revision 
of the standard, be passed over to the appropriate committees. 
On motion, adjourned, to meet at call of the chairman. 
E. S. Ralph, Secretary. 
THOROUGHBRED ANIMALS FOR SUBURBAN 
RESIDENCES. 
THE ENGLISH MASTIFF. 
Of all the canine race the English mastiff is the most 
faithful and reliable of watch dogs. He is the national dog 
of England ; unfortunately, however, very difficult to find 
in his purity at the present day, having been crossed with 
the bulldog, under the false notion that it would give him 
pluck, whereas it only deteriorated some of his noblest char- 
acteristics, and added to his nature ferocity and doggedness. 
He is typical of the English character — courageous, tenacious, 
unflinching. “ Why should we go,” says a certain celebrated 
writer, “to the ignoble to obtain courage for the noble?” 
The brute ferocity of the bulldog is the more prominent from 
his stupidity, having but one idea, that of fighting. True 
courage is the attribute of true nobility, and is ever allied 
with gentleness and forbearance. Hence, the mastiff is not 
ferocious, but teems with true courage which some observers 
may not perceive ; is so buried beneath docility and self- 
respect that it may be supposed not to exist in him, because 
the faithful, magnanimous animal is so conscious of his 
power that he is not prone to abuse it, being a genuine con- 
servative and patrician of his order. 
A great deal of interest has been taken of late in this 
country to improve the stock of watch and sporting dogs. 
The change of climate, soil, and surroundings will be bene- 
ficial to the mastiff, and give more vigor to the stock, pro- 
vided he is mated judiciously and trained properly. I have 
been called upon to look at some very fine dogs which the 
parties called mastiffs; but the brown and yellow coats and 
pointed nozzles showed the base alloy. They may make 
good watch dogs, but treachery lurks in their eyes. The 
same writer I quoted above says: “The mastiff proper has 
been nearly destroyed by injurious crossing, and it is now 
in a few hands indeed !” Historical records tell us that the 
mastiff was highly prized at Rome ; and Camden notices the 
employment of a special officer, “Procurator Cynegii ” in 
Britain, for superintending this breed of dogs, and that they 
were used in the amphitheatre in the combats of animals. 
Strabo adds that they trained British mastiffs for war, and 
used them in battle. According to Dr. Caius, three were a 
match for a bear, and four a lion. Stone mentions a lion- 
fight with three of these dogs, in which two were disabled 
and died. The lion retreated, and refused to resume the 
battle with the survivor. How far we may give credence 
to these ancient traditions of the day will depend upon the 
faith we place in the testimony of these writers. What I 
have seen of the mastiff leaves no doubt in my mind of the 
truth of all which has been written about them, and the few 
