FANCIERS’ JOUR 
481 
F363 
BIRD 
AND 
POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
VOL. I. 
PHILADELPHIA, AUGUST 6, 1874. 
No. 32. 
AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
In response to the cull of the Executive Committee of the 
American Poultry Association, for a meeting at the Metro- 
politan Hotel, N. Y., July 22, 1874, the following gentle- 
men were in attendance : 
Chas. A. Sweet, Chairman , . Buffalo, N. Y. 
E. S. Ralph, Secretary, . . Buffalo, N. Y. 
A. J. Tuck, Assistant Secretary , 
Nashua, N. H. 
A. D. Warren, .... 
Worcester, Mass. 
P. Williams, .... 
Taunton, Mass. 
P. W. Hudson, .... 
North Manchester, Conn. 
Wm. H. Lockwood, . 
Hartford, Conn. 
E. S. Ongley, .... 
Auburn, N. Y. 
H. H. Stoddard, 
Hartford, Conn. 
J. M. Wade, .... 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
J. Y. Bicknell, .... 
Westmoreland, N. Y. 
S. J. Bestor, .... 
Hartford, Conn. 
A. M. Halsted, 
Rye, N. Y. 
A. B. Estes, .... 
New York City. 
Emory Carpenter, 
Hartford, Conn. 
C. C. Plaisted, .... 
Hartford, Conn. 
Robert Haydock, 
Bromfield, N. J. 
W. E. Flower, 
Shoemakertown, Pa. 
E. A. Wendell, .... 
Albany, N. Y. 
Wm. Lee Darling, 
New York City. 
Geo. P. Burnham, 
Melrose, Mass. 
H. S. Margrave, 
New York City. 
E. C. Comey, .... 
Quincy, Mass. 
C. S. Betts, , . . . 
Mount Kisco, N. Y. 
Isaac Van Winkle, . 
Greenville, N. J. 
A. P. Miller, .... 
Galveston, Texas. 
G. M. Frederick, 
Chestnut Hill, Philada. 
Benjamin Mann, 
Haddonfield, N. J. 
A. P. Groves, .... 
Chestnut Hill, Philada. 
Geo. C. Athole, .... 
New York City. 
Jas. S. Bailey, .... 
Albany, N. Y. 
W. J. Stanton, .... 
New York. 
J. C. Long, Jr., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Rev. Wm. Atwood, . 
Big Flats, N. Y. 
The gentlemen present were 
called to order about 11 
o’clock a.m. by the Vice-President, Mr. C. A. Sweet, Mr. 
Churchman being absent. 
It appearing that there was not a quorum of the Execu- 
tive Committee present, a motion was made that an informal 
meeting of the fanciers present be held while awaiting the 
arrival of absentees. The motion being carried, Mr. Sweet 
was nominated as Chairman, Mr. E. S. Ralph, Secretary, 
and Mr. A. J. Tuck, Assistant Secretary. 
The Chairman briefly stated that he hoped the gentlemen 
would make good use of the time and opportunity to discuss 
this Standard question, as by a full and free discussion the 
Executive Committee would better be enabled to understand 
the views of breeders, and the objections urged against the 
present work. 
Mr. Van Winkle then took the floor, and spoke of the 
Standard as a “national” one. Reviewing the formation 
of the Association, their mode of organization, which he 
claimed was the same as any other society; the fact that 
every one was obliged to become a member of the American 
Poultry Association before he could have a voice in the 
matter ; and that the meeting sat with closed doors, made 
it nothing more than a iucal society. The claim to be 
“national” did not constitute it so, for there was nothing 
in its organization, in its constitution or in its operation to 
warrant the name. To be truly national, it must be con- 
ducted as a full and free meeting of independent fanciers, 
from all parts of the country; or, in other words, as an open 
convention. He then gave his views upon the admission 
into the Game Class of other well-known varieties, which 
had been omitted. 
He was followed by Mr. G. P. Burnham, who asked the 
attention of the fanciers to the differences in the Standard 
upon the two varieties of Brahmas. 
Mr. Williams stated that these differences in description 
were caused by having a separate and distinct committee for 
each variety; this resulted in different language being em- 
ployed, and different terms used in the descriptions, as well 
as a heterogeneous arrangement of the scale of points. 
Mr. Hudson replied to Mr. Van Winkle regarding the 
recognition of other varieties of games in the Standard, and 
stated that none of the varieties mentioned, so far as his ex- 
perience showed, could be bred true to feather. The game 
committee at Buffalo considered this very question, and de- 
cided that the varieties they had described were the only 
kinds they had sufficient knowledge of, to justify their 
recognition. 
Mr. S. J. Bestor followed with the statement that he knew 
of some of the varieties mentioned as having been left out, 
which have been bred and exhibited for many years. In 
this connection, he referred to the letter, addressed by him- 
self to the officers of the Association in March last, asking 
for the recognition and admission into the Standard of the 
following varieties, viz. : Spangles, Brassbacks, Blues, and 
Blue-reds. All of these had been bredjas true to feather as 
many other varieties of fowls, and could and did perpetuate 
their kind and color. It was upon this ground that he 
claimed their recognition; they were fully as worthy of a 
place in the Standard as the Piles, or the Plymouth Rocks, 
neither of which could be said to breed true to feather. 
Mr. Halsted stated that the term “breeding true to 
feather” should be used qualifiedly; that literally we had 
few or no kinds of fowls that would do so. The expression, 
as commonly used, meant that a fair proportion of the 
progeny would resemble in color and style of plumage the 
parent stock. Looking at it in this way, it seemed as if the 
varieties mentioned were fully as deserving of a place in the 
