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is the greatest folly for us English breeders to send poor specimens 
abroad. Fanciers in America and elsewhere are as keen fanciers as 
ourselves, they pay a good price, and also have the risk of transi, 
and ought not to be disappointed with the specimens they purchase. 
I have been told by breeders over there that an incredible amount of 
rubbish which is only fit for killing has been sent over. When the 
Minorea craze was on, anything in the shape of a black fowl was 
sent for a Minorca. When the Redcap craze was on, birds with 
feathered legs were sent, and now I know for a fact that Indian 
game which an American fancier rejected when over here, were 
sent to comply with an order of another fancier over there. 
If we wish to continue our connection with foreign countries we 
must certainly let them know that they can rely on the quality of 
birds sent to them. The birds sent to the Buffalo Show included a 
cock, with which I took second, Palace, 1888 ; ahen, I took first, Bir- 
mingham, 1887; another hen, H.C., Palace, and a good pullet; and 
though through stress of weather they were three weeks overdue, 
going straight from the express car to the show pen, they were 
awarded first on cock, first and second on hen, first on pullet, first on 
Breeding Pen, and were eventually bought at a good figure. Since 
which time hundreds have been sent over, one American fancier 
coming over here to see them, and he took back and sent over, 
while here, more than five hundred birds, which I selected from the 
best breeders in England; and including exportations by other 
breeders, it is within the mark to say that over one thousand birds 
of this breed were imported into America in 1890, more money 
being put in them by breeders there than all other fowls together. 
The reason that it is so popular in America is that they want an 
all-purpose fowl. Both judges and breeders there freely admit that 
it is the strongest rival the Plymouth Rock and Wyandotte ever had, 
and that it certainly presents points of superiority over them in many 
respects, as they say no other variety can be offered to so many 
classes of people interested in poultry as the Indian game. As the 
quickest-growing chick it captivates the broiler man, who wants a 
chicken fit for the spit in eight to nine weeks-as broilers, and in 
America broiler men are an institution analagous to the Duckers in 
the Vale of Aylesbury here. 
As the best meated fowl and good layers, they suit the farmer 
and the poultry man; for delicate flavour the epicure; and for 
beauty in pencilling of plumage, commanding and dignified -appear- 
ance, the fancier, 
