24. 
game cock with a chestnut wing-bow—“ glossy black with dark 
crimson intermixed” is preferable; the same may be said of the 
colour of the hen, which is excellent throughout, for certainly ours 
is rather vague to anyone just taking up the breed. The scale of 
points adopted by them is as it should be, as shape in such a 
breed, having commercial properties, should in every case have two 
points more than colour. 
We must look to the judges when judging this breed to follow 
more the standard, and not give awards to birds stilty, deficient in 
thigh, or knock-kneed, as isoften done; such birds are practically 
useless, and only deteriorate the race if used for breeding, and are 
aay fit for an early roast. 
