GAME BIRDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 174, 25 July 1930, Page 3

GAME BIRDS.

AUCKLAND CLUB'S SHOW. RECORD EXHIBITION AT NEWMARKET. ■' NEW VARIETIES.

A record entry of over 300 had been received for the fourth annual show promoted by the Auckland Game Fowl Club, which was opened to-day in the Municipal Hall, Newmarket. Birds came from as far afield as Christchurch, and in the opinion of the judges (Messrs. E. J. E. McLaren and W. Wilson), the exhibits were of a general quality that has never been approached at any local show. i ■■'• '

The birds ranged from tiny bantams, weighing less than 15 ounces, to cocks of the modern game variety up to 81b in weight. Of particularly high quality are the large old English varieties, the black red classes, and the duckwings. Theee latter, by the way, are birds of the type used for so many years in the Old Country for cock-fighting—magnifi-cently plumaged and of bold and gamelike appearance. A novelty this year is an ohjl English "crele" bantam, shown by Stone Bros., of Nelson. It is of barred black and white plumage, somewhat similar to that of the Plymouth Eock fowl.

The large classes were judged by Mr. McLaren, and the bantams by Mr. Wilson. The show will remain open until to-morrow evening.

Old English Bantams. —Black red cock: J. S. Walter 1, W. Bish 2, Miss Broughton 3. Partridge hen: J. S. Walter 1, E. D. Barry 2, Miss Duckering 3. Black red Cockerel: 1. Ball 1, J. S. Walter 2, L. E. Wood 3. Partridge pullet: J. S. Walter 1 and 2, L. E. Wood 3. Wheaten hen: E. Jγ K. McLaren 1, 2 and 8. Wheaten pullet: J. S. Walter 1, Miss Duckering 2, C. P. Burton 3. Duckwing cock: Miss Duckering 1. ' Duck-wing hen: L. E. Wood 1, Stone Bros 2. Duckwing cockerel: E. D. Barry 1, L. E. Wood 2. Duckwing pullet: E. D. Barry 1, J. L. Liddle 2. Pile cockerel: Miss Duckering 1, Pile pullet: Stone Bros. 1, W. E. Slade 2, C. F. Burton 3.

Large Variety, Modern Game.—Black red cock: W. G. Mason, 1, Black red hen: W. G. Mason 1 and 2. Black red pullet: W. G. Mason 1 and 2.

Old English Game.—Black red • cock: J. Hannah 1, E. D. Barry 2, J. Laurenson 3. Partridge hen: T. E. Clark 1, G. F. Watson 2, A. C. Yelland 3. Black red cockerel: A. E. Seibert 1, E. Burt 2, D. G. Saunders 3. Partridge pullet: E. Bust 1 and 3, T. E. Clark 2,