— The feature of an entertainment held at Silverton, Devon, was a cock-crowing competition. Owners of birds had to bring them to the village schoolroom and set them a-crowing one against the other. Foi those cockerels which crowed the loudest and longest prizes .were given. The. winner easily beat all comers, crowing 51 times in 17 minutes. The second and third birds crowed 4-2 and 33 times respectively in the same time. Belgian workmen are fond of cock-crowing competitions. The other day one well-trained bird crowed no fewer than 4b3 times in the course of an horn.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2672, 31 May 1905, Page 75
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