. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... numberless shades must have been a source of con-fusion. It was not coloui, however, but shape and style andcondition that were most regarded. The fighting Gamewere comparatively small birds, weighing 4 to 5 lb.,and being very tight-feathered, looked smaller thanthey were. They were smait, tight, quick in movement,with a proud erect gait, the neck long and the hackleshort and hard—the jaws and throat lean and red, witha po\verful and curved bill. The legs were of moderatelength, clean and round in bone, and the feet wells
. The poultry manual. A complete guide for the breeder and exhibitor ... numberless shades must have been a source of con-fusion. It was not coloui, however, but shape and style andcondition that were most regarded. The fighting Gamewere comparatively small birds, weighing 4 to 5 lb.,and being very tight-feathered, looked smaller thanthey were. They were smait, tight, quick in movement,with a proud erect gait, the neck long and the hackleshort and hard—the jaws and throat lean and red, witha po\verful and curved bill. The legs were of moderatelength, clean and round in bone, and the feet wellspread out, the hinder toe touching the ground so asto allow a firm backward tread. The thighs were verytight-feathered, and indeed the whole body appearedas though encased in a tight-fitting coat of mail, withstrong muscular wings. The body was wedge or pearshaped like that of the Modei-ns, with the weightwell in front, and the body cut fairly short the cocks were bred to fight, their offensive weapon,the heel or spur, was a great consideration, since even. BRITISH BUE1U)S OF POULTRY 297 with health and \igour they were useless unless theycould strike well and clean. When a cock, at two yearsold, then in his prime, firm and muscular, in well-trainedcondition, stepped forth into the arena to do battle forthe honour of a long line of champion ancestors, he wasa majestic sight, a fit emblem of a nation whose mottois either to conquer or to die. The Old English Game \arieties : Black-bieasto 1 Red ; Browu-red ; Diickwing ; Blue-red ; Pile; Spangles; White; Black; Heimy. The Old English Game are the direct descendants ofthe old fighting Game, and, though not largely bred forthe cock-pit, retain many of the characteristics of theirprogenitors. They are a little larger, and weigh abouta pound hea\ier, the cocks average 5 lb. to 6 lb., andthe hens 4 lb. to 5 lb. Opinions differ as to whetherthey are an improvement on the old race. They aremore uniform in colour and marking,
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