. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 347. Fig. 329. Aseel Game cock. (Photo- graph from Dr. H. P. Clarke, Indian- apolis, Indiana) various kinds tribution of this type, cockfighting seems to have been everywhere a popular pastime. In modern times it has been outlawed among civi- lized and humane peo- ples. Though not yet wholly suppressed, even in England and Amer- ica, public sentiment is so strongly against it, the risks of detection are so great, and the pen- alties are so impartially applied, that even the advocates of the sport reco
. Principles and practice of poultry culture . Poultry. TYPES, BREEDS, AND VARIETIES OF FOWLS 347. Fig. 329. Aseel Game cock. (Photo- graph from Dr. H. P. Clarke, Indian- apolis, Indiana) various kinds tribution of this type, cockfighting seems to have been everywhere a popular pastime. In modern times it has been outlawed among civi- lized and humane peo- ples. Though not yet wholly suppressed, even in England and Amer- ica, public sentiment is so strongly against it, the risks of detection are so great, and the pen- alties are so impartially applied, that even the advocates of the sport recognize that it must descriptive of classes of fowls are used for the classes to which they apply. We have, then, the follow- ing general types of fowls : (i) game types, (2) laying types, (3) meat types, (4) general-purpose types, (5) deformed types, (6) bantams. Game types. While, as has been said, it is not probable that fowls were domesticated for the sport of fighting the cocks, it is certain that in domestication the pugnacity and gameness of the cock led to the early development of a fighting type, possessed of great courage, strength, and endurance, of very compact form, close-feathered or short-feathered, with no superfluous appendages. Ancient records of hieroglyphics, coins, vases — show the wide dis- From early times to within a century, •^1 ^^pwgpw* 1 W^^I^KMKI^^r^iifi^ \*y 1 M\£i '^^^^Slt^^^^^^lSlifd^^'^ M\. Fig. 330. Old Enghsh Game cock. (Photo- graph from owner, W. F. Liedtke, Meriden, Connecticut). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston ; New York : Ginn and Company
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