American poultry world . s and irregular wing bars beingserious defects. Several of the winning cockerels, how-ever, were strong in breast lacing and had fine silverynecks, backs and wingbows with very fair wingbars. They were the best of the more open laced type weremember seeing at that time. We regret that no photo-graphs of the winning cockerels and pullets were takenat these Philadelphia shows as they marked the first dis-tinct advance toward the modern type. At the Worlds Fair, Chicago, in 1893, a good class ofSilver Wyandottes was exhibited, notably in pullets. is a good likeness
American poultry world . s and irregular wing bars beingserious defects. Several of the winning cockerels, how-ever, were strong in breast lacing and had fine silverynecks, backs and wingbows with very fair wingbars. They were the best of the more open laced type weremember seeing at that time. We regret that no photo-graphs of the winning cockerels and pullets were takenat these Philadelphia shows as they marked the first dis-tinct advance toward the modern type. At the Worlds Fair, Chicago, in 1893, a good class ofSilver Wyandottes was exhibited, notably in pullets. is a good likeness of the first prize pullet and givessome idea of the prevailing type. Fig III. is a good illus-tration of a very fine hen, first at New York, 1894, astrongly laced bird with rather too heavy lacing of barsand secondaries of wings, type good except at hockswhich are covered up too much by body feathers and arenot defined in outline. Fig. II. is a pretty fair picture ofthe first New York, 1894 cockerel, a remarkable bird in.
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