. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. E hardl}' think Sir John contemplated the delight his production of Sebright Bantams would bring to the fanciers of the present time. No fowls are better known or more admired than the Sebright Bantam, and but few less understood. That most charming feature, clear, well-defined lacing, is so poorly understood or little appreciated by many, that it often makes one stop and wonder at the decision of experts who place the awards on them. The so-called
. The bantam fowl; a description of all standard breeds and varieties of bantams, and of new breeds that are becoming popular ... Bantam chickens. E hardl}' think Sir John contemplated the delight his production of Sebright Bantams would bring to the fanciers of the present time. No fowls are better known or more admired than the Sebright Bantam, and but few less understood. That most charming feature, clear, well-defined lacing, is so poorly understood or little appreciated by many, that it often makes one stop and wonder at the decision of experts who place the awards on them. The so-called Sebright of two pounds weight should be placed on the spit to delight the palate of an epicure, but never in the show pen or breeding yard as a repi esentative of his kind. A good Sebright male should never go over twenty-four ounces, and a female not over twenty ounces, whether old or young. In the fall of 1896, we wrote the following for The Afnerican fancier, and consider it of value at this time: Before me are two articles written by two of our most noted writers, judges and Bantam experts, the tone of which call my attention to the desired qualities of the Sebright and their shortcomings of the present day. In the Canadian Poultry Review one of the above-mentioned articles, from the pen of Mr. Babcock, calls our attention to the color of legs on the Golden Sebright, and his state- ment I shall consider, for it covers a point so often advanced by myself, and which de- serves careful attention. His statement is given in full below: "The Golden Sebright has blue legs, and it looks very well with them, but did you ever see a Golden Sebright with greenish yellow legs? If you have you have seen a symphony in color, for then the legs harmonized with the pli way which blue can not. I know that such legs disqualify the bird. I know that for the purposes of classification blue legs —which are the correct thing on the Silver—are the best. But I also know that art is above st
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