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Show , ... . ... $100 FOR AN EGG Of an East Indian Game Fowl Imported Import-ed Into England. Not often docs tho prico of a slnglo egg climb to flOO.but that Is what was offered for each of tho eggs of a certain cer-tain Indian gamo hen, which woe bronght to England somo timo ago, says Country Life in Amorica. For conturloB tho Indlnn game, 01 Azccl fowls, havo been tho vory npox of tho gamo breod, for tho puroness ot blood and podlgroo havo boon moat carofully prosorvod for so long that tho date of tho origin of tho raco has been lost In tho past. It Is nlmost imposslblo to rirocuro npeclmons of tho purest blood, for thoy nro troasurod by tho Indian sportsmen at tho highest valuo, and tho host fowls nro not allowed to go out of tholr natlvo country. As gamo fowl, they aro groat fighters. fight-ers. Thoso who havo soon them in Indin for tho finest birds novor reach our colder climates tell of tholr prowess prow-ess and ungovernable tonnctiy In bat-tloi bat-tloi . With them it Is always victory or death. In Amorica, however, tho gamo fowls aro seldom raised for fighting purposes, hut nro for show nnd ns pots and hobbles for poultry fanciers. |