Show GAMES THE EARLIEST KNOWN OF ALL BREEDS OF POULTRY breasted Black-breasted Red Bird Not Used for Fighting but Bred for fork Fancy Purposes Purposes Purposes-Of Of Little Utilitarian Value Save I i p for Home Table Use BY DY LOUIS GnA AM Copyright 1912 by tho the Mc Me i Devitt Company Game fowls have b been cn In existence as rut long lone as poultry has been known Records show th that U Kama Kamo fowl fowls of at sono omo kind existed In India for tor centuries be before before before be- be fore tho the Christian era History refers to cock fights as one ono of at the Roman noman pleasures and cocking mains have havo been boon popular all through h En English lIeh his his- tOr tory The original Black Breasted Red G Game me was of ot tho the Pit Game or 01 fighting typo which Is commonly known as theold tho the old En English Black k Red Bed Game The Tho latter latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter still HUll exist as 8 one ona of at the standard varieties of ot Pit G Games but the exhIbition exhibition exhibition tion typo O shown In our illustratIon Is la plainly the result of care careful CuI selection and breeding by fanciers who h have VO succeeded In perfecting a wame ame fowl that Is entirely different In form and feather from Its fighting progenitor These Exhibition Games have lost little of ot the fiery Game Gome temper and f 1 f two of ot the males set get et together they will fight tight as savagely goly oa as their Pit Game Garno progenitors and If It not separated by bythe bythe bythe the attendant the battle will continue continuo until one of ot tho the is dead The Exhibition Breasted Black-Breasted Red Game Is IB a variety whose utility qualIties qualities qua qua- are yer very limited and arid It Is Ie bred chiefly by a number of ot fanciers who admire Its extreme height beautiful coloring and what Is la to them graceful lines It Is 15 bred more mere extensively ett rn tn England Eng Brig land than In America and In the former former former for for- mer country competition among the breeders Is Ie very keen keon Many high class specimens have havo been Imported Into this I country at big prices These fowls are notable for tor their I width and shoulders full tulle heavily muscled breast long legs and neck short tapering taU tall end and nd general shortness shortness short short- ness and hardness of or teat feathers hers For Fo show purposes It Is b necessary to cut cutoff cutoff off tho the comb and wattles from th the males A process known as ns dubbing This gives the head a long lean ap The The- Black Dlack Red malo male Is beautifully colored His head hend neck back bade top ot of of wings wing's and s secondary flight feathers are arc rc red and the breast brene t. t body tall tail and and wing bow a a. glossy green black Th Th Tb r female Is clothed In soft and modest shades of brown Her b back ck Is g gold golden mj n yellow with a a. dark lark stripe down the thai center enter of each cach feather Her breast I. I salmon blending Into the brown of ot the thighs The back bac thighs and body ar are brown finely penciled with a IL darker shade of the earno sarno color Black Red Games are not easily handled They are aro pugnacious This prevents the keeping of ot more than on one on 1 male In a a. flock lock and If one of ot the tomales to- to fo-f fo males has been removed from tho tIle pen pan for a A. short time and then put back bacZ the others will fight and kill her un un- lees leas carefully watched They are arc however readily confined being heavy and having very short hort wings s which prevents them from flying fly 1 Ing easily They make mako excellent fowls fowl having extremely well devel breasts and r big heavy henvy thighs thigh The eggs arc are bro rn ai In color and nd en enjoy Joy the reputation of at possessing possessing- a par rich flavor The chicks are not riot easily reared un unless un less leu the weather conditions are gool good A series of heavy hea rains often will wilt cause the death deeth of at many Taken altogether l tho the rearing of at Black 5 Breasted Red Bed Games Is la a problem for forthe tho the man who takes a n. keen Interest in inbreeding In Inbreeding Inbreeding breeding for results that are not easy to get and antI delights In surmounting e enl 01 ob tl to his success f |