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Show ENGLISH GAME fl COCK PLUCKY y Mo Variety of Chicken Approach ell for Cnnntitutlnn.il Vlcor etil Strnng rrsms-Uy II. W. Itruckebersj. The attempt to have the old English Eng-lish games put In lo the stnndnrd haa again called public attention to the oldest cluss comprising several varle-Ilea varle-Ilea known to the poultry fancier. Aa all experienced breeders know, game blood la mure or leas prevalent In all the popular breeds now known chiefly to economic and fancy poultry culture In both England and America. Owing to the fact that these birds have been extensively bred for sporting pur poses, niore attention hna been given to fighting quality tbnn to color of plumngu mid other sections now so much In vogue ntming iho laying and tublu aorta It wua this defect that burred tho F.ngll.h games .ruin recognition recog-nition at the last meeting of the American I'oultiy Association from standard recognition. For constllu- mm English Game Cock. ' tlonnl vigor, strong frnino and pugnao- Ity. there la no variety of chicken which approaches Iho giimn and for this reason nn Infusion uf game blood Is, in the opinion of many, a desirable -. quantity, lis premleiico Is mure pro. -iinunced In tho lied Dorkings, llrowq , Leghorn and breeds of llko chnructer. lailcs. The chief kinds are the llrown ' mid llluck breasted Mods, Hllver Duck- wing und I'llu, nil of which uro hand- Kiinu mid In the e.llmnllon of the mini with sporting blood In hla veins, j prime favorites becnuso plucky aml'Vif possessed of greut endurance. ' |