2-982-606 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Birmingham Show, 1858. Exhibition of domestic poultry. '1. Mr. Maddiford's Fantail, Nun, and Jacobine Pigeons, Silver Cup; 2. Mr. Worrall's Owl Pigeons, First Prize; Mr. Adkins' Pouter Carrier, and Almond Tumbler Pigeons, Silver Cup; 4. Mr. G. Moss's Gamecock, Second Prize; 5. Mr. Parkins Jones's Polish Cock, First Prize; 6. Capt. Hornby's Gamecock, First Prize; 7. Mr. Brundrit's Spanish Fowls, Silver Cup; 8. Capt. Hornby's Dorking Fowls, Silver Cup. One enthusiast who did not got a prize valued his pen of Cochin chickens as worth a thousand pounds; but people only smiled...or more gravely pronounced such rare birds too good to be eaten'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.