The Game Fowl; Old English and Modern / Pringle Proud

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... pbeface. The author having been attached to the sod at a very early period of life--and having lived in a part of the country high in repute for that noble bird, the Game Cock; where as great a variety of birds were exhibited in all their various process of refinement as any individual amateur could enjoy, he flatters himself that by such superior means of collecting information his attempt at writing "The Cocker" will be found to contain not only instruction, but be a source of amusement to the reader, and as such may serve to plead his apology for undertaking the present task. Under such a pre-eminent latitude of superior breed, no man of discernment could be at a loss (to mark those whose superiority of blood, mode of fighting, with all the necessary concomitants that constitute perfection in the game cock) how much to appreciate their worth. To collect a stud from these renowned war riors was the pleasing task of the author, whose situation in life enabled him to obtain the object of his pursuit. But our juvenile endeavours are not always adequate to the difficulties attendant on true breeding; for notwithstanding the judicious choice of cocks so made, we are liable to fail from some incompatible choice of our ideas. To unite their crosses, (in order to complete a uniform set of birds,) similarity of feather, constitution, colour of the beak and legs, are in themselves so requisite, that for the want of a monitor in our early progress we too precipitately anticipate all we want in procuring these models of perfection, when, in fact, we have perhaps accomplished very little essential to the constituent part of bleeding. The author trusts that an extensive routine of practice for fifty years, aided by the acute observations of others...
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