24 • THE BOOK OF THE GAMES.

with black, a very dark brown back, a black breast, wings

of black or a very dark brown, and a black tail. Her
shanks should be of the same color as those of the cock.
The Brown Red Games are very difficult to breed to
feather, but a comparatively few of the chicks being suit-

able for exhibition purposes, but those that are obtained

are very beautiful birds. This may be one of the reasons
that has given the Black-breasted Red Games so much
greater popularity, as they breed reasonably true, and pro-
duce a fair percentage of standard chicks.
Many rules are given for the mating of this variety,

but the underlying principle of the matings is to mate

the sexes so that the light colors of the cock may be
set against the dark colors of the hen, or in other words

the lightest cocks are mated to the darkest hens and vice
versa. To the true fancier there is a certain fascination

in the difficulty of breeding exhibition birds, something

akin to the feeling of the born florist who produces seed-
ling flowers. He knows that many of his specimens will
be worthless, but feels well repaid for his time and labor
by the few perfect ones which he produces. This feeling
has preserved to us the beautiful Brown Red Game, for

in spite of the many difficulties in the way of producing

perfect specimens the fowl has never lacked for ardent
admirers, many of whom honestly feel that there is no
more beautiful fowl in the world.

THE RED PILE GAME

has its own select class of devotees, who grow enthusi-

astic over its good qualities. It is certain that the chest-

nut red head and hackle, the crimson back, the white