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