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The Domestic Show Flight
standard is based on the Plain Head solid colored "ideal" of this breed.
The "ideal" being the perfect bird. The scoring of this breed has been
grouped into three (3) sections.
(1) OUTLINE - 25 pts.
(2) FEATHER - 25 pts.
(3) FEATURES - 50 pts.
Total points 100
Additional points in their own class: Cap (crest) - 10 pts. Mottle
marked - 25 pts.
GENERAL TABLE OF POINTS
GROUP (1) OUTLINE
(A) HEIGHT 5 pts.
(B) LENGTH 5 pts.
(C) BREAST 5 pts.
(D) NECK 5 pts.
(E) LEGS 5 pts.
OUTLINE 25 pts.
GROUP (2) FEATHER
(A) GENERAL COLOR 20 pts.
(B) PRIMARY FLIGHT TIPS
(20) 1A point each 5 pts.
FEATHER 25 pts.
GROUP (3) FEATURES
(A) CROWN 20 pts.
(B) BEAK 15 pts.
(C) EYE 10 pts.
(D) EYE CERE 5 pts.
FEATURES 50 pts.
Total points for solid plain-head 100 pts.
Total points for solid cap (crest) 110 pts.
Total points for mottle plain-head 125 pts.
Total points for mottle cap (crest) 135 pts.
The following description is used as a base to judge for the "ideal",
perfect pigeon. The term "must" is used when referring to the ideal bird.
Specific variations of the ideal are noted.
Section (1) OUTLINE: The outline of the bird
covers the outer surface and does not include the head properties nor the
feathers of the bird, and is scored according to the following:
(A) HEIGHT (5 pts.): The height of the bird standing erect must be eight
inches from the base of the foot to the top of the head.
(B) LENGTH (5 pts.): The length of the bird must be eight and one half
inches measured horizontally from the furthest point of the breast to the
tip of the tail.
(C) BREAST (5 pts.): The breast must be semi-circular and measure four and
one half inches from the outer wings. It must be high and prominent.
(D) NECK (5 pts.): The neck must be two and one quarter inches in diameter
at the middle. From the lower mandible the line of the throat must incline
in a graceful arc; the furthest point of inclination to end in an imaginary
vertical line with a point at the equal distance between the pupil of the
eye, and the break of the frontal of the nostrils. The base feathers of the
neck, at the front covering the breast and at the sides covering the wing
arms, must be uniform. The base feathers at the back of the neck must be as
low down on the back as possible. The upper back portion of the neck must be
bully.
(E) LEGS (5 pts.): The legs must be straight, stout, two and one quarter
inches apart, and in a vertical line with the eye. The tarsus or leg stems
must be one inch from the ball of the foot to the bend at the knee or hock,
covered three quarters of the way down on the tarsus with feathers. The
nails must be bone colored, the toes straight and stout, and the color of
the tarsus and feet the same color as the eye cere and nostrils.
IN GENERAL: The keel must end off as low as possible behind the legs, the
tail tips one half inch off the floor, the wings close to the body, the
primary flight tips must set on the tail and end one half inch from the end
of the tail. The general appearance must be ruddy, cobby, uppity, and
vigorous.
JUDGES NOTE: After the total of the points for the above has been scored,
the judge may make further deductions from this total for the general
appearance of the bird as he sees fit, so far as outline is concerned.
Section (2) FEATHER: This pertains to the
feather of the bird exclusively. It has no bearing on outline or the
features, later to be explained.
(A) COLOR (20 pts.): The color of the feathers of all parts of the bird
(subject to the class they represent) excluding the primary flight tips and
the primary coverts (which are to be white) must be of a clear and deep
uniform color over all the body except on the neck and breast where there
may be found an iridescent hue of the color present. The iridescence denotes
good health and must be allowed. However, at the frontal end top of the
head, at the three beards, both sides of the face, the breast, sides of the
wings, the keel, the belly, the vent, the coverts under the tail, the rump,
the sides of the rump, the back, the thighs, the legs, and numbers 7 to 10
of the upper medium coverts must have no off-shading of the original color.
The tail must have twelve tips (12 upper and 12 lower coverts).
(B) PRIMARY FLIGHT TIPS (5 pts.): The 20 primary flight tips, (10 on each
wing) must be white. One quarter point is allowed for each white tip.
IN GENERAL: The color must be clear, uniform, deep, and brilliant. the
general feathering must be tight and clean.
JUDGES NOTE: Allowance to color: Any bird showing a tinge of a third color
of his base color shall be a penalty of ten points and additional points as
the judge sees fit. This also includes the bar variety. Also, after the
total of the points the judge may make further deductions from this total as
he sees fit. If any partly-colored primary tips occur from numbers 1 to 4 in
succession after the solid colored tips on each wing one quarter point will
be deducted for each partly-colored tip. If the socks, vent, belly, keel,
legs, or epaulets ( numbers 7 to 10) of the upper medium coverts show any
white in solid colored classes deductions not to exceed two points for
either may be made except when any discoloration of any feather of the tail
or secondary flight tip is more than half the length of the quill of the
feather. The judge will deduct from 10 to 20 points allotted for color as he
sees fit. When any discoloration of any feather of the tail or secondary
flight tip is less than half the length of the quill of that feather the
judge will deduct from 1 to 9 points allotted for color, as he sees fit.
(Partly-color means basic color of the bird plus white).
Section (3) FEATURES (50 pts.): This pertains
to the head properties only and has no bearing with outline and feather.
(A) CROWN (20 pts.): The crown is referred to as the top line of the head
starting at the feather of the nostrils (known as the break) continuing in a
high prominent arc, widening and declining gracefully into the upper back of
the neck. Frontal or forehead; the top and side view of the frontal must
show the frontal over-lapping the feather line of the nostrils. The front
view must show the frontal as broad and deep as that of a Long-faced
Tumbler. In general, it must be round and prominent. The front face of the
bird must be pinched at the sides, refined and inset, and have a smile-like
appearance at the mouth.
(B) BEAK (15 pts.): The beak must be set in deep at the nostrils, blood red
in color from the mouth to midway on the upper and lower mandibles to the
points of both mandibles and the beak must be a clear ivory color. The line
of the beak separating the two mandibles must be straight, tangent to the
base of the eye, and parallel to the floor. The beak must be one inch long
from the mouth to the point of the beak, three-sixteenths of an inch thick
and three-sixteenths of an inch wide at the nostrils, tapering gracefully to
a point toward the end of the beak. The upper mandible may be allowed a
small, hardly noticeable roll at the tip in order to over-lap the lower
mandible at the point of the beak. The nostrils must be as refined as
possible.
(C) EYE (10 pts.): The eye must be circular, set in the center of the
general head and divided into two portions. Noticeable, the large white
portion known as the Iris, and the black center, known as the pupil. The eye
must be pearly white, and free from other colored matter. It must be one
quarter inch in diameter. The pupil or focus must be in the center of the
eye, round and small as possible, noted black in color, having no breaks at
the outer line, nor any blemishes on the black portion whatever. The eye
must appear shiny and alert.
(D) EYE CERE (5 pts.): The eye cere is the muscular and blood colored
portion of the flesh surrounding the eye. Free from feather, this cere is
the eyelid of the bird. When open, only this muscular portion of the lid is
noticeable and must be the same blood red color as the feet, nostrils, and
mouth of the beak.
IN GENERAL: The features must be pleasant, prominent, bright in color,
alert, and aristocratic in appearance.
JUDGES NOTE: After the total points for the above has been scored, the judge
may make further deductions from this total as he sees fit, so far as
features are concerned.
(A) CAP (CREST) CLASSES: 10 points additional. SIDE
VIEW: From the ear starting as a rosette or spade, the reversed
feathers or tufts must be full and rise in a diagonal arc, to a point in a
level line with the top of the head. TOP VIEW: Starting one quarter inch
away from the head at the ears, the line of the tufts must gracefully
increase in distance from the head, until it reaches a point one and one
half inches from the center top of the head. The declining feathers at the
back of the head must not interfere with the long rising tufts at the cap
(crest). A clear opposition must be noted at this point.
(B) MOTTLE MARKED CLASSES: 25 points additional.
The markings are to be as follows: The thirteen secondary flights,
twelve major coverts, one to six of the upper medium coverts, seven to ten
of the upper medium coverts known as the epaulets, the tail, vent, rump,
belly, thighs, and legs must be of a solid-color of the color present. The
lesser coverts of the wings, back, neck, head, breast, flap, and forward
portion of the keel, spot for spot.
JUDGES NOTE: The judge may make further deductions after the total of points
for either cap (crest) or mottle marked has been scored. Any bird having at
least one white feather on any part of the body other than socks, keel,
vent, belly, epaulets, primary flight tips, or primary coverts must be
judged in the Mottle or the Stock Class (exhibitor's choice).
MIS-MARKED, STOCK, AND A.O.C. CLASSES: The mis-marked, stock, or A.O.C.
class consists of pied's. beards, blaze faced, blue teager, tortoise-shells,
blue checkers, three distinct colored birds, sugar tails, silver teager's,
strawberry, short-tipped and over-tipped solid birds, badly colored finished
tip birds and any other color not listed below under official show colors.
OFFICIAL SHOW COLORS: Barred colors: Blue - A
grayish, blue body, with two black bars on the wings, and one black bar on
the tail. Silver - A creamy tan body, with two dun bars on the wings and dun
bar on the tail.
Solid colors: Black - Must be iridescent and as brilliant as black satin.
Dun - Clear and unblemished, and like that of a shell of chestnut.
Brown - A warm pure cocoa brown, clear and unblemished. (Note that brown is
judged with black and dun).
Red - Blood red, clear, and unblemished.
Yellow - Yellow-gold to orange, clear, and unblemished. (Note: In the case
of extremely light marked or heavy marked teager's, extremely poor colored
finished tip solid birds, and sugar tail birds having discoloration more
than half the length of the quill, the exhibitor will be afforded the choice
of entering these birds in the show class they represent or in the stock,
mis-mark, or A.O.C. class).
DISQUALIFICATIONS: More or less than ten
primary flight tips, less than ten secondary flight tips, and less than
twelve or more than fourteen tail tips; any primary flight tips from numbers
five to ten show any other pigment than white; any white partly-colored
primary flight tip between two solid colored primary flight tips on a solid
colored bird; disease or deformity of any kind; bull eye or any definite
break in the line of the pupil (egg shape or tear drop); fraud; any missing
portion of a natural feather; pale beak or cere (woody beak or unnatural
beak); in mottle and marked classes the same disqualifications apply as in
solid color except that from numbers one to four of the primary and all of
the secondary flight tips will be allowed mixed colored feathers in their
own classes (white frock feathers allowed in teager's); less than
three-quarters inch beak measured from the inside of beak, (inner lip) to
tip of beak; in solid color classes any white other than the socks, vent,
belly, keel, legs, or wing coverts to epaulets; in case of a molt of a
feather, the feather must be through the quill in order to distinguish
color; missing frock feathers; young birds with mutilated bands must be
shown as old birds; any bird showing less cap (crest) than width of head
shall be disqualified; any bird showing feather rot or so-called silkiness,
on any part of the body other than the secondary tips, from numbers nine to
fourteen shall be disqualified.
ALLOWANCES ON BEAK: Any bird having a touch
line of discoloration on upper and lower mandible and still shows a good
bloody red color in the clear portion of the beak shall be allowed; any bird
that has a little tarnish in the nostril but has a clear red upper and lower
mandible shall be allowed; the judge shall deduct points on these birds as
he sees fit. He can also deduct points on his final decision for general
appearance. However, all points cannot be deducted from these birds.
DISQUALIFICATIONS ON BEAK: Any bird that has
complete discoloration on upper and lower mandible that goes from tip of
beak to nostril; any bird discolored completely on lower mandible, from the
tip of nostril and scratched mandible; any bird discolored completely from
tip of beak to nostril on lower mandible; deformed, woody, pale, and any
beak under three-quarters of an inch.
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The
Breed and Standard for the American Domestic
Show Flight
