- An extract from an article by Julia Keeling:
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- "With any breed of animal or bird which
was originally bred for a specific
- purpose but later developed for exhibition, certain
attributes unimportant
- to their performance take on special significance.
Exhibitors must be wary,
- when trying to achieve these points, that they are
not exaggerated so much
- in importance that the true working type is lost (as
in Scottish Terriers or
- English Bulldogs for example).
-
- An Asian Game exhibitor must aim for certain eye,
leg, and feather colour,
- angle of back and wing, stance etc, which have little
bearing on working
- ability, but which define it as that particular breed.
-
- Birds still bred for their original purpose and legitimately
fought in Asia, South America and other parts of the world do not, of course
have to adhere to this rigid standard of excellence, their excellence is
tested in quite another way, and consequently
they are not homogeneous in type or colour.
-
- However, for a breed to be shown and judged, a standard
must be written for the guidance of breeders and judges alike. Ideally
a showbird should be correct in all the show points, but still posess all
it's original characteristics -
- temperament does affect carriage, and is certainly
involved in 'type."
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