On the Modern Game

Thu, 01 Jan 1885 00:00:00 +0000

date: 1885-01-01

Lewis Wright’s Book of Poultry (1885) is the most widely cited Victorian poultry reference, and remains in print in facsimile editions. The description of the Modern Game captures the breed’s appearance — a bird bred, in the half-century since the Crystal Palace, into a creature of almost absurd verticality.

The Cock of Tomorrow

Tue, 01 Jan 1850 00:00:00 +0000

The first great poultry shows (Birmingham 1847, Crystal Palace 1848) launch the Modern Game — a bird bred for type alone, the first show-bench breed developed purely for the visual eye.

Modern-Game on The Gamecock Codex

On the Modern Game

The Cock of Tomorrow