https://gamecock.org/tags/post-1850/Recent content in Post-1850 on The Gamecock CodexHugoen-us© 2026 The Gamecock Codex · An editorial encyclopediaMon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gamecock.org/breeds/modern-game/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gamecock.org/breeds/modern-game/<p>date: 2026-06-01</p> <p>The <strong>Modern Game</strong> is the bird of the exhibition hall — bred, since about 1850, for <em>type</em> alone. Where the Old English Game retains the working shape of the cockpit bird, the Modern Game has been stretched, refined, exaggerated, and polished into a creature of show-bench perfection: tall, slim, long-legged, tight-feathered, narrow-bodied, fierce of eye, with a head held high and a tail carried low.</p>