COMMENTI della "Lizard Canary Association (GB)" ALLA PROPOSTA DEL NUOVO STANDARD DEL LIZARD del portoghese Carlos Lima

Hello Angelo,

  With regard to the proposal that the gentleman from Portuguesehas  submitted,I will make the following decision.     It is the Law of COM that only the mother country that first gave  birth to the particular bred of canary can submit a change in the  standard of that breed,
  In the case of the Lizard canary the Lizard Canary Association of  Great Britain holds the "rights " to the show standard for the Lizard canary.
  There is no possibility of the standard being altered,it has served  the test of time and performed most satisfactory for Judges and  exhibitors alike

Kind regards

John Martin
chairman of the Lizard Canary Association of Great Britain

a sinistra J. Coakly e a destra J. Martin

Ciao Angelo,

Per quanto riguarda la proposta del gentiluomo portoghese   che mi hai inviato, io sono arrivato alla seguente decisione. La normativa della COM prevede che solo la nazione madre che per prima ha dato i natali alla particolare razza di canarini  può presentare un cambiamento per quella razza.

Nel caso del canarino LIZARD , la Associazione del canarino lizard della Gran Bretagna detiene “i diritti” sullo standard per giudicare ed esibirlo.

Cari saluti

John Martin
chairman of the Lizard Canary Association of Great Britain

Hello Angelo,

I have studied the Standard that Carlos Lima proposes and i see no validity in his wanting to change the standard, all it amounts to is  one persons slight deviation from the historical official Standard as layed down by the Lizard Canary Association Of Great Britain and one that has served well for many years and can be used either to visually judge or points judge the Lizard.

I also do not agree with his score card, the temptation with having a card of this nature swayes the judge some what towards scoring between 87 to 94 points, so scoring remains within these bounds as was the case in Tours, poor birds scoring high, i believe there should be no MUITO BOM,BOM,REGULAR and that birds should be judged on merit and points awarded with no assistance on a score card.

The reason for attention ie 30 point spangle, we understand this is the most important part of the lizard but it does not totally define the quality of the lizard, if this were the case we would discard some birds with other qualifying factors with regard to breeding stock.

Rowings, Carlos believes this should be increased due to the evolution of the lizard and that males exist that have the same outstanding rowings as a hen which did not happen in the past, i would agree to some extent but a good judge will be able to see the quality in a very good cock bird with less rowings than a hen, this is not the case on the continent where by cock birds are treated differently and scored down, this is where perhaps OMJ Judges should change their opinion and nurture the understanding of the LCA standard.

Beak and feet, Carlos claims that  this is not a genetic trait of the lizard and that it is enhanced by solar rays in order to oxidate making them darker to complement the beauty of the lizard, my humble opinion is that you must have the genetic make up within the bird in order to achieve dark legs, bu too much emphasis is placed on black legs and beak whilst seemingly missing the major qualities of the lizard, i have seen very poor birds score high marks on the continent with black legas and beak but the bird is of poor quality in other areas.

The LCA Standard has stood the test of time, with respect to Carlos let it remain so and do not glory hunt a challenge to the existing standard.

Saluti   Joe Coakley  - Panel judge LCA – Great Britain