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
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| 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
