Northern Ohio
American Singer Club
CHAPTER 32
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Northern Ohio American Singer Club CHAPTER 32 |
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Historical Article "Breed American" By L. Armitage Article from American Canary Magazine, July 1941 Issue The early emigrants who arrived in America sought the opportunity to put into effect their ideals of law for a free and honest nation. That spirit has now become universally knows as our American ideal. How like those early settlers are we American bird fanciers! Our shows for caged birds consisted almost entirely of foreign types, with only a sprinkling of American birds looking for recognition as the real McCoy. then from obscurity came the builders from other sections of our land and proclaimed their freedom from the old concepts of fancydomland and brought out the American Singer. Their ideals coincided with those of the early settlers; they demanded freedom from importations of foreign type birds, and by cooperation from American fanciers this land now boasts of an American cage bird, destined in the near future to become our tribute to the American conception of a true type song canary. The American Singer is bred from parents which came from royal stock. For example, the song strain comes from the blood strain of German rollers; the type strain from the leading type of Europe. these two blood lines, properly mated from recorded geneology, produces a bird of remarkable melody and a frame of real type. As can be expected many birds will be sold as the real article, notwithstanding the sorry fact that they are note of even the stated blood union. For even culls must be disposed of; therefore, the good name of American Singer will be smirched through this relationship. The only protection which breeders of American Singers can utilize is through the medium of show awards. Such bench winners will go on record by the organization. Thus the owners of American Singers will to a large extent protect the reputation of their goods. I believe that vigorous action is needed now so that only honest breeders will reap the reward of their labor. No birds should be allowed to represent American Singers unless such birds (banded) pass certain requirements enabling them to be benched at any bird show. If success is to be achieved we must weed out the imposters, and advertise the fact that only such birds as have been passed upon by competent judges will be recorded. The selection of trusted fanciers as judges in each club will help us produce, not only winners, but also will increase the interest of prospective breeders who will breed from recorded winners or produce their stud by breeding along lines set forth by the American Singers organization. Much harm will come to the good name of this organization if show managers look only to maximum entrants to the show bench rather than to authentic American Singers representation. I know of the temptations of the show manager to make a record benching, and I also know oft the comments of the public when they have looked upon the racks of mediocre stock. American Singers representatives will kill their best opportunity for recognition if they fail to check up on this angle of the showing of their breeding art. Get in touch with the breeder of top-notch rollers, and the breeder of real type canaries. Select your stud from this accredited source and then join up with American Singers, or form your own local bird club, and breed for recognition as a producer of our new American cage bird.
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