Why Carlisle and Oxford need separate explanations
Knowledge for understanding and preserving Old English Game.
The Poultry Club records an Old English Game club split around 1930 after exhibition preferences diverged. Carlisle breeders favored larger-breasted, more horizontally backed birds, while the Oxford tradition retained a more sloping back and athletic balance. The division concerns type and breeding priorities, not merely a change of club name.
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