Looking through the show calendar it is god to see things are getting back to normal. I have the Bradford Championship results in front of me, the returners to the fancy had a good day, well done to [log in to see names] and [log in to see names] on their section wins. [log in to see names]’s role changed at the show and she came up with some nice wins. There seems to be stiff competition in the Self Black classes, which is a healthy situation.

I have been reading the article by Tom Rogers in the latest magazine. His name doesn’t ring a bell with me but this was before I was born. He mentions putting a Self into his Dutch; I think this is a long process, you would  need a large stock to keep things rolling. He states that he had three grades, the first being the exhibition mice. On that point, I think Jack Hartley kept his best stock just for breeding. You certainly couldn’t argue with his success.

Tom’s feeding was quite plain, which a lot of exhibitors seemed to do at the time. Things are different these days with more choice available. Hay was probably used more then than now, we are a little more cautious in case of ear damage and mites. Nevertheless, hay is a fine conditioner.