The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-03
ROOSTER RAISES
 $1O,OOO FOR RED
 CROSS IN BRITAIN
Unique Record of England's w. c. Cockerel," Which in Year Has Attended 36
 Sales

London, November 1o.-Over $10,000 has been raised for the British Red Cross by rooster or "cockereL" as they call the lord of the farmyard over here. This bird, which is now famous throughout the land as the ''V. c. Cockerel," is the property of Frank c. Tyson, a well to do farmer and brewer of Warboys, in Hamp- shire. and it's record as a money raiser must be absolutely unique.
 Tn just over year it has attended S6 sales, travelled 2120 miles and been sold about 1890 times, realizing, in coin of the realm f2O97 19s Cd, which represents exactly nine times its weight in gold!
 Midway in it's triumphant career the "v. C." was bestowed upon the cock erel for, as the posters advertising it declare, "the cool way he behaved on the field at Warboys, for the gal lant way he charged at Earth (f10), and the rapid way he entered into action at the battle of Huntington. where he was nearly killed with kind ness but escaped after losing a few tail feathers"
 Its justly proud owner. who, pre- vious to the war was prominent in sporting circles in Hampshire, outlines the birds surprising history as fol- lows:
 "on the 27th of last october" he says this cockerel came into the pos session of Warboys poultry dealer who gave it with other fowls to the Warboys Red Cross sale on the 18th. It was sold and resold some 40 times and at the end was knocked down to me. The idea then struck me that. having no boys in my family to send to the war. and yet being eager to do my bit, I would have Red Cross cage made and take the cockerel round to the-xarious sales and raise, if possible, f1000 for our wounded sol diers. He soon became very popular and took to the life nicely. It was at Huntington that he won the V. c. and he has since been known as the " C. Cockerel.' He has become very clever and will stand on his cage and crow to his audience, and also on my hand.
 "He completed his first f1000 on April II at Ely, but as I was kept at home a good deal through the har- vest I was afraid I would not get the second thousand by the end of this year, but at Huntington on the tztn ne IHdQe tzZU la reCOrd), ana at Colchester on the 20th he made f54 IS. Then at Thrapston f123 17s sent him well over the mark. He has been sold by such prominent people as Lord Annaly, lord in waiting to the King: Lady F. Robinson, Mrs. Adeane, wife of the lord lieutenant of Cambridge shire; Mrs. Worthington Evans wife of the member of Parliament from Colchester; Lo Telford and many other noted pc. pie. He has fetched f25 twice and been sold as low as six pence. so everyone, through the bird, can Fsubscribe.
 "T am hoping and indeed expecting f1000 by the end of 1916 Meanwhile the cockerers achievements have been celebrated in verse and he has been mentioned in practically every news paper in Great Britain. If I were not a busy business man I could have earned many thousands with him, but have to decline tremendous lot of invitations. In addition, some thou sands of his photos have been sold, hut the profit from these goes to the various sales and is not counted in his record.
 "When at home he runs about the yard with the other fowls and is quite healthy. He is remarkably good tray eler by road or motor. always eat ing and drinking his water and never sulking."