The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-01-29 00:00:00

YEOVIL AND SOMERSET COUNTY POULTRY,

PIGEON, AND CAGE BIRD ASSOCIATION.

Toe seventh exhibition ia conaectioa with the above
...met, wee opeos.l o %Veda...day la the H•Il
awl the Market Bud Ung, and si.hough uesrly thirty
eilver cup.' I m 11ition I, -Jiver me had, end special
prier* had beer offwed, ad which, together with
moorty sw.rls, wIlr• witim.t..l a £4OO, ths entries
leer- 100 les. then Iwo yea% flier, were, however,
oesrly 2,000 entries, ea I among the exhibitors were
WOO,. Of t 10 b si f s..oler. in Hogl4a I. Thr bir,le "wooed
D wkinse, (Ischia. 11.ehrne,... P.yi. ulb Kuck..
41 ones, An Islam tn., Leghorn., II tmoorgs eit4
It 41-11, Ay1•111•Iry. •Ild Pekin dunks • sod
COW and turkovs—iii all oo tbau 964 exhibits.
this inter...tong sa3 lergt oboe is ridded ma exhibi-
tion of cage birds, numbering 236 birds. A ehow of
cats, which wss isst ye tr for the 6rst time, Is
repeated, mat ettractwi much attention, tortoiseshell,
tabby, black, long.harial, mad other varieties being
exhibited.

The Dorking. see a very good dam, both as far se
qu tidy and number are c mrierwed. Mr. Cranston,
who COMO* Iroin it'd, and woo awarded the Cu..,
in the prilicip.l exoi..it T. 'NO 0 chins ore al«. a
particularly ti., bud.. The winner of the
cup liok 2,1 pries et Chalmette= The b-.t if the
other veiimies ere the pirtridges. and Mies Edith
How' whites.. Sir if. Tirompeon'e bralmna cock wee
In good condition, and Mr.. H. Holland'. cop winner
here wee perfection. The light brshuise in both
• Mares were eery good, th-re not being inferior bird
exhibit. I. Ti.. heat brahina hens were a g ood
Ooil.cti u. an I 54r. Ito.. litchell, • Br .d(ord
in lecturer, took le, awl 2at pr.l. be Pqm 'nth
Ito Its *sr,, aper class ;I soaks looke.l as It tueir
till. had b-eu plucked. The Malay. are good, the
hens being better than the cocks. The Spanish are
O good clam, &nit elm the homilies, ell the corn-
petitore being well known winners. The black red
g .rne was the largest clam in the show, a number of
not 6.1 winners showing. la the brown re I cock
titiou the Wolverh.m.l in cop bird Mr. C. W.
Brierley'e, of Tenhury, Woromitor), wins the cup
egain. The lion. lull Rey. F. Dutton wins the cup
for hia black red haii ea bring the brat gone ben in the
show, and it was Mterwards soli for £2O. The br...ra
red hens ores good It, ands. are the pile hone The
b intern. make an alnirobl. show, and the winner
(%fr. If. Walton's) of the £25 cup at the Crystal
Pains, wine another cup at this show. In the pigeon
show the 'mate= are smell in number, but remarkably
good in point of cpaiity ; this on- that took the cup le one
01 toe 1)64 the day. In the carriers the bird
which takm the cup is pronounced the beet bird in
Encand. Tine owl. NS 5 Va.) I alb., &pit j. 010.10
three hied. notch coat nearly COO. The Jac Mins ere
• .trong elms, met the winner if lb. cup I. • remark-
ably goo I ep-ciineas The tuxbite ere ILO average clam,
met the black magpies Sc. said t e form the best clam
ever seen, Mr. Holley, Oxford, showing aloe prize
takers, five being cup winners. The archature • are
Meow' exoellent clam, and eo are the dragoons, in fact
there is not an inferior elms in the whole show. The
cage bird. are not considered so goods shows. mum',
but there are some good birds exhibited.
The jades, were very lavish with their h.c. sad
and a Mir proportien of thee. go I many, but the best
of the prizes ere carried sway out of the locality alt•,-
getber.
A public luncheon woe hold in the large room at the
Mermaid Hotel, Colonel Paget, M.P., presiding.