The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-18
The Poultry Show.
TIE EHANGHAEs AND THE BANTAMS-THH DUCkg

AND THE GNsE-rHE DOGS AND TIN DlsR-
AWARD OF PRIZES.
Tbs poultry show attracts large crowds Of vstsrs and
u dsssrvsdy Of the principal objects Of interest
the city The collection II both large and varied aad
contains excellent specimens Of the different breeds
The building In which the fair is held Il hrongsd
ing and evening by those who take interest In such
exhibitions. The moment you enter It your ears
asssed with the NEST disoordsnt sounds proceeding
from the throats Of geese hens roostsr. aud al kinds
Of domestic fowl occasionally mingled with the bowling
Of dogs for ths also form part Of tho pouly SHOW"
though It would b difficult to tell what particular Dos
ton they OCCUPY among the fathersd tribe. We nssd
not wonder however, 1t this amsgAasicn when " na
and D:.O;; .S Sss o1 claimed
eoopsd MP ard sppezsd to have the free range Of the
Tor sompsson All The esTss or coops are nUisd With
the names Of the exhibitors and the number Of ooops
:a n IT,, ana are =
floor the game another while the dogs and deer hsvs
an apartment 10 themselves Gigantic Shanghass Gait
family, occupy separate eoops while the game BIRDS q
which there are great many are the exclusive oceu
pants Of ssss room Wherever ySn turn s 1 Of every
bills, stout bills, and LIS Of every description are
thrust out from between the bars Of their props seek
sg In the language Of the Scriptures what they may
devour It hardly necsesary 70 say that their sxsr
lions In this respect poorly rewarded end that
IKE human opeos they are DOOM to many disappolnt
ihs collection contains some excellent. and . larger
number OF mser. BILE specimens; but whols the show
Shanshass noticed gigantic rooster II coop No. ITO,
which 10 particularly deserving OF mention. Tnis fellow
stood At least tro feet and half high and wsshe thir
teen pounds. He powerful bird but shsuld think
the Hesh u smaller fowl would be much more tender
and paatsbe. Such large breed may b. regarded with
the. h But We would prefer sssr V..s 10 oss
table This rooster il said to be nine months old There
IL another belonging TO the exhibitor which looks
pound lighter and that IL s inferior In every respect
Th specimen Of hens OF the breed very credit
sb but think have seen many Of them on e1hbi-
ton before At the cattle show OF the American Institute
where they obtained prizes.
There are come Chieas opgs Of hyperion description
on exhibition These are ALEC, lie for their sat
ss And in sppeasnce very ftropg; reen bio the shang
hAes t. which they are oo;ey related There are, 10
fast, such strong POINTS OF resemblance between them
tia. the unibsted would and 1t almost impossible TO
discover the difference The Ch.asopgs do not attain
the enormous zs Of OF the parent stock and they
are rot. We believe, 70 highly priced.
The Drama pootra Is the given to another large
frecss Of imported domestic fowl and by some IL Ia "
side ed superior TO either OF thoss named an
srols Of food They not heavy, bat they said
TO b~scod lsyers, and make exesfsntfsrm yard fowl
= Two ma tpi6cent swans nprisohrd Ia one Of the
Sssyu psscoets b: he nosas Sa a The &
for beauty Of punsgs In the golden phsasant On In
head 10 splendid uuest Of rieh soid color while it,
zee. exqui'fs'J fanssd with waves q crimson and
Among The sss,e, thoss from Afsis are perhaps the
beet ard largest Tee Guinea sooes 1, as large a. .
svsr, end has peculiarly BY which ii may Be- dIss-
fuihed sssiy fncn all other varieties This Is dsxlap
which hangs frr the throat somewhat like thu, Of cat
ne and wnisn Az hrt glance causes many to mistake
1t for pelican.
There few turkeys, soma Of which are very nns
fptcimens one pair particularly soths male weighing
thirty pounss; but the majority evidently intended
Only 10 nh up Some OF these are called wid tuIksys
and Others tane the exhibitors, however, take the
greatest pains to persuade the vs that they are az
dcmesticattd.
OF ths Gnirsa fowl We only ssv two that vsre vorth
locking At They were certainly very handsome
specimens, and were perfectly vhts. There were
In addition 10 these, . large number of pigeons,
among which noticed two beautiful carrier preons
and several fAntAls
A this was poultry show, It very natural to OK.
pect that there would Be pigs and sheep In the oose
tion in addition to dog, deer and eagles The pigs
received prizes The dogs received prizes the sheep 70
ceived prizes, and even the eagles We think resolved
prizes in this remarkable poultry show; but II may be
ve to observe here that the mary Of the prizes ragged
from two to i've dollars only, vhs but one reached 6ty