New-York tribune., 1885-02-05
POULTRY, PIGEONS AND PETS
ru,pp SHOW OF THE FANCIERs CLUB.

THIRD SHOW Or lhE rANoAH
rowIs AND CATS IN vARIETr-THE SMALLEST
poNy IN THE woRLD-sCENEs AT The GARDEN.
The day was ushered in at Madison Square Gar
den yesterday by such Growing OF G9cKs CO. peves
emaaated even from the most pspulous barry ara;
About 10000 specimens OF " poultry, pigeons aliu
pets" as the catalogue had IT, We're tneIe III a.. W
tendance on the third annual exhibltl0h M oi
the New-York Fanciers Club, and each 1, one one
was detelrniucd that his her presence shoud no.
he oyer,ooked. There is fne display OF poultry
in the show. the varieties ranging from the mug
BraLmas. which look as if they could lay apOu! 9
day if they Tah5eG fnT ono no. TO TO 9 pnt in
mis- waistcoat pocket Among the exhibitors OF
bantams is Perry Belmont, who has Seabright,
Pekin and japanese bantams in the show In one one
set Of cages are confined lot of stately fowls of the
BIack spanish varety with iridescent pluinage anu
bright, bead-ke eyes Another row Is given up 70
nneainly Plymouth Rocks, that look like hobpleues
hoys IN kneebreeches. there are also number Gf ~
aamecocks "spoiling for fight" aud looking as II
they were confident Of their an a1iisy nSe 10 Over
ing p.dAv AWS SSv.n ~" some aDS Of tHese Hess
gawecocks are IN fighting TRIM their tail feathers.
the feathers on their Becks and their combs Delng
cIIpped. One of them had miniature PAIR OF DoXc
ncther projected long sharp spurs steel held in
place by band. The one with the steer
spurs on was too fiereely digpifed ito t9
his locks spoke of battle and murder, and he he
seemed TO saw: Il am fighter from Fightersvle
please to observe AT the eastern end ra o, vaS vas
one immense old turkey cock that was SO prouu oi
having escaped Thanksgiving and Christmas that
he swelled to most abnoI9ai SIZE ana a pe' anv
one came near his cage some peau-
tiful white turkeys were in cages near by =,
Among lie ornamental fowls were some beautl-
fui neaeecks whose lustrous tails fell down In a
cataract of gorgeous color they sat on their high
perches. 1t seemed pity that they were not sit
tinS on an old stone balustrade that ran along the
terrace by some ancestral CASTLE. But there BENG
no ancestral castle nearer thaa Thirdave. the pea
ants rival ued the peacocks in gorgeousness;
golden pheasants and number of silver pheasants.
Ducks are shown in the exhibition III great variety;
In the centre of the Garden is duck pond whcre
some of those paradoyical creatures-tame WIZ
ducks-disport themselves. ~, .
The division of the show devoted to the pigeons
is an interesting One There are pouters, which
swell out their breasts in most surprising man
ner. There are pigeons. with beautltnliy
Colored plumage, which rises in ruff around Their
danes of high degree OF the Elizabetban era. and
carrier pigeons. trained TO bear messages knt
meath tic wild pulSaions Of their wings" But 1t
is only IN poetry and pictures that carrier pigeons
carry messages fastened beneath their wings; III
real life the messages are tied to one OF the pigeons
taII feathers Then>there are fan-tails, Russian
trumpcters and all other kinds OF pigeons that
were ever "read of in books or dreampt OF III
dreams" and they all seem contented ana prOud 70
be on exhibition. In the division devoted TO blrds
and minor pets is blackbird warranted to he own
cousin to the four and twenty that were baked III
pe In the same division is a lark, dreaming OF
sunrise over English meadows; cages OF long breed,
English and German canaries singing sweetiy aInid
trained white cockatoo, which sits look
ing unuterable things at another eockatoo
from Australia. brown owl, captured III the
Rocky Mountains and called Buffalo Bill, sits on
a perch near by and looks wise as he blnks in the
light. Angora, Hlmalaya. white lop, beiglan,
Dutch and Egyptian rabbits are also exhibited LII
The sixth division is devoted to cats. Now these
cats are not the kind of cats that sing on the back
fence on moonlight nights, but genteel and we'll
brought up cats that have certain monetary VaIue
aside from what their skins would bring as material
for kid gloves. There is one cat-he is called
Tommie Blue Beard and belongs TO l.: Is. Lucy, OF
Augora cat and exceedingly Intelligent. Two
Manx cats, one called Adam and the other Eve, at
tract much attention. They have evidently been
a-Maying with Little Bo Peeps sheep. aud when
they came home forgot 10 brlng thelf ttis pehiIlu
them" There is beautiful tortose-sheii cat ini-
ported from Singapore, and cat .;, ,hst mas mas
epent all but one of its nine lives IN kllng Ials
on board the ship Sumatra. There IS whte Mar
tese cat imported from the island OF Malta, ana a
cat born with three legs -Four PeIslan Gats are III
Crag and black striped tiger cat Is valued al SoOQ
and a Cray fighting cat with neither ears nor lall
Is offered for sale at 500. r.,
ynong the attractions of the show are some Shet-
land ponies One of these. black stallion called
Little Giant" is supposed TO be the smallest horse
In the world he is twenty-eight inches hlgh ana
weighs ninety pounds. Every evening the ponies
will be driven around the Garden attached TO
evening of February II. Things were not running
smoothly yesterday owlrg to the tardlne:s OF the
exhibitors but the managers promise that every
thing will be III order to-day.