New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-06
AT THE FANCIERS' SHOW.
RAISING CHICKENS WITHOUT HENS.
tux ANTICS OF TUMBLER PIGEONs-INTEREsTINd
FEATURES OF THE EXHIBITION.

RIA ANTICS OF TUMBLER PIGEONs-INTEREsTINo
FEATURES OF TIE EXHIBITION.
One OF the features of the Fanciers Showin the
Madison Sauare Garden is the brooders Inc
Rrooder is q combination OF farmyard and old hen.
and takes care Of the chickens after the
have got through with them So far has the SCIENCE
of raising chickens gone that after hen mas lalu
an egg she is relieved from all further responsSi,
blity IN the matter. Everybody who goes 10 tne
show pays visit to the turkeys; ~ cr aIe
berry sauce to make them perfect. Among Ihe az
fractions in the class of ornamental fowls are par
ones Gnlnea fowls OF rare and beautiful plumage,
and peacOcks whose tails are cataracts oi gorgeous
colors. o.tuoo+s q crovd
sronnd his exhibit by taking one Of his tumDer
pigeons out of the cage aud putting IL through lts
fumbies These curious birds cannot Nv SIX lncnes
shove the floor They spread their wings and try
but instead of soaring TO the roof they turn oach
somersaut and land on then feet lhls is done 50
quickly that the eye Is not able 10 i9l-
low the motion. One hears the flap OF the
wings sees confused mass OF feathers
and there is the pigeon standing bolt upright and
hooking as if il had not moved. When one OF these
tumblers wants to 20 any where III hurry IL races
the other way and goes fiutterlng OIL oacKwalq
like a cartwhcel with wings. There is one cage OF
Indian pigeons Us black as night and next TO them
Is a cage filled with pure white fantails lhere Is
class of pigeons all the meDGs Oh M1 that IooI
like bosom pins aud make the birds proportlehate-
Nv naughty. ,, .,o.o .l,oro
to he exacty ike those which disported themselves
af fancers shows IN the good old days OF Rameses.
Near nv are some squirrels who keep sharp LOOK
out for chestnuts. In this DIVISION 'no
black coon cat Jerry. 600 jerry ,s ord mas rival
is the Maltese cat John smith, who has elgnt iosS
on each foot. Then there is the tor tGise-snen
Angora cat Furry. Furry is professional oea"S
and constantly reioices in her own loneliness
There are a number of game-cocks III the snow
They are not pretty to look at but are 1u OF hgt
and stick their heads through the bars OF tnef
cages and glance around at the other fowls as II
saving: If could only get III among you t lei
lows Once" Harry" Jennings has two 10Y ou I
terriers near his cage Of mice and one OF the tei
Ilers he values at $3.50. That weli-kn0wn ana
substantial American breed of fowls, the PXmoutn
Rock is well represented III the show. mere le
cage after cage of them and all are eHceileht
speci,nens of the breed. The new American preed
of Wyandottes of which there Is q large eXhlpll,
have found much favor abroad ana many oroois
have been received for them from England.
The following prizes were awarded yesterdays
Golden Peneiued HanburJs-1st, breeding pen, L.
Fader Hudson County, y. j. lst fowls. the same; lst
chicks X. f. Perkins Monroe Conn. a., ~ ,, n
Silrer Penciled Ran.brgs-isti DTecaIne pen, , 10
Hobart Homer, N j.; lst fowls, l. Fader lst CHICKS
ID. G. Hobart, Homer, NJ j. ,.,,.. M, 7
Golden Spa,,gied Han,6urgs-lst, breeding pen' L.
Siircr Spanglsd Hamburgs-lst, breeding pen' fowls
Liohi Brahmas-ist, breeding pen and fowls p VIII.
ians Taunton. Mass; lst. chicks, u fur1"e' E"S'
Da,k Brahinas-l LIST, breeding pen, n: Adams, Utica
n Y; LIST, fowls, P. Williams; lst chicks. NJ Aoa'hs
Black Cat-1st. A A. Heaey New YORK
Coon Cot-lst, ]. f. Dlehl. Beverly. n j. -. nj,
EQyptian RABBITS, Guinea Pigs ana AOySS"'td" F0S-
AnGora Rdbbits-lst, l. N. Clarke. New-fork
Cngn,y Bird Paroguet and ltftg0 Fhch-lst Dc A.
Faulkner. Ridgefed, N. j.