The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-20
ALL KINDS OF CHICKENS
They May Be Seen. with Machinery for
Raising, at the Poultry Exhibit.
The Bench Show Attracts Much Attention,
and Senator Huston's Famous Dog Is an
Object Of Great Interest.

The poultry show at Tomlinson Hall was quite
we'll attended yesterday and last evening, the
first day the exhibit was ready for visitors
There is enough variety about the exhibit to
make it of much interest to the ordinary OBJ
server, put it is the specialist who is most de-
lighted. Manufacturers of incubators brood
ers, egg testers. egg producing foods and other
inventions pertaining to the poultry interests
talk their devices convincinely that one can't
much for hen anyway. Eggs are
Matched by artificial heat and the little chick
comes kicking and SPRAYING out of the shell
and into the wide wide world, in sight of the
curl GUS crowds 1t then is placed in the
'brooder," which quickly does the work of the
clucking. fussy mother.
Among the specialfeature golden eagle
captured by D. NJ. Forsythe. of Johnson county.
and a taxidermists specimen, exhibited by F. c.
Bandel, Charlottesville and labeled the "Origi
nal Mugwump" 1t is an incongruous combina-
ton of rooster and owls head. and, like a
politically dead mugwump. does not make
beautiful corpse.
Besides the exhibitors mentioned yesterday,
the following named have entered some fine
BIRDS Fl. johnson. Rushvle, buff cochins; Fl. C.
Green, Pekin ducks; ]. B. Foot. Norwood Park.
H., brahmas and partridge cochins; ]. s. Krei-
der. Logansport, cochins; Knapp Bros. Fabius,
N. Y, large and excellent variety; John. A.
jackson, brood coop; J. F. Young, Rushville,
brahmas; Allan Bros, Bloomingdale. white leg
horns; G. w. Mitchell. Erie. o., light
brahmas that attract much atten-
tion Enrich and Drechsel, Indianapolis.
brown leghorns; Yves Lannes Greensburg.
games; B. r. Knapp, Cortland. N. Y, white
leehorns; l. n. Barker, Thorntown. brahmas,
cochns and bantams; O. w. Allen. Indianap-
oils, wyandottes; Woodward g. LEVEL. Evans
ton Ill. langshans. forty entries the second
largest number; Walter Elliott Shebyvile.
Pekiu bantams Fred Sheei Beeville, Ill, buff
cochins and wyandotteS John Fiikins Orange.
n. Y, variety; H. p. Clarke, Irvington, Japanese
game; W. III. Coons, Franklin black cochins;
q. Ell. Stanton, Greenwood, black Spanish.
There large number of games of all
varieties They ranged along the east side
of the hall and receive no little attention. The
turkeys, geese and ducks are numerous. and
come in for their share of noise in the east cor
ridor.
1t seems that the dark brahmas and the white
cochins generally considered the reliable
and standard varieties of chickens The wyan-
dottes in some respects have been favortes in
that they beautiful birds, and have been
is said that they are~giving way TO newer va
riety. the minorcas. sFanciers testing
this variety, just every florist experiments with
the orchids This information, blythe way, IS not
official; visitors may pay their money and take
tn cir choice.
The bench show is not lacking in patrons and
ue Jugs aro oil Soou- duO
will surely get enough petting and caressing for
once in their canine career They get tender
stroke and kind word from almost every one
who passes, and it is acknowledged with an in
telgent appreciation. Since yesterday entries
have been made by Lew Fisher, Crowfordsville,
English pug and tan terrier: John
Reuter-, Indianapolis Gordon setter; John
Wells. Indianapolis, Irish SETTER Otis Birge.
Llewellyn setter; Chas. Jellef, Indianapolis,
Italian greyhound: Harry White. Indianapolis,
Italian greyhound: Jacob Reuter-, Indianapolis.
Gordon setter; B. d. Walcott, Indianapolis.
black Cocker spaniel. The ST. Bernard pup
owned by Henry SPRINGFIELD is regarded as
remarkable "Breece." the st. Bernard
owned by Jno. c. New, is very large but kind
ly-lookipg fellow.
However, no dog receives more attention than
the rough-coated st Bernard at the extreme
north end of the bench. He is quiet in mien,
and looks little weary, if tired of having
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