Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
POULTRY AND PETS.
The Closing Day and Final Awards-A Fair
Attendance-On tho Whole Successful
Exhibition.


Attendance-On tho Whole Successful
Exhibition.
Yesterday the poultry and pet stock e..
hibition at the Garfield hall came to a
close. On account of some exhibitors not
being able to make their trains the exhibit
| ton was brought to an unexpected ter
mination at o'clock. AS a natural con-
| sequence good many visitors VINO put of
| coming until the last moment were disap-
pointed. All those who saw the exhibition
were greatly pleased and seemed to be
proud of what Kansas could do in the way
of poultry. Quite number Of practical
poultry men were in from the east and
agreed that the success of comparatively
new breeders was wonderful The pigeons
were particularly admired and Mr.. Carl j..
Weick's big collection was the subject of
much favorable comment. There seems to
be no necessity for sending out of the state
for valuable settings of eggs henceforth.
The effect of the exhibition has been to
arouse an increased interest in good
stock and hundreds were heard to
say that they would kill off the
old barn yard stock and replace them with
more beautiful and profitable fowls.
The association determined that the
next annual exhibition would be held
the third week in January, 1891, bnt the
place was left open to be fixed at some
future time. The awards gave general
satisfaction to the exhibitors and the
affair passed off in the most pleasant man
ner possible.
Yesterday the dogs were passed upon,
nr (,roskev acfinU iudua and the fol-
lowing awards were made:
To DR.. Snoke-Second on English grey
hound bitch, second on Leonberg St.
Bernard, second ON Newfoundland, second
on Scotch stag hound, second on English
fox hound, first on English fox bitch, first
on English Shepherd, second on Scoth
coolie, first ON English coach dog, second
on English coach bitch, second on English
water spaniel, first for King Charles
spaniel, second on English bull terriers,
d. and B.; second on Irish bull terriers,
second on large English black and tan,
first on Toy black and tan bitch, second on
Toy black and tan dog, first on English
pug, second on pair French poodles
Arnold's-First on English grey hound
bitch, second on English grey hound dog,
first on black and tan.
r. F. Jacobs-t'irst on pointer bitch.
DR.. Johnson-First on Scotch coolle,
Wichita Frank, No. 140lS a. X. C. S. b.
DR.. Snoke-First on Mexican hairless,
first on Scotch terrier and first on Great
Daue bitch.
One incident during the exhibition
caused considerable merriment amongst
the breeders. On the second day young
man entered the hail with a game-cock
under his arm, and, after making few
inquiries, found himself in the presence OF
the secretary He WAS probably II or ID
years of age, atypical country lad from
his scull cap to his brogans. He wanted
to know in the first breath where he might
turn his chicken loose. and in the second
when the fighting would commence. The
secretary politely informed him that there
would not be any cock fighting there If he
could help it, and with deprecating
glance at the bird recommended the young
man to keep his pet shady or some OF the
thoroug Inbred games on exhibition might
get out of their coops and knock the stuff
fing out of that scrubby sport. The lad,
however; held on to his bird and began
making a close inspection of the fowls on
with Say, Mister, l would like to see
the bird in this show that can knock the
stuffing out of my chicken" The secre-
tary, seeing that the lad would not take
any bluff on cock fighting, then explained
that the exhibition was only for show
birds and as the specimen had seen better
days before his many conquests, the owner
realized that his chicken was disquali-
fed. He then told the secretary that he
did not have any fine show birds, but if
the association would put of a scrub prize
he thought he could enter bird that
would run a good race. This was prom
Used and during the day the exhibitors
agreed to offer a cock scoring 80 points as
bobby prize. Toward evening the young
man returned with about as tough speci-
men of henhood as can we'll be imagined.
The lad walked off triumphantly with his
prize, however, and if no one was more
dissatisfied than he the incident is worth
the telling. Some day that young man
will be IL senator or perhaps the president,
and this same story will be told as laugh
able Renaissance of his boyhood days.