New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-21
ALL IN HIGH FEATHER.
THE POULTRY AND PIGEON SHOW OPEN.
AWARDING THE PRIzDs-A HANDSOME EXHIBIT
FASHIONABLE BREEDS


FASHIONABLE BREEDS
The first annual show Of the New-iork fouluS auu
Pigeon Association opened yesterday aV INC AI"oii
can Institute building. Three thousand oirus "
varied pIumage and various vocal aOIhues cro"c"
and cachled sQuawked and coocd while they suut'eu
about their pens for the admiration OF the VstorS'
II this exhibition Is success and IN regard to TIC
p,mher and quality OF the fowls shown that ls
already assured there will be a show OF THIS Kno
each year hereafter. The collection OF poultry anu
pigeons on exhibit this year is sald by te KNOWING
ones to be the finest exhibited in this country.
The list of prizes offered fills sood'sized pamphieo
and the managers Of the show are de'eiihleo 'nA' "
shall be a success In every way.
In the middle Of the hall fountain plays throw
ing tets OF water high into the air and in the poor
around IL ducks and geese. some Of them "lld ones
who have forgotten their wildncss, paddle aooAs
amid ferns and aquatic plants All around up alo
down the hall stretch the pens and cages hiico WIN
FOWL which could not look more beautiful. no. w.
II they lying on platter. cooked to urn ""O
filed with the most savory "stuhing"
There is prevailing style In poultry. as well as III
dogs horses and spring trousers, but Inc iIyhou''
Rock breed remains the farmers favorlte' mo o"'c
variety Of this breed IS particularly well 'hous"V y!
and W. X. Vanderbilt has offered q specal pIiNe VI
300 for the best specimen in the snow Aho iN
mouth Rocks not only popular for the s'eadS an"
unvarylng manner in which they lay eggs puV 'noS 'O
when they are sacrificed for gastron0mc PURPOSES w
rot take mean revenge by suddenly Deoohlne 49, 80,
but remain so tender and succulent that tne o"'s'
and most depraved among them renews MS No"'ii "
The guise Of a spring chicken The braina' anu
Cochns come next in point OF numbers al INC s"oI
md in general favortism. These fowls arc oaIle"
he Asatio breeds. Some time, long "eV, 0OAO
traveller perhaps Marco Polo, brought 10 Eu'oPo
chickens from India and Cochn-Chlna' Ihey "eIo
then webred fowls, superior 10 anything exSule III
4rot Tar off
the breeds have been steadily improved. by per-
stent breeding the color Of their plumage has oeeh
changed into various shades and peHcilhnSs' until
there are now the light and dark Brahnas and the
white. buff. partridge and black Cochins
Among the most picturesque fowls IN the $40"
are the crested Poands. birds as black as nGHt'
mt bearing on their heads crest OF feathers as NAe
as snow. The most gorgeous and beautiful oNcs arc
The Chinese golden pheasants Of which large coee
stands near the fountain, in the centre OF the ha'
The wealth Of color lavished by nature
IN these birds is almost dazzlng' ~
the further end Of the hall is row OF cages
devoted TO turkeys. The birds all Of great size
and fierce. unrelent,ng gobhle. The amount Of con
ceptrated Thanksgiving IN that row of cages Is some
thing remarkable Near the entrance OF the nail Is
a coop of trained bantaIns. These little specimens
OF their kind have TO perform Nttle acrobac Icas
before they can get food. Their food hangs IN a
tin can from the top OF the cage. string connects
This can with lever on the ground and wheh i
bantam feels hungry he jumps on the lever winch
mills the string and opens valve in the can letting
out the food When ne hos BIZ out what he consccGS
enopch for q meal he hops of again and the waive
closes.
Among the largest exhibitors at the show are
pobert COLGATE who has extensive exhibit OF
grahmas and buff Cochins from his sandacrc idfm az
Ouorue. L. l.: Philandcr Williams, OF Taunton Mass
Win shows fine lot OF light Brahmas; George Pnrdue
NJ Fast Orange, y j.. who shows buf Cochns; George
e. Pear of Rochester. " Y, with an exhibit OF INC
same breed of fowls; Knapp Brothers, 81 Faoius'
n Y. who show white Leghorns; Richard NJ Iweels'
Of MONTGOMERY Ind, an exhibit OF game fowls ana
Daniel Pnckney, OF OnondaGa, VINO eAIHoS AOUu''lS'
The show Will close on Tuesday
The awards yesterday were as follows;
rdpb, srahma cocks-Firss Philander Williams; second.
George Purdue. ..- $780,. ....,.
PARK Brahma pune;s-FiFst. Newton Adams; second
same 49, ,,,....u.
partridge Cochins cockerels-Frst George W. Mitchell
second ] hi. soder Williams.
BLACK Cochins cocks-First. David A Nichols; second
e. w Lowell.
Black Cocsins hens-First. David A. Nichols second
NIX cechlns. cockeres-First. g. W. Lowell second
zane ., 5000
Black cOchins prlets-First David A. Nichols second
White coch.n,. cocks-Frst W. g. lice; second O. W.
Lowell ,
owners. .,,,
White cochns eocIsreis-Firs: and second. Mitchell
Russell. ,,
White Cochins. pusts-First and second. Mitchell q
Russell. ,
silver wysndot,ss. cocSs-First, j. E. Hanley; second
Jones Wilcox.
s,ngleeomb White Ieghoins cocks-Frst j. Forsyth )
second. Knapp Brothers. -
sInr,econb White Legheins. hens-First and second,
d.. ]. w. King.
sinClecomb White Ieghcrns, puleFirst not decided
second, Knapp Brothers. .
sinelecemb Brown Lcghorns, hens-First. Judd
Brothers; second. Hcadly Day.
smgleccmn Brown Leghorns cOcker.ls-Flrst and Sec
ond J. Forsyth. ~
sinrlecomb Black Leshorns, pulcts-Eirst ana second
H. D. Reed.
BLACK Russian. hens-First. L. Haley
Black Russian cockercls-Fifst I. Haley.