Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-11
CLOSE OF THE pouLrRY-sHow.
Tho Association Soon to Meet and MAKO
Awards OF Prizes.

The poultry and pigeon-show, aver =
successful run Of nearly o week az ozi eass
Broad street. closed last evening. end most
OF the fowls will be sent home on Monu money.
More interest was taken in this exnloi-
tion than in any other of the kind ever
held here, and 1t will have the enee' "a
stimulating those already engaged In
raising fine stock and encouraging o'nei'
to embark in this enterprise. ..,a
ed the show. among them Hon. George ~;
Wise, Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson. Major ROBERT
Stiles. Major A. w. CARRIER, and Messrs'
Il. G. Davis, Mann 8. quarles, A. U. DAD
cock, and Il. b. Chsfiin.
ROOSTER FOR SERGEANT THOMAS.
A handsome brown Leghorn rooster was
offered by the association to tine persIn
who should come nearest to guessing tne
weight of the bronze turkey gobbier e4-
hibited by Mrs. A. NJ. CARRIER. large
number of the chicken-fanciers made tneir
estimates upon the Avirdupois OF the noole
American bird, but when the Howl Was
weighed il was found that Sergeanss
Thomas was the lucky man. lie guesss y
thirty pounds, the exact weight oi WV
gobbler.
SOME HIGH-scoR1Nd BIRDS.
Cau,ain j. w. Bush pai on exhibition nye
BLACK breasted game bsntans, the totai Weisns
Of which was only nInsty-seven and one man
ounces. a,x,h
street, won the nrst rrize on blacf-breasteo req
game bautsms, with a score OF - also, ,no
1rst prize on Interested black Polish, WIN .
score Of 97, e6K, and % respeeuvely ". VIZ ~
birds 1rsi on brown Lcghorne, Win = scora
"a, and second prize on Lsngshans, with bcofo
OF %.
MANCHESTER TO THE FRONT.
Messrs Willie @. Owens and Horace =. brso.
ley, OF Manchester, had q splendid display VI
game-fowls. They entered IL exhipitioh gam y, .
3 Dit games and game bsntams, male up o, ~ :
folIoWing eight varieties: b. b. reds, red piies'
silver duck wings. white Georgias: snensn-
doahs (pitfowls), B. b. rod bantams, IL y, i ns
tnms. and A. D. w. bantsma The 10 oxnioiuon
fowls scored a total OF 1,3gsH points, making an
average OF s3k points The red pile COCK sco, %
q5k points, being the highestscoting st.S
chicken, and the next highest scoring ms9 S,rd
In tho show. Eleven nrst socond, hno III
premiums were won, as follows: d; %. Ieas
First ON cock, frat on hsn, second on men, secohu
on cockerei, and third on pullet SILVER uuoA
wings-First on oocr, nrsi on hen, ana seev ,nd
on hen. White Ge0rgias-first on coch noe
pile,-Flrst on cock and lrst on hen. PIT games,
second. X. r. bantams-first on COCK, nrsI on
hen, and second on hen. 8. ID. W. panIams-
First on COCK and nrst on hen.
The silver cup offered for tho best pair IN inc
game class has not yet been awarded. MI. rem
son had the highest scoring pair OF one vsrlesy.
while hessrs- Owens q Bradley had the hlgnss.
scoring pair In the class, scoring one Po,n,'
higher THAI any other pair, while Mr.. fenson
b. Is. reds only score half point over the -. ..
reds of Me,srs Owens A Bradley. Inis
rather q knotty point 10 decide and VIII prepapiy
have TO DO left to outside partea
THg ASSOCIATION TO MEET.
A meeting Of the association win be held some
day this week for the purpose OF awatoins une
prizes and premiums 10 the owners OF the suc'
cessful birds. -,
Tns Judge OF the show, Mr. Bayly A: FOX, o.
HammontOn, N. j., IL perhaps one OF the pest
posted men In this country on the supleel VI
Chickens. He has a hennery OF twenty-hfee
acres In New Jersey, and deVotes MS sI1enI,ol
exclusively to the raising Of poultry, prineipanS
brown Leghorns.
TALK WITH TIE JUDGE.
In conversation with q Dfspateh reporter yes
terday Mr. Fox said that the exhibit OF BIRDS a.
the show In this city was an exceedingly croolta
BILE enc. "Tho prospects for poultry-raislng 20
the south are very bright" continued ne, ~
the climate is so much milder than that IN tn'
North. AN glad to see. too, that the farmer.
| are paying more attention to the preedlng
standard fowls and the time Will como "nel
the dunghill must go.n o..
What do you think OF the incupater iol
Matching chicks 2 " asked the reporter.
| We'll, ~ replied Mr.. Fox. while II does eh
| ceedlngly we'll for raising poultry Tor the mar
| ket I am In favor Of letting nature take no
course. Besides, the chickens raised py non
are much healthier.
al could talk all day about chickens" con
| cluded Mr.. Fox, " but as know you haven't go
the time TO listen win say nothing more"