The sun., 1892-01-24
JUSTIFIED IN CROWING.
Tho Poultry Show at NJ addison Square Ger
den Pronises to be Big Affair.

Beginning With Feb. Madison Square Gar
den will resound with the cackling growing.
whistling. cooling. and singing of 1000 mem-
bers OF the ioathered tribe. including every
thing from a Shanghai rooster to a Chinese
owl On that date the third annual exhibition
OF the New York Poultry and Pigeon Associa-
ton will open. und the "clucking" will con-
tnue on Feb. 4. s. 9. g. 0. Judging from
the list OF entries. tho show will be
the most successful on record Among tho
novelties promised by the managers is q ca
nary that whistles Yankee Doodle" It ap-
pears that tho bird was taken young and
placed in u room where it heard no sound ex-
cept the whistlinG OF Yankee Doodle" As
result tho bird. which is now full grown. can
not sing or do anything except whistle tho
popular air to which 1t has been accustomed.
Tho premiums have called out n numerous
and varied entry list. There arc 300 Brahmas
in the various classes. and the competition
promises to be very close Among the Cochins
there are $50 OF the buff variety alone and
large collectioa OF the other breeds George
hipitor OF white and bun Cochins. as is is also ].
D. rSssn Neyins s, Gf hhliadenha IN ,,,n
thatham. $ T. Psters Of isIip and % F. +. Z Gndar. rs
hill hi are the principal eeXhioitors OF this strain
Those fine birds. the Plymouth Rocks will be-
represented by 25O specimens the IN iorty ut
which will be shown n!y J, II. Thompson. Pat
ers2n. N y" Bindley brothers, and Charles NJ.
thGrS VIII be 100 in the PENS
East Chatham and J. ii. Thompson.
AndaIusians. a novel bird exhibitei by Theo.
III, n n%mbers in tho Lcghorns will lead the show
VIII be James Torsythe. osweso. \. T.: j. (.
Hacken sack. n, j.
The Minorcas will number forty and will DO
shown by Theodore A Havemeyer Of Mahwah.
There will be 81 zoo Of tn; Polish breed
ana Jones Wilcox. East Chatham.
The will be ,e by
number nun viii be shown BY Hazard sa and and MeSeiI.
shpMn THs FsvsnIyyG n pprnEs VIII Ee GGs,y
Mills. i: T.. ANA Henry tales Of Ridsew"oi
Ny, Twenty-Five Red Caps will be shown
sste s " Of MN York * tTefpcr and hSst Shsrn yG W
{" the chicfexh hhitors Of the 2o0indian games
victorious birds, valued II, 500 ",:c!l viii
again compete. There is great int rest in this
:, In ornamental fowls W. A. schicfrelin of New
York will show n ilnc collection Of golden. sill.
yer. E:eve. and rinE-n"ck ph"asnrts. Tho
II II dresSrI poultry, Theodore A. Hayemeyer
There PROMISES To be n lively competition
among tn" incut!atnrs. twenty nf which have
Incubator hGtchinE the largest number of
chickens or ducks during tho show. 1t is said
that one recently Matched out 800 ducks.
An interesting feature Will be the l25 breed
ing yards.
In the pi Geon department thcre will be forty
sn,r,rrs; Twenty nointers nrty arns thrty
other varieties. of which II. ii. Vuhlc OF Phila-
drlrhia Will be n large exhibitor.
HolGinS pigeons will he strong attraction,
and ON TUESDAY: the last day of the show. the
owners will exhibit all the record hrds.
Another novelty will be- tn" exhibition OF
birds from the New York Agricultural Experi-
mental station at Geneva. \. \. a numDcr OF
can"nS Wero subjected to Il process Of feeding
and fnre which t. said t3 hnye Welded very
tailed statement OF III" process. will ',c shown;
The Garden Is to be handsomely DECORATED
for the show. The auditorium will be laid out
IN long avenues. I'LL leading to II centre. On
enc side Of the avenues will bc placed the
c.I,, c""ns containing the fine birds aud their
he nm artificial iake with n fountain in tho
middle. In this lako will swim ducks and
otmer otmer ciruS mat are icnd Of that sort OF thing.
20 Ins ne, bn;iliing VII be decorated in II manner
the voice of the guinea pig will occasionally
pierce tho shrill cnckle Of the birds. Tho
Judges OF poultry will he Gcorge o. Brown.
nm,'m2re; "a, 70. Ma. sharp Butteriield. Windsor
RvrriIy%nsieat vniIsy Beverly James Hanley
Prospect. o.: Charles S. Newell Lisbon Falls,
Ne. +. II. Scudder. Glen Head. l.. l.: Charles
ITrrry: Ir BBlnomtiGld. -: Francis I. UnderhilI.
toId: Maniclair,, !: Elmrr @.!! +" Quick. 8: new
YORK city. and w. j. Stanton, New York city.