The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-06
THE pETSOF THE BARNARD.
yxrrpesr IN THE BIG POULTRY
SHOW INCREASING.
s..r,v All the Awards Have Been Made
A Laughing Goose Joins the SINGING
Canary and Three.'esged D"ek-T"e
Pheasant. nre the Feature OF the SHOW
R,r, wild Water Fowi-soue Big sales.

| R.r, wild Water Fowi-soue Big Sales.
new specialist was yesterday added to the
fea,hcred curios at the Madison SQUARE Gar
| don poultry show. to wit. Laughing goose.
! Tb. bird is said to give an exact reproduction
o,,be farmers laugh when the circus clown
prop,unds the 1870 4. u. conundrum;
why does hen lay an egg? p
"Bccause II can't lay brick
! This laughing mimic Is in the large min
! iatur" h.ke." directly opposite the cage IN
which mournfully sits the canary which ia
said to whistle Yankee Doodle" Yesterday
afternoon "a crowd OF persons. who in other re-
spects appeared quite sane. clustered about
the freaks: while one contingent devoted its
| time to whstling tho patriotic air. the other
gave vent to an occasional Ha! ha! ha!'
Both attempts to draw forth the alleged uuali-
ties Of the specialists were abortve. The goose
| appearcd surprised and somewhat alarmed ut
what it evidently cons idered q new breed OF its
| species. while the canary looked reproachiuilV
at the crowd in the few intervals Of its tireless
hun, for something that was only too plainly
aygravating it. They're After Me" would
have been u more appropriate air for the bird
| to have whstled.
| Women and children are faithful visitors at
| the show. The attendance was fairly large
yesterday afternoon and evening. and the
management profess to DO satisfied with the
results thus far A large attendance is looked
The incubators continue to hold the crowd.
brooders. and twi,ter around Wit their, Peep!
| peepw Women and children take up the lni-
stnS e SrsatnrHs H No hn an ' see tH nt te
ested enough to show the same anectiona'e
sGirit. I'm Tim o,t.,o,,or
| OF the show. The breeding OF this beautifully
| plumed bird has taken immense strides WITH
one time considered fair exhibit. Now there
are iprtyye pairs SntT.ssI ma next year @
| ing u specially OF this expensive and ditncut
breeding. Pierre Lorllard; s. Il. schetein.
T. Hayemcyor. Vernon De Eulze. ana Ruther-
Mr.. De tiuise las between 800 and 1000
on his Long Island reserves. and he claims to
eS Spe 1ae award war this honor to Mr. schecn.
who has the greatest variety. Two OF his
so that it is apparent that only the very
wealthy can enjoy the luxury Of breeding the
N' Timothy TrS%a.dweIl of williston. l.. l.. has
been exhibiting what is generally arkn2wl-
edged to DO the greatest Individual c,1,liection
size. for this species is exceedingly rare. His
possession is that they were tEapned il Texas.
T Frequently "ost him Me pretty rel tidy sum q money
His Hutching fowl is the only exhibit of the
| kind ever seen IN tElS section OF me country.
| They nra known Ms tho bantam wild geese.
| Mr.. Wiiliston is also the possessor OF the
Laughing goose. ,,.o,,, ,roro .o,,,,.,,
| Among the sales yeSteriay were reported
several large TRANSACTIONS Z: r. Bufhnton
| S1oE This IL n n,w br.,6 rrv,.r eyhibit el
Tas , u, 4 r ~" +in ~ ororn mi
before; JaueS " - w VI on'sV y L.. pt..ii
| Il. Aldrich S4'N, loE some ch9lce lIyinculli
| Rocks. and Charles Griffin paid Newton Adams
OF Utica 500 for a dark krahma. cock which
,a. l. -; T, o,hin ,;na,,'s a ,,n,L a ~ / ,,nn
IalE ~ MS JuGopin Esohs. .oH an 'icu'
| 1or SZOO winch LOOKS ilhe prCh1apie preeu!ne.
| An unknown came into the Garden yesterday
| and requested the management to liherato
| honing pigeon which he said belonged in
, W. A. q ,,.,N.E tho AYR wa
MatetloMh !. n. " c'' IL .aie iSsl MtS
| thrown IRON Dihna lower. ne was eNimentiy
| an experienced bird. Tor no mace no EFFORT TO
| get his bearings but shot northwRrd with
| great velocity He was soon lost to sight.
| Twelve others were liberated at the same
time. ton for the foot of East Nineteenth street
| and two for New Jersey. 1t was with some
| thing like awe that the party watched tho
wonderful instinct with which ten birds uuhes-
itatnGly vcered eastward. while. the two yer-
trt fl,.,t lNGt