San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-08
Chicks in the Garden.


NEW YORK, Feb. S.-The great
Madison Square Garden National
Poultry show opened today and
will close next Tuesday.
The arrangements promise the
greatest show of the kind ever held
in the United States, and every
precaution has been taken to pro-
tect the exhibitors and to have the
Judges work done satisfactorily.
In other years the judges were en-
gagged in good time and the names
announced, but to prevent possible
collision they were not assigned
to their work until they were ready
to begin it. This year the judges
were named early, and their work
is laid out for them, and exhibitors,
knowing who is to pass upon their
birds, sent with confidence.
The judges and their assignments
as officially announced are: Poul-
try-Newton Adams, Uutica, n.
", Hamburgs; G.. A. Wheeler,
Brighton, Mass, light and dark
Bahamas; Henry Ball, Shrews-
bury, Mass, turkeys, guinea fowls,
dressed poultry and eggs; Sharp
Butterfield, Windsor, Ontario,
Cochins, Langshams and Minorcas !;
Irving Croker, Seneca Falls, n. Y.
silver, golden, black and buff
Wyandottes and Indian games !;
DIR. w. A. Conklin, New York City,
ducks geese and ornamental fowls !;
DR.. f. w. Deyo, Montgom-
cry, N. ", white Wyandottes,
American Dominiques, Span
ish, Phoenix, Ascals, Jer-
sey Blues and Orpingtons; j. H.
Drevenstedt, Johnstown, n. Y,
Leghorns and Campines; L. G.. JAR
Wis, London, Canda, Andalusians,
Polish, Dorkings, Houdans and
Javas; c. f. Rockenstyre, Albany,
n. Y, bantans, other than game !;
p. H. Scudder, Glen Head, l.. L.,
Plymouth Rocks; B. c. Thornton,
Philadelphia, exhibition games :;
G. w. Weed, Lenox, Mass, pit
games, Red Caps, Malays, Silkies,
Rumpless, La. Fleeche, Creve
Occur, Russians, Sumatras, Fritz
zles; f. j. Campbell, Centredale, r.
l., pouters and jacobins; Joseph
d. Gavin, Maiden, Mass,
tumblers, owls and Oriental
frills; J. c. Long, New York, fam
tails, magpies, priest, nuns and
various; J. Glasgow Mahwah, n.
j., barbs; William Stanton, New
York city, carriers trumpeters,
turbits, swallows, dragons and
homers.
The entry fee is 50 for the single
birds and S. for breeding pens.
The breeding pen is composed of a
male and four females and mated
for best results. Besides these
there is the selling class, open only
to exhibitors in the regular classes,
and the collections Of ten birds or
over. In the selling class the
birds are Gagged singly, and the
meximum price placed on a bird
must not exceed $40.
Besides the prizes in the regu-
lar classes there are the associa-
ton specials, four of $25 for the
poultry division, and ten of $40 for
the pigeons. The grand: specials
are the Langshan cup, valued at
800; thelDiana cup, valued at $50;
for the light Brahma class; the
Torham Cup, valued at $50, for the
Buff Cochin classes, open to the
world, the Torham yards excepted.
The officers of the association are
President, II. II. Terry, New York :;
vice-presidents, Robert Colgate and
Theodore A. Havemeyer, Jr., of
New York city; Philander Will
liams, Taunton, Mass. treasurer,
Charles L. Griffing, Shelter Island,
New York; secretary and superin-
tendent, III. V. Crawford, Mont
clair, New Jersey; counsellor, AL
bert Keynaud, New York city; di-
rectors, Robert Colgate, III. V.
Crawford, George Perdue, ID. E.
Newell, Philander Williams, Chas.
M. Griffing, G. p. Reynaud, Thos.
NJ. Terry, T. A. Havemeyer, Jr.
A Singular Circumstance.
AUSTIN. Tex. Feb. S.-GSDecial. I