New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-27
THE STATE POULTRY SHOW
NEW-JERSEY FANCIERS DISPLAY THEIR
FOWLS IN HACKENSACK
FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE ASSOCIATION
BRINGS OUT A LARGE NUMBER OF FINE
BIRDs-sEvERAL ADJOINING STATES
CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS

CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS
OF THE AFFAIR
The first annual exhibition OF the Garden State
Poultry and Pigeon Association opened in the Ar
mory In Hackensacs yesterday and will continue
until tomorrow evening owing to the bad
weather a great many exhibits were delayed, and
this. together with the darkness which prevailed
Yesterday set the judges back In their work. so
that the show will not really be open for public
inspection until to-day when II Is confidently e%-
pected that all the birds will be in place. As 1t is
the show Is credit, not only to the association,
but also to the State While by far the greater part
of the exhibits are from New-Jersey. New-York.
Connecticut Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, have
been drawn upon for some of their feathered treas
ures the result being an extremely large and choice
collection OF fowls. The exhibition is somewhat
Handicapped by the big show OF the American Live
Stock Society in progress In Madison Square
Garden but many OF the fanciers have "straddled'
this dilemma by sending pens of chickens to the
larger exhibition and single birds to the Hacken-
sack display
The hail. which is much too small for the needs
of a show ike this, Is clevery arranged, and with
good light, excellent view of the birds may De
had. The light wire cages. plainly numbered are
ranged in rows the whole length of the room, the
exhibits in each class being placed side by side so
that one can at a glance all the birds In that
particular competition. The ban;ams and pigeons,
FOR which there was room on the tables, occupy
and the ducks geese and guineas. those noisy
deniZens OF the barnyard, are re'eSa,eG 10 udlh
corner where their cries come in mufied tones but
sufficiently loud TO give evidence that they are
present
As soon az the exhibits were In place Yesterday
the judges Robert a. Colt of White Plains; j. II:
Drevenstedt of Johnstown. y. Y; John F1lkin. OF
West orange: W. j. Stanton. of Jersey CITY, and
John Glasgow o. Mahwah. began their work. For
a while they compelled to discontinue; az
the darkness prevented them from distinguishing
the delicate markings on some OF the fowls, but
before evening they had passed on the merits OF
the greater number of the competitors.
Only one special prize was awarded Yesterday a
silver cup being given to w J. Andrus. of Hack
ensack for the best display Of White Leshorns In
the hall Mr. Andrus Is OF the charter mem
bers OF the association and is the superintendent
OF the exhibition The largest display OF poultry s
made by the Lynnhurst Poultry Yards. OF Glass
bOro. ~ j. HaVemeyer Brothers, OF MahWan nave
the largest exhibit OF pigeons.
The display OF pigeons H. "A particularly large and
fine one about POO birds OF all sizes. shapes ard
colors being shown, from the ordinary barnyard
fowl worth % cents for killing purposes, TO black
ia shown by f. Tudor. jr.. OF Boston. and Is said
TO be the highest priced pigeon In America II NOT
I'm the world Birds valued at s25 and $50 are quite
common, and there number whose price ~
set at 800 The competition among the pigeon
fanciers is exceptionally close. and the process OF
Judging them Is necessarily slow
The attendance at the exhibition yesterday was
and II is expected that the affair Will be sef-sus-
tanning Last night there was constant stream
OF visitors and, the hall was brilliantly hCnted
the scene a Pleasant one. To-day the hall VIII
be in better shape and preparations are being made
to entertain large crowd