San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-03
THE POULTRY SHOW.
MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION SHOWN.

Geese Awaking The Romans
and Cackllng Hens Laying Eggs.
The first annual exhibit OF the
San Antonio Poultry Breeders
association was opened at 10
o'clock this morning on the west
side of Alamo plaza, No. 20l, with
good attendance OF visitors and
exhibitors and large number OF
exhibits.
The exhibitors from over the
state are very we'll represented
while San Antonio breeders have
sho gn commendable enterprise in
putting in large mum Der of fine
fowls and some pet stock.
All the exhibits are not yet In
place and properly tagged and the
management was kept very busy
all morning in attending to this
work. The exhibits are placed
in aisles promiscuously, without
regard to classification in groups,
which is found very annoying and
confusing. 1t would greatly SIM
plify matters and render the visit
more profitable if all Plymouth
Rocks, all bantams, all Lang
shangs, all pigeons, etc, were in
groups, properly tagged, with the
owners name on each tag or coop.
Secretary Mackensen has a fine
exhibit, which is not entered in
competition. 1t includes beauti-
full specimens of buff and
brown Leghorns, barred Ply
mouth Rocks, silver laced
Wyandottes, white Plymouth
Rocks and light Brahmas.
Savage Bros. Of Bolton, show a
nice collection of bantams, so birdsl
the prettiest Of which are ne duck
wings and Golden Seabrig hit. There
are also some black breasted red
game bantams.
Randolph, of Austin, shows some
magnificent partridge COchins,and
S. B. Terrell, Grandbury, Texas,
a fine collection of bantams.
Chas. w. Hutchings, of San An
tonic, has some fine Pekin ducks,
and white games. A fine show of
Minorcas, brown LeghorDs, Pekin
ducks and white Holland turkeys,
is by an unknown exhibitor.
DIR. Balkan has thirty-two birds
in coops, among them kingly
looking bronze gobbler and some
splendid Black Spanish, light Bra
mas, partridge and buff Cochins
and Indian games.
Mr.. A. Dreiss, of San Antonio,
shows some Poland Chinas, and
black Langshangs, and Charles
Lamm beautiful collection OF
pigeons, English pouters, fan tail,
white and colored, magpies, nuns
and priests, German trumpet, car
riers, swallows and barbs. A. Wag-
enfuhr has coop of white fan
tails.
VIM. Ruppertsberg has coop OF
silver spangled Hamburgs and one
Of Indian games, with pair OF
splendid Toulouse geese. The In
dian games are the finest ever seen
here.
Pat O'Brien, OF San Antonio, has
nice exhibit of Brahmas and
Wyandottes, and Walzem some
single comb Leghorns.
A A. Martin, of San Antonio,
shows fine lot of games, and
fine coop of 7-months' old black
Minorcas has no name on tag.
Hefybower, of Austin, has seven
teen Of the finest barred Plymouth
Rocks ever seen in this city. They
attracted great attention.
A fine collection of parrots,
cockatoos, etc., was shown by ID.
Menk, OF San Antonio, while there
is an exhibit of canaries, another OF
rabbits, several of eggs, and one,
probably the most interesting OF all,
is an incubator, Matching out the
wee chicks automatically by ar
tificial heat. This is set very far
back in the hall and seems to have
been considered of little impor-
tance.
| The prizes, all very beautiful,
occupy a prominent, front place
There was an addition today from
Mr.. Sartor, who sent a silver prize
valued at $l5.
There is a noticeable lack OF
poultry literature, feed, improved
coops, and other accessories to the
poultry business, on exhibition
These may be added later.
4 Today was orphans day and the
little ones were there in force.
: A big game rooster saw his
shadow on the cheese cloth parti.
tion Of his combination coop early
this morning and made drive at
it. He tore the cloth and went
through into the next cell, saw an
other shadow and repeated the
plunge, going through three cages
in this way