The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-28
NATIONAL POULTRY SHOW |
II Promises to Be a Big Event in
February Next.
COMPETITION WILL BE CLOSE
George w. Vanderbilt of Bit more
Has Sent for a Premium List and
Entry Bmnk~-M"i y Prizes viii he
offered for the Finest Specimens of
Birds and Pigeons.


The national poultry and pigeon cxhibi-
ton. which is TO be held IN Washington
in February next, promises TO be one
of the most interesting shows of its kind
of the season.
The connection in all classes will he
unusually close. Entries are already COM
ing in. and viii be from MANY of the most
prominent breeders in the country.
Mr.. George w. Vanderbilt of "BiilInore,"
n. C., has sent for premium list and
hibit which is TO be made by Canadians
in the Madison Square show OF New York
will come 20 The Washington show.
The annual meeting Of the American
Poultry Association will be held here while
the exhibition is in progress. The as>Ocia-
ton publishes the standard description of
all the pure breeds Of poultry and formu-
latcs all the rules and regulations that gov
err the methods OF Judging at the shows.
ii is through its teaching that the great
Improvement in puro-bred poultry has heen
made. The president is Mr.. James Forsyth
OF OswcCO, y. Y; the secretary and treas
urcr is Mr.. James IIcwcs of Trenton. No,
and the first vice president, Mr.. George q.
Brown OF Baltimore.
OFFER SPECIAL PRIZES.
The American Langshan Club Will also
hold its annual session during the coming
show. and Will offer special prizes, to be
competed for by members of the club.
The Buff Leghorn Club of America will
hold its annual meeting at the same time.
4 vii far val lIfl Igtts
Lc2horn is comparatively new breed.
and the finest collection OF birds Of that
kind ever gotten together is expected to
be on exhibition at the show.
The Plymouth Rock Club Of America is
another organization that viii meet while
the national show is in progress. and it
also offers special prizes. IL is one Of the
largest speciality poultry clubs in the Uni
ted States. Mr.. George o. Brown Of Balti-
more is president and Mr. F. j. Marshall
Of ohio is secretary and treasurer.
The display OF incubators is to De ex-
tensive. Three manufacturers have al
ready secured all the available Incubator
space. One Of them put a number of incu-
bators at work several days ago On . 500
eggs. So that they will be Matching out
during the days Of the show.
y number Uf the society people. it is said,
are urging the National Poultry Assucia-
ton 10 include among its exhibits a dis
play of pet cats. The management think
very favorably of complying.
At the Boston Poultry Show last week
more than one hundred cats. among them
some very rare specimens, were shown.
Some OF the felincs were Show n in handsome
cages, with silk ard velvet cushions. They
seemed to know they were up for show
and posed in sly lc, TO tie Gelight of their
owners and amused throngs of visitors.
TIE Washington show VIII he Judged by
the following methods: The ildGcs VIII
pick out ten of Tic Lest specimens in each
class and then decide their relative merit
by the scorC-Jard system. This plan VIII
give each prize winner a record by showing
what its score actually is.
JUDGE THE SPECIMENS.
The plan adopted at many large shows is
to judge the specimens 10y comparison.
BY this method no record j. given to show
the real quality of the rrizc-winners. The
sCort card system not only gives the value
Of each bird by giving the score. but the
score card points out every section i'll
which the specimens are cut for inperfcc-
tons. Tie card often shows that first
rizc bird may score. for iuStanCc. 81 points
,ut 81 the possible 100, aud the second
lrizC specimen 90 1-2. or only half point
behind. Hence, the score-card has Il value
as a record.
The poultry Judges who have been engaged |
for this coming show are J. Y. BICknell and !
Newton Adams, of New York; Henry S.
BAH. Massachusetts; Theodore Hcwes, |
Missouri; ID. NJ. Owens. Georgia; F. ]. |
Ohio; Sharp Buttcrfield, Cam |
ada; George Q. Brown, Maryland: ]. c. !
Long, New York: John ii. kGhu, Kentucky, |
and W. j. Stanton, New York
The Officers Of the National Poultry and |
Pigeon Association are: President. II. A. |
vice presidents, DR.. II. ". Dorsey, !
Richard Smith: secretary, George E. How
ard; trea surcr. DR.. r. IL. Evans.
Hon. ]. Sterling Morton. Secretary of a gri-
culture, has promised TO be present, and |
A ward all the first prizes in gold and Senator |
William N. Stewart, of Nevada. is to award 1
The second prizes in silver. Mr.. James For
syth will award all the special prizes.
The folio wing are the names of some of the
members of the association: j. Baxter, DR..
R. II. Evans. Ed. S. Schmid, ]. NJ. Daily,
Il. A. Munscn. DR.. W. W. Evans, Richard
smith, A. q. Masius, Samuel E. Rabbit.
Samuel Stincmetz, J. W. Bash W. s. Stock
ridge, John Z. Bardroff j. b. Hurd. DR..
". j. ElSton, CORTLAND IL. Smith, jr., Prof.
Nelson r. Wood, Com. j. W Douglass, Prof
w. Schroeder. George f. Howard, DR.. d.
:. Salmon, George n. Omohundro of WASH
nSion. Among the Maryland members are:
Mrs. JcssieS. Tuoch Mary Scott To wnsend,
Iiar
,hdrlcs L. Ford. George o. Brown, q. A.
lick. a. ID. Bailey, Henry F. Weissner,
-uk,ns Wood, Henry C. Shirley and DR.. H.
v. Dorsey.