The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-22
FASHIONABLE FOW
Puget Sound Poultry
Opens Today.
BIRDS FROM MANY SECT
7. X. Fetch. the Acknowledged III er OF
Judges. TO Officiate-Between 90
and 500 Birds on Exhibition

The Puget Sound Poultry Clubs e m
show begins this morning at O. cloc a
VII continue throughout the week
exhibition starts out with fiatter:ngG pr
poets and. with favorable conditions.
pected TO surpass any previous enc :
the club. The exhibits are Iarg3 a
varied. and contain the choicest -
that money can buy. Many Of these N
tocratic fowls have been through al ca
paign. II K may so be termed. and re
excellent condition for this. the las a
greatest Of the Northwest shows. II.
Felch. the acknowledged peer Of Am II
judges. VIII arrive today and offici e
the show. This alone has caused J. ma
fanciers 10 exhibit their birds KNOWN g
well that prize or blue ribbon swar a
Mr. Fetch is evidence that they pos SIS
high class fowl. In former years Z z
lection OF only ordinary judges nit "a
greatly against the success OF the lo'
as dissatisfaction was expressed al IN
awards, and even charges OF par al
made
Excellent Arrangements,
Excellent Judgment has been disp ~
by the committee on arrangements \
lected the old Seattle MAI ol
bank as the place for I'D u
the show Beside being central
is imposing and offers first-class
terror attractions. The coops are ARA e
in rows. and run the entire length o
room They are made OF light wood
constructed so that an excellent view n
be had Of the prize stock. over each II e
coops IS string of incandescent hght g.
arranged that light VIII fall on the Z a
cred occupants. The coops are placed {
on top of each other so that four var =
of birds may be placed one over ano h
Each coop is labeled with the name o.
bird and the number. this currespon 4
with similar numbers in the catald Z
which is handed to each visitor and VI q
contains an accurate description andH
breed OF the fowl. The names and
dence of the exhibitors are also contaU 7
in this catalogue.
Birds From Many Places
Yesterday was spent in opening shipG
boxes and placing the proud contest
in their allotted spaces. These incl
birds from Portland. Tacoma, WhV
island. Whatcom, Colby, and hume
other towns throughout the state. n II
were Plymouth Rocks, white Leshd
big black Lanshans, light Brahmas, H
nish Indian games. black Spanish ga1
wyandottes. partridge Cochins. HoudW !
silver spangled Hamburgs, white creA
black Polish and other varieties too
merous to mention. There are also 90
ducks turkeys. canaries and pigeons
the snow. OnIN ldnG4efS anu
were allowed inside the building yester
so only shop talk and technical terms
heard. but when the general public u
out some amusing comparisons maN
heard.
some of the Exhibitors.
Among the largest exhibitors viii
firm from Portland. whose name could
he learned. Mrs. Cummings of this city,
]. Alexander OF Colby. G. H Burnett
Of Edgewater, F. T. Palmer OF Seattle,
NJ McAlpine OF Seattle, who won nea
all the prizes at the Tacoma show for
gle-comb white Leghorns. and Joel Do
ing. the well-known fancier of this g
Besides these there are numerous oil
exhibitors. The birds that VIII win
most favor from the ladies VIII be
hantams, of which there are several "
cites. including Golden Sesbrtshts
brown Cochins and white Pyles- Tn
aristocratic little fellows strut about
coops with as much assurance as the la
birds. apparently conscious of their bel
~. Every time an immense black La
shan or Cochin cock crows he is answe
with a shriu. wee cock-a-doodle-doo fr
one of these miniature Beau Brummels