The morning times., 1897-01-12

various colored hues. OF feather and flesh
are simply asst onishing, to say nothing Of
their being beautiful. Some Of the birds
are clothed in feathers OF metallic luster
and others in down of silk.
BY the way the names one hears at the
poultry show are something terrible 1t
may tot be amiss to suggest a poultry die
t,onary that all yiSitoIs might understand
the different term as applied TO the ex-
hibits No one but poultryman knows
what a Barb is or where pie comes in
with reference TO pied cock.
Funny Little FantaiIs.
About the most amusing birds in the
wEole place are little pure-bred fantails.
better known as Scotch and English fan
tails They are as near the completion
of .'perpetual notion invention as one
will find anywhere. One, In particular, is
| pure white and its tail spreads out in an
! almost unbroken circle. 1t is also pouter,
and is ontinually drawing the little head
| back with a peculiar II: otion which never
ceases Meantime it dances up and down
and moves its bill horizontally across the
breast
Another peculiar pigeon specimen is
| found among the Barbs, belonging to DR.
| Walter W. White, of Baltimore. The
| large eyes are surrounded by a heavy
| growth OF flesh which circles about them
in such close pro ximity as To form both a
pleasing and strange effect These birds
were on exhibition at the Crystal Palace
| in London and returned To this country
with honors
| Mr.. Joseph Bardroff, of No 614 Aff-
teenth street. has on exhibition some good
pouters and black and red pied cock.
| There are black and white Russian Trumpet
| ers and blue, red and yellow winged turbits
| The pigeon fanciers have at last discovered
! way of producing dwarf pigeons, and as u
result one OF the finest collections OF pign y
pouters are displayed. They have never
been beaten at any previous show.
One must not forget tile ruffled collar
! birds so reuinscenb of the Queen Elizabeth
| collars, such as Sir Walter Raleigh wore
| in ''ye olden time" Beside these are the
ma Ggpies, the blondettes, and the black
| and dun laced pouters5
The Carrier Pigeons.
For real geHuiDe worth ) however. the
visitor looks for theearrier pigeons and the
! exhibition is possessed OF Several of the
/ best English carrier vSfidfy They are
characterized by their special quictness
and certain growth around the wattles.
The Langshans are an Interesting va
riety of the bigger fowl. They are also
| subdivided into black and white, large
| and small. Among the exhibitors OF this
breed are Mr.. ConRor OF South Carolina,
DIR. Lea of North Carolina. and Thonas and
| Ferguson of this city, ii
Standing straight on his legs, good length
OF shank, feathers well TO end of toe, thigh
i of medium length. wings well in, breast
plump and full with fluff TO match, back
! broad and rather short, tau well UP and
hidden almost from view, by the green
| pendants, hackle full and flowing nearly
! TO the base of tail, eyes dark, comb and
| wattles OF medium size and even. Add to
! this the matchless green black simmer
ing through the whole, together with q
carriage proud in virgin purity, and you
have the typical Langshan.
! 1t remained for William Hughes, the
Rhode Islander breeder, Co astonish the
/ poultry world by producing genuine black
| Langshan hantams, which will for the first
| time be exhibited tonight. The little brood
OF five are valued at not one cent less than
! five hundred dollars.
There are many varieties of Leghorns
| Dr. Dorsey, of Hyattsville, has some ex-
sellent specimens of Browns Their coats
fairly glisten with metallic luster and not
a single feather is improperly or inartisti-
cally marked. There are the Buff Leg
horns, the single and rose combed Leg.
| horns and thp white
| Black and White Polish.
The coal black Polish have head sur,
which resembles exactly a mammoth white
| chrysanthemum. This presents something
| striking and unique, and rather overSflauoWs
the white-crested white Polish The old
| fashioned BraHnas are much in, evidence
| and lively competition is going on fol
the prizes in this class. Secretary Howard
| has some of the best Brahmas displayed
| but they are not in the contest.
| Beside these one may see the golden
pencilled Hamburgs, the buff Polish, the
| golden pencilled Polish, and the game
birds, including White Indian games ano
the pit games, the latter being the fighting
birds There are buff laced Polish, with
speckled chrysanthemuIns, silver laced anu
white and buff wyndottes, and finally The
| silkies
Tie white silkies have irisdescent blue
ear lobes and their feathers are long and
silky. Alongside of them are displayed the
friZzled silkies.
| In the center of the room there has beei
| constructed several large display coeps
which will contain the large birds. Most
prominent are the white Pekin ducks, the
property Of Mr., Charles F. Newman, ol
| Huguenot, Staten Island. Here, too, VII
| be located some of the Cornish Indian
| games, better known as utility games.
| Up the center aisle are to be seen Toulouse
| geese and white turkeys. OF the latter
there are several magnificent birds, one OF
which weighs not bit less than fifty
pounds.
There are many varieties of geese
| ducks and turkeys, and in one place ma!
be seen some of Mr.. Truesdell blue
1 AndaluSian hens.
The incubator people have arranged ar
/ exhibition portraying stages OF Chicken
culture, showing the little ones from th'
! time they leave the shell until they be