Evening star., 1897-01-11
The Gathering Clans Of Feather Aris-
tocracy Arriving.
OVER 1000 ENTRIES WERE SENT IN
Lively Competition in Several Lead
ing Classes.
OPENING DAY TOMORROW

This has been a busy day at the Center
Market Hall. where the national poultry
and pigeon show opens tomorrow. Early
this morning Spratt's people began putting
up the long rows of wire coops, and Super
intendent Gardner and a lively group of
fanciers, IL long linen busters, began ar
ranging the various classes Of exhibits
The way-up feathered gentry began to
c ONE with the earliest express delivery,
and shipping coops were soon piled up in
small mountains, under which a continuous
cock. crow sounded shrilly all day.
The coops will be arranged as they were
last year, in long tiers running north and
south, the length of the hall. An effort
will be made to have wider aisles. SO that
there may be better light upon the fowls
and more room for the spectators. The
pigeons will be arranged on the south and
west sides of the hail. and the novelties
such as pheasants, water fowl, freaks and
wild birds, will be placed In conspicuous
positions near the center of the hall. The
judges selected for this years exhibition
are Philander Williams Of Taunton, Mass. !;
Fl. S. Ball of Massachusetts; Charles Nc
Clave of Ohio, and P. H. Scudder of New
Jersey, in the poultry classes, and w. J.
Stanton of New York city and Samuel E.
Rabbit of Washington, in the pigeon class
es. All these gentlemen are well-known
fanciers.
A Noted Judge.
Philander Williams name has been asso-
ciated with high-class poultry breeding for
forty years. No name in all poultrydom is
more lastingly identified with the develop
ment of the light Brahma than his. 1t is a
high compliment to the Washington show
that Mr.. Williams consents to act as judge
and his presence here is an event which
gives special Importance to the exhibition
Messrs Scudder and McClave are both old
judges of poultry, and themselves famous
breeders. Mr.. Ball was judge in the re-
cent New York show. Mr.. Stanton spends
nearly all his time judging pigeons at the
various shows during the winter. Mr.. Rab-
bitt is known 10 the fraternity Of pigeon
breeders as an excellent judge OF birds,
and has himself achieved many distinct
triumphs in sharp competitions. His Sc
lection as judge for the Washington
show is an honor which will be enthusias-
tically received by his many friends.
The superintendents of the show are: Mr..
Arthur r Gardner for the poultry classes
and Mr. Joseph w. Bardroff, for the pigeon
classes.
Hearty Work Done.
A new system for classification of entries
was adopted this year by which the as
socia ton was enabled to complete its book
keeping in the interval of a week between
the clo sing of entries and the opening of
the show. so that copy for the catalogue
could be placed in the hands of the printer
promptly and correct, what was serious
last year-the too tardy ap-
pearance of that valuable little guide for
the show.
No small amount of credit is due to the
excellent president of the association, Mr..
H. A Munson, and the indefatigable sec
retary, Mr.. George b. Howard, who have
given unsparing energy and industry to
the cause of the show for many months.
The officers and directors OF the associa-
ton are: President, H. A. Munson; vice
presidents, Richard Smith and George E.
Emmons; secretary, George e. Howard;
financial secretary, Samuel w. Stinemetz;
rectors, II. A. Munson. Richard Smith,
Geo. E. Emmons Geo. E. Howard, s. w.
Dr. R. H. Evans, John w. Doug
las, Edw. S. Schmd, DIR. w. j. Elstun,
Gardner DIR. H. w. Dorsey, John L. W'ag-
gan an, Capt. James E. White, all of
whcm, together with the numerous mem
bershp of the association, have Joined in
doing all that could be done to make the
show success.
The Many Exhibits.
Among the notable exhibits which may
be seen at the show are the following: w.
NJ Hughes, Newport, r. l., breeder of
reputation. will show thirty
Black Langshan bantams, an entirely new
time This entry is valued by Mr.. Hughes
at $1,000. Mr.. J. p. Waggaman will show
from his Long View poultry yards, Hy-
attsville, Nd, some of his choice Plymouth
Rocks, together with a number Of dressed
broilers and a series of pens, containing
broiler chickens in each successive week
of their growth from the freshly Matched
chick to the marketable product. Mr..
Charles E. Ford of Ford's Opera House,
Baltimore, will show ffteen Light Brah-
q I.pQhOrnS
Ashley NJ. Gould of Takoma Park sends
a fine exhibit of White Minorcas and Black
Langshans. John l.. Cost-"Prince John"
the poultrymen of the United States call
annual shows at Hagerstown, the largest
ever held anywhere in the world, will be
In evidence with a score of his famous
Light Brahmas. Mr.. Munson, the presi-
number Of Polish birds, embracing nearly
all the subvarieties, and number of Sc
bright bantams.
Birds Worth Seeing.
, W. E. Mack of Woodstock, VT, who has
been an unapproachable winner on White
for the past two years, hon.
ors the show by sending number of his
choicest birds, which were week before
last shown in the mid-continental show at
kaLsas City. Mi. Phil Cake. long con-
nected with the Hotel Normandie of Wash
ngton. and the Stockton of Cape May,
sends from the Holly Oak farms at High
lands, Md, White Wyandottes, Buff Leg
horns and Rose Comb White Leghorns.
w. Q. Minturn of Orange county, n. Y,
sends Silver Wyandottes and a large ex-
hibit of Light and Dark Brahmas. William
Il. Rhees of Washington will show fifteen
Of his choice Black Langshans. ]. NJ AL
len of Georgetown will have fifteen Black
Minorcas on exhibition. Mr.. Allen won
first on pen at Hagerstown last fall and
will make matters interesting in the Black
Minorca class next week. Wade d. H.
Warfield of Sykesville. Nd, will be on
hand with his well-known Red Games and
Indian Games. r. Reid Harding of Oc-
coreechee farm, Hillsboro', N. c.. the
largest all around poultry establishment in
the south, has made an entry of white tur-
Keys One Of his toms is said to weigh
forty-eight pounds. The Chestnut Hill
poultry yards Of Philadelphia will be rep
resented by a large exhibit of Buff and
White Wyandottes. c. +. Schiidknccht of
Frederick, Md, sends a score of birds,
chiefly Golden and Buff Wyandottes and
Brown Leghorns.
A Large Collection.
Rudolph Thiele of Silver Hill, Nd, has
entered forty-seven fowls in the various
classes and a beautiful exhibit of golden
and silver pheasants, as well as a score OF