Evening star., 1897-01-13
Lordly Winners Of Prizes Still Attract
Admiration.
TEE AWARDS BRING SURPRISES
The Exhibition Draws Delighted
Crowds All Day.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS

serene tranquility when the doors onened
The floors were neat as wax, and every
bird was in his of her proper place. The
teaseless cock-crowing still stirred the
red. white and blue streamers that deco
rate the spacious arches of the hall. and
there was a multitudinous cackle and
squawk still In progress.
The judges in their priestly busters strobe
wisely up and down the feathered aisles
and jotted down their awful conclusions.
Many a disappointment streaked the pale.
gray air of the morning. Birds that had
been fondly counted on to win firsts took
ary old kind of awards, and some did not
even do that. In the barred Plymouth
Rocks. light Brahmas and black Lang
Shans there was keen strife w +, Deven
dorf of Nyack walked off with first on
rNm mouth Rock cocks, John Ridgely of H.
Towson, Md. taking second j. P. Wagea-
man of Washington third, and Wells Sher-
man Of Vienna, Va, fourth. Chas. e. Ford
OF Baltimore won first ION light Brahma
COCKS, and John L. Cost of Hagerstown.
Md. second. William H. Rhees of Wash,
ington made a fine hit on black Laneshans
sweeping in the blue ribbons on both cock
and hen. AS Mr.. Rhees has been absent in
Colorado for several months on account of
Ill health, and had managed his birds nv
proxy, there was general rejoicing among
his friends at his success. The awards are
blue and red ribbons for first and second
nohorS, ana CARDS Tor the third fourth and
fifth standing.
Today's Awards.
The awards today, as far as announced
are follows:
White Plymouth Rock cocks-First. A. G.
oiiver; second, Geo. Schrade. SykesviIe
Md.
White Plymouth Rock hens-First Allen
G. Oliver.
White Plymouth Rock cockerels-First
A. G. Oliver; second. J. f. Devendorf
Silver Wyandotte cocks-First w. O.
Minturn, Warwick, N Y; second C. e
Borleau, Mddletown, Md.
Silver Wyandotte hens-First, A. G. Oil
Ver.
Silver Wyandotte cockerels-First and
second, J. NJ Hamblin, Vienna, Va
Silver Wyandotte pullets-First, O. G.
Oliver; second and third, J. M. Hambiin.
Golden Wyandotte cocks-First, A. g.
Oliver; second. C. E. Boileau.
Golden Wyandottesss, shens-First. A. e.
Golden wyandotte cotk4rels-Firs., H. d.
Mason: second, c. E. Schildknecht.
Golden Wyandotte )puflet-First, H. D.
Mason; second. A. G. iOlfver.
White Wyandotte then-Second, W. E.
Mack. -
White Wyandotte ceckerel-First, A. p
Groves; second. w. E. Mack.
White Wyandotte Rulst-First UpIands
yards tMrs; Robert fGafrett. proprietor);
Buff Wyandottes. eooks-First. A. p
Groves. Hens. first, C. E. Schildknecnt;
second, A. P. Groves. Coekerels, first and
second. A. P. Groves. third, C. E. schtld-
knecht; pullets, first. and second, A. r.
Groves; third and fourth, C. E. schild-
knecht. -, r. 81.
Black Wyandottes, .pullet-First, c. E.
schildkneeht; second. 4. 6. Oliver. "a.
A. G., Oliver takes first ON black Java
hen. notified Java. hen and pullet white
Java hen and puliet, American Dominique
hen, Jersey blue cockeref and pullet, and
third on American Dominique cockerel.
fourth, 8. T. Lea: second. E. c. Connor;
third, F. G. Bean; fifth. Thomas & Fergu-
son.
White Langshan hens-First. A. G.
Oliver: second, F. G. Bean. Pullets-First,
A. G. Oliver: second. F. G. Bean.
Single-comb brown Leghorn pullets-First
and fourth. H. w. Dorsey: second and fifth.
c. E. Schildknecht; third. w. H. Helm
bach.
Rose-comb brown Leghorn pullets-First
and second. w. W. Culp.
Single-comb white Leghorn cocks-First.
Frank Morgal, Waynesboro. Pa; second,
W. r. Heimbach; third and fourth. Chas.
f. Ford Hens-First, Frank Morgal; sec
ond and fourth, Charles E. Ford; third.
W. H. Heimbach. Cockerels-First, Charles
E. Ford second, A. G. Oliver: third, Frank
Rose-comb white Leghorn cockerels-
First and second, A. G. Oliver; third. J. A.
Lewis.
horn cock, hen, cockerel and pullet. A. G..
Oliver has second on black Leghorn pull
let. w. H. Heimbach takes first on silver
duckwing Leghorn cock, hen, cockerel and
pullet.
The MfnOcras.
Black Minorca cock, first, Frank Benton,
Berwyn, Md.
Black Minorca hens, first and second, P.
Ii ~ r h
]. A. Truesdell, Skyfields Farm, Loudoun
county, Va
Black Minorca cockerels. first, P. H. Nc
Cormick; second, f. G. Bean; third, w. r.
Hibbard; fourth Rudolph Thiele.
Black Minorca pullets, first and second.
P. H. Mccormick: third: F. g. Bean;
White Minorca hens, first, A. G. Oliver;
second, F. G. Bean.
A. G. Oliver has first on blue Andalusian
cock, hen, cockerel and pullet; black Span
ish, cock. hen, cockerel and pullet; second
on blue Andalusian pullet, ]. A. Truesdell; !;
first on white Minorca cockerel and puIlet,
Mrs. J. g. Osborne, Fabius. N. Y:
In the Polish class the awards have not
yet been announced. Mr.. H. A. Munson Of
Washington has won first on nearly all
his birds.
Pekin brakes lold>-First and third.
Charles Newman; fourth, ]. A. Truesdeli;
| fifth, A. q. Oliver. .,.~z
Yard Drakes-First, Charles Newman;
second, P. II. Mccormick.
White Peldn Ducks (old)-First and third,
Charles Newman. Young ducks-First and
second, Charles Newman: third, A. G. OIL
yer.
Aylesbury brakes and Ducks (eld and
young)-First, A. G. Oliver.
Rouen brakes (oldl First. Zimmerman &
Bro, Lime Kiln, Md. Young-First. A. G.
Oliver. Black Cayuga brakes, old and
young, A.; G. Oliver. FDucks-First. A. q.
Oliver; second, E. 8. Schmid. Colored Mus
covy Drakes-First, of otd. to Zimmerman
& Bro; first, on yoApgi. to A: g. Oliver.
White Muscovy DraRss, old-First, E. s.
Schmid; second. ZimuerNan & Bro.
Toulouse Ganders-FMsH and third, Chas,
| Newman; second, APP Gel Oliver. Geese
First and. and third chaA r. 5s 5sewman; second,
Emblem Ganders-FsrssEE A. G. Oliver;
second Zimmerman & Bro. A. G. Oliver
has first on Brown CHINA, white China and
Wild Geese and Gander5.
Poultry awards.
Barred Plymouth ROCK lskk tcocks)-Mr. scud-
der Of New York. Judge First prize. w. L.
| Defendorf. Nyack. y, "; second prize,
John Ridgely. TowsoMs Md; third prize,
Long View yards, Hyattsville, Md; fourth
prize. w. A. Sherman, Vienna, Va
| Barred Plymouth Rock Qens)- First
| prize, Vallie Hawkins, Farm Grove, Pa.
| second prize W. i. Defendorf: third prize,
John Ridgely Of H.; NTH prize, A. E. War