The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08
LoyG-r4ILED JAPAN BOOSTERS.
washington Has One That sports Tail Heathers
more Than Ten Feet Long.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington FoR.
The japanese are q proverbialIy patient peo-
Pile, and are continually astonishing the world
with examples OF the care they will bestow to
bring about results taking years or even a life
time to complete. They resemble the Chinese in
this respect, and the success which crowns their
efforts would only be possible in a country where
the life Of q human being IN held greatly at Q
discount, where wages ale infnitesimal. and
where patience Is one OF the greatest inheritances
received from previous generations. Many poo
pie are familiar with various examples Of the
accomplishing resignation Of the Jap and Chi
namAn to the belief Of their moro crude fore
fathers in the stunted feet OF women. Many are
also familiar with the minute horses which 1t
after ger GRAFTON Of families following the same
profession, and bending all their, energies to
decreasing in size through the judicious cross
ing of years, finally results in a perfect animal.
The email trees with which, We are coming to
grace our Christmas tables in these later days
Is another example Of this inherent patience. A
tree 80 minute that it can be held in the palm
life as perfect and productive az our own enor.
nous apple trees-seems a tale almost beyond
maniiestation OF the adaptability OF nature. for
on the wee branches are the most perfect OF
apples, SO small as to be gnIeeognizabie, but
A8 The Sa aRHisi Museum hs. jus. received an
OF stock breeding which cannot be found any
where else in this country. The owl In ques,
ton is a rooster. This rooster probably would
b~arnyard chanticleer were 1t not for the
enormous length OF the tall. The tail is exactly
10 feet . inches in length. and remarkaole for
extend a dozen long hlament feathers, any ono
OF which would be long In the ordinary
fowl, but three Of the feathers reach, the great
length stated. They are Of a bright peacock
blue. ana present a beautiful coloring. especially
This fowl was the pride of a Japanese farmer.
him to part with the prize. Generation after
generation he and his fathers had watched the
fowls of the yard. Those developing an eS-
selves and tended carefully. In time were
raised other chickens with longer tails than
their proSenitors,, and from these were bred
other fowls. until the farmers labors were
rewarded by the magnificent specimen, now
In this city; Every action OF the fowl was
watched SO that, no Injury might come TO tho
smooth and as free from vermin as the ingenuity
OF the breeder could suggest. No rough frame
work on which the feathers might tear was
allowed. and that the rooster might be protected
from danger to his adornments through the
pugilistic tendencies OF the other birds, he was
Isolated with only his mate for company.
These long tailed fowls are only bred In Shine,
waramura, Nagaoka county, Tosa province, and
seldom 20 to other parts OF the country, as their
price places them beyond the reach OF al but the
wealth. During the time OF. the TokiRaua
dynasty the breeding OF these fowls was much
encouraged by the Government OF the feuda
lords. and the tail feathers were taken In pay
ment Of local taxes. The feathers were thet
used to decorate the lords spears, and were no
allowed to be exported. But modern ideas are
developing In the Japsnese, and so greatly hay,
their commercial Instincts been aroused tina
what was but q few years ago held too sacref
o'the eyes OF the foreigner to even rest upoI
Is now gladly given into the possession Of tina
same hated being in exchange for the allleyel
ling p~oWer-SOld.