New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-02
THE CHICKENS AND DUCKS.
EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE AT THE POUL-
TRY sHOw-MUCH INTEREST IN
THE EXHIBITS.

Several thousand people walked into and about
and out OF the Madison Square Garden yesterday
and made the acquaintance OF the many thousand
hgh-class birds that living there this week.
Charles Chamberlain. who takes care that the
newspaper men find out all that there is TO be
found out about the show mentioned in a casual
way that even as this was the largest Poultry
Show that had ever been in the Garden, so the at
tendance OF yesterday was the largest In the rec
ords Of poultry shows. present or past Tho show
seems TO grow like the growth Of an onion. with
the laying Of new rings. Possibly this Is not
the way an onion grows-ths does not pretend 10
be an article on botany-but II looks as II 1t
grew that way. and just so the Poultry Show
spreads out wider each year. This year there
are rows of pigeons ali around the arphitheatre
UP above the arena floor. That Arrangement leaves
more room for the chickens and the ducks and the
turkeys the main floor.
cage fun Of prairie dogs. a fine old fox few
more birds and a dyed goose and turkey joined
the show the night before last. row Of largo
display cages OF the largest groups Of poultry was
placed along the middle OF the Garden yesterday
morning.
There were few early morning visitors, ana
they interesting features of the show. In the
early morning the fancie-s attend the toilets OF
the birds. They are carefully rubbed down. 10
make their feathcry coats smooth. The COCKS nave
their red combs rubbed with sponges, and some
preparation that makes them glsten Is applied
But the greatest attraction OF all in the early
morning is the training of the pet pigeons The
pouters transferred from their cages 10 big
training cage one or at a time the cage bc ing
moved along the aisles on a high table Here they
arc taught to swell their breasts, stand upright
and throw their shoulders back TIL they nearly fall
over backward, the fanciers talking 10 them III
their peculiar sounds and occasionally directing
their movements with light rod.
The exhibitions OF dressed poultry, eggs ano an
al had bae improved y.
and the judges were hurrying about attaching
the prize ribbons TO cages. As al the horse oos
and cat shows. the morning visitors are usually
experts or especial lovers Of the animals, who know
about their good and bad points and they take
the carly hours before the general multitude ar
ifves to visit The afternoon and evening crowd
III The chicken show the weIl-dressed, generally
Interested crowd made up of people VINO want 10
sea ard find out uttle about birds.
The bantams at the show these BIRDS being, rep
resented by IN especially large and fine exhibit.
bo yri 5 n PSpq niera H bantams are coming
10 be great favorites So the people VINO kho"
ep2a ' piaces Taey are now bred not only as
pc but rs standard poultry The fine featnered
pa mans pets V whe lie h BIRDS make ne meat and
their eggs though small are delicaiey havored
and are the best In the world for invalds. IN the
zane classes the competition is close. and Is re-
qurine TIE mos caretul work o, me Ju .5ara
are new birds which arc surprising me old stasers
and taking rhe ribbons away from them
An estnla'e mac 10y one 0l w. eHi..n4.p's ~ 10
the value of the birds on cNhi5uon p~is tae hsutc
DE- the neEhhorhood II $1,000. mciuolre the hlsn
prices put upon many VI the mated birds. which
ire here exhibltine and will 20 around the entire
circuit 81 bird shows. These brds and others
which are not shown so II lueuty. have value
20 their owners that is somewhat haro 70 estimate
because from them derived the strains OF poui-
try which make the different farms famous among
poultry buyers. and which would moi therefore, re
sold for prices much higher than he general mar
ket would bid f1I them. Hut taken az an honest
market value The birds woula come near to the
figure mentioned.
Tomorrow and SATURDAY Will see some large
buying and seilinA OF poaltrf, me et,.telVn ~
tll New-Yorl- snow as selling show being hsh
This reputation. f. f. thought VII Dee alntaln-a
and vmoutn Rocks. and q large concern al + ISM
cr's Island Is mentioned as heavy seller.