The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-04
SPECIALS FOR THE BIRDS.
POULTRY AND PIGEON u DIS
TRIBUTE MANY EXTRA PRIZES.

Sale Find n Ready -purChREcs
for Home and Foreign breeding Use.
Yesterday was the busiest session Of the
week at the Poultry and Pigeon Show. There
was q steady stream OF casual visitors in Mad
ison Square Garden from noon until closing
time. and as the special ribbons have nlI been
awarded the cages with the coveted dccora-
tions were the centres OF attention. The
prIges In plate and medals offered by the va
rlous specially clubs were on exhibition inside
the main entrance and made n fine showing.
They are OF handsome designs In gold and
silver and are likely TO stimulate many outside
breeders to Join the clubs and try for II share
of the attractive spoils.
While patrons were agrocably occupied In n
scrutiny OF all the fcathcred champions, agents
and breeders conducted Il lively business,
and many important sales wore effected.
Nearly every bird OF value offered was
disposed OF practically at tho breeders
price. The most remarkable specimens APP
peared to be Wyandottes. bantams. games
and Plymouth Rocks in all tho standard
colors. The Fishers Island Farm disposed Of
many lots, both from the exhibits and the
home h%ennery, for shipment to various parts
OF the States and to Cuba, Porto Rico and South
America. One Of the most notable buyers was
August Belmont. who invested largely in choice
Plymouth Rocks at fancy prices for shipment
abroad.
Tho principal exhibitors in the incubator
department reported that the sale of chicks
was away above the average. Their help
ers were kept busy all the day box
ing up the fluffy infants singly and in
pairs for enthusiastic Juvenile visitors, but
this trade was said to be a mere triilc
as compared with the wholesale orders booked
for shipment to distant places. VII! c. House,
who raked In nearly oil the blue ribbons IN tho
egg derartmSnt. booked q lot Of orders, i4cIud-
cubation. 1t was his greatest show day in
years. and the same story is told by II. $.
known as the %fancicrs' favorite coop.
The rigeOn exhibit. which occupies oil the
balcony space, eontinrpHe o TO- he one Of the most
the north side. and of the Jacohins opposite is
described by the experts as the best in the his
showed a bull tendency. and several lots were
labelled for transfer to nearby society colonies.
share OF passing attention ana there ~wasuuiteu
Jam around the cage Oft goldcnW yandottc cock,
erel that pIumed himself In a setting Of iirst AMI
This bird held an. Official lcvee yesterday, at
which several Of the Judges pronounced him
the finest OF his kind in the show business, and
they unanimously christencd him Marvel
by, which name he will be scheduled at future
The american Jacobin Club held its annual
meeting and elected the following officers:
President, Wellington hbllnpuy, htu Bank. n. d.,
Secretary Treasurer, A. b. Hoskins, Glen Riddle, Pa.
At the meeting of the National Wyandotto
Club. thirty-Scven out OF siNty-one members
answered RswS5 e b r9ll call u s1 TIE o TrIE . wrrs c TJSnSr5f
as follows:
President, j: II. Drevenstcdt; Vice. President, J. E.
tive Committee. A. q. Duston. Jesse Moon. +. l.,
Msttison, S. +. Gesner. W. A. Smith. and Ezra Cor.
nell.
At the annual meeting of the National Ban
tam Association the officers elected were:
President, Phtlander Williams, Taunton, Mass;
d dsnts"S. F! Il pi an'9'% %iin riHsS@sn y. l. III i G SiaTirF'S =.
SSoTyHmRn, Carlisle; Pa. N + +; Y Ti,a5,s dl0y%WT Will;
McNciii. London. Canada; {, i. fFotencns,yrc, Al.
hany. \. Y, and senator D. A. Nichols, Monroe, Conn.
J.p. NeSins. Giiiasboro' n j.; I. F, McGrews, New
orr orris' Mills, n. T., and Richard oIe, London,
Canada.
The awards announced were as follows:
Di2endsitcr. Wellington Kennedy. and i. A. Schof1r.
American black Mi1 w A; ThhrethswHy DR.. 6; !.
Chauncey NJ, sweenis, and VIM. EhrnEer. ,Ameri,
" Z nBo Bond. G GaGP; u. Eekhert. wieiiinltSn Kennedy.
Geo; W. sp3hn: Charles LipPolh. and Bond Brothers.
Barber; B. 6. Thornton. Mountain side Lofts Peirco
{: II Proper, Richard oks; Ira c: Keller wiWHholm
sHIsSinp YARDS Y,sas H. !: 3Gnilhh St,e and D Ni1 +. W %tSnSFs.
G. Il. Proper. Richard Okr. Mountain Side Lofts.
Miss Selma Wieners, Pcircc Brothers and Mountain
tams. c. II. Proper. Ira C. Keller, Albert l." sessions,
Forsyth. A. A.. Parker, and A. b. Hoskins. Diplomas,
X. Sweisfurth, J. j. Hanselman. Al. Husklns. Noun.
ELEPHANT, c. j. Pollock. II. A.. ,Waldron, James
T W@liy, ;oa siRIn5a + far SSo',if j.. H r.! M ES9in" George g; l. Il.
RRnr5S"tt: e i VI / J fF@Py % + cor W 4: A GaERH ,"S,rf rS 6Fs
A. J. Hallock. and A. wood. American Exhibition
Game and Game Bantam Club, Francis p. Maguun,
Fremont Chaplin, 4. A. Parker Pierce ]l,troth"ls.
Mountain Side Lofts. and W. Barber. Eastern Fan
tail Club OF America, H.. c. Morton. Haycmeyor
Brothers, and Alexander Hay. American lcEhnrn
james Forsyth, Herbert W. smith. and Harry NJ. La
mon X Co.
pet S~tock-Cats, Henry T. Draper, Miss c. Moran.
Mrs. X, /. Keade, COnrOn Brothers. Albert Schwarlrr.
". j. Stanton and Miss Mary G, Ryan.
Pigeons. j. Hanselman. James Forsyth, James
Rough. william Butler, samuel +, Rabbit. a: j.
Brown. A. B. Hoskins, Andrew W. Hall, II. d. Ken
Side Lofts, II. c. Norton. Robert y. Oliphant, II. A.
Waldron, DR.. Charles II. A. Meyer. Frank :. Walton,
Az c. EiBnan. John German, WhltmerN StOvcll. John
T. BenzinRcr. William J. IautZ, +, Dcs Hayes. II. X.
Il 7. ID. Green, Frank Kline. John II. Keeper. burnett
saupc, Kenneth b. McNickcn. Raymond l.. Jacobus,
H.. J. MAYNARD. George C. llall"ck and Harry
P~oultry-Richard Okc, Ira c. Keller, A. Z. nlunck.
Charles NJ. Smith, samuel $. Indcrhill. william
Wallace Hepburn, Mountain side Lofts, II. K. Top.
ping, Pierce Brothyrs' i HirEpatTtrf, ElmTSo"q4
Greenmnn. WIndholme BHntIm Yards. u. Lincoln
Orr, George W. Hillson, i. NJ. \ W. Ferguson, George
Wolf, D.A n cunt. II. j; Roscnbcrg. 4. F Van Zandt.
othy 1redwell, and ii. ID. Tllley.
Schoolboy Athletes Meet.