The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1899-01-13


silver cup valued At al5 for the best
Light Brahma.
William w. Stone of Bethel won the
silver cup valued at sl2 Tor the best two
males and two females, White Wyan-
dottea.
q. w. DANES OF East Litchfleld won
the silver cup offered by Joseph B. Thorn
as, Jr., OF Norwalk, for the Houdan
championship OF New England.
Daniel Pfneknev OF South Onondaga,
N. X, won the $5 offered by Joeeph B.
Thomas, Jr., for the best pair or Houdan
fowls. Mr. Thomas himself won $5 FOR
the best pair OF Hondan chicks.
Frank Elstroth OF Ansonia won the
Golden Seabright pullet offered by Will
liam Birrell Of Bethel for the best cock
erel exhibited in that class.
George Z Rockwell OF R1dgefiald won
the Silver Seabright Bantam cockerel
offered BY William Birrell for the best
cockArel exhibited IN that class.
Judd Brothers of Bethel won the Man
haitian silver cup, donated by Hon d. A.
Nichols of Monroe, for the best Bantam
cock, hen, cockerel and pullet. They
also won tho pair of Golden Ssabright
Bantams d fered by G. r. Jordan OF New
Haven for the largest exhibit OF Bantams.
81. L. Rowland of Danbury won paid
membership In the American White Ply
mouth Rock club for making the largest
exhibit Of White Plymouth Rocks.
GeorgeN Morehouse of stratford won
. dollar, ffered by G. X. Bailey OF Bethel,
for the best s. @. Brown Leghorn pullet.
jog phi B. Thomas, Jr., had on exhi-
bitioh fine display pen of Roudans
hat attracted considerable attention /;
IS chicks in all.
Ell. l.. Rowland exhibited display
pen OF one cockerel and 10 pullets of the
White Plyn oath Rock breed, which was
sold at the elise Of the show to B. H.
Gilbert Of Branchville; price, $25. He
also sold to #. w. Gray of Norwalk a
first prize White Plymouth Rock cock
erel for $15 Mr. Rowland made the
largest exhibit in the show, 81 chicks in
all.
The Riverhead Poultry Farm of Old
Mystic sold to Theodore Reynolds Buff
Plymouth Rock pnlIet.
Frank Schatzle sold fine Black Lang
shan cockerel to Warren Stevens of
Ridgefeld.
Prominent visitors at the show were
George w. DANES of Litchfield, B. II.
Gilbert OF Branchvi.le. George N. More
house of Stratford, e. w. Brown of Old
Mystic. j. b. Ballard ofRowayton, John
p. Treadwell of Norwalk. Mrs E. L.
Van Deasen of Ashley Falls, Mass,
spent a day at the show. She is an en-
thusiastic breeder of the s. G. Brown
Leghorn and excludes all other breeds of
chickens from the farm and takes almost
the exclusive care of the poultry. She
winters about-l50 layers which produce
gre numbers of eggs that are sent to
market weekly. Mrs Van Deusen is a
good Judge of her chickens and under
stands the score points of her birds and
the merits of each bird. Her display in
numbers was third in the show and
largest in the class. Since her return
home Secretary Borman received a letter
from her contributing all of her premi-
nms to the Association, except the valua-
BILE silver cup, which she very highly
prizes and will keep in remembrance of
the Association.
Joel e. Rockwell of Ridgefield was
also an enthusiastic visitor at the show,
and has been breeder of chickens the
past 30 years, back in the days of Dor
kings and Shapgheis. His son says.
FEATHER is nearly 70 years old, takes a
great interest in the chickens, and has
lately taken the third degree in the Ma
sonic lodge in his native town. He is
probably the Oldest candidate initiated
in this state Mr. Rockwell is a brother
in law OF the present Gov Lounsbury.
Despite the bad weather, last week,
the poultry show in Danbury was fairly
we'll patronized bat not what you might
call financial success. About 900 en-.
tries of chicks were made. and many OF
the finest chicks in the country we're or
exaibition. The Judge, Hon David A.
Nichols Of Monroe, generally gave good
satisfaction. In some of the breeds the
competition was o great that it was like
splitting hairs, and would tax any judge
in the country TO the fullest extent. Tc
decide on the merit of each bird to suit
all exhibitors would be an impossibility
The members OF the association will
soon meet to decide what will be done In
future. The writer has been obliged te
leave out many items for want of tiune
which may appear later on in THE BEE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS