New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05
THE LAST or THE POt L1hi NhO" E
CLOSING SCENES AT THE GARDEN-MEET-
INGS OF CLUBS.

INGS OF CLUBS
good attendance opened the last Gay Oh INC
Poultrv Show at the Madison Square Garden yes
ter1ay morning The marked catalogues We're Oh
sale and all the prizes awarded ana 'he c"ees
were nearly all decorated with the associations
and the various clubs ribbons. The show mas peer,
an undoubted financial success. The nnes' p"u
breeders all over the country agree that 1ork
&c the best selling market for fine fowl boston
has n good show and buyers from NeW-Ehgla"u
RELY on the exhibition there considerably New
York however has been found 10 be the mart 10
which owners OF country places. not only IN the
Empire State and the nearby points In connecticut
and Massachusetts,, but In the west anu ''''''
come in greatest numbers.
The breeding OF pigeons Is considerable IN 'ms
neighborhood the distribution OF the prizes III
the carrier classes VIII show. Pigeons are cult
waited in the crowded part Of the town. The hom-
ing pigeon exhibit was made more attractive yes
tcrday by tho placing upon the cages OF number
OF the finest birds cards giving their records In
long-distancc flying.
The incubator room remained the most popular
part of the show for the general visitors Inc
restaurant has been too small to accommodate the
crowds that came to the chicks hatch out In
the boxes The eggs are nearly all hatched, al
though there are few late corners. and the brood
ers into which the downy little fellows are put
after they have been Matched few hours. are now
filled with them. Chicks were sold to visitors Tor
% pair and put IN paper boxes LOT carrying
home Nearly every streetcar that stopped near
the Garden had passenger carrying box with
the chicks in IT, and hardly party of young people
left the Garden without box.
The NTH annual meeting Of the American Owl
Club was held at the Garden yesterday afternoon
1t was decided to adopt the Wlletts American
standard leg band for 1899. and that in place Of
silver cups as special prizes silver spoons bearing
the monogram OF the club should be awarded at the
Eastern shows The next meeting Will be held IN
the course OF the 1909 Poultry Show in New-York.
The Barb and Carrier Club also held meeting
and there was long discussion as to the adoption
of the Willctts or the English standard leg band
Ii was finally decided that the breeders OF car
riers should use the American band and the breed
ers of barbs either band they chose.
The American Owl Club elected the following
officers for the coming year: President. william
Ehinger Philadelphia; first vice-president Robert
~ Oliphant, Trenton. y. J.: second vice president.
urer George Fca Their. Dorchester. Mass; Executive
! Committee, c. W. Eckert. chairman: Wellington
Kennedy Charles l. Deane. DR.. Charles r. A;
Movers and Henry s Adams. The officers elected
by the Barb and Carrier Club were President. d.
+ Newell. New York: Vice-presi1ents, II. Temann,
| Baltimore and y. Powell Philadelphia: treasurer.
| Dr. w. W. White, Baltimore; secretary, James
/ Edmeson Philadelphia.
Yesterday was the biggest day Of the show in
] point OF attendance. The aisles were crowded
from early morning till the time Of closing. The
fashionable attendance was large during the after
noon MadisOn-ave. being crowded with carriages.
AT the close OF the show there rush to get
the birds out Of the wire exhibition cages and into
the shipping crates The pigeons were put into
for each bird The larger fowl were bundled into
/ cloth-covered crates for shipment BY express.