New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-02
POULTRY AND PIGEONS
ANTICS OF THE FANTAIIS AT TIE
SHON-CHILDREN LIKE BEST
THE INCUBATORS

The man or woman who invented that ant ~.
expressive quotation "As proud as a peacocl- =
ought TO go 10 the Poultry and Pigeon Show a.
Maulscn Square Garden and study the antics or
the fantaied pigeons The peacock is a bird OF
Wondrous plumage. of some size and of MANY dis
cordant notes. But the fautail Is a tinv thing
sometimes all white and other times all black
out he has more concet hid under those fluffy
feathers than a peacock dreamed of having
There is double compartment near the centre Of
the immense amphftheatre, where about a dozen
pure white fantails are coOped. and in the othsr
compartment there is equal number OF the same
species, except that they black. The black
fellows strut. too stick their heads back until they
touch theic tail feathers and stiff and
bending that they frequently topple over by
OF the weight of their seIf-appreciation They do
not however, show off to the same advantage
their white comrades, The white fellows the
dandy" birds of the show. and they seem real
lie it, They are pugnacioUs, too. and if OF
the strutters gets close interfere with the
naughty manRUvres of another feathered dandy"
there Is quick exchange of pecks But they have
not much spirit and the less heroic bird generally
retires after three four exchanges. The little
punches of feathered cOncet stop their strut
ting so long as there are visitors to admire them
They become less demonstrative, showing almost
human intelligence IN this line, when there is
body to look them.
Never was that old saw about fine feathers max
ing fine birds better illustrated than the Garden
The specimen without brilliant plumase attracts
little attention from the casual observer The pos
sibe exception be found in the incubating de-
partmeut in the restaurant Here the little chicks
are not much on gaUdy coIors. but they
siderable on cuteness. The children simply stand
around for hours watching the chickens in their
mad Eambols around their little pens. Then every
yOungster vans to take one home The severe
weather yesterday was death for any chick
taken outside of the Garden, and the attendants
generally gave notice to would-b4 purchasers that
they would never be able 10 get their little pets
home alive in such weather. AMI then the young
sters would walk away sorrowfully, expressing the
hope that the weather would moderate before the
show closes on Saturday night.
The women folks. who visit the show IN goodly
numbers take-a lively interest In tine cats, most
of them of high degree; the CAVES, and the well
dressed poultry and game, which are exhibited on
the Twenty-seventh-st. side of the Garden The
two last appeal TO their housewifely Instincts To
men the feathered game comes first Then the
women look at the peculiar little CAVES ana say
they just the cutest little EXHIBITS IN tne
show. To the masculine mind the guinea pigs ars
ul-favored little rascals which look IKE dihlhutNs
pigs wrapped up in rabbit skins
The exhibit of pouter pigeons Is one OF the
best ever seen at show of this description. and
according the experts, there Is not a pouter on
exhibit that is not worth at least 50 There are
about two hundred OF them, and some OF the best
specimens are valued at $50 each. The best OF
this breed came originally from Scotland Ihere
is a colony of these winged beauties IN the balcony
and they have attracted much attention N+Iure
was kind TO them in her distribution OF fancy col
Orlng They initiate their chests TO a point "nSte
IL looks as if an explosion must soon occur. Inc
buff and white fellows are particularly pretty, A
connie of rbe birds are endowed with a pecular
their nSCk feathers up until their heads quite DIS
appear. The effect is not unlike that OF a nrlts
woman in a big se3lskin coat with an immense
collar turned her ears The best pigeon Tor
the table that is shown is cross between the FuhI
and the Italian. Some of them weigh as uuch as
three pounds. Most of the eNhitIts. however trace
their ancestry from the old Blue Rocks mere IS
not a specimen of the wild pigeon in the snow
The visitor with prrponGTranCe or sporting m
srinrt in his coruostiou fingers longest about the
cages which house the small headed and graceIul
necked pit games the fighting ROSTERS are
called Their handlers tell in huShed Whispers or
some wonderful cooking mains in which some OF th
specimens have taken part and or the oarreIs OF
money their lucky. If brutal. owners nave Won oy
them Some of the sports long for a private con-
test between these feathered warriors in the base
fuiIv and say that while Tammany Hall does not
Interfere with human beings who pumuel each
other almost 20 eath in the prize rtnE they have
no, Vet how Tim sullivan stands
on the cock fighting proposition.
Among the sales recorded at the Garden yeSter-
day were The following: The Fisher Island Farm
sold 10 : r Tiffany OF G8waudo. No a Consign-
Of New Rochelle, purchased some barred Plymouth
Rocks. and II. y. Roberts of Denver, Col. and
Charles +. Wood. Of Babylon, Long Island. secured
some Plymouth Rocks. G. II. Raymond. Frank
Miller. DR.. r. +. Smith and W. \. Rowland were
among those who carried off prize turkeys while
William Rockefeller. of Richmond Hall, larry town,
purchased two wild Mallard ducks