Evening star., 1901-11-22
ALL AWARDS MADE.
Judges Complete Inspection at Poul-
try, Pigeon and Hare Exhibit,
LIST OF THE PREMIUM WINNERS
Good Showing Made in Several Of
the Classes.
FINE SPECIMENS OF POULTRY

FINE SPECIMENS OF POULTRY
| Judging by the attendance at the poultry
| and pigeon show at Masonic Temple yester-
day and last night the next show OF the
Washington Poultry, Pigeon and Belgian
| Hare Association will need to be given In
a hall many times larger than it's present
temporary home. The aisles and stage were
so crowded last evening that locomotion
was difficult, and many could not see all
| the interesting features of the show on ac-
! count of the lack of room. The fact that all
the awards had been made in all the classes
and that the ribbons were up denoting the
| fortunate winners of prizes added interest
| to the occasio Through an oversight the
ribbons did not denote whether the recipient
was entitled to a first or a second prize,
| but the blue ribbon, usual, denotes the
first prize winner, the red showing second
place Third place is denoted by the words
on a card, Very highly commended; fourth
is Highly commended" while the single
word Commended stands for fifth place.
Mr. Jenkins the judge of the Belgian
hares, completed his work early yesterday
| evening, and by o'clock the ribbons were
| all in place. Mr.. Jenkins did his work with
| care and faithfulness and expended even
more than the ordinary amount OF time
upon each one of the entries, in order to
| be able to make the fairest possible choice
of prize winners. The awards as made by
| him follow:
The Ideal Rabbitry-E. L. Barclay. first
on the highest scoring mature buck In
show; special for mature imported buck;
| first and special in the immature imported
class: special for greatest number of points
| in proportion to the number Of entries;
| second on ffve-pound buck, and third and
| fourth on five-pound does.
| The National Capital Belgian Hare Com
pany-Two firsts, two thirds and two spe-
| cials.
| w S. Davis-Two frsts six seconds, two
| fourths, one fifth and two specials.
| r. B. Marean-Two firsts and a special
r. c. Brauer of Richmond, Va.-First for
mature doe and one second. one fifth and
one special
DR.. c. W Birdsall-Two seconds and one
third
James S. Raeburn-One fourth and fifth
Mrs. Deleher-One third.
! j. c. Hunter-One second and a special
for heavy doe and litter.
| MIR. T. E. Bessman-One first and two
specials on best doe and litter; one first on
| six-pound buck.
| Mr.. C. ]. Brenner-Two firsts, one sec
| ond, one third and four specials. Mr. Bren-
ner also had the highest scoring immature
doe in show.
q. c. Elkin-One third.
F. H. Neutrality-suspicious. first
Mr.. Cornelius Eckhardt won all the prizes
for blacks, and one first and one third on
reds.
MIR. E. L. Barclays handsome buck. True
Gold, valued at $500, which has never been
beaten in competition, was, of course,
awarded a first
Makes a Good Showing.
Mr.. Cornelius Eckhardt made an excep-
| tional record in Belgian hares. Mr. Eek
hardts haretry is at Kensingten, Md,
where he has complete plant could
be devised for the breeding of Belgians.
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onds and one third, beside two specials.
Mr.. Eckhardts specially in Belgians is
blacks, and the cup which he offered for
the best black Belgian was Won by himself
with Gypsy King, an immature buck The
other special Won by him was for Gen.
Botha, an immature red buck, in class ..
weighing six and one-half pounds, and
being less than six months old. His
Black Beauty, mature buck which took
the first prize last year at the show in
Madison Square Garden, New York city
was not in the best of condition and was
awarded red ribbon. Mr.. Eckhardt re-
ceived the congratulations last night OF a
| number of friends on his success, his rec
ord being the more remarkable in that he
has only been breeding Belgians for seven
or eight months.
Less than q year ago the Belgian hare
industry was not much thought of by the
general public in the east. Hares were
first brought to this country about fifteen
years ago by fancier in Massachusetts
but not for ten years or We're they
taken up to any extent Then the center
of the industry became located in south
ern California, passing from that portion
Of the country through Colorado, Missouri
Illinois and Minnesota to the northwest
and finally to the east again. Some time
about 1850 an English fancier thought he
saw in the scientific breeding of the lepo-
rine, which was produced by a cross of
three Belgium rabbits, chance for an ami
NAL with the characteristics Of the English
hare as food animal combined with the
prolific qualities Of the rabbit, and this
was the start of the Belgian hare. The
one idea in raising them has always been
that of furnishing a meat that would serve
as a substitute for beef. This idea has
| been modified. however. The constant show
| ing of the animal in exhibitions has caused
an effort upon the part of breeders to
produce animals for show rather than for
table use.
| The accompanying reproduction is a pic
| ture of half litter of twelve, which was
| raised by Mr.. Payne, who has an exhibit
| in the show. A litter of twelve is out of
the ordinary, although some have been
| known to be as large as fourteen. The
\ average Is about eight
| Breeders have made large outlays of
/ money for Belgians which were known to
| be prize winners in English shows, as
high as 81 400 having been paid for a cham
4 pion buck.
| Prize List in Poultry Classes.
| The partial list of the awards in the
poultry classes printed in The Star yes
/
| makes the entire list Of prizes won in
| these classes:
white Langshans-Cock. first and second;
| hen, first and third; cockerel. second; pull
| let first Chas. NJ. Cline
| Black Langshan-Pullet, first; Thiele, jr.
| Buff Orpingtons-Cock, first; hen, first:
cockerel. first; pullet. fourth; pen, first:
| Berwyn Poultry Association. Pullets first,
/ second and third: J. r. Brawner
Rese-comb Rhode Island reds-Cockerel,
| first; pulIet. first; Jno. Evans & Son.
S. C. Rhode Island reds-Cockerel first;
| hen, first; cockerel. second: pullet, second;
/ Berwyn. Cock, second; hen, second and
| third; cockerel, first: pullet first, third and
| fourth; H. C. Copperthite.
| Frizzles and white guineas-An PRICES to
/ Thiele. jr.
/ B. B. r. game bants-Cock. first; hen,
/ first and third: pen. second: Geo. F. Kich-
lime. Cockerel. second; hen, fourth; pul-
/ let. second: Geo. p. Hensler. Coelserel,
first; pullet. first; pen, first; Geo. A. Fran
/ els. Ghcck. second: hen. second; cockerel
/ third: pnllet, third; Steinmetz.
Brown red game bants-Cock, first; hen.
1 first; Steinmetz.
! Red Pyle game bantams-Cock frst. hen