The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-25
PROVES A SUCCESS
Pet Stock Show Draws Large
Crowds.
IT CLOSES TOMORROW
Carrier Pigeon Race a Feature
of Yesterday.

The third day of the wichita pet stock
show brought out the largest crowds Of
the entire week. The consensus Of opin-
ion of those who attended is that it Is
the best show of its kind ever seen in
the west. There are many varieties Of
pets, and each cage has al attraction
that pleases.
Yesterday morning number Of carrier
pigeons were liberated from the top OF
the Eagle Office for race TO Sterling.
The occurrence attracted much attention
AS soon as they were turned loose the
little birds took their bearings and imme-
diately started off for Sterling. An hour
and twenty minutes later a telegram was
received that they had reached Sterling,
and that is the record for the distance.
The birds were displayed at the show
previous to the race, and each one was
carefully looked over and commented
upon by the crowd.
Last night the ferrets were used again
in the rat killing contest. The room N
the rear Of the show room is used for
this event and the rats are placed in a
cage and the ferrets placed in with them
1t is marvellous to see the tenacity with
which the rats fight their opponents and
how quick the ferrets dispose of the rats.
Many people have seen nothing Of the
kind and at all of the contests the room
was crowded with people. This perform
nd
tomorrow night. A large number OF rats
will be secured and people will have am
pie opportunity TO see the ferrets work.
In fact many people have never seen fer
rets. The little animals are peculiar, and
to see Il m one wonders where such an
animal is secured
The ocelots still prove to be an attrac-
ton. There is no question but what
these animals are rare. Mr. Charles
Payne stated TO reporter for the Eagle:
People will wish that they had visited
this show and seen the ocelots after 1t IS
closed. It is safe to say that very few
people in this city ever saw these ami
mails. They are very rare and to my
knowledge only one ocelot, very small
one at that, was ever exhibited. These
on exhibition here were secured by a
trapper, one of the real trappers He
found fifteen of them and 1 secured
twelve Six of those are sold and I ha %
orders for the others. They are rare
specimens and there is no question about
that part of It,"
Today and tomorrow win be the last
days Of the show and many Wichita
people will take advantage of these two
DAYS to visit the show on North Main
street. Everything viii be kept there IN
til late Saturday night in order that the
Saturday night shoppers will have a
chance to visit the show.
The Belgian hare department is a
source Of interest to fanciers. Mr.. Saw
age, the Judge who made the awards.
stated yesterday that Wichita had some
of the finest Belgian hares that he had
ever seen, and this report is encouraging
to the breeders. The Wichita Belgian
Hare company has a large exhibit and
secured many of the awards. There are
probably more pigeons than anything
else on exhibition. many hundreds Of
birds being in the room. Some Of the
birds score very high, and ali Of them
have special merit.
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