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ing found them a profitable as well as in
teresting source of enjoyment. The larges'
exhibitors of Belgian hares are X. y
Brown Of Richmond, Va; r. B. Mareau
of Brookland, D. c.; E. L. Barclay of this
city; w. s. Davis of Purcellville, Va; the
National Capital Belgian Hare Company
Cornelius Eckhardt, Kensington. Md; Jas
s. Raeburn of this city; j. c. Hunter oil
Vienna. Va: James E. Payne OF this CITY;
CLYDE w. Saunders, Richmond, Va, and
Miss R. Deicher of Baltimore, Nd, and Ut
c. W. BirdsaH of this city.
Among those named Mr.. Cornelius Eek
hardt exhibits two especially beautiful BLACK
does and three black bucks. One of these,
BLACK Beauty" took the first prize in the
show held In Madison Square Garden, New
York city, last winter. Mr.. Hunter mas
prize doe scoring "a, with litter OF nine
which he displays proudly in one cage In
the northeast corner of the hall, while Mr
Payne has three does, each scoring SoA,
The competition in the Belgian hares
very keen, and as 1t is the first exhibition
ever held here the results will be awaited
anxiously by those who are Interested In
the various specimens entered.
Fine Display of Pigeons.
The pigeons which have been brought to-
sether in this show constitute what Is prob
ably the most complete collection of pigeon
life ever offered to the public of Washing
ton Almost every known species Is repre-
sented by birds which have won prizes in
other shows, as well as birds Of famous
antecedents which are only entered for ex-
hibition purposes. Some of them are of the
most beautiful plumage, while others, by
the curious way in which they are feath-
cred, attract attention at the first glance.
Among the handsomest Of these, as stated.
are the Jacobfns of Mr.. c. Hugh Duffy and
Mr.. E. c. Duffy, who are the largest ex-
hihftors Of pigeons in the show. The pigmy
class Is better represented perhaps than it
has been for years in a show In this V1cin-
ity, the pigmy pouters in this collection
being a high-ciass exhibit The majority
of these belong to Mr.. s. e. Rabbit. Those
who are exhibiting largely in the pigmy
class are A. e. Smith of Brookline, Mass. /;
Mr.. Dimenderfer Of Baltimore. George ID.
Eustis of Brookline, Mass; A. d. Brown
and s. E. Rabbit, both of this city; Chas.
H. A. Meyer of Baltimore and George Eick-
emeyer of Yonkers. N. Y. George e. Row
land of Jersey City. n. j.; w. G. Lee of
this city, H. NJ. Pachmann of Jersey City.
NJ j.; H. ]. Jaeger of Florence, S. c., and
James Blair of Yonkers, N. Y, are the con-
spicuous exhibitors in the fan-tail class.
and some of the specimens shown are of
exceptional beauty.
Barbs, Jac0bins, Magpies.
r, Thiele is the only exhibitor in the class
of barbs, while C. Hugh Duffy. L. D.
Holmes and Mr.. Diffenderfer are the only
ones to deal extensively in Jacobins. DR..
w. A. Gibson has brought his splendid coll
lection OF maSpleS lTOH JdChSou, hlCu,
while George E. Rowland and ]. L. Roberts
also have some splendid specimens on ex-
hibitfon Messrs. John Stewart, jr., and w.
]. Lee are represented by their collections
of turbits. while Mr.. H. A. Meyer has an in
teresting exhibit of English owls. African
owls are entered by J. H Keefer, George
Eustis and Archer Huntington. while John
Stewart and the Gregory Brothers are reps
resented by fine collection of swallows.
The oriental frill classes are well filed. the
principal exhibitors being James A. Eibel.
DR.. Charles H. A. Meyer and Hermann
Strauss Archer Huntington is the only
exhibitor in the class Of archangels, while
the tumbiers are backed by F. L. Weston,
who is the largest exhibitor In this class;
George D. Eustis and P A. Scheid.
One of the features Of the pigeon show is
the collection of nuns entered by Miss e. L.
Burritt of this city. Another feature is COM
posed of the homers, which are entered by
Edwin C. Snyder, Allen Mclean and A. s.
Johnson. One of these birds named Hardy,
owned by Mr.. Mclean. has a record Of 675
miles. and Is a weli-known bird among
fanciers.
AS stated, the judging Of pigeons began
this morning. The judges are Joseph F.
BardroH. of this city. who was one OF the
judges at the recent show at the pan-Amer-