The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08
TO EAT BELGIAN HARES..
Restaurants VIII Serve Them and a
Farm to De Established,

Farm to De Established.
Belgian hare meat will be served in
Savannah restaurants before long.
Some of the restaurant men have ex-
pressed both a willingness and a de-
sire to serve the meat and a member
of the Savannah Belgian Hare Club is
about to start Belgian hare farm.
In talking of the raising of hares for
market purposes and of certain resolu-
tions passed at the last meeting of the
savannah Club. Secretary Edwards
said yesterday:
several of the leading restaurant
Keepers who have had an opportunity
OF testing the delicacy of Belgian hare
meat have expressed a desire to secure
quite quantity of the meat, and with
this in view some of the breeders are
preparing to place the little animal
upon the market at the earliest posi-
Bile date. One of these breeders has
purchased tract of land near the city,
where he proposes to establish an ex-
tensive Belgian hare farm. This is a
comparatively new thing in this Sec
ton, the first Belgians having been
brought here a little more than a year
ago, and the strides which the bust
ness is making is remarkable, which.
OF course, is attributable to the fact
that the people are approaching the
value of the animal, both from a fancy
and practical standpoint, it being hard
to find more attractive animal or one
which can at all rival it for the pro-
duction of one of the most delicious
meats known.
1t is now evident that this delicacy
will soon be very popular in Savan-
nah, and the breeders are not going to
be able to supply the demand for some
time.
THE first-class Belgian is not only
necessary from a fancier's standpoint,
but is also advantageous when consid-
cred in connection with its successful
production. With these facts in mind,
and also the fact that hares being
recently introduced article, in regard
to which unsuspecting purchasers may
be easily imposed upon, the club at its
last meeting adopted a resolution urg-
ing that breeding be carefully looked
after. 1t is the purpose of the club
to foster the best interests of the Bel
gian hare business, both from a fancy
and practical standpoint, and to main
tain the highest standard of excel
lence in the attractive and profitable
little animal.
Many impurely bred and inferior an
imals are being advertised and sold to
the public, especially to amateurs who
are not fully posted as to the charac-
teristics requisite of the perfect Bel
gian hare.
Each pedigree given of a Belgian
hare should be true according to the
issuers knowledge and belief, and
should show the ancestry of the animal
back to at least as far as its grand
parents, or if the animal has been
scored by an authorized judge OF some
recognized national Belgian hare
Association ard accredited go points
or better. 1t may be sold upon such
score, the original score card to be
given to the purchaser. The offspring
of such scored animals should be rec
ognized, even though the ancestry is
not given further back than the par
ents so scored. No animals should be
sold for breeding or fancy pur-
poses which does not conform with
this, or which possesses one or more
marks of disqualification as set forth
in the American Standard of Perfec-
ton, which Standard of Perfection
each and every purchaser should be
allowed to inspect.
The secretary of the Savannah Club
reports having received assurances
from the management of the Valdosta
State Fair that ample provision would
be made for the exhibition, of Belgin
Hares at that place this fall, and there
will doubtless be a large number of
them entered from all parts of the
country. Fanciers will therefore have
a good opportunity to place their stock
in a competition where winners will
be of considerable Importance, and
which is destined to do a great deal
towards the advancement of the hares
in this section