The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

Feathered; ar5stocrats strutted. about
their cages at Mechanics. Pavilion yes
-terday afternoon as though Conscious
their hour. Of triumph had arrived. For
seven: years no such opportunity had
presented itself. The Plymouth Rocks,
the. WYsndottes,. the Brahmas, the
. .Cochins, The AIinOrcas, the Silver Span
:gled. HsInburgs; the .Orpsngtons and: all
the other varieties Of poultry were on
view. .......+: - -;
It was. the. opening day of the San.
= Francisco Show. under which general
title. a. number OF Speciality clubs are
making q. joint exhibit, Yesterday was
devoted To- receiving and judging the
poultry, The dogs viii make their a;p-
pearanee to-day while the cats VIII
Join them Tomorrow. =
The exhibition. of poultry is both in
teresting ana. instructive. It IS inter
esting. because the. show visitor can see
at close range. the. best known fowl
from all. parts Of the. world. II is IN
structing because. one learns that the
eggs and poultry produced in this. .coun--
try. in one year sell for $500. .OeO, ,OO0 This
state alone imports sS,6O0OoQ worth Of
N@Sc anu yDnlLIg IN one year.
q. The visitor learns that the Plymouth
.. Rock is -copsidered the best alI-around
fowl for the table and for laying. while
the Leghorns are. the fashionable ones.
The ibeaU1ieully. colored Light Brahfnas
aTe-the aris'oc-ats OF the poultry yard.
The Orpingtons are a favorite Englfsh
breed which. IS becoming popular here.
Some splendid specimens Of the Indian
he T.eg,f flra of
fly, are shown. There are also Gray
Calls. which are used as live deeoys by
.spOrtsmen on the marshes. They viii
not fly but viii call the wild ducks uo-
Ill they. come within. the range Of the
deadly breechloader
The display. Of runt' pigeons is. unu-
suslly fnes These are. not runts in the
accepted use. Of the term, being as big
as chickens. There are some beautiful
ly colored horling pigeons, as well. as
other varieties.
The fighting chickens are tiere in
their. variety. ". h Deming shows
some fine black breasted Red Games.
Red Pyle Games and Black japanese
Games.
The inc0bators will be. in action TO-
day and will hatch SOC chickens, keep
during the remainder Of the exhibition.
The dogs benched to-day will be: Of
excellent class. John Riplinger's Eng.
lish settlers Stylish Sergeant. Champion
Pera and Champion Elloree viii at
once attract the mep. interested in
sporting dogs. James Cole of Kansas
City. who viii Judge the dogs. has
brought a pointer which viii be bench
ed. but wifi not compete for prizes:
There will be a particularly large
class OF. cocker sspaniels: Among the
best known are Little Maid. Plumerfa
Sapho Miss Frivolity and Black Silk
Il The latter has won more than If
teen prizes. Mrs. w. c.. Ralston will
be well represented. She has entered
Little Dorrit, winner OF sixteen prizes.
and Floradora, lacking but one victory
70 gain the coveted title Of champion
Nine Cara Roma's: Don Jose. from.
the kennels Of the Duchess Of Devon
shire. viii be shown.
The Boston terrier class Will be a
representative one. Mrs. w. II. Dem
ing has entered four-Dixie d. Endcliffe
Betty. Lord Rushie and Endcliffe Yer
nette. Richard D. Jose will be repre-
sented by Jack, recently brought from
the East.
Among the spirited little dogs in fox
terrier row are John Bradshaw's Wood
lawn Dotty Dimple, likely puppy,
and w. W. Moore's Vina Belle, a we'll
known winner at Oakland and San
Francisco. From Riverside II. v. Ham
iltOn sends his Garston Rally. an East
ern bred dog. Mrs. Philip c. Meyer of
San Mateo has her GlenWood Carrie