River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-22
THE BIG POULTRY SHOW.
All the Northwest is Interested in the Ex-
hibition of Birds at Minneapolis
the Last Week of the
Month,

Proud poultry will reign supreme
in Minneapolis for a week beginning
Jan. %. The seventeenth annual eX-
hibition of the Minnesota State Poul-
try Association will be held in that
city Jan. % to Feb. 5, and in con-
nection with this event will be held
the third annual cat show.
Visitors to the poultry exhibition
on the second day will have rare OPP
portunity to see Dan Patch, the
champion harness horse of the world,
just bought by NJ. w. Savage of Min
neapolis for 100000. Dan has been
entered at the winter horse show to
be held on Park avenue Jan. % by
the Minneapolis Riding and Driving
Club. The petted and pampered Dan
Patch showing his PAGES over a winter
road will be a sight we'll worth trip
to the big city, let alone the oppor-
tunity of seeing also the highest bred
and most costly of the feathereG
biped family in the country.
The annual cat show is revelation
to those who have never had the op-
portunity of observing the ways of
anything but the homely household
tabby. A cat that will hop into the
tub and sport luxuriously in water
bath seems an incredible thing, but
the Angoras do this. The person
that is familiar only with the striped
house variety of common cat will see
many eye opening things while
stroIling through the cat section; eye
openers in regard to the intelligence
of this animal.
The rare prizes offered by the man
agement of the poultry show have
stimulated entries until the list of
prize chickens, turkeys, ducks and
geese has already reached 800. The
hen has risen above the designation
of BARNARD fowl and has attained
the distinction of having specially
built houses costing hundreds of dol
lars. Some of these birds which will
be on view at Minneapolis have
brought as high as SIS apiece.
Although the utilitarian side of this
exhibition will be pronounced in an
endeavor to interest the farmers of
the state in the raising of poultry to
make the egg and dressed poultry
products of the state aggregate well
with the celebrated north star bread
and butter, the pigeon, and carrier
bird department will not be overlook
ed, for the benefit of the pure fancier
in this kind of stock.
Beside the cat section prizes asC Of
fered for Belgian hares and other pet
stock including fancy mice, rats,
CAVES and guinea pigs.
'Competition open to the world is
the ambitious announcement of the
poultry association. Entries from all
parts of the country are sought. Let
tiers are being received daily and be-
fore the lists close at p. m. Jan. "a
sufficient individual entries will be
registered to fill the large store build
ing on Fifth street with population
of growing, clucking, squawking,
mewing bright eyed pets.
Pigeon racing will be feature of
the show which will appeal to every
one. Dan Patch's performances on
the frozen earth will pale into insig-
nificance with the beautiful gyrations
and flight of the homing pigeons as
they are released daily in numbers of
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won races which would be the undo
ing of mighty locomotives. A 1000
mile dash is nothing to some of them.
Air races for prizes will be held daily
The remarkable enthusiasm shown
by the Commercial Club and by the
business men of the city over the
three coming events has resulted in
the possibility of making long list
of prizes. The business men have
even gone so far as to insist on sup
plying all the ribbons, stationery,
printing, entertainment of the judges
during the week. The taking of this
expense off the hands of the associa-
ton permits it to double the premium
list.
Impartial tree tment will be given
to all. One principle of this associa-
ton is to show special favors to none,
so that at this exhibition the humb-
lest entry stands on even terms with
the winner of scores of blue ribbons.
G.. A. 10th, the assistant secretary
at Minneapolis, Box %, is busy an
swering inquiries and preparing for
the reception of all guests from out
side the Twin Cities. The judges of
poultry have been appointed as fol-
lows: Sharp Butterfeld of London,
Ontario; D. j. Lambert of Apponaug,
r.. l.; and George D. Holden of Owa-
tonna r. w. Wales of Iowa City,
Iowa, will judge the pigeons and Mrs.
Charles Hampton Lane will come
from Chicago as connoisseur of blood
ed cats.
The railroads of the state have been
generous in helping on the good cause
by granting round trip rates to Min
neapolis and ST. Paul, equal to fare
and one-third from all points in Min
nesota, and from all points in Wis
consin from which the regular one
way fare is not more than $1.!G,