The San Francisco call., 1904-10-22
MEDAL AWARDS
CAUSE PROTEST
Sacramento Will Appeal Yer
dict of st. Louis Jurors
on Vegetable Exhibit
HIGHEST HONORS
One California Breeder OF
Goats Captures Twenty
Five Prizes at Worlds Fair
BY PAUL EDWARDS.


CALL BUREAU, PRESS BUILD
ING, WORLDS FAIR. ST. LOUIS,
Oct 21.-Sweeping as California's tri-
umph at the Louisiana Purchase Elk
position In the matter Of awards has
been, there are Of necessity some
cases of injustice. mainly due TO over
sight, that are the subject Of appeal.
One Of the most vigorous protests
made Is by the Sacramento Valley De-
velopment Association. through Judge
J. II. Wills, its commissioner here.
This Is upon the processed vegetables
award. "Processed," as many may
not know. means put mp IN solution in
glass Jars. Sacramento County has
the largest exhibit Of this kind shown
here and It was awarded a gold med
al. Such medals are deemed excellent
prizes, but the Sacramento Valley,
while jubilant over the general awards
made to 1t, does not think IT should
have had less than a grand prize for
its vegetable display. Some grand
specimens are shown and they are all
as near perfect as vegetables can be.
There is nothing lacking in size and
variety, either. One canlihower in
the collection weighs fifteen pounds.
A small piece had to be broken of to
get it into the large Jar that holds it
1t is just possible that the jury re-
gretted not giving a grand prize to
this Sacramento vegetable show, but
thought it couldn't give so many big
awards to Sacramento.
UNIVERSITY EXHIBIT.
The gold medal awarded 70 the
University OF California for the seed
and cereal display made by 1t saves
the reputation Of the State as a grain
producing section to a certain extent
The university made this display in
the Alameda County section. 1t Is not
to grains that California must look
for her future development, but abil-
ity to produce them appeals to the
practical farmer Of the East and
draws the attention OF many where
fruit. wine and olives would not, so
California should always strive for
cereal prizes as well as others
The California exhibitors here ex-
press no particular concern that olives
from their State were awarded moth
ing better than silver medals. The for
eigners on the jury are not prepos-
sessed in favor OF ripe olives, but the
taste Of the public Is unerring and
the ripe product Is sure to take its
place. Few green California olives
were shown, the demand for the ripe
ones being so much greater. In fact
the demand for the ripe olive seems
to be greater than the supply. It is
admitted, too, that many OF the ripe
olives sent from California were some
what soft" and not up to show"
standard, though all right to the ordi-
nary palate.
Different Juries. too, make different
awards Some oils and other prod |
ucts that have taken gold medals at
other expositions were awarded silver
ones here. and vice versa
CALIFORNIA GOATS.
California may well be proud of her
goats. c. p. Bailey OF San Jose swept
everything before him here in that
line at the live stock show. He was
awarded the grand champion prize for
a buck. sweepstake prize for finest
flock bred by an exhibitor, a gold
medal for winning the most prizes of
any breed, and another for winning
the most prizes of any exhibitor. He
took twenty-five prizes In all.
The sweeping victory OF the Bailey
goats has revived the story Of how DR..
Bailey, son of the owner Of the flock,
secured two of the original bucks from
Turkey, despite the mandate OF the
Sultan that none of the thoroughbred
angoras in his dominion should pass
it's borders. DR.. Bailey fooled the Sui
tan and his grand vizier and sailed
proudly home with two pedigreed ami
mails he had smuggled out of the en-
pire. He got them to a seaport after
letting them browse around some coal
bunkers until their coats looked like
anything but those of prize winners
and then got them aboard ship by mix
ing them with a bunch of other ami
mails. 1t Is said that IL he goes back
to Turkey he will be beheaded. unless
he tells the Sultan how he got the
goats aboard ship, so the men who
were guilty of negligence can bow
their necks to the scipitar or go down
to the Bosphorus in bags.
FROM THIS CITY.