Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
POULTRY SHOW
GREAT SUCCESS
ATTENDANCE AND EXHIBITS
SURPASS ALL RECORDS
At Ten O'clock Last Night Small
Army Of Men Began Work to
Convert Auditorium Into
Temple Of Worship

The great week of all the year in
poultry-land has come to an end. There
viii be no more Growing and no more
cackling in Temple auditorium for at
least twelve months, but there will
still be suggestion of chicken about
the house for many days to come.
Last night was voted the most inter-
esting of the whole show, at least by
the people who had a chance TO stand
and look on while the transformation
scene was being enacted. 1t was not
only interesting before the magic hour
of ten arrived but also after the door
had been closed upon the last visitor,
for 1t was then that the place was in
vaded by an army of workmen who
were to demolish coops, move birds,
sweep out what appeared to be tons of
straw, and within few hours turn a
chicken yard into q church auditorium.
Everything had been arranged previ-
ously by the officers of the assocla-
tion to facilitate the work, and the
rapidity with which the auditorium
took on its normal appearance was
wonderful.
Mrs. o. H. Burbridge, who had the
largest number of birds exhibited, had
wagons waiting at the door to carry
her chickens and pigeons to the ranch
on West Adams street. and the 1400
coops in which the birds have been
| housed went to the same place. The
coops belong to the association and
| have haoD atnra6 n q robnnGn until
this year. The other local owners were
also on hand with wagons to take their
stock to their homes. The exhibits
representing fanciers from out of the
city were taken in charge by the Wells
Fargo Express company The birds
were first removed from the cages and
| placed in shipping coops, after which
they received the proper labels and
were started on the homeward jour-
ney.
The coops were taken down by car
penters and the poultry supply houses
demolished their booths in short order.
The furniture of the hall had been
| stored beneath the stage and before
the dawn arrived every chair had been
taken out and placed in it's proper
| place.
Work All Through Night
All night long the expressmen were
travelling back and forth with their
precious loads of be-ribboned birds and
| the officers of the association remained
at their posts in the building until
everything had been put in readiness
for the regular Sunday morning religi-
GUS services.
The great feature of the evenings
program last night was the awarding
Of the cups and special prizes, which
was done by V. Price Brown, treas
urer of the Los Angeles County Poul-
try association and fancier of white
Plymouth Rocks. Mr.. Brown, in pre-
senting the cups, told the significance
of each and also presented a gold
headed cane to A. r, Kellam, super
intendent of the show, on behalf of the
association and his friends.
Mr.. Brown thanked Mr.. Kellam on
behalf of the association for the mas
terful way in which he has managed
the show.
The statement was made last night
by the directors of the association that
the show had been in every way the
most satisfactory ever held. The num-
bers of entries has been very much
larger than on former occasions and
the birds have been of finer quality.
The attendance has been increased to
tIa hAV <af
years and the interest manifested by
the general public has been in every
way satisfactory to the promoters
Prizes Are Awarded
Cups and other prizes were awarded
as follows: The American class, open
to owners of Rocks and Wyandottes'
won by S. M. Butter, Lamanda Park;
the Mediterranean class, open to owners
or Leghorns, Black Minorcas, Blue An
duIasians. w. F. Black; Spanish and
other breeds, won by Williams Bros''
Frutvale; the Asiatic class, open to
owners of Asiatlc birds won by ]. w.
England of Redlands; the English
class, open to owners of Orpingtons
and Dorkings and old English Games,
won by the Orpington ranch, Los An
geles; game birds, won by Percy Ward,
Fruitvale; game bantams, won by
Newcomb Condee; the Times Eagle
challenge trophy, offered for the finest
display of any one variety, won by the
Orpington ranch; the Arthur Let's
cup, offered for the highest scoring
male bird exhibited in the show, ban
tams excepted. won by Williams Bros
Frouitvale; the Riverside Fanciers
challenge cup, offered for the best ex-
hbit of any one variety made by a
California breeder Of California-bred
birds, won by the orpington ranch
the Live Stock Tribune cup, offered
for the best specimen in the American
class of poultry, won by S. M. Butter,
L,amanda Park; r. A. Rowan cup, Of