Arizona republican., 1906-11-14

the lot are rom CdlltOfDla, as are
 about the same number of pigeons.
 In the flying pens Arizona got first and
 second prizes and California third. They beat Arizona on the>pairs and the
 high priced birds. If anybody wants
 to buy pigeons, now is his opportunity. In chickens Arizona and California
 ran neck and neck. One got about as
 many of the prizes as the other. The
 sweepstakes prize was picked by a
 home institution, the Ozark Poultry farm. The sweepstakes best pen, re- gardless of variety, for the incubator offered by Hill's seed house was won by Arthur Let's a wealthy merchant of Los Angeles, who lives at Hollywood and keeps a chicken man for no other purpose than to look after his poultry, for he is a real fancier.
 ] Another California exhibit is that of Mrs. c. C. Bemis of East Oakland.
 wife of the notable giant powder man. ufacturer. Mrs. Bemis is also a well known fancier and is long time friend of Mrs. J. H. McClintock of this city. She had intended to send large ex- | hibit to the fair but only managed to ! get about five birds as far as Phoenix. The others got started the wrong way. Her speciality is Barred Plymouth Rocks and it so happens that that is the particular fowl over which the mikado of Japan most gioats. The mikadO, since the late controversy with Russia is able to have about everything he wants even to his pick of the chick en. A couple of his yellow skinned emissaries while prowling around San Francisco, learned of Mrs. Bemis flock and went to see 1t. When they reported to the throne his majesty yearned for Mrs. Bemis' purebloods. even to the point of covetousness and instructed his plenipotentiaries in the occident to acquire them at all hazard. The temptation of much gold was placed before Mrs. Bemis. The mfkado got the pick of the flock and he picked most of it. Five of them though es- capped his royal pleasure and came down to Phoenix to see the fair. This is history and not a fairy story.
 There is another novelty in the poul- try building that all fanciers should see. It is the only coop in Arizona, so far as is known. of Partridge Wyan- dottes, and it belongs to Joe Bush who got all the prizes offered in that class. The Partridge Wyandotte is a compar- atively new bird. and in color is brown and black laced. These specimens are | fine ones and Mir. Berar said they
 would take the money in any exhibi- l ton. They are among the heavier | breeds outside of the Asiatics.
 The various classes cannot be gone over in detail. The visitor or the inter ested person must go and see for him self. and then he will see so many nice birds he won't know which he prefers unless he is a faneier. There are some magnificent turkeys. especially the big white gobblers who rank in size in the poultry line, next to the ostrich. There are other kinds of turkeys. the heaviest | fowl being a bronze turkey, and birds
 of various kinds. There is a talking
 bird that attracts d great deal of at
 tention and the duck, department is
 well filled.
 The list of prize winners will be printed at the close of the fair along
 with those in the. other departments of the exhibits. Superintendent Wood re- fquests the announcement that lots of fine chickens on exhibition are for sale. He also announces that owners of : chickens on exhibition can have their fowls anytime after Saturday noon, or on Sunday morning. The pigeons will
 not be given up before Sunday. for the reason that they are hard to reach and in the turmoil of moving it is feared some of the valuable ones may get away.
 | m .f n, thraa izp ribbons being placed on one coop has been asked for. The reason is a short
 age of coops. Had each entry been
 placed ir a separate coop 1t would have
 required at least hundred more of
 them and then there would have been
 no place to put them. Wherever prac- | ticable birds were put together to save
 room and in that way all were accom-
 modated. though the judging was made | in accordance with the entry. For in
 stance there might be a bullet and a hen in the same box. separate entries and each get a prize. or there might be three>or four birds in a coop and each
 of them get a prize under a different entry.
 ANTI JOINTURE PUPPIES. There is novel exhibit in the poul- | try house in thoroughbred Scotch Col | lie bitch and a litter of puppies. They are the property of Raymond V. Percy of AIhambra. Queen is the name of the
 mother and the puppies are called Anti jointure puppies for the reason | that they were born on election day and set up an anti-jointure howl as soon as they arrived.
 HORSES AND CATTLE.
 What IS very important to one per
 son is a mighty small matter for an-
 other. but if the live stock exhibit isn't | about the biggest thing on the fair grounds. those monster draft horses of ] MT. Packard's and the big bulls of various owners don't mean anything.
 But whatever may be the most i'm
 portant feature of the fair, it is cer-
 tain that no department of it has made
 such a marvellous improvement over | the show of a year ago. as that in which the breeders are most interested.