Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-22
Glue RIBBONS FOR
PRIZE POULTRY
Pens Of Feathered Beauties Are
Being Judged at the
Show.
PUBLIC ADMITTED TOMORROW
Scoring Finished on Plymouth Rocks
And Observation-Disclosures Island
Reds This Afternoon.

Tomorrow the blue ribboned roosters
and hens OF Utah. In congress assem-
bled. VIII crow for Salt Lakers. Today
they are keeping In practise for their
own amusement, as the judges pass
among them. Weighing them sealing
bands upon their feet to identify the
best feathered from the less Fortunate
and pinning blue ribbons ON the pens
that are tagged as the finest.
The poultry standard. which is the
basis for judging, runs the lls varie-
ties beginning with the old favorite
breed. Barred Plymouth Rocks, and
each bird Is being judged in the order
of precedence esta blished in the stan
dard.
At noon today Judge Heinrich was
WORKING oh the White Wyandottes, and
along the walls We're arranged the pens
of Barred Plymouth Rocks. and White
Rocks, which with the Rhode Island
Reds and the Leghorns make the bulk
OF the entries. An effort will be made
TO pin ribbons on these classes today.
and tomorrow morning on the winners
among the less important varieties.
DIFFERING DISPOSITIONS.
Chickens have dispositions as varie-
gated as people. If anyone wants TO
prove this let him make love to the
cockerel with the big red feather in his
tail who lords it over four hens and Il
pullet in cage number los. The cock
erel will let you stroke his neck feath-
ers and will watch your hand for some
kernel of wheat or corn with which no
hopes you win cement the friendship.
But try the same game with Fenton's
cockerel OF the same breed in the next
cage and every feather in his big red
neck will fly into fighting array Stick
your hand in again and he Will fly at IL
with his bill. combining the attack with
foot action If he has time to mix In that
generally.
CHICKEN BULLDOGS.
Then down the line are the games
that VIII encourage all kinds of friend
Illness from mere people, but ii con-
fronted with another of their own inn
perial kind would at once make it
case OF n finish fight with no quarter.
These are the bulldogs of the chicken
world.
AT the horse show, the dog show the
sheep show, owners forget all about
price. when the rivalry begins for first
honors, and commercial values drop
away rapidly when winners are bought
at the price which hundreds of their
less perfected kind would bring for
commercial purposes.
The show will formally open to the
public tomorrow and VIII run TO the
end of the week. The judging is being
done in advance to give the public a
chance to see what birds are best in
the different classes.
FIRST BIG WINNERS.
j. w. Bird of 2222 south West Temple
was wearing smile that refused to
come off. while another man in the
rooms wore countenance of gloom
which was just as permanent u fixture.
They had been keen rivals for honors
among White Rocks. and Bird came OFF
with bunch of blue. red and
green ribbons, which denoted that he
had taken first, second. third and fourth
honors In about everything. There was
one thorn In his side, however. and 1t
was that some outsider-a very rank
outsi6er--who was unknown to all the
old professionals, had secured the blue
ribbon for the first pen.
j. NJ. Adams OF 357 Fifth East took
honors with Silver Laced Wyandottes,
as did E. j. Solomon, the two men
splitting UP pretty evenly. The full
list of prize winners viii probably be
ready for publica,-Ln by tomorrow aft
-rnoon.