The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-12
CHICKEN SHOW JUDGE TELLS
FRESNOITES ALL ABOUT US
George Andrews on How Hawaiian Fowls Com
pare With Those Seen on Pacific Coast
Much Good Stock


George Andrews. who went to Homo
| lulu as a Judge at the poultry show, re-
turned last night on the Owl.
u had an excellent time" he said,
q although my trip was cut short by
the quarantine regulations In the port,
which prevented US from landing for
seven DAYS. The people there think that
the plague is killing many in san Fran
cisco. 50 they are very strict. Then on
the return trip the Mongolia ran into a
storm. ana one of the officers developed
smallpox. and that caused another de-
Law in San Francisco.
81 met several Fresno people there.
including Al Jov. Rev. MeKeever and
wi4a Miss Maxwell aud the son az Jav
scott
nTbe third annual exhibition Of the
Hawaiian Poultry association. held at
Honoirln Iannarx sth n 18th was bv
4ar +be most successful enthusiastic
ana satisfactory of any thar has been
held IN the island
.sTha npnher of sneeimens on exhibit
t;op was not "a great as most Of our
coast shows. owing in a great measure
- +ba Zoe. that i i hut recently that
any attenn+ has been made At breeding
fancy stock. and the enthusiastic fan
ciars are inst heoinniny Ia know how to
ebooSa nranara and exhibit the birds
but the onalitv of very many of the ex-
bibits would give a hard race to any
Of the coast specimens.
t.Tba bovs of Honolulu are of the
sort who do not mind having a fair
nriee for ooo,7 stock. and manv of them
have done so. and consequently they
have as good stock as can be found
anywhere. And when the interruptions
broader of the states imaoines he can
Sand them any old thing and they won Il
know the difference. he is greatly mis-
taken. as a number of cases are known
where inferior birds were sent them.
when they had sent good price. for
them. and when they arrived they were
promptly returned with compliments of
the purchasers. and advised to keep
the birds and the money. as they didn t
want them.
eePiyeons were also a good strong
class and some very fine birds were
shown There were thirtv-six pair of
pigeons shown and about three hundred
chickens. The coops are all modern and
splendidlv made. and of sufficient size
to give every specimen plenty of room.
They are twentv-four inches square and
thirtv-tvo inches high. The dividing
partitions and back are Of heavy white
canvas and the TOP is two-inch mesh
wire thereby giving the best light nos
sibIe. The fronts are upright rods of
sxIe inch iron IS inches from cen
ter to center. with a rising sliding
door. The cooping was in single tiers in
three pairs of rows. back to back, on
trestles thirtv-six inches high. The
eooping was as good as any we have
eyer seen
eeTha show was held in the armorv.
on the ground floor, where the light
and ventilation were very good, but
the iron roof would have made 1t very
warm for the birds had the weather
been warm, but as it was the weather
was simply ideal; just the finest tropical
climate, plenty of sunshine, interspers-
ed with light clouds occasionally, not
a drop of rain, and gentle ocean breezes
blowing almost continually.
1.-The show was admirably managed
by President Raymond c. Brown, Sec
rotary J. J. Green, Directors 1. G.
Ables, n. z. Wall and other enthusias
tic members
''The judging was done by score-eard