Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-17
MISSOURI BIRD
SAVES SALT LAKE
orden Nearly Sweeps the Boards
:" OF Honors in Rhode
Island Reds.
yuE LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS
poultry show Ribbons Captured
BY New Eanciers, While Old
breeders Are Shut Out.

arson II. Hewlett, always closely ar
.,,ated with any noise that sounds ike
rreater salt Lake. has once more say
a the city from disaster.
onlv inc fact that a big red ribbon
..ngs IN his bird at the poultry snow,
s.anms petween Ogoen ana every single
sec oi importance in the most hotiy
pantest class oil fowls on display. Inc
phnde Island lied, new king OF west
~, fowls. is a strutty piru, and witnai
= most beautiful one. At the show
the inst for blue and red ribbons has
heen keener among Red owners tnan
among most of the other classes COM
btned salt Lake breeders VINO nave
snsnt wears trimming their fiochs To
nerfection and near perfection found
themselves suddenly out In the cold
his year From Ogden great dan K
eloud overhung their prospects in the
shane of George A Pouiter. Five
hsnasome pens OF Rhode Island Reds,
suddenly appeared among the contest
Ing birds. ABOVE one pen was tackled
,he notice. FIRST prize, Los Angeles,
zoos" Above one pen was the entlcing
sentence, First prize, Los Angeles
is17r Nearby was a legend that put
ron into the souls of Salt Lake aspir-
a..
exhibtion BIRDS" Splendid Rhode Is
land Red regulations rested ON the
heads of many salt Lakers with list
~ previous honors won, but when
Judge Heinrich began to work among
the coops, he picked out a young cock
erel from Poulters pen, then pinned on
n the navy blue ribbon of superiority
Then he pulled out an older bird, and
to this he pinned the same colored rib
bon that meant there were none to
equal its classiness Then of the doE-
ems OF pens, he picked out Poulter
men and pinned here, too. a third blue
ribbon. and 1t looked as If Salt Lake
was not only whipped completely but
absolutely shut out of the game. y
stray prize for a fourth best hen, or
a third best pullet was the best that
seemed untalten.
THE MISSOURI WONDER.
And here entered Orson HEWLETT.
unnamed as a breeder, but anxious al
ways to help along any good cause IN
the making of a greater salt Lake. I'm
der his arm was q Rhode Island Red
roster beautiful in his plumage, ana
sauareiy built in his stocky dimensions.
~rhis bird just came by rush express
from ST. Louis" he explained to his
near friends. When / heard what tbs
fellow Poulter was preparing to do 10
Us Salt Lakers / couldn't for the life
OF me see how we could let Ogden take
a sweepstakes Of first honors.
THE birds just Won a Missouri first
so | guess he'll take something down
out here. won't he?"
BIRD WAS TIRED.
And the judge came to the new Won
a mr. "A
did record carefully concealed. Il cut
him for the color of his eye, said the
judge and pinned big red ribbon
on him that meant he was second best,
by one-eighth of a point, and with q
good eye, would have led by a point.
10 finish a close second Is something
at least and the red ribbon was thing
rot 10 be scorned.
The bird was tired that night. and too
recently out OF the express car to really
primp up in form. The next day am
other prize was to be awarded. 1t was
for the finest colored Rhode Island Red
bird in the show. The Judge walked
past the Poulter coops this time, sized
up all the fine Ogden feathers, and
pinned the coveted symbol on Hewlett's
St Louis, Missouri, wonder. How
times do change Is suggested by the fact
that Hewlett had also bought up the
prize pen of two years ago in Salt Lake
and II didn't even win the yellow rib
bon Of fourth merit
YOUNG BLOOD TELLS.
A feature of the show is the elimina-
ton of we'll known breeders from the
prize lists by younger men in the
business, who have carried the stand
ards of perfection one or two points
finer. A. Belts secured his usual al
lottments of ribbons on Barred Rocks.
sharing honors with Il. j. Seldom, and
led decidedly by w II. Pinock, with
three blue ribbons. Crawford Bros. OF
Mantl made 1t sweepstakes on Rose
Combed Brown Leghorns. John Has
IAN took four blue ribbons on Black
Mnorcas. while Ed, ]. Solomon was
large winner Prizes were awarded
Tor first, second. third and fourth hon
ofs, blue, red, white and yellow rib
bon indicating the classes respective
ly.
In some minor classes the absence OF
competitors reduces the value of the
prizes one. one man for instance talk
ing everything in Polish birds without
competition. The show In attracting
many visitors today, and ladies are adj
mllted without charge Tomorrow the
school children win be on hand, for a
mornings visit.
LIST OF PRIZES.
Barred Rocks--T. J. Seldom. second
cockrel third pullet. second pen.
H. II. Pennock, third and fourth