Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-13
BATTLE ROYAL BY CHICKENS
Young Birds Ruffle Each Others
Feathers at Auditorium.
HOSE spBDUEs BELLIGERENTs
Attack Attendant who Tries 20 Quen
Them-show 90 open This
Evening with Large As
sortment % Fowls.

The first thriller OF the sixth annual
Transmisslssippi Poultry show was pre-
scented at noon. seven hours in advance OF
the real opening last night. when two dozen
white leghom cocks held in a single pen
engaged in battle royal An attendant
was put % rout by the bellicose birds. who
assaiied the well-meaning peacemaHer en-
masse. The fighting fowls were subdued
only after the contents Of a fire eNtln-
guisher had been fired into the boiling
fray Of spurs and feathers
Somebody, on rather, some chicken
started the fuss. From a duel It grew to a
battle which created bedam IN the con
gress OF feathered aristocrats.
Fighting is conetaered rude and very bad
form for show chiekerin. It - grossly anil
malistic and besides ell this is hard on the
feathers. oonducink TO low scores when the
judges come around
shouts. screRms and entreaues failed to
reduce the binds 70 terms The pen Of
. young cocltefeis az the Seven oaks farm
exhibit wasin a state OF riot and anarchy.
An attendant rushed INTO the cage to find
himself the mark 81 bills and claws. The
fowls had decided 90 settle it there and
then. The attendant fled leaving his hat
a point OF vantage .outsldo the pen he
brought the insurgents to terms and damp
ened auietude with a stream played from
a fixing IRE extlngulsher. Wet roosters
cannot fight with AM. degree Of satisfac-
ton. The birds eapitulatcd and this after
on they are tnd ergoing a series of baths
tc put them in presentable shape once
more.
Hypnouzing a pellet is 40 mere child 3
play. especially Il the pulet be particu-
lRry vivacious one. fun Of red blnod
corpuscles and so fussy that she just can't
make her -eyes hebave. n II so happens
that the pullet IS Of the Leghorn variety
the task 1saeVer more difficult. Anton
Lundstrom, secretary OF the Transmissis-
sippi Poultry and Pet stock association
which opens IT'S dxthaannual show in the
Auditorium tonight. may not have any
thing on Hugo Muensterberg on the propo-
sition OF typnotism ip general; but when
IL comes 20 poultry hypnotism he has
Hugo backed into a corner.
Mr. Lundstrom made handsome Leg
horn pullet, owned by Arthur d. Brandeis,
subject to MS mesneric influence in the
photograp hic studio in the Pompeian room
I'm the Brandeis Theater building yesterday
Afternoon.
Mr. Brandeis hps "a pen OF handsome
LeEhorns with which he hopes to capture
a first prize at the show. He wished q
photograph two Of the birds. a cock and
a pullet. He called in Mr.. Lundstrom to
help him.
When Mr. Brandeis called In Mr. Lund-
strom he did not know that he was an
artful adept at slyly soothing fussy fowls,
but he figured that being secretary OF the
chicken association. he might be able to
do something toward inducing the over
exuberant pullet 10 sit set or
stand or something for her picture. The
cock was perfectly willing TO keep still
and 4 he was making "a peculiar ohdiRg
noise and looking daggers at the little
punet when Mr., Lundstrom arrived.
How IL Is Done.
Mr. Lundstrom was told of Mr.. Brandes'
trouble with the bird. He knew just what
TO do. He got her eye. Then he held his
fingers up near his own eyes and began
10 wiggle them as a man wiggles his fin
gers At a baby when he wants its mother
10 think he is an awful nice man.
- Fascinated, the pullet stood motionless
even unblnking, Mr.. I.undstrom moved
about the room still holding the pulieti
eye and wiggiing his fingers. She followed
his eyes and fingers with her own lumin.
Gus orbs, but she didn't move a muscle
Pretty soon Mt Ilhndstrom got over neal
the camera, and when the birds eyes al
most met the cameras eve the bulb wai
pressed. ....-,
'srhatn DO" said Mr.. Lundstrom He
dropped his fingers, turned his eyes from
the puIIet and the spell was broken.
IT'S not so unusual" said Mr. Lund
strom. Lots OF people can mesmerize OF
hypnotze chickens, They are not very
strong mentally. you know" Other fancy
poultry men say that while CHECKER
hypnotIsm Is said TO be easy, II. really is 8
diffieum task.8 Some chickens are strong
minded. HE 81 ~