The San Francisco call., 1910-12-09
CHICKENS CLUCK
LONG live QUEEN
Miss Evelyn Oftenkamp Chosen
to Rule Ger Petaluma
Poultry Show
Especial Dispatch to The Call

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PETALUMA, Dec. s-The contest for
queen of the Petaluma carnival and
poultry show closed at o'clock to-
night and the competition was exciting
and close. At the end of the race Miss
Evelyn Oftenkamp, Miss Lorene Perry
and Mabel Young were the leading
competitors. Miss Oftenkamp won by
more than 1900 votes.
The dueen-elect is a popular girl of
this city and the choice meets with the
approval of all She is a handsome
brunette and will make a gracious
queen. The coronation will take place
Saturday evening, when the acrnival
will be turned over to her rule.
The second day of the poultry show
brought hundreds of visitors to the city
and special excursion on the Peta-
luma-Santa Rosa electric railroad
brought a large delegation from Sc
bastopol tots evening as return COM
pliment to the Petalumans who paid a
visit to their Gravenstein apple show
last summer. The show is the largest
ever held in Petaluma and the 1920 en-
tries cover large range of fowls. The
white leghorn, the bird that made Pet
aluma famous. is largely represented
and the awards have been made in this
class.
PRIZES WIDELY DISTRIBUTED
The prizes cover a large area of
California. The first prize pen went
to c. B. Darlington of Hayward; cock
and cockerel to Mrs. S. Kerbey of
San Jose; pullet, c. B. Darlington,
Hayward
Special interest is taken in the COM
petition between the leghorn and
orpington classes, but the little white
hen promises to hold her own. The
orpington class is one of the best rep
resented in the show and contains
some of the finest birds on exhibition.
OF the four best known breeds of the
orpington class-the buff. the black,
the white and the partridge-the buff
orpingtons were represented in great
est numbers
The beautiful partridge orpingtons
made small but fine display. Lady
Alice, white orpington pullet, is
probably the best hen in the show.
She is the property of W. II. Inrgam
of Fruitvale and is but II months old.
She has already six f1rsts to her credit,
never having been beaten. The Or
pington club of California, which is
doing great work for the orpington
owners of this state, has given rib
bons for all divisions of this class.
They have been awarded as follows:
Cock, buff. r. E. Kingman, Petaluma
cockerel. W. S. Mack, Santa Barbara ;
black cockerel, William H. Mackay,
Stockton; white pullet, Lady Alice,
w. II. Ingram, Fruitvale; hen, W. H.
Goodhere Brothers of Compton car
ried off the honors for partridge or
pingtons.
JUDGE is BUSY
The judge of the poultry is Charles
McClave of London, o. who came out
to judge this show. He has about
one-third completed the task, and the
work will last until Saturday. The
show will close Saturday night, when
the prizes will be distributed. Attor-
ney w. B. Haskell of Petaluma will
deliver the address to the assemblage.
r. N Moore of Oakland is judging the
pigeons.
Exhibits ar represented by entries
from San Diego to Napa. William j.
Head of West Berkeley has 20enice ex-
hibits of fancy fowl. William G. Nc
Dougal of Coronado has some of his
well known performing parlor tumbler
pigeons on exhibition. e. f. Bradley
has small exhibit of English carriers
and dragons.
Irving P Weekes of Santa Rosa has
several fine show homers on exhibition.
j. Hildrith Crow of Oakland has on
exhibition one of the best English
pouters ever seen in California. III.
Maltester of Napa Junction has the
largest display on exhibition of utility
pigeons Besides what are known as
the standard breeds. many minor
species that are bred largely for orna-
mental purposes are on exhibition. Per
haps nothing attracts more attention
from the uninitiated than the show of
mammoth bronze turkeys, one old COB
bier tipping the scales at 81 pounds.