The Daily Missoulian., 1911-12-25

bons uf In a hurry, but the amateur
exhibitor lWahld go away with his nom
eyis WORTH, whether he, won blue rib
TAI fandlgrflwill take Bride in a bird
for six HitiIptlls, He VIII! 9pring him to
the judge ANA want tiisI 5udgc to pass
an opinion Iin two minutes If the
judge makes u nlistal4aIle is no good.
Judges should insist Bill taking their
time. They should do good work II
they were forced to runstne show over
until theSnext weak Haste has often
given Judges a Hlacksseye when "
they had taken taleir time they would
have left a well. pleasods lot of fam
ciers behind them. ~ s4.fsss.,
iIhaye made It a habit TO neversfind
out what time my trainssleft a city
where 4 was Judging until after the
last ribbon was hp. This sometimes
keeps me over from FIVE 40 six hours,
but / ALWAYS catch the ski icks" when
and am on hand to straighten them out
when they come up. I have another
habit of staying over a day after the
awards are up where it is possible.
do this and stay around, pointing out
the good birds to the visitors when
| they come in. and looking over the
birds with the exhibitors. 7 have made
| some mighty good friends that way
out of men who Were "kickers.'
| Never show a ''kicker'' where he
lost until you find out whether he
knctws what he is talking about If
he kicks. on a decision, make him
get his bird and you get the winner
| irdc IN Joa 1icrbt Y1
make the .'kicker,, show you where his
bird us better than the winner. If
you do this you will often find a fell
low that does not even know his own
| bird.
had a lady kick on decision at a
show Where I was Judging. figured
that she was green" went to the
coop where her bird was Ca pullet)
and took it and rut it with the win
ming bird (there were two other pull
lets in the coop, and then told her
that her bird was in with the three
other puliets and to get it out and we
would compare 1t with the winner. She
looked very much crestfallen and adj
mitted that she did not know which
was her bird That was an extreme
case, but have had others equally
as bad.
I have sometimes found out quite a
little about birds by being a good
! listener. A man that talks all the
time learns very little. You will find
the average Kicker" a great talker
He Twill always be telling the judge
Iwhat he knows, and the judge soon
finds out that he knows very little
The fancier will often come to you
about point that he is in doubt
about and the discussion with such a
man is always worth while.
I learned more about Hamburgs in
show in British Columbia than
ever knew before. There was breed
er on hand who had helped to make
the first standard for Hamburgs.
, did not know it, but I found two pull
lets that looked so much alike that
was willing to toss up for the winner
}, II finally placed the awards, and a.
luck would have it, both birds belonged
to the same man. He came arount
after a while and I was introduced
to him. went around to the Ham
burg row and he said that had got
ten all the birds placed rightly excep
the first and second pullet but il
! 1nat instance SnOulQ nave reversed
them He showed me why. and
has always been valuable lesson t
me-
I was again judging Hamburgs Il
another show when the breeder cam
up and told me that he had no com
= petition and that he would like to tall
. with me about them. ] soon foun
out that he was a 'tcrank" of the frs
Y water. Not willing to follow tn
standard, but insisting that certai
bird would produce better bird tina
n another in spite of having defet
n that the standard ordered the jude
s to cut for OF course I did not plac
the awards to suit him. but as all th