The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-12
POULTRY SHOW
 IN FULL BLAST
MANY, FEATHERED CHAMPIONS NOW BEING SHOWN AT LIN COLIN HALL BY BRIDGEPORT POULTRY ASSOCIATION, INC.- EXHIBITS OF RARE SPECIES OF CHICKENS, TURKEYS, DUCKS AND GEESE-WILL CONTINUE FOR THREE DAYS.

Probably the largest and most varied poultry show ever held in this city is now on at Lincoln hall, Cannon street, under the auspices of the Bridgeport Poultry Association, Inc: Over 1000 birds are on exhibition and the entry list demonstrates that the competition will be keen in each class. The largest exhibit of turkeys, geese and ducks that were ever offered in the city is now being shown.
 One of the features of the show is "Joe Pye", the champion $2,500 Buff Orpington rooster, owned and exhib- ited by Joe Pye of South Norwalk. Something never seen before at poultry exhibition in this city are the pens of pheasants shown by J. Percy Bartram of Black Rock, and G: D: Tifley of Darivn. D. s. Hartwell of Washington, Conn.,, exhibits a. fine display of cochin and bronze tur- keys.
 In Buff Cochin bantams, G. B. and Ben Brundage, of Danbury, have fine exhibit.
 Some of the larger exhibitors in- clude Howard Gould, of Port Wash ington. N. r., showing White Wan dottes; A. l.. Marshall, of Port Ches- ter, N. r., and Leroy W. Mix, of this city. Edward A. Ring, of Westport, exhibits a pit of games and Houdans. M A. Warriner, of this city, White Leghorns.
 The Gaylor- Farm, of Wallingford, has. large number of s. c. Brown Leghorns, and Leroy Mix. of this city, Rose Comb Brown Leghorns. Buck ingham Marsh has an entry of fine 5. c. Buff Leghorns.
 "Joe Pye'' of South Norwa1k, owner of the champion of the world Buff Orpington cock, has big entry of s. C. Buff Orpingtons, also E. T. Bed ford, of Greens Farms. The Black Beauty Farms of Southport, also ex- hibft s. c. Black Orpingtons and s. c. White Orpingtons. as does l.. B. Switzer of Southport.
 Stephen Healy, of this city, shows white crested Black. Polish; D. B. Munger, of East River, Rhode Island Seds, and R. J. Drew, of Bridgeport, Rhode Island Reds.
 The Gaylor Farms of Wallingford, and George E.. Sartain, of this city, have large exhibits of Barred Ply mouth Rocks. =
 Other exhibits include Blue Swedish ducks, Mallards, Indian runners and other breeds of the web footed Acrea- lures, and in the chicken exhibits, Rhode Island Reds, Black, White and Buff Orpingtons, Brahmas, White Wyandottes and in fact almost every known breed Of these valuable and productive fowl.
 An exhibit that should attract more than usual attention is the Blue An dalusian chickens and the partridge cochins shown for the first time in this city,
 The judges selected for the show are w. R. Graves, of Southboro; Mass; Paul P Ives, of Guilford, and C. w Bunnell of New Haven. The show opened at 10 o'clock this morn ing and will continue each day unttl 10 o'clock Thursday evening. z
 One section of the show ise given over to the exhibition of pigeons and pet stock. In this section is shown a Black Belgian hare owned by Mas ter John Toucey; confess and tafl- less chicken shown by Roy Mix, and an exhibit of Klondike chickens, the fowls that lay eggs for the miners in the frozen North and who cannot stand the climate of warmer latf- tudeS.
 The show deserves and undoubtedly will have the patronage of ali who are interested in the breeding of poultry Or pets.