The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-03
SHOW
WILL END TODAY
Many of the Prize Winners Will Be
Announced BY the Scoring
Judges.

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. ga large por-
tion of the prize winners in the sec
ond annual Eastern Oklahoma Poultry
association show, which is being held
in Tulsa this week, will be announced
today. Judges Savage and Greer, after
a days hard work, last night finished
their task of scoring the hundreds of
birds of all descriptions, and will
award the various prizes and ribbons
today.
A large crowd of visitors spent
much time in the show rooms yeser-
day, and until late last night the room
was filled with interested persons,
both poultry raisers and ordinary spec
tators, who visited out of curiosity
and say all they expected to see.
Open Each Day.
The show rooms will be open to the
public every day this week from 8
o'clock a. m, until 10 o'clock p m.
The exhibits are all in place, and
when the rifferent ribbons and gold
leg bands were attached to the prize
winning birds and coops today the
spectators will have chance to pick
out the choicest of the fowls.
Rules of the Show.
Awards for the best display are
based upon the following scale of
points. Each first prize shall count
eight points, each second prize, six
points, and each third prize, four
points. A display shall consist of not
less than ten birds of one variety.
| There must be three entries in each
and all classes or the first prize money
will be withheld but first prize honor
awarded and second money revert to
first prize winner.
Season admission tickets will be is
lsued free of charge to all exhibitors
No exhibits will be allowed to be re
moved from the exhibition room unit
latter the close of the exhibition, Jan
Iuary 6, 1912.
A unique feature of this years SHOW
Twill be the awarding of gold leg bands
Ito all first premium birds. These viii
be stamped "E. o. P. A., First Prize.
Prizes Offered.
Following is a partial list of thu
prizes that are offered:
Best display of pigeons and ban
tems Two rolls of rofing by Dicka
son-Goodman Lumber company
j Highest scoring cock, SIS in gold b,
Merchants and Planters bank.
Highest scoring cockerel, SIS in gol
by Exchange National bank.
!. Sweepstakes prize on best cond
toned pen in the show, SIS in gold b
: Central National bank,
/ Highest scoring pen, $3.50 in golt
by A. A. Small.
Highest scoring white Wyandott
) pullet, 81 in gold, by Postmaster Wa
ter l. Reneau.
Highest scoring ten birds of one Vi
riety. owned and exhibited by one e,
hibitor. $50 in gold, second prize 81
in gold, by Eastern Oklahoma Poultr
association.
The following cups will be awarded
. Highest scoring pen, Ben Jewel'
, Rice cup; best display, Friedma
Jewelry company, cup; largest an
!, best display, Fred d. Wermuth, cur
q best American class pullet, Pratt Foe
!. company, cup.
= Best display of white Leghorns, oa
footstool, Sellers Brothers.
Largest and best display of whll
birds, one Gem incubator, by Bindin
Z lStevens company.
There are also over twenty-five sp
cial merchandise prizes offered on di
=, lferent classes by the Wright Clothir
company, many other merchandii
:; prizes by other local merchants, al
q over 5000 in cash by the associate
for first, second and third prize wi
II Iners in all the various classes.