The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-12
Winners of Prizes in Richards
Street Show EXult Over
Success.
SOME CRITICISE JUDGE
Governor Spry and State Fair
Board VIII Visit Exhibit
Today.

EThis is Beauty. She is only five
wears old and is the best hen IN tho
show, in fact. thinl; she is the best
hen in the world
''I tell you when YOU have bird
that scores 96ai points you've got
some bird, believe me. Beauty is smart,
TOO. At home she follows me around
like a dog. and sometimes she trio5 to
talk She is pretty near human at
times,
As S. A. Elswood was thus dcscant-
ing TO large crowd around his prize
pen, he held Beauty in his arms and
foudled her rs ono would baby. The
hen would affectionatelY look up into
his face and rub her neck over his
arm. Then Mr.. Elswood would set the
hen down on box and say, stand
Up, Be;hty Look at that comb. Did
YOU ever see finer one? And that
tail, and those wings
bystander said: What s the mat"
ter with her eye?
ooh, that IS where another hen has
pecked her. Notwithstanding she js
the best bred bird in the pen. she is no
fighter. The other hens all pick on
her even her grandmother. that one
over there Mr.. EIswood stopped
long enough to point out a big white
Plymouth Rock weighing more than
ten pounds.
Prize Not for Sale.
He then resumed. g Beauty is a
lavcr, too. Last year she laid 100 eggs.
No, ! don Z want to sell her.
Beauty was put back IN the pen and
blo rooster was hrOuOht
"T'his rooster took first, said tho
proud owner. ''Look at that comb.
Sec the fine points. His name is Dick,
lie scored 95M and weighs ten and
one-half pounds. He was cut by the
nudge on account Of his tail. I have a
finer bird than he is at home. >,
AS il was IN front Of the Elswood
pen, it was all over the show room Of
the poultry exhibit on Richards street
playing to the curious ones the fine
points of his respective pigeons and
chickens. The chickens and pigeons
had ceased TO COO and crow. They had
all been Judged The prize winners had
stopped their Civilizations and the losers
had become Teconciled to their loss and
no longer Iamonted their disappoint-
ment.
Occasionally the crowd around some
pen would thin out after the exbib-
itor had retoId his story and assured
not for sale, he might, as special ac-
commodatiou, dispose Of one.
Then two or more exhibitors would
get together, One would say, "What
do you think OF that Judge. FL only
gave my bird 95, while 50 and 's.
which Is not near so fine q bird, got
95I.'
Down to Fine Points.
"Oh. don't know said another,
~ think nc was q pretty good judge.
lie gave my cock 95h, Last year the
same bird was given % by different
nudge
a third man interposed: after he
got through / brought him here and
asked him which of my two cocks
had the best comb. He said this one
| then showed him by the score card
that he had given tine other the highest
rating
SO 1T went all day. Some thought
the Judge was al right, Others thought
he was little inconsistent. Every
once in a while the different exhibit
ors would stop discussing the Judge
and fall TO arguing which was The best
variety of chicken for all purposes.
There were As many opinions IA there
were varieties. The visitor honestly
trying 10 learn something was soon At
sea battling with the waves of Orpipg
tons, Wyaudottcs, Rhode Island Reds
Leghorus and Plymouth Rocks, single
and rose combcd.
The range Of visitors yesterday was
larger than any previous day, aud there
was greater proportion Of women
among them.
Governor Srrv and The state fair
board viii pay au official visit 10 the
show al IL O'clock this forenoon