El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

2 sight In justice, however. to these
barred rocks Of Mr.. Webb's d h
ney) 1 viii say that it was about as
pretty a lot as could be found any
where and it has been suggested to Mr.,
Webb that he send the same birds eX-
hibited at this how to Chicago and
( other eastern shows. He probably,
Z however. will not do so as he mates
his breeding pens in December and
viii need them
r. " Long. as usual. was on hand
with a string of White Rocks and good
ones. Many Of them looked like they
would score an even loo unless the
judge cut them for overweight EXhi-
bitOrs at Kansas City n other large
shows ave learned that Long goes
after ribbons when he goes at all. and
he goes.
Buff Rock was not d very numerous
class. but both F. Hayward and O..
MARYLAND showed birds Of high quail
ity-
LOOked as If They Were Washed.
HOman & Paddock and r. V Duden
both showed White W~yandOttes as
fine as they gro anywhere say, boys,
are you right sure you did not wash
to the show Think before you speak
for maybe you washed them and then
forgot about it, Of course their feath-
ers were all new but they were so
m~onstrOusly white 1 thought you might
have washed them Just a little They
were certainly pretty
But while on white birds I must
not forget ". L. Pringle's White Or
pingtons- They were white enough
and just the kind that Kelerstrauss
sold to Paderewski-five for $500.
And then the White LeghOrns, my
old f~avOrites. Ny ideal OF a LeghOrn
is so high that 1 am not going to pass
encOniumS on exhibitors IN this large
class. though Charles ROkahr, j. W.
Johnson, /. A Wright. z Lowe, Mr..
and Mrs. W. ]. Buie all a birds on
whose backs cotton would show a
shade Of color and that is no joke. for 1t
is a well known fact that in this sec
ton white birds are whittier, black
blacker. red redder, and pa~rti-cOlOred
of brighter hues than anywhere in the
world.
some Rhode Island Reds.
T. n. Quinn and Mrs. Glen Pollock
showed single comb Rhode Island
Reds Of high quality and this reminds
US that quite recently Mrs. Pollock lost
by death a cock bird for which h had
paid $50.
Dr.. L L. Smith, of Big Springs. Tex
a well known breeder Of single comb
reds and a true friend Of FL Paso
shows, was represented in the red class
in a small way for quantity, but a long
way for quality. He also had on hand
a pen of Buff OrpingtOns-goOd ones
which he sold TO Mrs. @. ]. Denton, Of
this city. Jack Happier also showed
Buff OrpingtOns that looked good
J. II. james exhibited Cornish
fowls and Malays and Mrs. James's
utility Brown Leghorns. Mrs James
complains that the eggs Of Cornish
fowls and Malays are too fine 70 eat,
and she being egg hungry got the
Brown LeghOrns-
All the ribbons for Notified Anconas
went to G. W Robertson, he being
the only exhibitor, and J. W wilson
won everything on his Blue Andalu-
SLAMS without competition
Chef L. Dean was a conspicuous fig
ure with his Houdans and Silver
Brackets. Chef does not cOnfine him
self to 81 PasO by a large majority,
when he needs a few more blue rib
The Pit Game Class.
In the pit game class were some
very beautiful birds, notably mOng
them a large black red Gordon cock,
exhibited by W W Crosby and a
number of hens n pullets owned
by J H. Wettergren- Mr.. Wettergren
also exhibited two jungle grade cocks,
one of which he states has won
fights and the other fou Smith Day
showed a pair Of Allen Roundhead
games-the cock a regular maneater.
In the MinOrca class, W L. Pringle
and H J Sherwood were both there
with blacks. no whites in the show.
Frank German and Hubert Sherwood
were both on and with Black Breast
ed Red Game Bantams and 1t was
to tell which were the prouder,
the boys or the birds.
Mrs. c. P. Trip brought evidence
that her stock Of bronze turkeys and
Toulouse geese is all right
DUcks2 Oh, my. If those Indian
Runners lay eggs in proportion to the
noise they make they lay SOS every
except leap year and then 366. I
will refer you for their redeeming
traits to c. Upton, breeder Of the
whites and the penciled, and to ". W. I
Day of Monte Vista Fruit Farm.
breeder of the penciled and fawn and
varieties.
Jack Dawson had a corner on the
rabbit market. He showed
fine specimens. A number of
sales Of stock were made during the
exhibit and man orders for stock and
taken.