Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-11-29
GREATEST POULTRY
SHOW IS NOW ON
One Thousand of the Finest
Birds Ever Seen In City Are
Now On Exhibition At Fell
ers Hall.
FORTY SIX VARIETIES
AND PIC LARGE PENS


The Berkeley County Poultry
and Pet Stock Association Be-
gan Under Most Pleasing Cir
cumstances And The Event
Promises To Be Greatest In
Its HistOry-Competition Is
Keen in All Classes-Judge
Webb Awarding The Premi-
umns--Show Open Tonight.
The third annual show of the Ber6e-
ley County Poultry and Pet Stock As
ISOLATION began this morning in Eel
lers Hall under circumstances of
superlatiye nature. Never before In
the history of the association has
there been such variety of exhibits,
and the competition so keen, as we'll
awarding of premiums,
All Tuesday and until late that
night the exhibits continued TO arrive
from different sections Of the coun-
try Some Of them have travelled hun
dreds OF miles, ACCOMPANIED By their
owners, while others were in care of
the association. the owners knowing
Il. I
care and treatment had they been
here.
Superintendent Busy.
Mr.. J. S. Frey, of Pennsylvania ave-
nue., is superintendent of the show,
and since the birds began arriving
he has been the busiest man around
the place, receiving the exhibits and
assinging them their respective po-
sitions and classifying them so that
the awarding judge would not expe-
ence much difficulty in arriving at
his conclusions.
This morning when seen Superin-
tendent Frey stated that he was justly
proud of the large number of birds
in the hall, and that he believed this
would prove the banner show for the
association, although he regretted the
fact that the hall was entirely too
small for a show of such magnitude
Many Varieties
OF the more than one thousand
birds arrayed in the keenest competi-
ton known in the county, there are
as varieties, embracing about all Of
those known in the country. Four
States are represented. namely, West
Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and
Pennsylvania and the District of Co
lumbia This is not the first time
that these states have come in con
tact with each other in a battle for
honors in the poultry exhibits, but
this year the competition is greater
than was anticipated, because those
who were here on previous occasions
learned that if they expected to carry
OFF any honors they must be represent
ed with the finest and best varieties
they could produce, and this is what
they have done.
Every exhibitor has come with the
best of his flock and he is not afraid
to place them along side that Of any
other This has created more than
ordinary interest in the awarding of
premiums, and the exhibitors present
are watching with dense anxiety the
work of the judge.
Judge Webb at Work.
Judge George Webb, of Rochester,
n. Y. entered upon his duties early
in the day. He found the variety of
birds so great and the number SO
large that it is with difficulty he is
able to make the proper awards How,
ever, he was the first man on the job,
realizing that the task before him
while one of pleasure to judge such
a fine array, would be a strenuous as
well as a difficult one.
While at his work he stated the
association should feel proud of the
exhibits, because they were equal, If
not superior, to any in the country.
lie also said that he would be able
to complete his work today and award
the premiums, with the exception OF
the special classes and that
would be performed Thursday, SO that
when the visitors arrived during the
holiday they would be able to tell