Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-30
VALUED AT $4,000
AriStoCratic Birds Now Strut
ting About at Poultry Show.
SOME FREAKS DISPLAYED
"Rubbernecks' and Game Cock At
tract Attention-Many Awards
Are Made.

The first annual poultry show of the
Capital Poultry and Pigeon Association is
being held in Takoma Hall. Takoma
Park. d. c., with what is conceded to
be the finest exhibition of fowls and birds
ever seen in this section of the country.
Ten states and the District of Columbia
are represented in the exhibition, the
total collection representing value Of
over $1,000 The exhibition will continue
until Saturday.
When the doors were thrown open to
the public yesterday fowls to the number
of more than LOCO. and including every
thing from the tiniest bantams to the big
Cochins. Brahmas and Orpingtons of the
heavyweight class. were in place. In
cluded In the show were turkeys. ducks.
geese, pigeons and representatives Of
twenty-five more breeds of poultry.
The judge selected to make the awards
is F. G. Bean Of Collegeville. Pa.
Judge Has Hard Task.
Mr.. Bean was one Of the busiest men at
the show yesterday, one of his hardest
propositions being to make an award OF
the prize In a class which contained over
100 members of the same species. A fea-
ture of the exhibition last night was a
lecture delivered in the Takoma Public
Library by Prof. Roy II. Wait on how
To raise poultry. He will deliver a SINH
lar lecture this evening at the same
place.
Several freak birds are OH exhibition
and attracted considerable attention, in
Guiding German naked necks. commonly
known to the breeders as "rubber-necks,"
and a game cock. said to be the king of
the show and winner of many hard
fought battles. the bird being valued at
S1.aW. ten-pound capon is also one of
the freaks. IT was received from the
Maryland Agricultural College experiment
station. The story is told in few words
by card above the coop. which reads:
He was Matched in an incubator and
reared in a brOoder. but knows how to
cluck and mother the young chicks which
he has adopted
List of Awards.
The following awards have been made:
Barred Plymouth Rocks. E. d. Tally, NJ.
X. Stroud. George A. Redhead. Hezekia
Day. Harry Myers: white Plymouth
Rocks. r. T.. Lee. Hutchinson & Heit-
muller, William Busey, W. G. Muller, ].
F. Defandorf, Pine Grove farm and l..
y. Gray: buff Plymouth Rocks, W. 1.
Orrison, A Fl. Kirk, W. G.. Muller silver
laced Wyandottes, Fl. j. Hunt; golden
laced WyandOttes. H. j. Hunt S F. Whit
more. II. j. Hunt; white Wyandottes, 0.
c. Carver, Elwood Taylor, Hutchinson &
Heitmuller. f. K. A. LitZan and j. w.
Warrington Columbia Wyandottes George
f. Bliss and II. ]. Hunt; partridge Wyan-
dottes, II. j. Hunt, j. f. Bret and Harry
l.. Smith: blue Andalusians, W. l.. Kirby;
single comb brown LeghornS, John H. Da-
Wis. James A. Davis, Love * Dixon. w.
6. Miller and Robert Rigelow; single
comb white Leghorns. Gilbert c. Hillin-
sar. NJ. h. Stroud. f.. l.. Buddington, c.
w. Rippey e. Son, &. S. Moore. w. q.
Miller and Otto j. G. Grau: single-comb
buff Leghorns, John NJ. Davis. I. Frank
Hall and j. {. Benedict: sngle-cOmb
black Minorcas George W. Estler. L.. A.
Gray and Stanley Anderson; sinsle-comb
white Minorcas. G. b. r. Baldus. and
white OrpingtOns. ID. T.. Coon. Charles u.
Holden, E. e Hutchinson, X. ID. Lille.
Pine Grove farm. Otto j. Grau, Walter
+. Thorne and W. A. Eiefer.