The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
Exhibit Promises to Be Finest
the Virginia Association
Ever Held
MANY PR ZES ARE
OFFERED EXHIBITORS
Prominent Poultry Fanciera
From This aud Other States
Will Have Displays at
the Big Show

ever gathered together IN the state,
the annual exhibition Of the Virginia
Poultry association will be inaugu-
rated Tuesday morning at No. SOB
Last Main street. in the building for
merly occupied by the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. The entry list.
which closed December 27th, COM
p1lses single exhibits and pens OF tho
finest bSeeds extant from exhibitors
North, East and South. and all of tina
more prominent fanciers in Virginia
are, Of course, represented.
Continues -Four Days.
The show Will continue through
four days. and c. T. German. OF Car
Isle, Pa, and J, H. Wolstener, OF
Nineland, y. j.. two of tho best known
poultry experts In the country. will
act as judges, The awards viii be
the most valuable from every stand
point that the Virginia association
has ever offered. In addition to the
$1,000 in gold offered in special prizes
offered by the State organization
there will be cups and trophies galore
open to all competitors among them
being the splendid Virginia club cup
for single comb white leghorns, which
Is awarded by the National Single
Comb Leghorn club.
Here Is a brief list OF the silver
Many silver Cups.
"Guvernator Cup" given by our
superintendent and secretary. Mr..
George f. Guvernator, Richmond.
Va, for the best display in black
langshans, Won in 1912 by T. L.
McCraeken, Richmond. Va.
Warren Cup" given by Mrs. A.
J. Warren our ex-treasurer, a hand
some silver cup, for the best display
- - "A sr, e..
w. z, Webb, Rockingham, n. c. Won
in 1912 by Fred Il. Jones, Gloucester.
Va.
'..schaaf Cup" specially orpington
breeder-white and huff-426 East
Broad street. offers a handsome sill
Yer cup for best display in barred
Plymouth Rocks. Won in 1911 by
c. S. Petit. South Richmond, Va
Won 1912 by L. H. McCue, Green
wood. Va.
breeders Cup" given by friends
of The Quality Fowl S. c. Black
MAncrcas. Won In 1911 by J. w.
Snelllngs, South Richmond, Va. Won
1913 by C. F. Cross, Richmond,
Va.
These must he won twice success
s!vely to become property OF owner.
Extra silver cup. offered by Pratt
Food company. for best display In
ASi2tRC. CiGES.
silver cun offered by Smith q
Webster. Richmond. for best display
of S. c. white leghorns
Rhode Island State cup for best
Rhode Island red.
Then there are ten silver cups in
ten classes To members OF the Ameri~
can Poultry association. as follows:
American class. Won IN 1912 by
Fl. Corprew. Norfolk, Va.
English class. Won In 1919 by w.
c, sehaff. Richmond. Va
Aslatic class Won in 1912 by q.
r. Gurernator, Richmond. Wa.
Mediterranean class Won in 1914
by =. $. Burch, Richmond. Va.
Dutch class. Won in 1912 by q.
f. Guvernator. Richmond. Va.
Games and Ornamental class Won
In 1912 by G. f. Guvernator.
Bantams class. Won in 1912 by
J. w. Dennis, Binns Hall. Va
Turkeys class. Won in 1912 by r.
r. Taylor. Beaver. Dam. Va
Geese class Won in 1912 by J.
W. Dennis Binns Hall, Va.
Ducks class Won in 1912 by r. n.
Taylor, Beaver Dam, Va
Gold Medals Too
The American Poultry ASSOCIATION
ALSO .offers. gold and silver medals
TOR. doeKerel a rpups.- ana there are
special cash prizes. silk ribbon
trophies and merchandise prizes Of
fered by interested organizations all
over the country--an outlay Of awards
sufficiently attractive to tempt ex-
hibifors from far and near.
Among the exhibitors viii be James
T. Rutherford, of Rock Castle, Va,
owner Of the famous Ben 'Lomond
farm. who makes single comb Black
Minorcas Il specially, Mr. Ruther-
ford Is former Richmonder and
very popular here; l.. II. Reade. who
IS trown as the local show king,
viii Rave display ~ hiue barred
Plymouth Rocks; CORTLAND II. Smith.
the noted horseman of Warrenton.
Va. will display some prize winners
from his dark Cornish flock. and the
Strawberry Hill Poultry Yards. OF
Richmond, will show Single Comb
White and Brown Leghorns. Among
the exhibitors will he also r. Ram
doiph TAYLOR. a retired capitalist OK
Beaver Dam, Va. who VIII show tur-
keys and ducks and White Wyan-
dottes. There is one woman exhih..
tor. Miss Myra White, OF Blackstone.
Va, who will show Single Comb
White Orpingtons.
The Officers.
The officers OF the Virginia fouitry
association are:
r. s. Burlington. Highland Park.
Richmond. president.
J. w. Sneilings. South Richmond.
first vice president.
S. s. Burch. Richmond. second v1oo
president.
L. RI. Mccue. Greenwood. third vioe
president
j. r. Crudup. Richmond. treasurer.
q. r, Guyernator, Barton Heights
Richmond. secretary.
Executive Committee.
r.. 9. Burlington. chairman. R1ehss
mond: q. r. Guvernator Rschm0n6y
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