The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-16
EXHIBIT PIGEONS
IN HOOPER BLOCK
Annual Exhibition Opened
With Large Display of
Birds.

With pigeons being shown exclusive
ly because the state poultry show will
be held this year at Logan, the annual
exhibition Of the Utah Pigeon club was
opened yesterday morning in the
Hooper block on East First South
street The show will continue through
the week.
Many OF the birds ON exhibition have
been imported from other countries.
Many are from other states, a fancier
of California having entered fifty.four
birds. The pigeons are being exhibited
III wire cages of the latest pattern.
Among the varieties on display are
fantails, all coors; pouters, carriers,
archangels, barbs, carneauX, dragons,
hen pigeons, show homers, face tumb,
lers, long-face tumblers, parlor tumb,
pies. English owls, African owls, Chi
nese owls. oriental frills, runts, the
largest bird of the pigeon family,
weighing three pounds; swallows, Rus
sian and English trumpeters, turbits
and frill backs.
The Utah Pigeon club Will pay cash
premiums as follows:
$1.00 first prize-ln class OF SIX
Co. or more.
on cents second prize
30 cents first prize-ln all classes
less than six Co in a class.
$3.50 first, $500 second prizes-For
best display IN class Of four or more.
Besides the above prizes the Utah
Pigeon club will give beautiful RIB
bon for first, second and third prizes,
and a beautiful purple ribbon as spe-
cial for the best bird of each variety.
The Bailey cup for the best 1913
bred fantail, this cup to be won twice
by the same exhibitor before becoming
his personal property. The bird must
be owned and bred by the exhibitor.
Won by n. J. Thomas, January, 1913.
Silver trophy for the best old dragon
in the show,
The Ivy cup for the best old Nal
tesc hen pigeon. This cup to be won
twice by the same exhibitor before be
coming his personal property. Won by
c.. r.. King, January, 1918.
The VoCler, cup for the best tumbler.
All classes competing, to be won on
points This cup to be won twice by
the same exhibitor before becoming his
personal property. Won by G. j. DietZ,
January, 1918,
The Outerson cup for the best 1913
bred bird. All classes competing. TO
be won on points This cup to be won
three times by the same exhibitor be-
fore becoming his personal property.
The bird to be owned and bred by the
exhibitor Won by Oscar Lindberg,
January, l9l2-l9l3.
The purple trophy for the best old
pigeon in the show To be won on
points This cup TO be won twice by
the same exhibitor before becoming his
personal property. Won by c. R. King,
January, 1913.
J. II. Armstrong offers $500 cash for
best yellow carneaux cock, and $l.OO
cash for the best Yellow carneau1 hen.
to outside exhibitors.
c. j. Dietz offers $lo0 cash for the
best short face tumbler exhibited by
a non.member of the club,
Frank L. Weston Of Lindsay. Cal, is
Judge for tho exhibition. J, II. Arm
strong, 73t Major avenue, is the club s
secretary. The Officers Of the club are:
Ralph T. SNOWFALL president; J, il,
Armstrong, secretary; n. j. Thomas, as
sistant secretary. The show commit
tee is composed of c. Fl. BaclSman, r,
r. SNOWFALL, O. Lindberg, j. "a. Arm
strong, C. j. Dietz, n. J. Thomas, l.. r.
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