Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-27
ALBUQUERQUE HAS
CAUSE FOR PRIDE
IN THE SHOW
Kansas Poultry Expert De.
Clares He Has Never Seen a
Better Beginning for a Mid.
winter Exhibition.
PRIZE WINNERS WILL BE
ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY

y have never seen a better BEGIN
ming for an annual midwintcr pOul-
w show than you have here In this
little room" said 4. ~. Rhodes Of
Topeka, Kan, this mOrning, after the
we'll known poultry expert had taken
look around tho poultry exhibit IN
the Barnet building. preliminary TO
beginning tho scoring of the birds
Mr.. Rhodes. one OF the best known
judges of poultry In the country, arr
rived last night. He has been 10 Al
OuqucrQuc several times. having acted
~ judge az the last two poultry shows
held IN connection with the state fair.
incidentally he has done a lot 60 adj
vcrise New Mexico, for nc has con-
tributed lengthy articles to All the
leading poultry journals about the
shows he has attended In AlbuQuor-
que.
~ have done TOT of writing about
your poultry shows here" said MIR
Rhodes, FOR their excellence has
astonished me- and I have been espo-
ciaily impressed with IA number and
quality Of the trophies offered, indi-
eating az they do the enthusiastic
support given by your people 10 the
work OF producing better fowl.
AT your fair last fan / found NJ
teen handsome silver trOphics--
something unhearG OF la what Is app
parently a new district In the fancy
poultry game, and for that reason my
articles have attracted ~ lot OF atten-
ton.
THE present show is astonishing
not only In the number OF birds
shown but In their grade. Usually in
first exhibit OF this kind the num-
Der of birds does not exceed 800
Here there are close 20 ave hundred
ana they size up very well with the
best in the country / am glad 10
have the opportunity To- come To this
show and there is NO dou5t that YOU
have established what will be an an
nual and very useful event ia the up
building of The poultry industry in
this section
Has California Bca,cn.
'l have just come back from CALI
tornia where I attended poultry
show o. two. said Thomas sherwood
this morning. and in number OF birds
ana in the quality those shows mad
nothing on tins one. In tact / believe
this one shows up better than those
saw on the coast
MT sherwood is taking AN active
interest iu not only the present show
but in the development OF the poul-
tr5 business In aud around Alou-
querque.
Premium Ribbons Delayed.
The management uf the show sur
fered severe disappointment this
morning when tho secretary received
a letter from the George Lautcrpr
company OF Chicago. manufacturers
OF trophies and premium bacg 81
stating that owing % rush of busi-
ness thcy had been unable 60 rom-
plete the prize badges ana ribbons ia
ume Tor The Albuquerque show The
order Tor THESE VS. placed in ample
time ana the officers OF the assncia-
tion are very much annoyed az the
delay. They announce. however that
each ana every ribbon viii be- care
tulll sent % cnCh winner by regis
tered mail, So that Their, viii De- no
chance Tor confusion and exhibitors
need not worry Pending The receipt
.ot the official ribbons tcmporarl
marks ~ distinction will bee used.
Winners tO ~, announced Monday.
The winners OF prizes and trophies
VIII De- announced on Monday hN the
management Ia former poultry
shows haste la giving out the awards
has resulted in some confusion among
owners ana this time tho premium
list wiN be- carefully revised before %
is given out.
Tho show has been thrunged with
visitors this morning and consid-
cradle sum toward the expense of the
show win bc realized from the small
admission charged.