Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-06

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the most successful hatch in the shoe
room. 1000 eggs TO be entered.
Buff Wyandotte Special.
E. c. Boniger. Davenport, offers $50
il. gold, as follows:
First cock, So; first cockerel, So:
first hen, SIS: first pullet, So; first old
pen, So; first young pen, So. Fourtee~
birds to fill in the singles and ten
pens to fill.
In less than fourteen singles and
ten pens. and more than seven singles
and five pens. half the above prize will
be paid.
Partridge Rocks Special.
Sweeney and Simmon, Rock Island,
offer $50 in gold. as follows:
First cock, So; first cockerel, So; first
hen, IS; first pullet, So; first old pen.
So; first young pen, So. Fourteen birds
TO fill in the singles and ten pens to
fill.
In less than fourteen singles and ten
pens, and more than seven singles and
five pens, half the above prize will be
paid.
Silver Cup and Medal Specials.
The association offers a s25 silver
cup to the exhibitor showing the best
cock, cockerel, hen and pullet of one
variety
SIS silver cup to the best pen o.
Rocks.
SIS silver cup to the best pen OF
Reds.
SIS silver cup to the best pen OF
WyondOteS
SIS silver cup to the best pen of
Orpingtons.
SIS silver cup to the best pen OF
Leghorns.
Gold medal to the best male in sin
gle entry Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Gold medal to the best male in sim
gle entry White Plymouth Rocks.
Gold medal to the best male in sim
gle entry Buff Plymouth Rocks.
Gold medal to the best male in sim
single entry Partridge Plymouth Rock.
Gold medal to the best male in sin
gle entry Single Comb Rhode Islani
Reds.
Gold medal to the best male in sin
gle entry Rose Comb Rhode Island
Reds.
Gold medal TO the best male in sim
gle entry White Wyandotes.
Gold medal 10 the best male in sin
gle entry Buff Wyandotes.
Gold medal TO the best male in sin
gle entry Partridge Wyandotes.
Gold medal TO the best male in sin
gle entry White Orpingtons.
Gold medal to the best male in sin
gle entry Black Orpingtons
Gold medal 10 the best male in sin
gle entry Buff Orpingtons.
Gold medal to the best male in sin
gle entry Brown Leghorns.
Gold medal TO the best male in sin
gle entry White Leghorns.
(Seven entries to fill.
Miscellaneous Specials.
A. Bordeau, Rock Island, offers one
Black Orpington cockereI to the ex-
hibitor showing the largest number
Of Black Orpingtons One setting OF
eggs for third cockerel; also third
pullet.
+. c. Boniger. Davenport, offers one
Buff Wyandotte cockerel to the ex-
hibitor showing the third cockerel;
also one setting of eggs for third pull
let
II. B. Baasch. Davenport. offers 100
White Leghorn eggs for Matching, for
best exhibit of White Leghorns.
The Moline directors offer gold leg
bands to each first cock, cockerel, hen
and pullet.
Secretary offers a Go Bang burglar
alarm, manufactured by the Gee Man
ufacturing company. Bridgeport, Conn,
for the largest display of Bantams; al
so one Trespass alarm for best ex-
hibit OF Anconas.
Pigeons.
In all classes OF less than ten birds
in the class the special prizes will not
be given. but first ribbons given.
First prize, 81; second prize. 80
cents; third. fourth and fifth. ribbonS
The pigeon department will be gov
erned by the same rules and regula-
tons as those used in the poultry de-
partment.
The rules OF the American Pigeon
club will be recognized in the pigeon
exhibit
Classes-Pouters. English. Pouters
Pigmy. Pouters Brunei, and Norwich
Choppers, Runts, Carriers, Fantails,
Short Face Tumblers, Long Face Tum-
blers. Muffled Tumblers. Saddle Tum-
blers. Parlot Tumblers.: English, AT
rican and Chinese Owls. Oriental
Frills. Turbets, Magpies. Swallows,
Huns. Archangels, Dragons, Shaw
Bomers. Flying Homers. Shields. Star
lngs. Ice Pigeons, Helmets, Polish
Lynx. Swifts. F'riIbaoks, Carneaux.
Austrian Straussers, Antwerps, Nal:
4 tese, Hen Pigeons, F1orentine Hen