Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-07
POULTRY JUDGING
GIVES Satisfaction
Work of Newton Cash at
State Fair Exhibit
Wins Praise
DELAWARE BIRDS WIN
MAJORITY OF HONORS

For the first time in the history of
poultrydom in this section of the coun
try, the judging of the blooded fowls
was completed without complaint or
criticism from an exhibitor at the state
Fair grounds yesterday afternoon. and
when Newton Gosh, of Vineland. n. ]. |
who had judged the five hundred or morel
fancy fowls, left the grounds for his
home II was with the best wishes of ALL
exhibitors, both losers and winners. Mr.
Gosh is to Judge both the big Chicago
shows this fall and also at New York.
lie is rated as one Of the great poultry
experts.
The poultry department yesterday
was the mecca for hundreds of visitors
TO the Fair and only words of praise
wero to be heard on all sides for the !
gathering together of such fine speci- |
mems of chickens. just which breed or
variety attracted the greatest amount oil
attention would be hard TO say, but the
Frizzles displayed by a Pennsylvania |
exhibitor, whose name will not he an
nounced until the awards are officially
made, held an admiring throng before
them all day. Another attraction was
the appearance of a Light Brahma ban |
tam hen with a flock of zone" Whetherl
this chick was a pullet or cockerel was
unknown, but it was the youngest and |
smallest bird on exhibition. With the
completion of the Judging last night. IL |
became known that Delaware exhibitors
were fortunate in capturing ribbons and
prize money, the majority of the honors
being retained by them.
Ralph Dale, OF Thirty fifth and
Market streets, was a winner In the |
Buff and Black Orpington classes.
The Hilltop Poultry yards of this /
city winning second best in the |
Black Orpington Cocks. This bird
was a winner at the show here last
winter and also in Philadelphia. J.I
Denny Carville won numerous rib
bons with his Houdans as did Spring
or OF Newport beginner In the |
business.
Prize for the best bird in the show
was won by White Rock hen in
cage No. 20 owned by Horace w.
White OF Chester. Halleck DUPONT
was awarded the Spratts Special
with a White Wyandotte cockerel.
This bird is in cage No. 81.
With the Judging completed. the
Diamond State Poultry Association
will hold an open meeting al the Fair
grounds this evening, when twenty
i've new members are TO be admitted, l.
and the dates for the winter show TO
be held here decided on. William e. |
Langshaw, president OF the associa-
ton will also deliver an address on
Poultry Raising" All poultry fan
ciers are invited TO be present.
A partial list Of the awards an
nounced late yesterday afternoon fol-
lows:
Houdsns. cock. Denny Carville,
Bellefonte, first and second; hen, second
and third, and second in cockerel, third
in pullet and first in pen.
George Springer, Newport-First and !
second In pullet, first and third in cock
erel. and third IN cock and fourth in
hen.
Temple and Gorsuch-First in white ,
pekin drake.
Black Cochin. bantams-Miss Ruth
Dale Thirty-hfth and Market streets,
first in cock, first in hen, third in cock
erel and second in pullet.
D. K. Vincent, Thirty third and.
Washington streets-Fourth in cock,
second in hen, first in pullet and first
in cockerel.
Bronze turkey, cock--Dr. L. H. Ball,
Falkland, hrst' sedgley Farms, Sec
ond.
Golden Campines pen--Gcorge HYATT.
Elsmere, first, and first in pen S. G.
Brown Leghorns
Light Brahma pen-Miss Debia
Jackson, Principle Md, first
S. c. White Leghorn penelope ,
Farm, first.
S. G. Brown Leghorn pen-Mrs. L.
H. Ball second.
r. c. Rhode Island Red, cockerel-
Herbert Thornett, Marshallton, sec
ond.
S. c. White Leghorns-Hope Farm,
second in cock first in hen, first in .
first in pullet.
Rouen Duck pen--Sedgeley Farms.
first.
Indian Runner Ducks-Hope Farm
first.
Black Leghorn. Cocl--George S.
Cullen, first and second; pullet,
George s. Cullen, second.
S. c. Brown Leghorn, hen-Mrs. L.
H. Hall, second, fourth and fifth; .
cockerel and pullet, Mclean and Tur-
ner. Lincoln University, Pa, first.
Black Cochin bantams, pen-Josiah
Marvel first and fourth.
Black Tailed Japanese bantams-
Cock, hen, pullet and cockerel, Charles
c. Speakman.
Silver Wyandottes. hen-Mrs. L. II.
Ball. second, third fourth and fifth.
Black Orpington cock-Ralph Dale.
first; Hilltop Poultry Yards, second,
and Miss Debia Jackson, third; hen. !
Norris G. Temple. nrst; Ralph Dale,
second and third
Buff Orpington, cockerel and hens
Ralph Dale, first. second and third in
each and first In pen. Il
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