The sun., 1916-12-06
CARUSOT THE GOLDEN
TAKES GANDER PRIZE
His Rich Tenor Sends Palace
France Back to the Barn.
yard in Gloom.
POULTRY SHOWS BIG DAY
There Are 500 Rabbits, IL
Cats and Some Wonderful
Finchcs as Well.

Palace France may be the best bird
among 5000 at the Grand Central Pal
ace Poultry Show. and a lot Of folks are
willing to concede that he is. but yes
terday over In the goose class a proud
old Gander with a rich tenor voice all
but humbled this same =. France. the
naughty chief OF the Bun O%rpingtons.
For has not this ander's name blazed
forth in electric lights on Broadway, and
has IT not been known to fame for q
decade? Caruso they have called him:
and not without reason. Other geese
may emit familiar barnyard sounds, but
not Caruso. His is a mellow voice tina
draws a crowd and holds an audience.
II Is worth the price OF admission.
Folks hung around him yesterday
straining to catch every note. and the
chief of the Bun Orpingtons was all but
neglected.
But Palace France Ia young yet and
In time he too may develop accomplish
ments: lie only pecked his way out Of
the shell last March and already he
weighs ten and one-half pounds and has
a blue ribbon to his credit. Caruso has
had two and one-half years TO develop
his voice. his early days having been
spent in England. The owners OF Pal
ace France refused $3.50 for him ycs,er-
day.
Rabbits and Cats Also.
The poultry show opened yesterday
and will continue all the week. In ad-
dition to poultry. AS the term Is COM
monty applied. there are about 500 rab-
bits. III cats OF high degree and a ,argc
collection OF wild birds. The 5000 fowls
In the show were said by All expert to
be worth more than half a million dol
lars. and there are more han 10000
worth or cats up on the ',alcony.
OF all the coniros,ral fringilloid speci-
mems the exhibit OF the Kenwood
Aviaries Of Deal. n. J.. Is perhaps the
most noteworthy. One Of these Is 20
catlikc In Its affections that even those
well versed In bird lore have marvelled,
II is a tame green eyed toucan. which
likes to be stroked and pu.rs during the
operation. Another new one is thu
P~eachfaced Love Bird. which IL not In
the Bronx Park collection. The Ken
wood Aviaries specializes In rare, for.
eisn and tropical fnches.
The man who had the largest per.
centage OF prizes In the awards made
yesterday was T.. II. Morris OF Spark.
hill. n. Y. with his xhibit OF water.
fowl. He took twenty prizes wi,t
twenty birds. The owen Farms o'
Vineyard Haven. Mass. took most o.
the awards In the White Orpington elias,
and J. Robinson Beard Of Lucknow
Farms. Greenwich. Conn, was a larg,
winner IN the Bun Orpington class.
Mrs. McAIIisier's Many Prizes.
The showing OF cats Is under tn,
auspices of the Westchester cat Club
n the largest winner was Mrs. AIMS
McAllister of 3l0 West l4Oth street. VIII,
has thirteen cats at the show and TWEEN
ty-seven more at home. She took ciph
frsts. some seconds. and got n golt
medal for having the greatest number o
cats at the show.
The best female cat on the balcony 1
worth 81, 200. Her name Is Whit,
Magic. and they refused that amount 70
her yesterday. The best cat In the en-
tire how happens to be a tom. so he 1
only worth $500. cat prices range from
$40 TO $1,000, with the average prlc
about 500.
One OF the chief topics OF discussion
among p%oultrymen yesterday was tn
high price Of feed. Cracked corn, the,
say. has gone up 81 a bushel and Is s,il
on the increase, so that they are reall
getting no more from their hens tina.
usual. even with fancy egg prices rang
ing up to sl.10 a dozen.