The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-12-13
POULTRY SHOW IS
COMPLETE SUCCESS
NEARLY 90 ENTRIES WITH INDI.
CA'.1,!, nP tG0o FOR NEyT
.E3a,
All Previous Records Passed at This
Years ShOw-FOur Clubs
Exhibit.

Exhibit.
The ninth annual exhibition of the
! WatertOwn Poultry and Pet Stock as
SOciatiOn closed Sunday evening. The
1916 show was success in every re-
spect, with nea~ly 100 exhibits. The
! number Of entries, the gross receipts
! from entries and the receipts from ad-
mission tickets passed all records OF
previous years.
! Three other organizations held then
shows IL conn ection with the Water
town exhibition. The Silver Wy
andOtte Club of America held its
first meet in this state, the American
Cornish club held it's state meet in
connection, and the Watertown Junior
Poultry and Pet Stock association oc-
cupied part OF the floor, exhibiting al
it's first annual show
Sunday was = record day for the
show. Largo 't'>mbers of local people
attended, and = licken fanciers from
all over the state were present The
state branch q be American Cornish
club Of America ield business meet
ing at the op9 !, house, Sunday after
noon. President Charles Brent OF
Oconomowoc p esided. 1t was voted
that next years Cornish exhibition
he held at the Oconomowoc show
Members OF the Silver Wyandotte
club held a business meeting at the
Opera house Sunday afternoon A
! local branch of the National Silver
! Wyandottes club was formed, and the
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, R. S. Porter; vice president, A
J. Heide; secretary and treasurer R
Hochtritt
There were 156 Silver Wyandotte
entrees at the show, more than at the
National Poultry show now being held
at Chicago.
The exhibitors and members ano
their friends were given a chicken
supper at the opera house from a
to o'clock Sunday afternoon About
$50 people were served.
Indications are that next years
show will have over thousand birds.
This years show was handicapped by
the Oconomowoc show 'peing held the
same week. Oconomowoc will hold
next years exhibition the week fol-
lowing the Watertown show. The
1917 exhibition of the Watertown
Poultry and Pet association will be
held December 5 to g.
Following are the prizes awarded
Display Winners.
Best display in show room. Charles
Dollasse, Watertown, Black Minorcas
Second best display in show room
George Garbish, Waltham, Mimi, Dark
Cornish.
Best display in solid colored Rocks
and Wyandottes, w. E Hathaway
Lake Mills, White Wyandottes.
Best display in parti-colored Rocks
and Wyandottes, Theodore Some
mann, Watertown, Silver Wyandottes
Best display in Rhode Island Reds
Mrs. J. M. Murrey, Albany, Wis, Rose
Comb Reds
Best display in Minorcas and An
conas, Charles Dollasse, Watertown
horns, Albert Zier, Watertown.
Best display of Orpintons, w. F.
GruetZmacher, Watertown.
Cup Winners.
w E. Hathaway, Lake Mills, White
Wyandottes.
! Mrs J. NJ Murrey, Albany, Rose
Comb Rhode Island Reds
Laskey & Meyer, Watertown, Speck-
; led Sussex
! Charles Dollasse, Watertown, Black
: Minorcas.
/ A r. Zier, Watertown, White Leg
horns
William F. Bell, Arlington, Brown
Leghorns.
| Dan Strickland, Fort Atkinson
Black Orpingtons.
George Garbish,, Waltham, Mimi
Dark Cornish.
| Emil Doerr, Watertown, Campines
Carl Tietz, Watertown, Rhode Isl
and Whites
Charles D. Love, Waukesha, Golden
/ Wyandottes.
Benny Habermann, Jefferson, Black
i Breasted Red Game Bantams.
Silver NyandOtte Specials.
Best display, Theodore Sonnemann
| Second best display, F. ]. Chapman
Whitewater
Best shaped male, r. A. Percy, Red
Granite.
Best shaped female, Will Thomas
/ Belleville
Best colored male, Will Thomas
Belleville
Best colored female, r. E. Hook.
tritt, Wausau.
Individual Winners.
Anconas-Single Comb
E. ]. R. Meyer, Oshkosh, 1st cock
Sd hen, I'd pen. A. V. Buth, Sullivan
I'd cock, 4th hen, Sd cockerel, 1st pul
let, Sd pen Alvin Schroeder, Water
town, Sd cock, 1st and I'd hen, I'd cock
erel, pullet. 4th pullet, 1st pen. M
A. Stellick, Sparta, 1st cockerel. Car
]. Rasmussen, Columbus, 4th cock
erel, Sd pullet.
Bantams- Cochin
]. W. Russell, Mauston, ok, 1st hen
Bantams- Cochin
Walter Mack, Watertown, 1st ok, IL
hen. F. F. Wittenwyler, Watertown
l ckl, 1st pull.
Pantonoc White Cochin