Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-29
4O3 CAVES ENTERED
At FAIR THIS YEAR
Judges Declare Exhibit is Par
ticularly High in
Quality

The guinea pig exhibit at the fair is
the largest showing of its kind in the
country according to the figures at
the new Poultry building. The record
entry reached 4o3, the largest judged
prior to this time being about $50 All
kinds and classes are represented, and
the quality of the animals is unsur-
passed. according to a statement un-
derstood to have been made by Lewis
]. Griffin, the Judge. Keen competi-
ton marked the contest, 1t is said, and
the closest observance was necessary
to determine the winners. Exhibitor
Earl Wheeler and F. D, Coran OF
Colorado Springs and Karl Frey of
Pueblo divided the majority of the
honors, and a 13-year-old boy of the
Springs led with the best single ex-
hibit. Bernal M. Trostle living at 1924
. Bragdon is expected to win the silver
cup presented by Knebel Speciality
Shop. for the best exhibit in the pet
stock department
OF the one display sanctioned by the
Western Cavy association which covers
the territory between the Mississippi
river and the Pacific coast the Colo
RADIO State Fair was the one selected
this year. Colorado and Kansas were
represented in the large display, which
included 12S classes in three major
groups, the English, Peruvian, and the
Abyssinian. One class, the Chocolate.
is said to be difficult to breed, and it is
only thru the persistent efforts of one
of the Colorado Springs fanciers that
the breed has been produced and is
claimed to be the largest exhibit of
its class attempted in the country
Twenty-Five cavies of the class were
on display.
Mr.. Wheeler of Colorado Springs en-
tered 246 CAVES, the largest number
by a single exhibit, and captured ITS
premiums and awards His entry was
sold at the grounds to a California
fancier who paid $3.50 each for the
246 animals, which have since in
creased by two litters. The next larg-
est exhibitor Is Mr.. Coran. also of
Colorado Springs who was awarded
"a prizes and special awar'l out of
IS cavies exhibited. Karl Frey of Pu-
eblo was third with n exhibition ami
mails and % premiums. Many other
smaller exhibits came in for their por-
ton of the prizes. but the showing
made by a. small boy fancier of Colo
RADIO Springs was said to be unusual
because of the quality produced in his
cavies which took three firsts In three
classes.
Trostle and Frey were the only ex-
iipltpTS pcl pOtH showed
up well in the winning of premiums
Frey dominated the field in whites,
Coran in blacks and Wheeler took nu-
merouss prizes in every field.
The value and habits OF the Guinea
Pig are but little known to the great
majority of people, and It has been a
recent accomplishment of the science
of surgery to bring the animals to
their present state of nearly perfect
quality. The docility, size, frequent
propagation. and health enable scien-
lists and surgeons to follow disea ses
thru several generations within a short
time as the animals produce young
from five to six times yearly. Dis
eases can be traced and experimented
on the cavies and show more distinct
" and more conveniently than in any
other animal. The tameness and size
are matters of convenience in expert
mentation. They are also valued as
pets and In the meteorological labora-
tories for germ and hereditary disease
detectors