The New York herald., 1922-01-26
Madison Square Garden
Is Now a Huge Barnyard
Everything in the Bird Line From the Canary to the
Ostrich Is There for Five Days-Jacob
Rupert Buys Huge Swan for $50

Everything in the bird line from the
canary to the ostrich-birds for the
house and porch; birds for the garden.
pool and aviary: birds for the orna-
mental waterway and birds for the
game preserve and parks on exhibi-
ton at the twenty-third annual poultry
show which opened yesterday at Madi-
son Square Garden. There are more
than five thousand specimens present
and they represent exhibitors from al
most every State in the Union and
Canada and England. Besides the
birds there are few goats and guinea
pigs According to the management
the collection Is worth at least half
million dollars.
To see the 'birds'' thousands, most
of whom are amateur farmers from
towns adjacent to New York, visited the
show During the afternoon the aisles
were crowded and at times it was diff
cult to wend ones way through the
building.
The Judging began at the morning
session and lasted all day Tho de-
cisions of the officials were good and
| met with the approval Of both fanciers
and exhibitors.
Has Fifty-two Varieties.
The center Of attraction Is in the center
of the Garden. 1t is the exhibit of G..
| d. Tilley, a naturalist Of Darien. Conn.
| He has everything from the canary to
the ostrich in his collection for total
| of fifty-two varieties. They are In
charge of Albertina Schleinhofer, noted
| ornithologist, who knows every bird by
it's name, and knows how to describe its
points as a horeman describes the in
tricate points of thoroughbred.
| Almost all day she was surrounded by
large groups of fanciers and admirers Of
the different specimens. Among her
visitors was Jacob Rupert, part owner
| of the Yankee baseball club. He became
interested in huge white swan and be-
| fore he left the Garden it was his prop
erty. He bought it at price said to be
| $50.
| Mandarin duck. Weighing less than
| eight ounces and the smallest exhibit in
the group, was sold to another fancier
for 500.
Another important exhibit Is that Of
Lord Dewar of East Grinstead, Sussex.
England. He has sent seventy-five Of
his finest specimens from his English
farm. Lord Dewar is one Of Great
| Britain's most noted sportsmen--a
yachtsman. racer of thoroughbreds and
big game hunter There are twenty va
rieties in his collection. including some
famous old English game cocks.
The homing pigeon contest. which was
scheduled for yesterday, was postponed
until this morning. It will be from the
Garden tower to the Capitol at Wash
ington. F'orty-eight birds, including the
champion, which holds the worlds record
for flight Of 614A miles in seventeen
hours and forty minutes, will make UP
the field. The birds belong to the
United States Department of Agriculture
at Beltsville. Md. They will carry q
message from T. A. Havemeyer. presi-
dent Of the show, to the First Lady in
the Land at Washington.
The Awards.
Partridge NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II. J.
Hunt. Washington. ID. c.; second, Sheffield
Farm, Glendale. Ohio; third, Buck Bros
Oxford. Mass; fourth. Roy c. Lester
| Darien, Conn.
Partridge wyandotte-IIen-First r. c.
Lester. Darien. Conn.,: second Buck Bros
Oxford. Mass: third. Sheffield Farm, Glen.
dale. Ohio; fourth. Sheffield Farm.
Partridge Wyandotte - Cockerel - First
Buck Bros. Oxford. Mass; second. r. O.
Lester. parien. Conn; third. Buck Bros.
,sD5ai. 9S,fo5si nsss; os,o' fourth. Sheffield Farm
Partridge wyandotte- shef.
field Farm. Glendale. Ohio: second and third
Buck Bros. Oxford. Mass: fourth, Sheffield
FARM.
s. c. Anconas-Cock-First. second and