The Washington herald., 1922-11-19
POUL TRY SHOW
TO BRING BIRDS
IN NALLFANC|ES
Exhibit Tuesday to Saturday
Will Be Managed by Or. Lin
coin Orr, Known Over World
ARMY PIGEONS ENTERED
Navy Expert to Judge Homers,
Some of Which Are Prize
lbwinners From English Clubs

!. WaSnlnVIOn STcdIceS Pooisty
show will be opened next Tues
day morning and continue through
Saturday.
Birds from "a tozen states. and
England will be assembled by
some Of, the best known fanciers
Of the country for the big exhi-
ition to be held in the old
Coliseum over Center Market.
ORR TO MANAGE SHOW.
ID. Lincoln Orr, the worlds fore
most poultry show manager. of Cor
nkli, y. Y. has been engaged to man
age the Washington show. He is
Secretary of both the Washington
ard the Madison Square Garden
show. At the close of the local show.
Mr.. Orr will sail for England to be
the guest of British fanciers at their
great winter exhibition at the Olym-
ph. The Prince of Wales will open
this event.
while in England Mr.. Orr will ar
range for bringing several important
exhibits to next years show here.
Elisha Hanson. president Of the
local show. has recently imported
frpm England the champion fantail
pigeons of the British Fantail Club,
OF London. Racing numbers which
have broken all records will be pres
ept'i in large numbers. Mr.. Hanson
will not enter his champions In the
Regular classes.
Capt. d. c. BuscalI, who headed
the army pigeon service overseas dur
ing the war; F. E. Dismer. w. F.
Dismer. j. II. Holmead, and E. A.
Willis are among those who will
exhibit homing pigeons.
lieut. J ]. McAtee. who has charge
OF Ihe pigeons OF the United States
navy. will judge the racing homers.
6Ae Of the features of this years
shbw will be an exhibition of the
Bows and Girls Club of Bethesda
Ma This club is the first organized
Ia. Montgomery county under the
direction of the Department Of Ag-
ricuIture. These youthful fanciers
are planning to make their exhibit
here a national event.
Visitors to the show will see
practically every variety of bird
known from the q, tiny rose-comb
bantam. weighing less than sixteen
ounces To the Jersey Black Giant.
weighing when grown nearly sixteen
pounds.
old favorites. such as Barred
Rocks Rhode Island Reds. Buff
/ Orpingtons and White Leghorns will
be present in better quality and
larger number than ever before.
Prominent among the exhibitors
viii be G.. y. Myers. Of Hanover
Pa. one of the country's biggest
shCw manufacturers; w. ID. Kneesi.
of Riveriale. Md: the Egg-a-Day
farms of Vienna, Va. and l.. B. Ohm
stead of this city.
RECORD BUFF TO RE SHOWN.
The worlds record Buff Orphing-
ton hen. Lady Egg-a-Day, which two
years ago broke all records with
423 eggs in 1865 days of laying. will
probably BE- shown for one day dur
ing the show
The Providence Hospital Farms
which show yearly at the local show,
promise their best showing this year
Old breeds. such as Dark Cornish,
will be displayed in large numbers
Among the Cornish exhibitors will
be the Rolling Rock Farms. belong
ing to the brother of Secretary
Mellon: Aaron Fell. of Bethesda,
rentOn, Va. and Linstead Farms, Of
Boone. Md.
Pigeons always attract great at
tention at the show. They will be a
feature this year. The range will
run from the tiny oriental frill to
the large white Swiss Mondaine.
Foremost among the exhibitions
Of Swiss are Baird's Pigeon Loft,
owned by. James Baird, president
of the George A. Fuller Construc-
tion Company; Sunnyside Farm,
Scranton, Ia. w. c. Rowlands,
Alta. Ia, Ed Rosenthal. Grand
Rapids, Mich; and Ernest Norman,
Egg HarbOr, y. ].
LIST OF OTHER EXHIBITORS.
Other exhibitors at the show
will be:
Norman Schaurath. Melford.
Mich: Egyptian Farm. Marion,
III; ". l.. Isom. I'll Rutledge
street, Spartanburg. S. c.: Earnest
Norman. Egg Harbor. y. j.: F. E.
Desmer. 1850 Montell avenue north
east. Washington. d. c.: f. H.
Willis. us Otis Place northwest,
Washington. d. G: c. II. England.
United States Capitol. Washington.
u. c.; Mills Kitchen, bethesda, Md. !:
Capt. u. c. Buscall, Box 62, River
dale. Md; John II. Holmead. 1888
Thirteenth street northwest, Wash.
ingtOn. d. c.: William F. Wolf. IA
Marion street. Hyattsville, Md.
Pennington Racing Pigeon Loft.
&S2 Fourth street, Congress
Heights. Washington. ID. C.; w, F.
D~smer. 1547 Columbia road, Wash
ingtOn. d. c.: W. c. Rowland, ALA.
Iowa: John III. Steckles. Claverach.
n Y: Mrs. Elisha Hanson, Bethes-
ia. Md: James w Edwards, l24
North Orange street, Albion, Ind !:
I'D Rosendall. r. F.. ID. 4, Grand
Rapids, Mich: w. s. Lincoln, Ia
kefna Park, Md: l.. Il. Olmster.
Route 9, Anacostia Station, Wash
ington. d. c.: Miss Mary d. Hultan.
Woodlands, Gaithersburg, Md. !:
Charles +. Hagen. Jewett Drive.
GAINESVILLE. Ohio: George G. Smith.
:03 Clay street, Suffolk. Va: George
W. III. Ladner. 3436 Seventeenth
street northwest. Washington, ID.
o.. G.. ID. Tillery. Darien, Conn. !.
Earnest Dale, $50 Fifteenth street :
.AnImbridge. Pa; Henry jackson
Hunt, $500 Wisconsin avenue
Chevy Chase. Md; r. F. Alden. s
Bromley avenue, Binghamton. ".
r.. William r. Broderick, Forest
street. Clinton. Mass; Rob-
ert L. Marcley. S24 AIbee
building. Washington. d q.