New-York tribune., 1922-01-27
pigeon Aero" Carries Greetings
OF Poultry Show to Mrs. Harding
18 Birds Freed at Madison
Square Garden and Dart
Away for Washington:
Days Attendance 5000

Tie second day OF the aed Annual
Poultry Show opened at Madison
square Garden yesterday with 4 good
s.zed attendance The poultry cNhibi-
lion is attracting more attention this
wear shan proviously The box Office
ieportcd more than 5000 paid admis
sioas
\ feature O. tho show Yesterday was
me releasing of for.y-eight carrier
pigeons on a tcs, flight to Washington.
Secretary H. Lincoln Or, in tho alb
scaco Of President T. A. tiavemcyer.
released fifteen BIRDS which carried
messages 10 prominent officials at the
capital.
One message was sent to Mrs. Har-
ding kelts'iilc " onder, the world $
record holder Tor carrier pigeons. was
entrusted with the delivery Of this
message. Beltsvile " ondcr has made
tho Journey from Chicago 20 Waehing
Ton in /. nours and - minutes
The mcsss ge carried TO Mrs. Harding
rom Pres dent Havcmcyer read:
Mrs Warren G. Harding, the White
House. Washington:
"On the opening Of oar greatest. of n II
poultry exhibitions the Madison
Square Garden Poultry Snow tho poul-
'symen Of thc country wish to extend
greetings to you and yoar illustrious
husband. ]. A NANfMfYfR'
Upon being released hy reprcsenta-
:iycs from tnc government experiment
tation Of the Department Of Aeri-
culture. Scitsville. Md. the frs, birds
csrclcd abou, the park, apparently un-
able TO get their bearings. Soon Trey
rosa above the buildings and lost no
time Strengthening out southwark for
v..t ,1n..
: 1eo minutes after the pathfinder had
been released Secretary Orr freed the
carrier with the message to Mrs. Har-
d.ng. Thou followed fourteen birds
carrying messages to President Har-
ding. NIce-Presi dent and Ms. Cool
idgc and other not.bics
The second flock got their bearings
wen more quickly than tho first and
IN less than four minutes they were
over the skyscrapers and headed south.
All OF the pigeons viii head straight
for the government lofts at Beitsvillo.
whore they viii he met By motorcycle
messengers from t1e United States
Army. VINO viii carry the messages to
Washington and deliver them. 1t was
expected that the birds would take
about six hours on the fight and the
messages were due IN Washington
shortly after dusk
it iNfbcAti OU4N'N 1 arm. u AtS
Cob. Conn, carried of the most valua-
hlc trophy offered at the show This
was the urst prize for young hens IN
the class for single comb White 0rp
lngtors. This victory carried with it
tie Crawford Memorial Trophy. mas
slve silver loving cup on Grecian lines
TIE trophy was presented to tho
Poultry Show i'm memory Of the late
Henry V. Crawford, former Mayor of
Montclair. \. J., who was secretary of
the Garocn Poultry Show for twenty
five years and known to poultry fan
oiers in all parts Of the country
RobsGcl Farm is one of the largest
exhibitors, having a splendid display
of Buff. Black and White Orpingtons.
he cup will be presented formally on
riday morning by President Have
meyer.
il. Cecil Sheppard. of Borea. Ohio,
scored a sweeping victory with his An
conas. carrying off ten tirsts and ten
seconds out of a possible twelve The
Sheppard exhibit consists of eighty
three birds. Mr, Sheppard has shown
Anconas at the Garden for the last if
teen wears, and during that time has
captured so per cent of the first and
second prizes in that particular breed
Lord Dewar, British sportsman anG
poultry breeder, met defeat in his frs.
class, in which he could do no better
than third This was in the classes
for the Single Comb Black Orpingtons.