The Washington times., 1922-11-19
POULTRY SHOW
To BRING BIRDS
a|N ALLFANC|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
winners From English Clubs

snow VIII De opened next lues-
day morning and continue through
Saturday. ,
Birds from a dozen states, and
England will be assembled by
some of the best known fancieri
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, or Cor
nell, ". Y. has been engaged TO man
age the WASH gton show. He Is
secretary of both the Washington
add 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-
pa. 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 mere.
Elisha Hanson, president OF the
local show, has recently imported
frpm England the champion fantaii
pigeons of the British Fantail Club,
OF London. Racing numbers which
have broken all records will be pres
ent.in large numbers. Mr.. Hanson
will not enter his champions i'll the
Regular classes.
Cant, d. c. Buscall, who headed
the army pigeon service overseas dur
iItg the war; +. T.. Dismer, w. r.
Dismer, j. II. Holmead and h. A.
Willis are among those who VIII
exhibit homing pigeons.
Lieut. j. J. McAtee, who has charge
of the pigeons of the United states
navy. will judge the racing homers.
One Of the features of this years
shbw will be an exhibition of the
Boys and Girls Club Of Bethesda
Md This club is the first organized
IN Montgomery county under the
Direction of the Department OF Ag'
riculture. 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 tiny rose-comb
bantam, weighing Jess than sixteen
ounces to I'll" 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 e''present in better quality and
hrger number than ever before.
Prominent among the exhibitors
will be C. n. Myers, Of Hanover.
Pa, one of the couutry's biggest
show manufacturers; w. ID. Kneesi.
OF "Riverdale Nd; the Egg-a-Day
farms Of Vienna, Va, and l.. B. Ohm
stead, of this city.
RECORD RUFF TO BE SHOWN.
The worlds record Buff Orphing-
ton hen, Lady Egg-aDay, which two
years ago broke all records with
423 eggs in 365 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,
Nd: Courtland II. Smith, of War.
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, la. w. G. Rowlands
Alta, Ia, Ed Rosenthal, Grand
RaDids, Mich: and Ernest Norman,
Egg Harbor, n. j.
list OF OTHER EXHIBITORS.
Other exhibitors at the show
Norman Schaurath, Melford.
Mich; Egyptian Farm. Marion.
III; w. l.. Isom, 21l Rutledge
siTeet, Spartanburg, s. c.; Earnest
Norman, Egg Harbor. n. j.: f. +.
nssmer. 1860 Montell avenue north.
east, Washington, ID. c.; f. II.
Mills, us Otis Place northwest,
Washington. ID. c.; c. II. England,
United States Capitol, Washington,
.. c.; Mills Kitchen, Bethesda Md.
Cant. ID. c. Buscall, Box So, River.
dale, Md; John ii. Holmead, 35S3
Thirteenth street northwest, Wash.
Marion street, Hyattsville, Md.
Pennington Racing Pigeon Loft
3222 Fourth street. Congress
Heights, Washington, ID. c.; w. +,
pesmer, 1347 Columbia road, Wash
ington, d. c.; w. G. Rowland, Ala
Iowa; John II. Stecklcs, Claverach
N. Y: Mrs. Elisha Hanson. Bethes
ds. Md; James w. Edwards, 124
North Orange street, Albion, Ind.
Ed Rosendall, II. +. ID. 4, Grand
RAPIDS, Mich; w. $. Lincoln, Ia.
tdnna Park, Md; l.. B. Olmster
Route 3, Anacostia Station, Wash
ington. ID. c.; Miss Mary d. Hultan
Woodlands, Gaithersburg, Md
CHARLES f. Hagen. Jewett Drive
ZAihesvlle, Ohio; George q. Smith
.gs Clay street. Suffolk, Va. George
W. n. Ladner. 3436 Seventeenth h
street northwest, Washington, d
CM"G. ID. Tillery. Darien. Conn.
Earnest Dale, $50 Fifteenth street
Ammbridge, Pa; Henry jackson
JFutit, $500 Wisconsin avenue
chevy Chase. Md. II. r. Alden, c
bromley avenue. Binghamton. n
~? William r. Broderick. Forest
street, Clinton. Mass. Rob
ert l.. Marcley. S24 Albes
btiiiding, Washington. u. G..
suhny Side SQUAD Farm. Wheeler
Bros. Scranton, Iowa; George v