TARANAKI POULTRY PIGEON AND CANARY SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 27 July 1907, Page 2

TARANAKI POULTRY PIGEON AND CANARY SOCIETY.

There \v.i« the average attendance the Poultry Show yesterday. The arrangements continue to be excellent, and the public and the exhibitors fire [being excellently treated. Numerous I visitors are hazarding their guesses at l the number of eggs in a gbss jar and Inrt union tickets are selling well. Va!uIftblo prizes are offered to the successful.

Mr' Johnston;' was enthusiastic cm ceniing most of tin* classes allotted 1 liiin for judging. The black rod ga.n cock which won the NortffMind c'na.n pionship he considered to lie the Ins lihown hero for years, and fit. to win i any company. The first prize hen, toe was a very good bird, aifd the first pr>7. cockerel was also ft fair specimen, bu faulty in t lit. The Old English fitHi ivas up to the usual standard slio vi iere, but an improvement was notice ible in English flame. The black re. la ntans were the best shown here fo „ rjny a vcar. the first prize cock beinj i regular little aristocrat, fit to tour til olony's shows. The hens were ei|iiall; inn. Tile Silver Sealrights and "Blaoi {os 'Combs were also of good f|iialit\ n |»igeon» the earners, dragoons, am how homers were in great streiigM' tie best bird being a young blue, r.u Hiered Dragoon cock shown bv M ). Burrcll. There were tip-top qiniit; .nd close competition in working honi rs, the judge having considerable cliff ulty ill separating the, best birds. Mag lies were a strong class. 11l the opir on of the judge Mr .T. Hurle's cojl any color) was the best magpie in t.h how, but it was deficient in carriage ind thus failed to take the specia irize. Tlio s:Vme exhibitor won th iris 1 with a black one. There wer ew Nuns, hut they were, of good qual ty. Short-faced tumblers and feather egged flying tumblers were even lots o air specimens, the first prize going t< . bird brd and owned by Mr S. Brooks fr A. H. Martin judged the canaries rliich on the whole he considered fair [r S. Brooks' champion plain-headed forwich was faulty a little in head and rings, showing signs of crest breeding, Ir K. L. Bethune'a buff Norwich was a ine bird, but shown a little out of conition. Variegated yellows were poor n the whole.