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PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 



Pacific Coast Poultry Shows 



and News Items 



By J. C. WILLIAiHS 



The 1902-3 Poultry Show season 

 is about over, so far as the Pacific 

 Coast is coucerued. The shows 

 which have been held up to this 

 date have been by far the most suc- 

 cessful exhibitions in the history of 

 noultry shows in the west. Begin- 

 ning with the Sacrameuto State 

 Fair in September, where an entry 

 of 1 135 was recorded, this was the 

 largest and best poultry display 

 ever held in connection with the 

 State Fair, not only a step forward 

 as to the magnitude of the display, 

 but the best <iuality ever seen at 

 Sacramento. 



Oakland came next, with an en- 

 try of 1325 birds, which was the 

 largest entry ever seen at an Oak- 

 land show. The "p-iflh Annual" 

 Oakland Show which was held the 

 first week in December, cooped 

 birds from all parts of the State and 

 as from as tar north as Portland, 

 Oregon. Southern California re- 

 sponded with a generous lot of 

 birds, and never before has such 

 high quality been seen in a Western 

 Show room. Judge Shellabarger 

 of West Liberty, Iowa, the Eastern 

 Judge engaged, expressed great 

 surprise when he found what high- 

 class birds were to be seen out here, 

 the whole display being of such uni- 

 formly splendid quality. Judge 

 Berrar of San Jose, who has judged 

 at Oakland five years in succession, 

 remarked that the improvement in 

 many clas.ses was most marked; in 

 fact, it was a matter of general com- 

 ment that never has a poultry a.sso- 

 ciation on the Pacific Coast been 

 able to gather up such a collection 

 of birds of such a high degree of 

 perfection. All this goes to show- 

 that the interest in fancy poultry is 

 decidedly on the increase. 



Immediately following the Oak- 

 land Show was the P'resno Show, 

 which was right in line with a dis- 

 play of birds in larger numbers and 



of better quality than any previous 

 show held by the Fresno Associa- 

 tion. The Fresno vShow was not 

 merely a local affair, but was made 

 up of birds from many sections of 

 the State, and quite a number which 

 had just been through the Oakland 

 Show. 



A show was scheduled for River- 

 side, Cal., the week following the 

 F'resno Show, but there was a hitch 

 in the proceedings which prevented 

 the Riverside Show coming off. 



Los Angeles had also advertised 

 a show' for January, but it seems 

 the southern part of the State has 

 been extremely unfortuate for some 

 reason, for the Los Angeles func- 

 ticin, too, failed to materialize, al- 

 though much of the preliminary 

 work had been done. We are in- 

 formed that the management of the 

 Los Angeles and Riverside associa- 

 tions having neglected to make 

 proper provision for suitable halls 

 in which to hold their shows, pre- 

 vented their carrying out their 

 shows as advertised, as it vvas im- 

 possible to secure quarters when 

 looked for the eleventh hour. 



The show at Portland, Oregon, 

 held in December, was a very suc- 

 cessful show indeed, and also con- 

 tained birds from many different 

 sections of the coinitry. One Cali- 

 fornia breeder took up a fine string, 

 and won the lion's share of the 

 honors in the varieties he showed. 



Judge Shellabarger also officiating 

 there as Judge. 



The Roseburg, Ore., Show, im- 

 mediately following Portland, was 

 one of the best shows of the season, 

 although not one of the largest, be- 

 ing an entry of four or five hun- 

 dred. L N. Cobbledick, president 

 of the Oakland Poultry .Association, 

 officiated as Judge, and the Oregon 

 fanciers were so pleased with his 

 work that they heartily expressed 

 themselves as beinganxious that he 

 return next year. 



By the time this issue reaches its 

 readers the San Diego Show will be 

 an event of the past. We predict 

 for the management of this show a 

 most successful exhibition, for they 

 are deserving of great credit. They 

 are not only energetic fanciers, but 

 have gone about their work in a 

 businesslike way, and will have the 

 distinguished honor of holding the 

 only poultry show in Southern Cali- 

 fornia this season. We do not be- 

 lieve they will allow any obstacle 'o 

 prevent their holding one of the 

 best shows ever held in Southern 

 California. All success to San 

 Diego. 



The show season of 1903-4 is 

 bound to be an eventful one, for in 

 the past few months there has been 

 an influx of new fanciers, and a re- 

 vival of old ones, so it is a forgone 

 conclusion that the result will be 

 astonishing, and surprisingly suc- 

 cessful. 



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