AMONG ANCONAS" 



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At The Shows 



I HAVE always been proud of the record Sheppard's Anconas have made in 

 the Show Rooms of America. They have won consistently and brilliantly 

 for 13 years. At America's Premier Show Madison Square Garden 

 they have added laurel to laurel. 



A 'great many people, when they first become interested in chickens, pay 

 little attention to the prize-winning ability of their stock. But soon a love 



of the feathered beauties "gets under their 

 skins" and they long to test out their merits 

 in competition with other birds. They are 

 anxious to see how their pets will "stack up" 

 against those of friends and neighbors, and 

 after they have won a few ribbons in local 

 show-rooms, ambition knows no bounds. 



It's a great game! And just to get the 

 spirit of the thing across to you, I'm going 

 to quote some of the comments made by 

 Judges, Poultry Experts, and Poultry Maga- 

 zines. 



First though, here are my 1921 "Wins" at 

 Madison Square Garden: 



ROSE COMB SINGLE COMB 



Cock 1, 3, 4, 5 

 Hen 1, 2, 4 

 Cockerel 1, 2, 3, 5 

 Pullet 2, 3, 5 

 Pen, Old 1, 3 

 Pen, Young 1, 3 

 Special for best Rose 

 Comb Display 



Cock 1, 2, 4, 5 

 Hen 2, 5 



Pullet 1, 4 

 Pen, Old 1, 2 

 Pen, Young 2, 3 

 Special for best Single 

 Comb Dispaly 



GRAND SILFER CUP 



Won at Madison Square 

 Garden for best display of An- 

 condas, both single and Rose 

 Combs competing. My birds 

 were awarded Club Specials 

 for best Pen, Cock, Cockerel, 

 Hen and Pullet. 



By Judge Platt 



Mr. Sheppard's first pullet was the star of 

 the whole class. Her hackle was nicely tipped 

 with white, and down over the back the tipp- 

 ing was evenly divided. While still young, 

 this pullet was, in our opinion, the best An- 

 cona female ever shown in the Garden. His 

 Rose Comb cockerel had the best poise and 

 most^class of an Rose Comb ever seen in a 



