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CLASS V. 

 Silver Spangled Poland's. — Entries — E. De Ereitas, one 

 trio; B. Mason, one trio. Awards— 1st, E. De Ereitas; 2d, 

 Robert Mason. Golden Rolands — 1st, Harry W. Richards. 



CLASS VI— FRENCH. 



No Entries. 



CLASS VII. 



Golden Spangled Hamburgs. — 1st, R. Mason. Silver 



Spangled Hamburgs. — Entries — Irving "Washington, one 



trio; A. Foreman, two trios; Thomas Mason, two trios. 



Awards — 1st and 2d, Thomas Mason. 



CLASS VIII. 

 Black-breasted Red Game Bantams. — Entries — S. R. King, 

 three trios; Robert Mason, one trio; Charles Cassell, one 

 trio. Awards— 1st, Charles Cassell ; 2d, R. Mason. Gold 

 Laced Bantams. — Entries — A. Eoreman, one trio ; P. A. 

 Bartlett, one trio ; J. M. Huckstep, one trio. Awards — 1st, 

 P. A. Bartlett; 2d, J. M. Huckstep. White Bantams. — 1st, 

 J. M. Huckstep. 



CLASS IX. 

 Plymouth Rocks. — 1st, H. M. Pratt. 



CLASS X. 

 Bronze Turkeys. — Entries — J. L. Craven, one pair; Ben- 

 son Retter, one pair. Awards — 1st, Benson Retter ; 2d, J. 

 L. Craven. 



CLASS XI. 

 China Geese. — 1st, J. L. Craven. 



CLASS XII. 

 Top-knot Ducks. — 1st, J. L. Craven. 



CLASS XIII— CANARIES. 



No Entries. 



CLASS XIV. 



Dressed Chickens. — Entries — W. H. Gilbert, one; Wm, 



Buckingham, one; J. O. Hamilton, one. Awards — 1st, 



William Buckingham. 



CLASS XV. 

 Best Sltiing Pure-bred Eggs. — Entries — P. A. Bartlett, 

 Thomas Mason. Award — P. A. Bartlett. 



SPECIAL PREMIUMS. 

 Barn-yard Fowls. — W. H. Surton. Best trio Partridge 

 Cochins. — Entries — Charles Cassell, one trio ; P. A. Bart- 

 lett, one trio; J. M. Huckstep, one trio; J. M. Cully, one 

 trio ; T. Mason, three trios. Award — Charles Cassell. Best 

 Partridge Cochin Cock. — Entries — P. A. Bartlett, Charles 

 Cassell. Award — P. A. Bartlett. Best Partridge Cochin 

 Hen. — P. A. Bartlett. Best trio Light Brahmas. — Entries — 

 J. M. Huckstep, one trio; Thomas Mason, one trio; B. R. 

 Upham, one trio. Award — J. M. Huckstep. Best Light 

 Brahma Cock. — Entries — B. R. Upham, Thomas Mason, J. 

 M. Huckstep. Award — J. M. Huckstep. Best Light 

 Brahma Hen. — Entries — B. R. Upham, J. M. Huckstep, 

 and Thomas Mason. Award — J. M. Huckstep. Best trio 

 Dark Brahmas. — Entries — J. M. Huckstep, J. S. Hilcher, 

 imported. Award — J. M. Huckstep. Best Dark Brahma 

 Cockerel. — Entries — R. Mason, H. M. Pratt. Award— H. 

 M. Pratt. Best trio Imported Dark Brahmas. — J. S. Hilcher. 

 Black-breasted Red Game Bantams. — Chas. Cassell. Dressed 

 Chicken. — Entries — W. H. Gilbert, J. 0. Hamilton, and 

 Wm. Buckingham. Award — Wm. Buckingham. Game 

 Cock. — J. L. Craven. Wild Turkey. — David Schoonorn. 



SWEEPSTAKES. 

 Entries — H. M. Pratt, one trio Plymouth Rocks; J. M. 

 Huckstep, one trio Light Brahmas and one trio Dark 

 Brahmas ; G. W. Eox, one trio Buff Cochins ; W. S. Sur- 

 ton, one trio Barnyard ; Charles Cassell, one trio Partridge 

 Cochins ; P. A. Bartlett, one trio Partridge Cochins. 

 Awards— 1st, G. W. Eox ; 2d, J. M. Hucksiep. 



Respectfully, B. R. Upham, 



Jacksonville, III., March 10, 1874. Secretary. 



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(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Jos. M. Wade, Esq. 



Dear Sir: Among other on dits, please announce the 

 following for the readers of the Journal : 

 LARGE EGGS. 



To compete with friend Ferris on the large egg question, 

 please say that Richard Carter, of this place, has a Light 

 Brahma hen that lays at intervals — about once every ten 

 days — eggs measuring 6f inches the short way and 8 inches 

 the long way, weighing 4 ounces and a fraction. Her aver- 

 age egg — and she lays very regularly — measures 6 by 7J 

 inches. Let some egg mathematician report who is ahead. 



I have a hen that regularly lays round eggs. As a speci- 

 men, her last measures 5}f by 6 inches. Who beats for 

 round? 



AGED BANTAM. 



A. M. Trimmer, also of this place, has a Bantam hen 

 seventeen years old, lively as a cricket, lays every year, 

 raises two broods each year, sometimes three ; is the best 

 sitter and mother on his place, and still shows no signs of 

 "shuffling off her mortal coil." She weighs nineteen 

 ounces, is highly valued as a gift from a deceased friend, 

 and will be kindly cared for as long as she lives. 



Tours truly, W. H. Baker. 



Clinton, N. J., March 14, 1874. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: Will yon please correct mistake in your Jour- 

 nal. 1 took first and special in the Angora Rabbit class, 

 whereas you have credited the same to H. Maynes? I 

 would also like to know when and where the premiums will 

 be awarded. Respectfully yours, 



Hayward Morgan. 

 Frankfoed, Phila., March 10, 1874. 



We cannot say when the premiums will be awarded, but 

 probably Mr. Saunders, Treasurer, No. 705 Walnut Street, 

 could give the desired information. 



(For Fanciers' Journal.) 



FOWLS ON A FREE RIDE. 



Mr. Jos. M. Wade. 



Dear Sir: In the first place, permit me to say that nine 

 out of ten of your readers will. doubt what I am about to 

 relate, about a pair of game fowls that in the winter of 1873 

 took a free ride from New York City to Rochester, N. Y. 

 However incredible it may appear, it can be vouched for by 

 many leading citizens of this place, who saw them sitting 

 on the truck of the sleeping coach that passes this station at 

 9.20 a.m. (west). This car leaves New York at 6.30 p.m. 

 These chickens were kept about the railroad yards by some of 

 the workmen, and were in the habit of roosting about under 

 the ears. Well, that bitter cold night they roosted on this 

 sleeper and came west, and were not noticed by the train-men 

 until they arrived here, when they were pointed out to one 

 of the brake-men, who said he would " coop them birds when 

 he arrived in Rochester." The Mercury must have stood 

 at twelve degrees below zero as they went drifting outward 

 on the express in the teeth of one of the worst northwesters 

 we had that winter. We, of course, expected they were 

 frozen stiff and fast to the iron bar upon which they sat, but 

 on stiring them up a little they took their heads from under 

 their wings and seemed comfortable, as the train moved off 

 into a cloud of steam and snow, when they put their heads 

 under their wings again and went on "deadhead," though 

 on the Hudson River and N. Y. C. R. R. 



Yours truly, J. H. Watling. 



Seneca Falls, N. Y., March 11, 1874. 



P. S.— The distance was more than three hundred miles. 



