J. C. Branthoover 



The name of Branthoover is in- 

 separably connected with the early- 

 history of Anconas in America, as 

 the Branthoover brothers and their 

 father were among the first import- 

 ers of the breed to this country, 

 formulated the Standard, and were 

 active in the admission of the breed 

 to the American Standard of Per- 

 fection. Foremost in this pioneer 

 work was J. C. Branthoover of 

 Huntington, West Virginia, who not 

 only was one of the first Ancona 

 men in this country, but all these 

 years has kept faith with the breed, 

 and is now one of the prominent 

 breeders and fanciers. Mr. Branth- 

 oover advises us that the very first 

 Anconas in America were imported 

 from England by Frances A. 

 Mortimer of Pottsville, Pa. 



M. F. Howe, Winona Lake, In- 

 diana, is a railroad man and an An- 

 cona man, well and favorably 

 known to the Ancona fraternity. 

 He has bred them since 1907 and 

 as he says, has tried not for money 

 but with money to build up as 

 good a strain of Anconas as can be 

 found. He has succeeded. 



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M. F. HOWE 



