_ Robert Mason. 
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CLASS V. 
Silver Spangled Polands.—Entries—E. De Freitas, one 
trio; R. Mason, one trio. Awards—Ist, E. De Freitas; 2d, 
Golden Polands.—\st, 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—Ist 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—Ist, Charles Cassell; 2d, R. Mason. Gold 
Laced Bantams.—Entries—A. Foreman, one trio; P. A. 
Bartlett, one trio; J. M. Huckstep, one trio. Awards—lst, 
P. A. Bartlett; 2d, J. M. Huckstep. White Bantams.—lst, 
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—lst, Benson Retter; 2d, J. 
L. Craven. 
CLASS XI. 
China Geese.—Ist, J. L. Craven. ‘ 
CLASS XII. 
Top-knot Ducks.—1st, J. L. Craven. 
CLASS XIII—CANARIKES. 
No Entries. 
CLASS XIV. 
Dressed Chickens.—Entries—W. H. Gilbert, one; Wm. 
Buckingham, one; J. O. Hamilton, one. Awards—lIst, 
William Buckingham. 
CLASS XY. 
Best Sitting 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.8. Hilcher. 
Black-breasted Red Game Bantams.—Chas. Cassell. Dressed 
Chicken.—Entries—W. H. Gilbert, J. O. 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. Fox, 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—lst, G. W. Fox; 2d, J. M. Hucksiep. 
B. R. UPHAM, 
Secretary. 
Respectfully, 
JACKSONVILLE, ILL., March 10, 1874. 

Gorrespowdence. 
(For Fanciers’ Journal.) 
Jos. M. WADE, Esq. f 
Dear Str: Among other on dits, please announce the 
following for the readers of the Journal : 

LARGE EQGS. 
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 68 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 7} 
inches. Let some egg mathematician report who is ahead. 
T have a hen that regularly lays round eggs. As a speci- 
men, her last measures 518 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. 
Yours truly, W. iH. Baxrr. 
Cuiinton, 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, 
Haywarp Mor@an. 
FRANKFORD, PuHiIua., 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 cars. 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 north westers 
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. RB. R. 
Yours truly, J. H. WATLING. 
Seneca Fats, N. Y., March 11, 1874. 
~.S.—The distance was more than three hundred miles. 
