| Show E lg ands Latest Sporting Mania Flying and Breeding Fancy Pigeons po t the h e L Latest C raze In in S Sporting C I G reat P Pigeon Igeon 0 Derby er bit y in Which I Birds Worth Take Edward and Prince of o Wales Vales Patronize the New Nev Fad t f y yI I yX T f r i V X cC uI 1 tI Ll I u t 1 e 1 5 S SI t ty y y yX X I t X I 0 5 y t I IE X 1 1 i if f E 4 y y t ty I I Y f S Y I 5 II S Y Y Y YX X X y t 1 y 1 f X I S z zt Y Y Y I IY It Y t S 1 I t JUDGES DECIDING POINTS AT A PIGEON SHOW f PUblic III elot is hi lIkon lit III In nl The Tue 9 itro Aro rent Greal Experts XII Give I hII Decisions by Not ot to 1 now or of o I S Special ODON DO July tuly OI ng L e est t g I Is ll Itis lit or for Cor II III hug oIlier llio ho to lO which pigeon is III ho bo from time tho fact that lie II less than carrier currier worth 60 0 00 ivero entered In tile he recent Derby Jho wove were Urn tuma ed loose tit at itt In the tho ot of Fiance altri dew miles to It 1 l es or of more moru than S We The extent anti or tile tho now sport ort ma lIe ho further the tact that both the tho king 1111 Prince of oC Vales entered bIrds Special on trains were WelO run from limo Iho Midlands to the tho inti Ing 1018 on those occasions pigeon up un on time tho steamers Tile rhe Whole nr ar 1010 carried out th mo t care caro and quite regard less lees or of cost 1 ES FOIl Fon G GIn lit In addition to lo the tho great gloat competitions fanciers are Ile or of pounds each ear In all 1111 ot of 11 eons shows for the lIe OX ex ot of exhibiting IC constantly being hold In of the co country un tl Sonic Some of the tho exhibited are worth moore than roo OO nl ce There Itlo ilvo 10 bIg pIgeon clubs In mInd no of oC people mire 1110 going In for tOI raising these birds liS as a 11 hobb hobby Ben tho ordinary man in III tho ho In shows his pigeon fancying proclivities b by feeding und and watching the tho lucite of birds which taken UI their abode In the tho great pith puh Ilc buildings such ns as St Pauls eti ca Westminster abbey time tho Ish 1511 elsewhere t Is t thin tiling certain film fern tiles Illes or of to I each ench ot of tile tho great groat JUblle anti SOnIC fomo fanciers Ill say they cnn can tell whether a bird I a citizen ot of tho th British h huh scum or or of St Doubtless time tho latter of a more religious of at mind while probably the tho mu seum variety know elate about than their clerical con coit confreres freres LONDO S allow When II a ph pigeon Oli show hol Is on In thousands ot hock to see It Judges or of hue birds arc d wIth Ut much care mis liS lie be IL judge of tile tho court Nor Is the Judge It I whit time mUll man of Ill hits lie runs tu ns II H ot of ii g mor tel velu hue ime ho renders l a tie cl lon All As 1 a n judges have hao taken refuge In III 1 a ss eye tern tem for tor oil 1111 birth f that tho they bo be accused or of which tho they aught b of It Ir th I tho It hns bris elliS heim heen recent that have gone golle In III so o ex cx III hI l for raising pigeons with big prIces to III them t A Afew few ugo you hll n line for on 30 cents Now ow the they two roil do 1 tot rOI which do tb to bo up to touch BInDS tIle tho last tow Cew cars to pro luro produce duce what whal the they term pigeon tian and It Is for tor this reason that the price line has ll cn 0 10 Some trul truly hints hac so to 10 speak boen Pigeons treated el much ns as nO D By cul tock and for tor definite truly startling In are aro oil ob I tamed For bird hy bY proper Cro H breeding cnn can shorten the beaks boaks putt fi iii tIle the tails talis tim thu s the tho legs ox ex pond the lie crops amid even make the tho feathers train in directions ruin rho birds absolutely plastic It will lie bo that a t was through cons Darwin was able to potS lOl form the lie which so largely to hIs driving homo the theory DID TIlE HE CAKE WALK WUK These various experiments have pro produced sonic In pig pigeon eon con A curious hire r recently ut itt II a Vest End EtH show a pouter whIch won the tho first It tm a large bIrd Thu features or of bIrd biri consIsted In its Ils erect manner II of carriage slender lol bod body Iou on It Its liege largo crop This bird Its crop foil Cull tIlt did tile hue cake and seemed so pleased with Itself swellIng out Its crop to such Huch hugo pro 1110 that It won ivan tim tho hy by force rolco ot of nicot rhio fhe owner ot of this birdA K for It and anel no olle at the tho show staggered lit itt his to itt part DmD WITH COWL COW Another whIch I Ively a avery very vely high the tho l show as 1 mu which h that It lIfts hilS glowing It its neck torm a 11 species of the I cowl cool or of a monk Not ninny luo such sUcha a 11 cowl so ito the lie On fanciers word hils to 10 bo ba taken for Cor the tho toot foot that the tho birds rillY loOks tile Iho pic piece however this ilia may lie he lie tho par I bird h lit question was nil amm ugly nr itt to Ir with wi t Ii Ih i tI head It neck III th ito hood hoM The ho groat title this hI bIrd Ill III the lie fuel filet thaI hint Its mill close The Tho thick or setti hue hood hooI It II seems tito tho marc morl valuable the tho Tilo t hits hils 1 a sit lit th tile ii ad a 11 In I Ii root hoth hot Ii t t I him 1111 plying slight ridges In the its of I It ii to think thin k much n 11 Turbit till tillI I lii c of oC rit t Ott ml itil r fails to 10 SO 50 I nt pigeon shouts rather 1101 It I r the 1103 ii not Quite UI their minds 1103 real Nal Nali i pigeons ti 01 With the Till Tur Turbit bit fuss fus and feathers count very r lit littie littie tie It 11 is III time the taCo thoU In I Exports wilt fol COI hours before or of birds Its 1111 thick heck lIeck Seeing liMing It If It has hus lie tho proper curve curo or feeling ii 1111 II rid out If Its skull Is properlY nod mid chuckling It tInder tIle tho chin Chill to watch its the tho the tho stands tIle tho ordeal lI well As till 1111 Its alt alO on the Tur lur hits head anti flee und and of ale con Into Its rather e eyes or runnIng their thoughtfully over Its back baet hair lift tit bird looks qs It It hll had forgotten The Tho urn of 30 Is not too much for an In with a Homan proboscis or of tue tho Curve cure CARRIERS An ARE FAVORITES An amount of Interest Is he al ah alIIS In carrIers of course Tile Tho chief or of the tho carrIer to tomake make multo It Il n a valuable bird ho be length or of neck beak benk nod a cuti outs ous bulging sort of growth on each euch I side or of tile tho latter Just why tills thIs u ugly ly look In lag as It Is culled should he considered n a goOd it II Is to tell lell ho Rome which tho they dl di when Ill hi secret among thum solves wIth lights out However the tho wattle goes and brings It docs lIot to the racial facInI dignity ot of tile tho bird It two nuttier large anti dIstinctly ripe strawberries placed either ot of tile thu beak heak You help wIth a bird bin wIth l a strawberry like this amId tIle the or this lila hy by breeders might ho done dono away with While they aro about fanciers that tho 1103 can auly result thoy might us well give sivo the tho II a email Ot or Oven II a cia clover VOl to instead ot of met A As I an au IL II neat election with the tho on aim It would not look so hy by ia of at 1 a variation or their is legion hut hail to M say uch really beau Itoh bIrds attract very little Id hi tItle no douht to 10 the thc net that ns as yet Ot lano none Of oC thIs variety his 1010 moore than titie lil trill shows wl will exhIbit ran taim with tso or Ol moro tUII tails tUtu thell moro wi ho bo won von by thin class nut what chance coo 1 a fantaIl wih no 1110 10 Ilow the tho effect IllY may ho he ho side a 0 or 01 1 a carrier 1 fl Iko like 1 a night AYNAUD |
