The Crystal Palace Poultry Show
The Crystal Palace Poultry Show (variously also the International Poultry Show and Great Poultry Show) was a poultry show held at The Crystal Palace in London in the United Kingdom. They ran from 1857–1936,[1] with interruption by World War I.[2] It was the world's largest poultry exhibition[3] at several times in its existence, considered the pinnacle of poultry exhibition in the British Empire[1][4][5] and despite being a poultry show also allowed the exhibition of domestic rabbits.[6] It was hosted by the Grand International Poultry, Pigeon and Live Stock Shows, Ltd which was liquidated in 1964.[7] The show was superseded in its role by the International Poultry Show, Olympia which has also ceased to exist since.
History
[edit]In 1860 the first Sebastopol Goose in Western Europe, imported from Crimea, were exhibited at the show by H. Bayley.[8] In 1861 the Secretary of the show was a Mr Houghton[9] In 1872 50 tons of coal were spent to heat the building and two tons of food was fed to birds exhibited over the four days of the show.[10] The supreme prize of the show was the Sir James Blyth Cup.[11]
Exhibition numbers
[edit]Numbers of birds exhibited varied wildly over the shows existence. In 1892 numbers were falling, though the show still attracted 6300 entries.[12] By the 1907 show was much more successful with 10,533 cages filled (the total number of birds unknown, as many cages held pairs)[13] while the 1912 show had 16,257 entries.[14]
Notable exhibitors
[edit]- Charles Darwin[15]
- Mairi Chisholm & Elsie Knocker[16]
- George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland[17]
- Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar[18]
- Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (then Lord Grosvenor)[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "POULTRY NOTES". Western Mail. Perth: National Library of Australia. 25 February 1937. p. 58. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Official Report of the International Poultry Conference". forgottenbooks.com. Forgotten Books. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "The Poultry Star – Fanciers Notes". Auckland Star. 6 February 1903. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "THE GREAT POULTRY SHOW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 2 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "Poultry Gossip". Australian Town and Country Journal. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 30 December 1903. p. 25. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ Whitman, B. "The Enderby Island Rabbit – A Remarkable Story". rarebreeds.co.nz. Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "THE LONDON GAZETTE, lOra JANUARY 1964" (PDF). London Gazette. 10 January 1964. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Thompson, J. "The Sebastopol Goose in North America" (PDF). aviculture-europe.nl. aviculture-europe. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ the journal of horticulture, cottage gardener, and country gentleman. a journal or horticulture, rural and domestic economy, botany and natural history. the Library of Congress. 1862. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE". The Spectator. 30 November 1872. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "THE POULTRY INDUSTRY". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 4 February 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "POULTRY". The Daily Telegraph. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 2 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "The Journal of Agriculture and Horticulture". Council of Agriculture of the Province of Quebec. 15 January 1907. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "THE POULTRY INDUSTRY". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 3 February 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Frederick Burkhardt, ed. (1993). The correspondence of Charles Darwin (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 108. ISBN 9780521442411.
- ^ Atkinson, Diane (2009). Elsie and Mairi go to war two extraordinary women on the Western Front. London: Preface. p. 233. ISBN 9781409050506.
- ^ The Farmer's Magazine. the University of California. 1872. p. 563. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "BOLSHEVIK BIRDS". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 13 January 1930. p. 13. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ^ "THE GREAT POULTRY SHOW AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 2 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 6 April 2015.