OCTOBER. 1903, 



IRatioiml Bdtisb Bir^ anb 

 riDule Club. 



Committee Meeting of tlie above Club held at Head- 

 quarters, 25, High Holboni, 24th September, 1903. 



Present : Mr. Robsoii (Cliairmau), and Messrs. vSandy, 

 Hathawa}', Vale, Trower, Tolhurst, A. Jones, C. Cooper, 

 Maxwell, Turnber, Frostick, Urch, Dewhurst, Morgan, A. 

 Plunibridge, and the Hon. Sec. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 

 firmed. 



Letters were read from Sir William Ingram, Bart., Mr. 

 Osbaldeston, Mr. Weston, Mr. W. Pierce- Williams, Mr. 

 Goodall, Mr. Munro, Mr. Berry, ]\Ir. R. J. Howe, Mr. Perkins, 

 Mr. Lythgoe, Mr. Samuel, Mr. Tighe, and Mr. Stringer. 



The Hon. Sec. read the report of the Show Sub-Committee, 

 which was approved, after one or two queries had been 

 answered. 



Regarding the letter of Mr. W. Pierce-Williams, of 

 Llandudno, in fe the conditions and purchasing of two 

 Silver Challenge Cups. After considerable discussion it was 

 proposed by Mr. Trower, and seconded by Mr. Vale, that the 

 Club should purchase the cups. It was proposed b}' Mr. 

 Trower, and seconded by Mr. Vale, that a small Sub-Committee 

 be formed for the purchase of same (carried), and Messrs. 

 Maxwell, Robson, and the Hon. Sec. be deputed to purchase 

 the same. 



It was proposed by Mr, Dewhurst, seconded by Mr. Jones, 

 and carried, that one cup be put up for competition in the 

 Hybrid Section and one in the British Bird Section. 



Further discussion was held upon Mr. W. Pierce- Williams' 

 suggested conditions and as to the way in which the cups 

 should be competed for. Mr. W. Pearce-Williams leaving the 

 final decision to the Committee, and after careful consideration 

 it w^as proposed by Mr. Sandy, and seconded by Mr. Dewhurst, 

 that the cups should be given for the best bird in each section. 

 Mr. Jones moved an amendment that one cup be given for the 

 best bird in the Hybrid Section, and the other for most points 

 ■in the British Bird Section, seconded by Mr. Frostick and 



