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I know quite well that many small exhibitors object to 

 point prizes, as they say it does not give them a chance 

 to win ; but under our rules this does not follow, because 

 an exhibitor can only win once at one show, therefore 

 the small man is sure to get his chance one day. 

 Besides, it is not our duty to consider the individual but 

 the many, and the large exhibitor is surely entitled to as 

 much consideration as the small one. It is the large 

 exhibitor who keeps the show going, and not the fancier 

 with one single champion, who expects his 15/- prize- 

 money and gold medal in return for his 1/6 entry fee; 

 and there are many such, who only shew one bird 

 because they will not chance their luck with another 

 unless they are certain it can win. No, from luy 

 experience of exhibitors, the big man has my sympathy ; 

 he shews for the love of shewing, and if there are point 

 prizes to win he sends birds he knows cannot be on the 

 prize list but may receive a V. H. C. card and thus 

 count, and in this way he helps the Show Committee to 

 pay their prize-money. On the other hand, the profit 

 your small man makes out of his single entry does not 

 help Committees of Shows— and if there is any fault to 

 be found, he is generally the one to find it. 



I am firmly of opinion that giving prizes for points 

 is the fairest way all round, especially with the restric- 

 tion that only so many prizes be won in a season by any 

 one exhibitor. John Frostick. 



NATIONAL BRITISH BIRD AND 

 MULE CLUB. 



Committee Meeting held at Headquarters, 25, High 

 Holborn, 3rd April, 1902 ; Mr. Robson in the chair. 



Present — Messrs. Sandy, Vale, Boerma, Laskey, Carl, 

 Dewhurst, C. Cooper, Maxwell, A. Plumbridge, Frostick, 

 Wells, W. H. Cooper, Thompson, King, and the Hon. 

 Secretary. 



Minutes of previous meeting having been read and 



