THE KENNEL CLUB. 



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quences socially. It therefore behoves the 

 various bodies possessing power to decide 

 that a man or a woman is unfit to take 

 part in racing, coursing, dog showing, foot- 

 ball, or what not, to see that the very ut- 

 most care is exercised that nothing has 

 been overlooked in their investigations which 

 shall give the accused person ever}' oppor- 

 tunity of proving innocence. 



It may be stated that the procedure 

 adopted by the Kennel Club in cases under 

 the penal rule is as near perfection as it 

 can be, and that accused persons have 

 every opportunity given them of defending 

 themselves. The taking of evidence is based 

 on the procedure in the Courts of Law, and 



where witnesses are unable to attend at 

 the hearing of a complaint, their statutory 

 declarations are necessary, if their evidence 

 in writing is to be admitted. 



If authorities are to repress malpractices, 

 they must \ise their power in no uncertain 

 manner, but, as the Kennel Club has dis- 

 covered, there is no stronger aid to such 

 power than full publicity being given to 

 the proceedings before them, and so long 

 as the public know wlij- a person is declared 

 to be unfit to race, course, exhibit dogs, 

 etc., the decision will be received, if with 

 regret for the necessity, at any rate with 

 a full knowledge of the facts which led the 

 autliorities to arrive at their decision. 



J. A. HOSKER. 



KENNEL CLUB. 



Patron : 



HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 



President : 



H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, KG. 



Vice-Presidents : 



HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PORTLAND, K.G. LORD ALGERXOX GORDON LENNOX. 



HENRY RICHARDS. J. H. SALTER. 

 Trustees : .MARK BEAUFOY. FRANCIS REDMOND. 



Chairman of Committee : J. SIDNEY TURNER. 



Vice-Chairman of Committee : J. C. TINNE. 

 Honorary Treasurer : DESMOND O'CONNELL. 

 Committee for 1907 : 

 J. Babington Gilliat, D.S.O. 

 Walter S. Glynn. 

 Percy Heaton. 

 Lieut. -Col. C. Heseltine. 

 V. B. Johnstone. 

 Harry Jones. 

 A. Maxwell. 

 C. A. Phillips. 



Representatives on the Committee : 

 Birmingham Dog Show Society. Scottish Kennel Club. 



H. Richards. C. H. Graham. 



John Wilmot. G. G. Tod. 



Committee of the Ladies' Branch : 



C H. Backhouse. 

 Mark Beaufoy. 

 A. Bromet. 

 •Colonel Claude Cane, 

 Harding Co.x. 

 A. Croxton-Smith. 

 T. Duerdin Dutton. 

 Arnold Gillett. 



J. \V. Ross. 



L. Allen Shuter. 



H. Handley Spicer. 



W. Stephens. 



W. R. Temple. 



J. C. Tinne (Vice-Chairman). 



J. Sidney Turner (Chairman). 



T. Whalcv. 



Mrs. G. Thorburn Addis. 

 Mrs. F. M. Barnctt. 

 JNIrs. Barry. 

 Mrs. Bennett-Edwards 

 ( V ice-Chairman). 



Mrs. Claude Cane. 

 Mrs. Charles H. Chapman. 

 Comtesse de Cholet. 

 Mrs. Harcourt Clare. 

 ]Mrs. Ashton Cross. 

 Mrs. Graves. 



Secretary : E. W. JAQUET. 



Offices : 7, Grafton Street, London, W. 



Lady Lewis. 



Mrs. Oliphant (Chairman). 



Mrs. Scaramanga. 



Mrs. Gerald Spencer. 



Mrs. Strick. 



