188 POULTRY SHOWS AND ASSOCIATIONS 



generations, both male and female, at not less than one 

 show conducted under American Poultry Association 

 rules in each of three successive annual seasons. 



(b) Written statement of one or more poultry judges 

 who are members of the A. P. A. and who officiated 

 at this show, setting forth the qualifications of the 

 specimens for admission to the Standard shall be fur- 

 nished by said judge to the secretary of the American 

 Poultry Association, who shall forward a copy of the 

 same to the exhibitor of the birds concerned. 



(c) If application is made for admission of a new 

 breed, the breed must possess such new breed character- 

 istics as to give it a very distinct character of its own, 

 and if application is made for admission of a new 

 variety, the variety must truly possess all the type 

 characteristics of the breed of which it is a variety. 

 Extraordinary care shall be exercised to prevent multi- 

 plicity of varieties. 



SEC. 2. A petition addressed to the American Poultry 

 Association shall be presented. 



(a) This petition shall contain a description of the 

 breed or variety seeking admission, together with all 

 ascertainable facts regarding its origin and breeding, and 

 a prayer for its admission. 



(&) Affidavits of not less than five breeders of the 

 breed or variety shall be presented, containing state- 

 ments of the percentage of specimens breeding reason- 

 ably true to type and characteristics of the breed or 

 variety as above required. 



(c) The proposed standard for the breed or variety 

 shall be presented at the same time with the petition, 

 but may be amended by the petitioner or the association 

 before the admission of the breed or variety. This 

 standard shall be read at the meeting at which 

 admission of the breed or variety is sought. 



(G?) At least ninety (90) days prior to the meeting of 

 the association at which admission to the Standard of 

 Perfection is sought, the papers required in the applica- 

 tion shall be filed with the secretary, who shall give to 



