A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MR. PHILLIP'S CONSERVATORY 



then wonder what burns holes in their 

 new Serobuck rug, and why the fish mis- 

 erably perish without warning. Beware 

 cf him. He may call on you at any 

 moment. It's dangerous to be safe these 

 days ! 



"The home of the luckiest fishes" 

 would be a good legend for the photo- 

 graph of the conservatory of Mr. A. A. 

 Phillips, Jr. It is quite consistent that 

 the finest collection of goldfishes in 

 Brooklyn should disport in the best ap- 

 pointed conservatory in the country. 

 They show their appreciation by being 

 among die winners when Mr. Phillips 

 enters them in a competitive exhibition. 



The March meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia Goldfish Fanciers' Society was held 

 on the 2 1 st at 802 Girard avenue. 



The competition was for Telescope 

 Goldfish, scaled and transparently 

 scaled, bred during 19 16. Messrs. Wal- 

 ter G. Beeler, Howard E. Demuth and 

 Claude W. Ramspacher were appointed 

 judges and made the following awards: 



ScalELEss Telescopes: Board of Di- 

 rectors silver cup to George E. Wilt; 



blue ribbon, Joseph E. Van Stavern ; 

 red, Thomas Ayling; yellow, George E. 

 Wilt. 



Scaled Telescope: Blue ribbon, 

 George E. Wilt; red, Thomas Ayling; 

 yellozv, James Fleming. 



The annual election of officers will be 

 held at the April meeting, and in accord- 

 ance with the constitution the candidates 

 were nominated at this meeting as fol- 

 lows : President, Harry P. Peters ; vice 

 president, Charles J. Hannig; secretary, 

 Fred Richardson; treasurer, Thomas 

 Ayling; Board of Directors, five to be 

 elected, George B. Smith, George W. 

 Price, George E. Wilt, Dr. F. C. Leff- 

 man, Francis X. Garcia, Claude W. 

 Ramspacher, William J. Christy, Joseph 

 E. Tyler, Harry J. Mackrell. 



The third annual banquet and dance 

 will be given on Wednesday evening, 

 May 9th, at Mosebach's Casino, Thir- 

 teenth and Girard avenue. 



The competition at the April meeting, 

 to be held Wednesday evening, the 18th, 

 will be for Jap goldfish, scaled and scale- 

 less, bred in 1916. The Charles J. Han- 

 nig cup and six ribbons will be awarded. 

 — Fred Richardson, Secretary. 



