ADDENDUM 



As this third edition is about to go to the bindery, the first 

 copy of the new "British Standard of Perfection" of the Indian 

 Runner Duck Club of England reaches America. Some of the 

 changes may be regarded here as radical. For instance, any color 

 or combination of color is accepted, provided that it is accompan- 

 ied by correct type, as shown in shape, carriage and gait. The 

 accepted weight of the drake is from three and one-half pound, 

 to five pounds, with the females a half pound lighter on each 

 figure. Happily, type is stressed even more than before; eighty- 

 five points in all being given to it, thirty of which are accredited 

 to carriage. The other fifteen are given to color and condition 

 together. One drastic change is that waddling has been made a 

 disqualification. This means that birds must be judged on the 

 move as well as in the show coop. And, it is demanded that 

 judges hold strictly to the Standard. 



A new office has been created in the above Club, viz., that of 

 "American Secretary." The first to fill this office is C. S. 

 Valentine. 



