RECREATION. 



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HAVE QUIT IMPORTING. 



No. 245 East 56th St., 

 New York, December 20th, '99. 

 Secretary American Kennel Club, 



55 Liberty St., New York City. 



Dear Sir: — The blame for delay in 

 a number of cases of importation of live 

 stock into America having been unfairly 

 attached to us, we decided, after careful 

 consideration, to abandon this kind of 

 business, believing that it would in the end 

 be more satisfactory if we recommended 

 customers to intrust their property to one 

 of the regular express or forwarding com- 

 panies. We had found that intending ex- 

 hibitors frequently allowed a very narrow 

 limit of time between date of arrival of 

 vessel carrying animals intended for ex- 

 hibition and the show date, and that one 

 failure to realize their anticipations, due to 

 no fault of ours, prejudiced our business as 

 manufacturers more than 100 successes. 

 We have, of course, in the past brought 

 into America a very large number of fa- 

 mous prize-winning dogs and birds, and 

 have received many excellent testimonials 

 therefor. 



Since May last, any report to the con- 

 trary notwithstanding, we have conducted 

 no importations of this kind whatever. 

 Respectfully, 

 Spratts Patent (America), Limited. 



BALDNESS 



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 hand a big lot of high grade, second-hand 

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 a list of second-hands each month. 





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