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FOREST AND STREAM. 



{Nov. 20, 1890. 



Lilly soon pointed a 'bevy of feeding birds and Nannie 

 backed. Lilly then pointed a single and was slightly un- 

 steady to shot. Then both pointed singles and were steady 

 to wing. Next Nannie pointed a small bevy, she then 

 pointed a single and retrieved to Barker's kill. Then she 

 nailed another single. The judges then consulted a few 

 minutes, and sent the dogs on. Lilly soon located and 

 pointed a new bevy and retrieved nicely to Richard's kill. 

 The dogs were then taken up and the heat given to Lilly 

 Bnrges. The dogs were taken up at 4:49. In style Lilly 

 was superior, but in range and speed they were about equal. 

 This was one of the prettiest heats of the trials. 



THURSDAY. 

 Fourth Series. 



PRINCE LUCIFER AKD LILLY B URGES. 

 This brace was pat down in a large stubble field on the 

 Bunting farm at 7:33 A. M. to run for first prize. Lilly 

 Burges had cut her foot very badly and gamely worked out 

 this heat with a boot on the injured member. Lilly soon 

 pointed, moved to locate the birds, when Prince came in 

 ahead and flushed the bevy. On, Lilly soon located and 

 pointed another bevy nicely and was steady. Prince next 

 pointed and Lilly backed; nothing was found to the point. 

 Lilly next pointed a rabbit. Prince then made three false 

 points. On, Lilly roaded and pointed another bevy and re- 

 trieved to Richard's kill. The dogs were taken up and the 

 heat and first money rightly awarded to Lilly Burges. 

 Fifth Series. 



PRINCE LUCIFER AND NANNIE B. 



As Mr. Barker was the handler of both of these dogs, at 

 his request Mr. A. J. Gleason kindly assisted him in hand- 

 ling the dogs. They were cast off in the same field at 7:57, 

 to run for second money. Prince soon pointed and Nannie 

 backed. Nothing was found to the point. Then he repeated 

 the dose. Nannie pointed near the fence and Prince backed; 

 nothing found. The dogs were now taken to the woods 

 across the railroad and put down to find some scattered 

 birds. Prince soon pointed and Narinie backed; the point 

 proved false. On, Nannie pointed a bevy nicely and Prince 

 backed: both dogs were steady to shot. Prince then pointed 

 a single and Nannie backed. Then the dogs pointed and 

 moved on. On, Prince pointed, moved up and the birds 

 flushed. The dogs were then, at 8:40, taken up, and the heat 

 unjustly given to Prince Lucifer. Prince had more style, 

 speed and" range than Nannie, but his work on game was 

 very unsatisfactory; he was very unsteady at times, and bis 

 chronic false pointing alone was sufficient to hare convinced 

 the judges that he was inferior to Nannie B, She should 

 have had the heat. The judges then placed Nannie B. third. 



P. T. MADISON. 



[The summaries of the stakes were published in last 

 week's issue.] 



THE A. K. C. CONSTITUTION, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



A note to Secretary Vredenburgh procured from him by 

 return the necessary information whereby it is possible for 

 me to set forth the proposed changes in the A. K. C. consti- 

 tution and by-laws, in a form which will be readily under- 

 stood. I have taken from the Kennel Gazette the proposed 

 constitution and by-laws as given in the October issue, giv- 

 ing in italics the amendments and within brackets what is 

 proposed to be omitted from their present reading:. 



In the comments which follow the altered articles and by- 

 laws, I will draw attention to what may seem trivial matters, 

 using throughout the same phraseology where there is any 

 repetition of phrases. I can see evidence that such was Mr. 

 Vredenburgb's desire, and I feel he will accept all such sug- 

 gestions in the. spirit in which they are offered— a desire to 

 make the constitution better perfect. Beyond these, there 

 are suggestions caused by a difference of opinion, and others 

 with a desire to make Mr. Vredenburgh' s amendments more 

 clear. It is possible, and I think probable, he may coincide 

 with some of these suggestions and alter his amendments, 

 giving notice thereof in time to have them acted upon at the 

 December meeting. In other cases he will differ from me, I 

 have no doubt, but where he concludes that there is reason- 

 able grounds for a difference of opinion among the delegates, 

 it might be well for him to have a substitution offered either 

 in his own name or by some other delegate, and give due 

 notice thereof. 



ARTICLE I. 



The name of this association shall be "The American 

 Kennel Club." 



ARTICLE II. 



The object of this association shall be the protection of 

 the mutual interest of its members. If shall admit such 

 clubs or -persons as it may deem desirable, and shall ex- 

 clude such as it may consider objectionable. It shall adopt 

 and enforce [and the adoption and enforcement of] such 

 rules as shall tend to the uniformity, and to the proper con- 

 duct of individuals interested in the breeding or sale of 

 dogs, also to the proper regulation of bench shows and field 

 trials [and the publication of]. Furthermore it shall pub- 

 lish an official Stud Book and a Kennel Gazette. 



Taking the word "persons" to refer to associate members 

 and only as such can individuals be admitted, delegates 

 being otherwise provided for, it is to be noted they are not 



admitted" by the club, but by the indorsement of the two 

 presidents, the use of the second "it" in the italicised sen- 

 tence is not suitable. The second part of that sentence 

 • and shall exclude,-' etc., is tautological, because if they 

 are not desirable and admitted they are as a matter of 

 course excluded. I would suggest this reading: "It shall 

 admit such clubs to membership or persons as associate 

 memhers as may be deemed desirable:' And stop there 



the next sentence I criticised last week upon its con- 

 struction alone, and I would now further say that it is to 

 my mind questionable policy to say, "or sale of dogs." It 

 sounds like legislating for dog dealers. But I will not press 

 that point and content myself with the construction of the 

 sentence which I think can be very materially improved by 

 being made to read as follows: 



"It shall adopt and enforce such rules as shall tend to 

 uniformity in the regulations governing bench shows and 

 field trials, and to the proper conduct of persons interested 

 m the exhibition, breeding or sale of dogs " 



I suppose it is unnecessary for me to add that it is quite 

 2 U ^°tP I; i ce £ , or the - -f • K C - to presume to adopt and enforce 

 field trial rules with but one such club a member and all 

 the others with different systems regulating their trials and 

 taking no notice of the A. K. C. I would like to see the. 

 words -field trials" omitted altogether from the article 

 under consideration, as assuming a power the \. K C tint 

 not and never will have, ' 



ARTICLE III. 



A ll regularly organized clubs or associations in the United 

 braces or British-American Provinces which have held 

 bench shows or field trials or are formed for the purpose of 

 holding bench shows or field trials, or for the improvement 

 ot any breed of dogs, and associate members as hereinafter 

 provided, shall be ehgible to membership. 



ARTICLE IV. 



?Mt&> wil i-egular annual meeting of this association 

 W&^mJoh 1 ^ th -? 8 P g , of the] on some day in 

 fP ' M '' ; .' ".' 11 ^eh veur :,c such time Sad 



place as shall be designated by the president; thirty days 1 

 notice whereof shall be given and published in the Gazette. 

 Wottld it not be well to specify that the annual meeting b e 



held on the Thursday of the New York show week or failing 

 the holding of such show during the months of February, 

 March or April, then at such time and place during those 

 months as shall be designated by the president, thirty days 

 notice, etc. It is always advisable to have a definite date 

 named if possible and there is none so suitable as Thursday 

 of the New York show week. I think all will agree on that 

 point 



Sec. 2. Each member of the association shall have the 

 right to be rem-esented by one delegate duly authorized 

 and his appointment certified to by his club secretary, ex- 

 cepting the delegates of the associate members provided for 

 in Article XI. Before such delegate [s] shall be entitled to 

 qualify in th[is]e association [they] he must be accepted by 

 the association or its executive committee. 



The suggestion for Section 2 is to insert after the word 

 represented "at the meetings of the association or of the 

 executive committee." This will make it read in unison 

 with the concluding clause. I congratulate Mr. Vreden- 

 burgh for seeking to remove that mammoth absurdity, that 

 the executive committee was bigger than the association, 

 and could say who should be permitted to legislate for it. 

 It was one thing I never ceased to kick against. 



Section 3 might, perhaps, be amended by adding after the 

 word association "or of executive committee." In opposi- 

 tion to this it may be said that Article IV. refers only to 

 association meetings, but on looking at Article V., which 

 treats of the executive committee and its meetings, it will 

 be noted in Section 5 that "the association" is dragged in 

 there with much less license. 



I think a section might well be added to Article IV. pro- 

 viding for special meetings by request. Indeed, that Section 

 5 of Article V. would be much better placed under Article 

 IV., just as it is with this very important exception, that 

 the request be signed not by three only, but by whatever 

 number constitutes a quorum. A call of this kind is im- 

 perative, and three members could, if so minded, keep 

 the association in continual hot water with special meetings. 

 Then it will be noted that there is no limit upon the presi- 

 dent, and if he was doing the kicking act, he could set the 

 whole association at defiance in this way. Suppose at the 

 December meeting some action is taken by a small ma jority of 

 the delegates present which is distasteful to the association 

 at large, but agrees with the president's views, he could do 

 this — upon a legal request being made for a special meeting, 

 he could name Feb. 22 as the date for it. Now the plain in- 

 tent of the rule is that a meeting is to be called within about 

 ten days, in other words, that the president at once notify 

 the secretary to call such meeting, giving ten days' notice. 

 But the rule does not say so, and Mr. Vredenburgh should 

 make the necesary change by specifying a limit of say fifteen 

 clays, which the president must not exceed. 



Sec. S. At. any special or regular meeting of this associa- 

 tion, nine members shall constitute a, quorum. ■ 



If the foregoing suggestions are accepted it would be well 

 to add after the word association "or of the executive com- 

 mittee." But any way J would call attention to a quorum 

 of nine being necessary for an association meeting, while 

 an executive committee meeting can be run by seven mem- 

 bers (see Section 6, Article V.). 



ARTICLE V. 



Sec. 1. The management of this association shall be in- 

 trusted to an executive committee consisting of one delegate 

 from each club and the delegates of the associate members; 

 and no delegate shall represent more than one club. 



Sec. 2. The association shall elect a president and vice- 

 president. 



Sec. 3. The. executive committ ee shall appoint a secretary- 

 treasurer, who shall, under the direction and supervision of 

 the [executive] advisory committee, perform the duties per- 

 taining to the office. 



Compare this altered rule with Section 1 of Article VII., 

 and it will be seen that they do not agree. They should be 

 made to do so. 



Sec. 4, Regular meetings of the executive committee shall 

 be held at the time of the annual meeting, and quarterly 

 thereafter, on such dates as may be designated by the presi- 

 dent, twenty days' notice of which shall be given tomem- 

 bers. 



Sec. 5. The president may call a special meeting of the 

 executive committee or of the association at such time as he 

 may deem expedient; and he shall call a special meeting 

 upon the written request of three members. [Note. This 

 clause now has the words "call a special meeting ' at the 

 end.] At [such] special meetings no other business shall 

 be transacted [other] than that for which [such meeting 

 shall be] they were called; and such business shall be speci- 

 fied on the calls, [ten days' notice of which shall be given] 

 which shall be sent out ten days previous to the nine ap- 

 pointed for the meetings. 



Sec. 6. At any regular or special meeting of the executive 

 committee seven members shall constitute a quorum. 



These two sections are discussed in connection with Section 

 2 of Article IV. 



ARTICLE VI. 



The president shall preside at all meetings of this associa- 

 tion, [and] of the executive committee, and of the advisory 

 committee. [He shall have power to call a special meeting 

 of the association at any time, and must do so on the writ- 

 ten request of five members; ten days' notice must be given 

 of such special meeting.] 



The vice-president shall in the absence of the president 

 perform the duties pertaining to that office. 



ARTICLE VIJ. 



Sec. 1. The secretary-treasurer shall keep records of all 

 meetings of this association, also of the executive committee 

 and of the advisory committee: and he shall issue calls for 

 such meetings. He shall keep a roll of membership, and 

 take charge of all papers belonging to the association he 

 shall, moreover, collect all moneys belonging to the associa- 

 tion, and dispense the same under the direction of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. Furthermore he shall transact all other 

 business, and fulfill all further duties of his office or others 

 which may be directed by the executive committee. 



[The old rule read as follows: "The secretary-treasurer 

 shall keep records of all meetings of this association and 

 the executive committee, make all calls for such meetings 

 take charge of and keep a roll of membership and of all 

 papers belonging to the association, and shall collect all 

 moneys belonging to the association, and dispense same 

 under the direction of the executive committee, and do any 

 other business proper to his office, or as directed bv the 

 executive committee."] J 



This section is .sufficiently referred to in connection with 

 Section 3 of Article V. 



£ : s,t 1 uil th f supervision of the publication 

 oj the stud Pook ami Uazette. subject, however, to insteuc- 

 War- }r ° r " oommitm responsible for mid publica- 



is no Gazette committee, and in that publication 

 the secretary can execute his own sweet will. There ou°ht 

 to be one, however. ° 



_ Sec. s. His remuneration from the association shall be 

 nxed and determined upon by the advisory committee. 

 This I do object to most strongly on principle. It is not 



the province of the advisory committee to decide upon any 

 one's salary, bat of the executive -committee, if not of the 

 association itself. The advisory committee has no control 

 whatever of the finances. It 'is simply a committee to 

 take charge during the intervals between the executive 

 committee meetings, and all its actions must be approved 

 by the executive committee. It is not as if there was any 

 secret about this salary. It appears in the annual state- 

 ment of accounts, is made public to the world at large, and 

 it is so entirely foreign to what is customary in all associa- 

 tions to allow an ad interim committee, as it maybe called, 

 to decide such a question, that I hope Mr. Vredenburgh will 

 change this article of his own volition. 



Sec. 4. He shall be required to execute a bond of indem- 

 nity in favor of the president of the association to an 

 amount not, less than 82,500 before assuming office. Such 

 bond must be satisfactory to the president of the associa- 

 tion. 



This section I referred to last week, and then said that the 

 bond should be satisfactory to the executive committee as 

 well as to the president. Indeed, it is not necessary to be 

 satisfactory to the president at all, for there is no hold upon 

 him if he accepts "straw bail." It is not a business propo- 



premium on an indemnity bond for the proper amount to be 

 given by one of the companies which does that kind of 

 business. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 Applications of clubs for membership shall be made in 

 writing to the secretary of sth[is]e association, accompanied 

 by a copy of the applicant's constitution and by-laws, a list 

 of officers, and [first] a full year's dues, and an ejection shall 

 be held at the next meeting of the executive committee, pro- 

 vided said application shall have been filed with the secre- 

 tary at least ten (10) days previous to said election. It shall 

 require two-thirds of members voting to elect. 



ARTICLE IX. 



Sec. 1, The executive committee shall have power by a 

 two-thirds vote to suspend for a stated period: or to expel 

 any club or delegate or individual whose membership it 

 may deem prejudicial to the welfare of the association. 



J take it that "individual" means an associate member, 

 for it cannot mean anything else and mean anvthing at all 

 If it does, then it would be well to use the words "associate 

 member," and if it doesn't, then strike "or individual" out. 



Sec. 2. Any person may, in the interests of the associ- 

 ation, prefer charges against another person before the 

 American Kennel Club. Or charges may be preferred be- 

 fore said club when the conduct of any individual has 

 been, or is, questionable, provided sitch charges are made 

 in writing. Except in matters pertaining to registration 

 ■which must be heard in the first instance by the stud book 

 committee, all s uch changes shall be heard at the first op- 

 portuniiy by the advisory cemmiite f rom, whose decision 

 an appeal may be taken to the full executive committee. 



Ac person shad honevei be disquoi Hied or ceoHvcd of 

 a n y pri alleges without d ue notice, tend formal charges with 

 specifications have been made and an opportunity has 

 been given him to be heard in his own defense. The Amer- 

 ican Kennel Club will not recognize any ex petrle proceed- 

 ings on the part of any club. 



The last sentence of the first paragraph is ambiguous, for 

 it may be stretched to mean that after the stud book com- 

 mittee had decided a case, the advisory committee took it in 

 hand, passed upon if, and then it went before the executive 

 committee. Such is not the case, the stud book committee 

 being coequal in power with the advisory and has dealings 

 direct with the executive committee. To render this dis- 

 tinction clear, it would be well to make a change such as 

 this after the words "made in writing." All such charges, 

 except matters within the province of the stud book commit- 

 tee to investigate, "shall be heard at the first opportunity by 

 the advisory committee," etc, 



I am at a loss to understand what the concluding sentence 

 means. "The American Kennel Club will not recognize any 

 ex parte proceedings on the part of any club." 



In this section the usual phraseology of "this association" 

 is departed from, and "the American Kennel Club" used in 

 its place. 



ARTICLE X. 



See. 1. The annual dues of clubs shall be glff, payable [at] 

 on or before Jan. 1. Failure to pay said dues shall be tu 

 forfeit all right to representation in this Association, and. 

 such club [and] may be suspended or dropped from the roll. 



Sec. 2. The executive committee shall have the right to 

 make one assessment during the year not to exceed §10. 



The old Section 1 was about as tough a piecee of ungram- 

 ._iatieal English or printer's blunders as was ever strung 

 together. The new one is a slight improvement. I don't 

 know what "be to" wants in there at all, unless the sentence 

 is altered to read: "The result of failure to pay such dues 

 shall be to forfeit," etc. 



ARTICLE XI. 



Sec. 1. Any person who is- vouched for in writing [to the 

 secretary of the American Kennel Club] by not less than two 

 members of any club a member of this "association, or by 

 two associate members, shall, upon payment of $5 annual 

 dues, to the secretary of the American Kennel Club and 

 the indorsement of his application by the presidents] of the 

 American Kennel Club [and] or the president of the asso- 

 ciate members, become an associate member and be an- 

 nounced as such in the next issue of the Kennel Gazette. 



Sec. 2. An ass' date member shall be entitled to the 

 Kennel Gazette and Stud Book for [one] the current year 

 for which his dues are paid, [and] also to two free registra- 

 tions in the Stud Book during su/id year. 



Sec. 3. The annual dues of fio shall be payable to the sec- 

 retary of the American Kennel Club, on the first of January 

 of each year, and any person whose dues are not paid on or 

 before Jan. 20 shall thereby forfeit his right to be included 

 in the list of members eligible for election to office and 

 entitled to vote for officers for the ensuing year; and if his 

 dues shall remain unpaid at the next annual meeting of the 

 associate members his name [shall] may be stricken from 

 the roll, provided, however, that upon remitting the .$5 dues 

 with an application of membership he shall be reinstated 

 upon the indorsement of his application by either of the 

 two presidents as hereinbefore provided. 



Sec. 4. The annual meeting of the associate members 

 shall beheld on the day preceding the annual meeting of 

 the American Kennel Club. At [which] said meeting the 

 reports of the retiring officers shall be presented, which, to- 

 gether with a copy of the official minutes of the meeting 

 shall be filed with the secretary of the American Kennel 

 Club. 



Sec. 5. The officers of the associate members shall be a 

 president, a vice-president and a secretary. The president 

 shall be a member of the advisory committee. The associate 

 members shall have the right to be represented by three 

 delegates; to which position the officers may beelected. And 

 for every one hundred members over three hundred they 

 shall elect an additional delegate. 



[Sec. 0. No associate member shall be eligible to hold 

 office or act as delegate who is a member of any club or 

 member of this association other than a specialty club.] 



Sec. 6. That all elections shall be by mail vote, and the 

 annual election of officers and delegates shal l be conducted 

 as follows: 



