CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE XI. 
New Breeds and Varieties. 
Section 1. Before a new breed or variety can be admitted to The 
American Standard of Perfection it must comply with the following 
requirements, to wit: 
(a) It must be able to produce fifty per cent of the specimens reason- 
ably true to the type and characteristics of the breed or variety, as set forth 
in the proposed Standard, and must have been exhibited in at least two 
generations, both male and female, at "one show conducted under Ameri- 
can Poultry Association rules in each of three successive annual show sea- 
sons. A written statement by one or more poultry judges who are mem- 
bers of The American Poultry Association, and who officiated at these 
shows, setting forth the qualification for admission to the Standard, shall 
be furnished by said judge to the Secretary-Treasurer of The American 
Poultry Association, who shall forward a copy of the same to the exhibitor 
of the birds concerned." 
(6) If application is made for admission of a new breed, the breed 
must possess such new breed characteristics as to give it a very distinct 
character of its own, and if application is made for the 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 multiplicity of varieties. 
Section 2. A petition addressed to The American Poultry Asso- 
ciation 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. 
(b) Affidavits of not less than five breeders of the breed or variety 
shall be presented, containing statements of the percentage of specimens 
breeding reasonably 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. 
((/) At least ninety (00) days prior to the meeting of the Association 
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