New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
KENNEL CLUB MEETING.
DELEGATES TAKE ACTION
FdUor InnuaI Election of Officers
and Committees.

Delegates presented their grievances at q
meeting Of the American Kennel Club, held at
the Ashland House yesterday. This meeting,
which called by the board of directors to
hear the report of special committee on the
manner and reasons for incorporation, caught
the disgruntled delegates unawares, as they had
planned meeting Of protest little later.
They were pressed for time, however. for the
annual meeting of the association is TO be held
early in February. AS a result the dissatisfied
. ones took advantage Of yesterdays meeting TO
present their troubles and suggest proposed
amendments TO be acted at the annual meet
ing Should these amendments be carried by a
two-thirds vote. the delegates Will come in to
nearly ali the privileges taken away by incor-
poration.
These amendments call for the resumption OF
the regular quarterly meetings, at which each
delegate shall have representation; to abolish
the board of thirty directors for three years; 10
elect all officers and committees annually, and
10 give thirty days time to pay annual dues.
In the absence of August Belmont, the presi-
dent. well as all the members Of the board
of directors, DR.. F. H. Osgood, delegate or
the Boston Terrier Club. presided. James Nor
timer, on behalf of the directors committee
read the report on Incorporation. which was in
part follows:
The committee finds that the idea Of the incor-
poration is no new one, as in May 1901, a MEM
Ger Of the New York bar. who was much interest
secretary the hazard OF remaining unincorporat-
ed association by reason Of the provisions OF the
clubs. some Of which were practically impossible at DE
Wond Dg -d oqt @ ae 1e Iab % 70 d2e and I'M
pr.sonment. and, further. that the. experience OF
more disastrous results than were ayeIted thrSHsn
1901 resoIitson Wsg n,oGsIy passed appoint
ing committee to consider the adyisability OF in
cooperating the club, and subsequently, on the lIth
again brought up before the club A and m
authorized to incorporate the American Kennel
Hnfortunateiv died and for some time the matter
was held in abeyance. Subsequently Mr.. Roekefel-
mittee. and tho club finally incorporated. and
ed in Noveber Of last YEAR The Certificate Of in
corporation was duly granted in December 1903 but
matter was was not hastened in its completion,
In xns The number @ OF & at taIg a5 bae 5ae
Il was sought TO give the delegates of the active
View Of the large number Of directors and that the
e q & S for then e gene eo
sTai quarterly % meetings and to TeP5qes them s PK
the same power to call special meetings that they
nad II the s S GG6 Ths S eSeG1tye %
bers Its powers are nnchansed and all the stand; nd
standing committees were elected members of the
present standing committees and directors Of the
The COMMITTEES shows that IN the unincorporated
delegate for each 100 members whereas they now
have one delegate for each 100 members up TO 800
and two delegates for each 100 members that
number. Next year there will be seven delegates
20 be elected from the associate members. in
of three such delegates. The quorum in the
old club only nine members, and now II is
twelve member
The amendments to the new constitution were
then presented by DR.. J. e De Mund of the
Russian Wofhound Club. vote of approval
cast in favor of the amendments and a
committee appointed to speak for them at
the annual meeting.
s. W. Mcguire, delegate OF the Irish Setter
Club of America, in opening discussion on the
report read by Mr.. Mortimer suggested that It
might not be a bad idea to have the disfran-
chised delegates call upon Mr.. Belmont with
words Of explanation TO the effect that they We're
still loyal and only sought his aid in restoring
the oldtime fellowship. Both Mr. Mcguire and
DR. Osgood expressed the belief that Mr. Belmont
had been misled.
s. p Cutter, the delegate Of the Bay State
Kennel Club. announced that he had called at
the :. K c. office in the morning to pay tho
clubs annual dues and that Mr.. Vredenburg, the
secretary, had refused the $40 Under the new
constitution dues had to be paid by December
81, else the club would be dropped According
10 Mr. Cutter forty nine clubs had been dropped
on this account. The disgruntled claim
this TO be another trick.