New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
DOG MEN in SESSION.
MEETING CUT SHORT.
Mail of american Kennel Club Has
Been Tampered With.

~. annual meeting of the American Kennel
Club at the headquarters of the ciun' NO % hip-
erty street yesterday afternoon, was QUICKLY ao-
3ourned A meeting necessary In order 10
,,,,, NTH the constitution, and the reason for
tho brevtty of the session that in view OF the
recent controversy between the ciuo proper anu
the Ashland House committee the usuai business
could not with propriety be transacted until aI'er
Tho referendum committee had made It's report
- ia said that the referendum committee oy a
mail vote has decided almost unanimously In
favor of reincorporation. In the absence Oh
August Belmont II. Fl. Hunneweil. the Vice-preS'-
dent presided at yesterdays meeting
Immediately following the adjourned meetins 'he
hoard Of directors went into session Mr. Hume
well again presided. Twenty-Five persons were pres
ent The report Of A p Vredenbursh' 'hs seeie
tary showed the club to have a balance on haiid
Of 800 a. an increase of $ei4 over the balance
year ago. There are about $50 regular meni-
hers and between six and seven hundred asso-
ciate members.
Odd as it may SEEM as the volume of business IN
creases the profits become less. In 1905, wheh the
expenses were $4,000, the organization sho"eo q
profit of $500. while in 1906 the receipts overoan-
anced the disbursements to the extent of only siS
This state of affairs Is explained by the TACT 'ia'
the club gives away great deal at less tiah oose.
For instance, the cost of publishing the 10"
Stud Book amounted to s.. 100 yet If the entire eoi-
t,on had been sold the receipts would have amount
ed to only 81 $50. This stud book, which sehs 1or
g, formerly contained 300 pages The l"' eoi'ioh
contained $500 pages but the price was not IN
creased 1t is expected that this years book VIII
contain 5000 pages 1t is also a fact that the as
soc,ats subscriber not only receives the stud book
and THE Gazette free. but two registration fees
as well. There about ten thousand paid regis
trations last year.
A question that occasioned considerable discus
sion at the directors meeting was the mfscar1y1ng
Of money through the mails Mr. Fredenours
stated that about the middle Of November he be-
gan missing letters From that time on he gem
orally received several reports a day OF, persons
who had sent registration fees which had gone
astray. The matter reported to the Post
master. while the secretary of the kennel club. as
an additional precaution, secured a postoftice box
and leather mail bag. The latter is Row locked
before it taken from the postoffce and can only
be opened by a key which is kept in the safe at
the kennel club Office.
Despite this. complaints continued to arrive
every day and matter of protection for the
members the latter have been urged to send their
In future by registered letter 1t is said that
in some instances where checks have been sent the
latter must have been destroyed, they were
never presented for collection at the banks
There is be meeting Of the subcommittee OF
the referendum committee this afternoon. The
work of the former is to offer suggestions regard
ing the future conduct Of the American Kennel
Club. 1t stated yesterday that nothing had as
yet been accomplished by the subcommittee