The sun., 1916-01-02
CHAMPIONSHIPS MAY
Be HARDER TO GET
Adoption Of Proposed Rule
Will Add Greatly to
Value Of Title.
OTHER CHANGES IN VIEW

At the recent quarterly meeting Of the
American Kennel Club delegates the win
ming OF championships and the value
therof was one Of the subjects taken up.
A rule which requires dog TO win six
Of the necessary fifteen points at three
point shows was proposed and referred
to a committee for action II is said
that this rule will be passed at the next
meeting and II II Is the A. X. c. will
have enacted the best piece Of legislation
that has recently been passed. There
, can be no doubt but that the cham
rion prefix before the name Of n
dog has lost much Of its value due to
the fact that 1t has been attained too
easily.
rule requiring n dog to win at two
three point shows should work a great
benefit, and although championship
will be much harder 20 win the fancier
who makes his dog n champion will find
Its ulue greatly enhanced. three
point rating is given show where 500
or over actual dogs are benched and 1t
Is only the larger shows which obtain
this rating. At the three point fixtures
there is of course greater competition
and Il Is not 80 easy for mediocre
specimen to get the winners rosette. but
II Is not only in this way that the new
rule Will work for the bettcrment OF the
game for at all three point shows the
specialist Judge takes most OF the breeds
unlike the situation at the smaller fix
turte. where an all rounder with a knowl-
edge OF about half the breeds brought
,rhs a.. - 'e ''oo,' ~ w ',, @
ai,. "e 80 a' 80,
"'' w ioou W oe hI"hI.e,s oe''e'
IA fun .itNt y.t~
'''rr. az "a. W. oI one po.hl ai'a1'
cna'"p,onsn'p' are a"arueu 10 eIao,e
one 10 po'nt out the pest OF their preeds
u'u !" ..ave mem go uowh ~ hls'ory as
sueh pu, no mater what ruiee are maze
IN regard 10 the number d points neces.
ssr' ,oI championship 'he seieeuon OF
'"e 1"uses VINO are 10 award 'hese
I,oihts is OF tne utmost importance ana
'ne Vaiue OF tne proposed rule VIII de-
pehh upon the personnel OF the Judging
list AT futtre SHOWS. The value OF cham
piohs IN certain breeds IL much greater
'han In Others and this is In no little
measure due TO the fact that some
breeds are assigned TO an expert spe-
caalist judge while others are given to
an all FOUNDER or some Judge who is not
familiar with their standard and what a
good type OF dog should De.
rms may seem like an exaggeration.
out IL is nevertheless true. for during
tne past summer many instances have
been noticed ~1nch show that secretaries
VIII appoint judge Tor breed which
tney are familiar with. and then add
three or four more breeds to he Judged
ny this same man whether he knows
anything about them or not. Fair play
Tor all breeds alike and the choosing
or the best men FOR judges 'i-; espect!ve
ol whether they are personal friends OF
ofncers OF the show or not VII! work
great deal or good FOR the dog fancy.
There are number OF breeds where
placing instead OF Judging has become
the rule. and these breeds suffer more
from THIS cause than from any other.
The a. X. c. by adopting the new
rule will be doing It's part. and II the
sho" committees and secretaries VIII
use discretion IN appointing their judges
great peneit VIII De the result lf
championships are 10 De o' any real
Value they must after the rules have
peeh s'rehg'hened also oe put upon
p"per iounuatpn by the hes, judging
'"f All pre'Nis that IL ~ possible TO get
H,''her ina''er "hich was prought
70 ,he a'.en.on ol me de'eeates az this
inee''e tha' enou'd oe commended by
mem was Pt'er IRON superintendent
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WIN '"e sa"v''"'' VI 'ne ~ N MI
fo'eE suEErs,S tna' IL Ne "nllsttorF
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.he a IA y, W u-e ,,'e il''Il ~,
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a. '"e" eNen's as su"i"il'c' N,"t
.uc" snons ". t,ce'Su OF s..tn WIN
W. sn.'...on = W ~ ''a...I ', 80. ~
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i~'ooo''' ~ 70 "'oi'-u ss '"'o"e Due I't
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III .n'S e''er UT ROY! r',r'H "",
'"". 'ht many u','ee,'seu ','a'cneH anu
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give riooohs 10 tne winners "h'0n !. Is
i'nposs'''e 10 u,s'anSusn ''u" rnpooh
49,, w" @ s"o"
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