The New York herald., 1921-04-24


tering a dog. 1t means searching many
files to verify as far as possible the
pedigree submitted. the name desired
and other details as well as I'm many
cases writing three or four letters before
the registrations can be properly made.
Another feature of expense Is that as
these registrations increase from yaar to
year the files and records which must be
examined are becoming greater and
greater. hence the percentage OF cost
constantly Increasing.
The registration fee at present is
regulated by vote or the Board of Di-
rectors instead of as formerly by a regu-
lar rule OF the club. This makes the
changing Of this fee very easy as 1t can
be increased or decreased at any meet
ing OF the board instead of going
through the long procedure OF changing
rule. 1t is the intention OF the direct
ors to watch the figures at the new rate
and should 1t be found that the higher
price is producing more money than is
necessary for the up-keep of the club.
unless fair means are worked out for
returning the unnecessary surplus to the
fancy. the rate will again be changed
downward.
The giving of championship medals to
owners Of dogs winning that honor in
stead of charging So for these medals
as In the past, also furnishing of printed
copies OF all rules gratis (Which must
accompany premium lists) will during
these and coming years cost the club
large amounts of money which must
come principally from the receipts for
registrations. two of the ways that part
OF the increased fee will be returned to
the fancy. In the case of printed rules,
the show giving clubs will be saved
many thousands OF dollars for printing.
In Re the stud Book.
The officers Of this club have been
more or less criticised for discontinuing
the printing of the yearly stud book,
so few words In explanation of this
change would seem well at this time.
For many years the club published this
book and up to about eleven years ago
furnished II to all associate subscribers
together with the monthly Gazette and
two registrations all for IS. the associ-
ate subscription. II was then found that
this book alone was costing actually
more than the SIS paid each year by
these subscribers as during former
years the cost of printing was even then
increasing, and, of course, the book was
growing larger and larger each year as
the number of registrations grew.
The club then decided upon a charge
Of SIS for the book with the result that it
was discovered that very few fanciers
cared enough for this publication to even
pay that small annual charge for 1t, until
In the last year that 1t was printed its
actual sale amounted to only $780, which
figure included considerable amount
for issues of previous years, while IL
cost $S,15435 to get out. This was
what caused the change from an annual
to a monthly publication. as war prices
would have brought the cost up to such
a figure that the actual loss would have
been decidedly more than the club could
have afforded. as It would have eaten
into the clubs surplus to such an extent
that in q few years at that rate the
surplus, II not entirely exhausted would
have been seriously menaced. This. the
directors of the club unanimously voted
not to hazard
After the war was over, the matter
Of the cost OF the publication of these
books in a bound volume yearly was
again thoroughly Investigated and 1t
was found that due not only to the still
very high cost Of printing and paper, as
well as the tremendous increase In regis
trations which would necessitate such
very large book. the cost OF 1t
would be so ridiculously and greatly
more than the most generous estimate of
it's income, that TO resume publishing 1t
would be an almost insane waste of
money.