The New York herald., 1922-02-01
DOG SHOW JUDGES
MAY GO TO COURT
Thirty Who Were Barred
Named; Many Suits May
Develop on Ruling.
BY FRANK r.. DOLE.

Dog circles yesterday were shaken
deeply by the action Of the license com
mittee of the American Kennel Club in
revoking the judging licenses of thirty
prominent judges in a campaign to drive
out all professional judges and permit
only smon-pure amateurs to hold cards.
While It was not intended that an
nouncement Of the license committees
action should be known until the pub
lication OF the Kennel Gazette, which
is due tomorrow, through some leak
inside the club it was learned that
licenses have been taken from w. Cum
pingham. Mrs. w. Macleod. l.. De VIM
ter, III. Baxter, r. Clark, Mrs. Vincent
De Meo, Mrs. NJ. Hardy, Mrs. A. Simp-
son, Mrs. X. Mayer, DR. G. Sullivan. III.
Ahrenstedt, Mrs. L. Cedar, Mrs c. Culp.
Mrs. r. Curry, p. HUM, Mrs. NJ. Koerlin,
J. O'Callahan. Mrs. A. Rubina. Mrs. J.
Bidewel. w. Connell, It. Downs, Mrs j.
Garrity. Z. II. Hano, J. Richardson, 9.
Sabo, Freeman Lloyd, Mrs. NJ. Hill,
Mrs. A. Acorr, c. Campbell and n
HALEY.
This list is not a complete one Of
those who will cease TO judge as. 1t
was learned from q member of the COM
mttee, a number of other officials had
been asked to give up their licenses and
had done so, Those on the list refused.
A number of others are being investi-
gated and Il was said later list would
be issued resembling more licenses.
Are Not Disqualified.
Newton IT. Day. secretary OF the
Kennel Club. asked that stress be laid
on the fact that the action OF the COM
mittsc did not constitute dlsqualifica-
80 xah 1iCrn9NA
been revoked lose their other rights and
privileges under the Kennel Club. Mr
Day said the action had been taken In
accord with what the license committee
and the club considered the hast IN
tcrcsts of the game" He also stressed
the point that anybody on the sus-
pended list who was able TO show that
he ar she Is not n deeler. docs not mako
living from dogs nor received sub
st.intial financial benefits from dogs
would gladly be reinstated by the conf
mittee upon the presentation of his or
her case
IL is the contention of the committee
that all tho names on the list are OF
those who have a real financial interest
in dealing in dogs. The exception to
this Ia a writer on dog affairs and i
was the belief of the committee, accord
inr 10 one Of its members, that he could
hardly be expected TO take a fec for
writing up some loernel and then judge
without bias dogs from that Kennel.
In the case of Mrs. NJ. Hardy. her
husband. NJ. Il. Hardy. an attorney.
who has long been interested In A.
X c. affairs. said sho was informed the
committee had beard she was interested
in a dog shop IN Forty-seventh street
and it was thought unwise for her to
be in position TO judge dogs she might
have sold Mr.. Hardy said he had In
formed the committee they were hold
ing themselves liable TO suits by with
drawing license without good reason
aud that he believed court would not
sustain the committes's position no
matter what the bylaws OF the club
provide.
An Arbitrary Power.
A member of the committee took the
opposite position last night and said he
believed tre courts would sustain the
action or the committed lIo even went
80 far as to say that if tho committee
did not happen to like the color OF a
mans eyes and had no better reason
for wanting TO revoke his license. il
would still be within It's legal rights
10 do so.
Attention was called 10 tho fact that
one man on the suspended list was no
longer In the dog busihers and had not