The New York herald., 1922-01-08
WASTE IN CONDUCT
OF MOST DOG SHOWS
Needless Expenditure for
Printing Aggregates Thou
ands Of Dollars.
by FRANK f. DOLE.

If officials of kennel club were ac-
cused OF throwing away $3.50 in the
conduct of their show without benefiting
the club. the show or the exhibitors,
they would PROBABLY Indignantly deny
the charge. Yet something very near
that sum. usually rather more than
less. is thrown away by each club giving
a show, and in year this aggregates
thousands of dollars in waste.
This big loss is due to the inefficiency
and duplication of printing the specially
prizes in the premium lists and cata.
logues of every show The only benefit
from this needless duplication accrues
10 the printers. Taking a fair average
OH which to work, the results show that
practically $4,000 is spent each year
which. with a bit of efficiency, might be
saved.
The situation is closely parallel to
that prevailing in the days when the
kennel club required the printing of its
rules in the show catalogues. I at.
tackled that as needless hardship on
the clubs giving shows and a waste OF
money which might better be given to
the exhibitor. Naturally. / was glad
when the A. X. c. came to regard 1t in
that light and took upon itself the bur-
den of getting out the rules under sepa.
rate covers and relieving the clubs Of
the expense of printing pages of rules.
Case of Mathematics.
The average premium list contains
thirty-five pages of speciality prizes and
the catalogues contain about twenty
five. In some instances there are more
in some less, but this is a fair average
The cost of getting out the premium list
is approximately $3.50 a page and the
catalogue So. There were about 120
shows during 1921. The rest is just a
case OF simple mathematics.
Thirty-fve pages in the premium list
devoted to the specials means an addi-
ton of $3.50 to the printing bill. The
twenty-five pages for the same purpose
in the catalogue at SO page means s75
Therefore. at each show about S162.50
goes for the printing of these specials
For 120 shows that makes a total OF
19.500-quite a bit Of money to con-
tribute to the welfare of the catalogue
printers. Think of how much more good
it could do II it were added to the prize
money offered to the exhibitor.
One way--a logical one-wouId be
for the speciality clubs to take this bur-
den off the shoulders of the individual
clubs seeking to put On shows. This
could be done by having the speciality
clubs at the start of each year place
the prizes they intended to offer into va
rious groups to meet the different classes
of shows. Small leaflets showing these
prizes and their various groups could
be printed in large quantities at little
expense, and sent out to the leading
exhibitors and clubs to be circulated
generally among the breeders and ex-
hibitors of that breed In which the clut
was interested.
With these lists of specials II woult
be possible in the premium lists ano
catalogues to make the announcement
that at this show the shepherd or Peking.
ese or Pomeranian or any one of the
many other specially clubs were offering
prizes in group No. /. ., 3 or 4, as tn,
case might be. To this could be added
the name of the secretary of the spe
cialty club. who could upon application
provide the list of prize groups If tn,
exhibitor did not already have 1t.
Lifting the Burden.
Naturally this would mean more worl
to the secretaries of the specially club.
and come added expense for the club
However the speciality clubs would b,
willing to assist in lifting that "Olc
Man OF the Sea-" the printing bill. from
the shoulders of the clubs giving shows