Evening star., 1936-03-11
YAVE you fused and cussed and
. wondered why those papers"

- wondered why those papers"
you sent in to the American
L Il Kennel Club 10, these many
weeks ago have not yet come back?
Have you grown suspicious Of that
breeder who sold you a pedigreed
puppy and made you wait and wait
and wait for its registration certifi-
cate or its litter registration number
so you could have it registered? The
officials of the American Kennel Club
can tell you just why so much delay
is necessary. Also. they explain that
in the vast majority of cases. when
papers. checks, etc., all are filled in
correctly. papers" are cleared within
q week.
Let us assume that you wish to
register puppy from properly reg
istered litter. This is what happens.
You fill out. properly and completely,
we hope. an application for registra-
ton of dog Of a registered litter and
mail it with 50 bill, If your pup Is
under 18 months, to the American
Kennel Club in New York City. Your
letter is delivered to the cashiers Office,
where a girl opens it, abstracts the
81 bill, or check or money order. and
makes note of the amount of money
and date it was received on the mar
gin Of your application. Then the
application goes to the filing depart
ment, where one girl checks the lit
ter registration number against the
HtfaF &E
number in the files to see If it is the
correct number for the breed, age and
sex of dog you are trying to have reg
istered.
IF THAT is all clear, another girl
checks the names you have sub
mitted for your dog, f1r,. for the num-
Der Of letters-not more than Is let
tiers may be used in a name-second
for a duplication Of names within
that breed and third for the use of
a registered kennel name. Suppose
you wished to call your dog Shenan-
doah Bill Of Washington. You would
be refused permission to do so be-
cause there are 26 letters in that name
and also because Shenandoah Is the
name Of a registered kennel, and no
body may use that name without the
written permission Of the owner of
that kennel. If your dog were collie
and you wished to call him Lord
Thomas Grey, you could not do so
unless you were willing to have q
number added to the name, as there
Is a collie registered with that name
already. In checking names, two huge
sets of files have to be consulted. One
set contains cards for all dogs reg
tstered in the American Kennel Club,
with their names filed ALPHABETICALLY
under their breeds. The other set con-
tains the names of all registered ken
nels.
Then the certification Of the dis
poser OF the dog Is examined and his
signature checked with q copy of his
signature which is on file already.
And because the application for reg
1stration must have on 1t the name
OF the owner Of the dam or sire of the
pup, that signature is on file on the
litter registration blank. It is sur
prising how many signatures the girl
In charge Of this part of the proceed
ings Is familiar with. It would be vir-
tually impossible to forge the signature
OF q well known champion. stud dog
owner, for instance.
F THE certifications are correct. a
file card Is made for the dog. pink
Tor girl and white for q boy, and
the application goes back to the
cashiers ofice, where the names of |
the sire and dam Of the pup are
checked against the champion list.
and II either is q champion the name
Is so noted on the blank. Then 1t |
goes back to the cashier herself, who
notes the amount of money as orig
tnaIly marked on the margin and
enters 1t in her book, together with
the name Of the dog and the number |
which she assigns to 1t at this time. |
This number Is stamped on an i'm
blank certificate which is |
clipped to the application for regis |
tration. The account book must be
balanced before the application leaves |
the desk. Then application and blank
certificate Are sent TO the typiSt who