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Show I SHAKE-UP 0U I IN DOG SYSTEM American Kennel Club to Take: Steps to Form New Rules There's a near upheaval in the I making among the members and ! patrons of The American Kennel club, the dominant . dog organization of this country. vr tnp system of ; judging now in vogue. The fart that j B a person needs only a fee and the H ability to write for a license lias j apparently resulted in some un- ; scrupulous officials who have liter i ally turned things upside, down at some recent shows. Officials of The ; American Kennel club took no no- lice of the many protests on Oie Judg- j ing system, until the present fummoY, and while no remedy has been of- I j ficlally promised. It Is understood there will be a shake-up in the system sys-tem before another year, j LARGE GROWTH The growth of the dog business, according ac-cording to Secretary New) on Day,. of ihe A. K. C. is more largely re- j sponsible for tho loose conditions surrounding the Issuance of judging licenses, than any disregard of tho needs of the sporl by tho A. K. G. aficlals. The sport toddled along In infant's clothes for years, and during dur-ing that timo competent judges wei I taken from among the oldest and best known breeders. But the rapid development of the business of breeding and showing thoroughbred dogs, brought on a shortage of competent com-petent judges and many who thought only of the money making pnssibill- , K ties of judsring. applied for licenses. Even though there have been vlg-H9 vlg-H9 orous protests ngaicst the present system, none of the complainants have offered a solution of the prob- i lera. Some of the A. K. C. officials have suggested hoding examinations i for those who aspire to be licensed judges, but tU.o tggestion does not J I meet with the approval of all who have complained. PROFITABLE BUSINESS Judging bench shows has become a profitable business in the past five I j years. Many associations pay thir I j judges as much as $100 per day and expenses. SO that the judges who are HI able to book a sufficient number of I engagements each year may be certain cer-tain of a lucrative return for ttelr j work. It has been hinted that In some of the leading shows in the east the past two years, Judges in fj placing awards have been entirely too mindful of the entries of friends j or the entries in the sale of which I they may havo at some previous I time been Interested in. The condi-i condi-i tion growing out of the complaints I has been unsatisfactory and a men-j men-j ace to the sport of exhibiting full blooded dogs. Secretary' Day has asked indulgence of the complain-j complain-j ants with a promise that conditions will be remedied. ti OO |