. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ^34 3*Itc ^xzz&zx mxti, §%yoxtsnmu> April 14 Annual Meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Club. The approaching animal meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Clnb renders fit a few â words as to some of the inconsistencies and abnses which have been so marked under the present management, and urges upon all members a determined effort for a change of administration, a radical revision of the rules of entry, a rigid adherence to the letter of the Constitution, particularly in the matter of solicitation of proxies by officers, a modifica- tion of the rules
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ^34 3*Itc ^xzz&zx mxti, §%yoxtsnmu> April 14 Annual Meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Club. The approaching animal meeting of the American Jersey Cattle Clnb renders fit a few â words as to some of the inconsistencies and abnses which have been so marked under the present management, and urges upon all members a determined effort for a change of administration, a radical revision of the rules of entry, a rigid adherence to the letter of the Constitution, particularly in the matter of solicitation of proxies by officers, a modifica- tion of the rules for admission of members, or doing away entirely with the provision for blackballing,"which, in the hands of certain members, has so disgraced the club and cre- ated such general dissatisfaction. We believe in a registration fee of one dollar to alL mem- bers and non-members alike. The club was not designed to accumulate money; and as one of its supposed aims is to encourage the breeding of the Jersey cow, it could not, in our opinion, adopt a more acceptable or ef- fective method to accomplish this than by making such change. We believe no director, who has served his term of two years, should be eligible for a succeeding term. By this plan a continued change in the make-up of the board would be insured, and thus the continuance of any ob- jectionable methods or cliques be prevented. The rules of entry should be so amended as to admit any Jersey from the Island, be it prize winner, numbered and registered, or not. The committee of judges in Jersey should certainly not be asked or expected to select the importations, which is the effect of the present rules. The classes admissible to the Herd Register should be simply animals imported from Jersey, only, and animals bred in the United States*and Canada. The purity of the blood would thus be absolutely insured, and the rules so simplified, that any novice could tell whether his animals could be en- tered. If the system a
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