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ow that’s a very interesting report from Dr. Davies about AKC/CAR and its operations. We are all delighted that CAR is doing so well and totally understand that the inference is and very properly so that the amount of business Hunte does with CAR is so small as to be negligible in affecting the successes of the AKCCAR operation. But nowhere does Dr. Davies address the problems raised above by me nor in the Editorial of January 4th. Does Hunte owe CAR these monies, have the monies been written off and was there a move by certain CAR Board members to have AKC reimburse CAR for the monies to be or already written off. Is it true that a meeting is set with Hunte for February 5th to redefine the situation. Normally these inner business workings are not the concern of the Fancy at large, a fact to which these pages wholly subscribe, but in light of the upcoming March elections are not at least the Delegates if not the Fancy at large entitled to be made aware of the relationships between Hunte and CAR and the AKC as well? I believe each AKCCAR Board Member has an obligation to be transparent in this matter with the Fancy and the Delegate Body and I ask Alan Kalter, Carl Ashby,Tom Davies, Carmen Battaglia, Steve Gladstone, John Lyons and Peter Farnsworth to simply share the facts of this matter with us all.
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ent to the Fredericksburg Virginia Cluster this past weekend in the very usable and dog friendly Fredericksburg Expo and Convention Center. Having attended and graduated from UVA in nearby Charlottesville lo those many years ago I returned expecting to find the sleepy somewhat Southern town of Fredericksburg as I remembered it from school days. Wrong with a double W--grown to a full suburb of the District the charm of old was totally changed to a modern and updated City although I must admit in the old town I felt somewhat a tang of the past. Nothing I suppose ever remains the same but I wonder whether the change has to be so drastic. In any event the Virginia Cluster consisted of five straight days of all-breeds. How could that be I asked--five straight days--and I was told that in the case of an extraordinary venue AKC makes those kinds of exceptions. Well I truly thought the site fine but five days is too much for me in any situation extraordinary or not!! The Foxhound bitch swept three of the five Bests while the Black Dane won Saturday while the Border went up the Friday night. We arrived very late due to that I-95 traffic outside of Washington DC-more than 2 hours to cover less than 50 miles-made the LIE seem like a super-highway dream. What was a total dream was the Working Group of Saturday night which was as strong a one as I have seen in years. What an impressive group of dogs. One of the nicest things about the show is the nearness of a myriad of restaurants (most of them chains but of a higher variety) and a Wegmans within walking distance for food--and really deliciously prepared meals at that! Totally eliminated the need to go to the food hall in the building which was below par at best. This is an exciting new venue which Cluster was developed through the perseverance of its members tenacity. Never give up was the motto of those running this group of shows and in the long run this facility is a great addition for the dog show world in this highly urbanized area. Good luck for the years to come!
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