Mr
Frank Gary
Crosswicks
- N.J. - USA
10-3-1982
Dear
Mr Gary,
I
think our recent letters may have crossed as your letter did not carry a date
and I could only read 1981 on the postmark. I feel your letter may have been
delayed. The mail has been a problem here in Australia. The mail workers
sometimes go on strike for two weeks at a time. Hope you got my letter and the
sketches of the Pekin OK.
Hope
Mrs Gary is still progressing and this continues. My wife is home and able to
menage, OK. She is in fact as good as we can expect. My son’s wife is
expecting an addition to the family within about two weeks, so we are all
looking forward to the happy event.
Well
here is the book. The orders are coming in for it. I have in fact got to sent
20 copies to John Norris for resale in the US. My main problem is correcting
the typographical errors in each copy. This was due to my inexperience as a
typist and printer. It’s a pretty tedious job: I sent Fred Jeffrey a copy.
He says he will review it in the ABA
Quarterly sometime in the future. Also sent him the photograph of the
winner of the ABA Medallion at last year’s Bantam Club of NSW Annual Show.
He will probably show it to you. It was a Black Red Modern Game Cockerel Ch.
Bantam in Show.
I
sent you previously the Standard Chapter. In the book you will find on page
175 and 176 some alterations in the penalty points. After thinking about them
I decided to change a few of them. Also on page 175 I have altered the text
near the bottom of page to read the
amount of importance which may be attached to instead of points
to be deduced.
Also
in the drawings page 179 & 180 alterations to wings Page 179 Shortened
wing on male and on Page 180 deleted top line of wing on female which should
not be showing. I know these drawings perhaps aren’t the ideal for you
purpose but hopefully will give you a lead on the general appearance. We work
on the idea the bird should fit into a circle. Perhaps in these drawings the
head may appear with drawn to some extent. In any case however the neck should
be short.
Well
that’s it now. Heard on the news you are getting bad weather once again. You
have certainly had a rough time this winter.
Sincerely
yours,