9-11/1980

Dear Mr Plant,

I am somewhat concerned that I have not heard from you with respect to the descriptions of the Pekin, Australian Game and the Australian Pit Game bantams. I had hoped to have these available for discussion at our upcoming annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio, the second weekend in November.

In connection with the comb description of the Australian Game Bantam it may be that you will wish to delete the part ...... has to do with dubbing. Is it your custom not to require dubbing of game bantams when they are exhibited in the show room?

I realize that you have been having problems with sickness in your family, but can you just send me a very short note on the progress to date on these three breeds.

My grandson Robert is presently in the process of preparing black and white illustrations on twelve European breeds of bantams which I have finished working on with Mrs A.C.Banning of the Netherlands and I have a notion that he might prepare the illustrations for the two Australian Game breeds.

Mrs Gary has been in the hospital for the third time this year, this last time for the removal of a cataract. She is doing nicely but has not yet attempted to drive the car in a situation where there is anything but a small amount of traffic. We do go every morning to a restaurant for breakfast, to the post office and occasionally to the bank. She will hopefully have full vision when glasses can be fitted.

With the inclusion of the four breeds that I have been working with you on it is now possible that we will have one hundred one breeds with nearly six hundred varieties of bantams in the fifth edition. There is no other manual anywhere in the world that would be comparable that I know of.

Sincerely,