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,