South African Kennel Union
PO Box 562
Cape Town

20 February 1925

FR Barnes Esq.
PO Box 597
Bulawayo

Dear Sir

In reference to your letter of 5th inst., regarding the inclusion of Ridgeback Lion Dogs in our Classification, and also regarding your application for affiliation to the S.A.K.U., as the Rhodesian (Lion Dog) Club, I have now submitted the matter to my Committee, who extremely regret that they are not in a position at present to recognise such a Club or breed: nothing is really known of this dog, or of its breeding, and your own letter on the matter, might I add, does not throw much light on the question of the breed of the dog.

My Committee suggest that your Club should first develop and standardize the breed before applying for affiliation or championship points. While the Committee always desire to foster any Club which represents a particular breed, we do not see that any good purpose would be served by countenancing such a Club at present, until the breed itself becomes a popular one.

Yours faithfully

C Lumsden Crawford
Secretary

This page was last updated on 08/06/07.
Transcribed from a photocopy of the original document donated to the RRCWA by Pauline Sadler.