A couple of shows have gone by. At the EMRBA Brewer show, "BBF's Over the Top" took the senior buck class and Best Solid in Show A. In Show B, "BBF's Thistle" and bro, "BBF's Briar" got up near the top with a 3rd and 4th. The Broken Senior Doe "BBF's Tic Tac" came in 2nd and perhaps missed getting the coveted 3rd grand champ leg. Not going to let her sit and wait for another show, so she is bred. The new show location was nice and big but due to its' more northern location (than Newport) and a show in MA the following day, entries were down. Perhaps if they go back to their April show date, it will help on entries. The club plans its Nov. show at the same location but again a MA show is the next day so that doesn't help.
1978 ARBA fees and info - just for fun
In 1978 to register a rabbit with the American Rabbit Breeders Assoc. cost $2.00 and a Standard Book was $3.00. Memberships were $7.00 and a Youth show sanction was $1.50. Charter renewals were $5.00. Most specialty breed clubs required paybacks for Best of Breed and Best Opposite Sex winning rabbits. Most were $2.00 for BOB and $1.00 for BOS.
There was a breed of rabbit called "Alaska" which was shown in Senior and Junior classes only. They weighed 6 1/2 to 8 1/2 lbs. full grown. I wonder if anyone is working on these as a heritage breed?