[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

What improprietry could there possibly be in asking for numbers of competitors in total or by breed or indeed if a particular breed was scheduled to compete - by a competition handler, or in this particular case, by one who is not even involved in competition. The AKC should get real.

But that isn't what you originally said and I quote: "I'm certain it will be ok to ask the organisers how many Corgis are competing. I've never had any cause to do this with agility, but I have done so (and so have many others) with breed conformation shows. There are no real issues involved - afterall at most championship level conformation, agility, obedience etc a catalogue is produced for distribution well before the event ie after closing date for entries, so I can't see any problems."

And I did explain how it was possible to get counts before a show and I told Jodi it was most likely possible she could get numbers and times for the different class divisions. What she is likely not to get is which specific breeds are entered.

It's no different to attending a basketball tournament and beforehand knowing how many teams are involved, who are the players in each team, total rosters for each team and how many of them are imported or foreign players.

But these aren't basketball tournament rules. Evidently exhibitors/competitors aren't as hardcore as some of the ones here and prior knowledge of whom was competing could/can be used to unfair advantages.

Debbie