out” the Board of Directors voted to hold the 1967 Futurity there in the spring of 1968. At
the Board Meeting held at Ardmore in February, 1968, the problems of AKC sanctioning
were discussed and the Board voted to limit all participation in the Futurities to ABC
members and their immediate families.
With a few simple rules and only the couple of changes mentioned earlier, the
Futurity prospered. The number of litters nominated, the individual forfeits paid and the
number of starters increased during the 50’s and 60’s. Four of the ve years from 1968
through 1972 saw entries between 102 and 129. In 1973, the rst major change was
made effective with the 1974 running: the Futurity would be split off from the Nationals
and run as three sectional events. The Eastern would encompass the East Coast and East
Central Regions; the Central would be held within the Central and Midwest Regions
and the Western in the West Coast Region. Dogs from eligible litters could be enrolled
in any or all of the Sectional Futurities at the time the nal forfeit was paid. Initially the
Sectional Futurities were kept as fall trials, but over the years they ha