10G4 jSTew York State Breeders' Association 



still keep breeding the cull stock that we are producing at the 

 present time. 



I will show you to what extent they go in other countries to elim- 

 inate unsoundness. In Belcium this year, where I traveled for 

 some time, I visited the farm where the champion sires are kept. 

 The subsidy keeps those best stallions there. That is the country 

 from which the highest type of horse in the world comes, and it 

 is the country where their average crops are three to four times 

 what they are in the United States. If that is not an example for 

 us to follow, I do not know anything about horse-breeding. 



Mr. Sessions : I wish to give the members of this convention a 

 little information in regard to some of the conveniences that we 

 have provided for them. We have three rooms on this floor, " H," 

 " L " and " M," for your use, or for the use of the societies affili- 

 ated with the !N^ew York State Breeders' Association. 



Mr. Huson : I have here a letter from one of the oldest and 

 most valued members of this association. He has been its honored 

 president and, during all the years of its existence, its loyal 

 friend. For a considerable time he has been confined to his home 

 by serious illness, but is now so far recovered as to be able to write 

 this letter of greeting to us. We will all rejoice in his recovery, 

 although we regret he is not able to be here. For if he were here 

 this morning we know that he would enter with spirit into the 

 discussion on this particular subject, and would have something 

 worth while to say. 



" I am very sorry that I cannot attend this meeting as I 

 have formerly done. I know I should enjoy it very much, 

 but I fear if I attempted it, it would overdo me, and as I 

 am improving all the time I feel that I should forego the 

 pleasure of attending this year, hoping another year I may 

 be in perfect health again. I wish to be remembered to all 

 the members, and the speakers from other states. 



" Very truly yours, 



" Dr. C. D. Smead." 

 Meeting adjourned until 2 o'clock. 



