Missouri Saddle Horse Breeders' 



Association. 



OFFICERS. 



President — James A. Houchin, Jefferson City. 

 Vice-President — E. A. Trowbridge, Columbia. 

 Secretary — Rufus Jackson, Mexico. 

 Treasurer — E. S. Stewart, Sturgeon. 



REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



(Rufus Jackson, Mexico. Mo.) 



Your secretary begs leave to submit the following report 

 of his work and of the general progress of the association dur- 

 ing 1913: 



Contrary to the expressed views of some, the Missouri 

 Saddle Horse Breeders' Association has since its organization 

 in 1909 accomplished much in its endeavor to promote the in- 

 terests of the breeder, developer, exhibitor and owner of the 

 saddle horse. 



This is substantiated by the following statement of facts: 



First — Interest on the part of the saddle horse breeder 

 shows a perceptible increase for the reason that there is a greater 

 demand for saddle horses through the educational campaign 

 launched and furthered by your association and having the 

 hearty and earnest co-operation of its members. A better 

 knowledge of our own resources in the production of saddle 

 horses has been made possible through our annual and other 

 meetings, through newspaper publicity and a more general 

 activity in saddle horse circles. 



Second — An increased demand for the finished product 

 should be attributed at least to some extent to the exploitation 

 of the goodness of and the gladness resulting from the owner- 

 ship of the Missouri saddle horse. For be it known that the 



Note. — Attention is called to frontispiece showing saddle horse demonstration at Co- 

 lumbia during Farmers' Week, 1914. 



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