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duties of our organization. If we had the permanent organiza- 

 tion, putting a little money into it, had a secretary to push the 

 saddle horse, we could have shows, stakes, etc. It is something 

 that the saddle horse people will derive a benefit from and it 

 should be brought about. We have never had a medium in this 

 State whose interest it was to push forward the saddle horse. 

 I am glad to' say that our secretary has been bold enough to 

 undertake to give us that needed publicity. He cannot do that 

 alone. He has to have your help, your financial help and loyal 

 support, and if you have a news item it will be to your benefit 

 and to his benefit and to the benefit of all of us if you will take 

 interest enough to furnish him with that information. In the 

 past, if we heard anything about a Missouri saddle horse, it had 

 to be extraordinary to get in the paper and then we would hear 

 of it. That condition should not exist. We ought to be inter- 

 ested in anything that is to the interest to all of us. Every man 

 who is interested in the saddle horse in this State should take 

 an interest in The Missouri Stockman, recently established, and 

 let us have some Missouri publicity. We ought not to be com- 

 pelled to go outside of the State to get that which we have. 



It is with regret that our friend, Mr. Wallace Estill, finds 

 it necessary to go out of the saddle horse business. Not many 

 men are able to start into the breeding industry on the basis and 

 the solid, substantial, businesslike basis that Mr. Estill has 

 started, but conditions and circumstances compels him to sell 

 out his saddle horses. I am glad that Mr. Long of Kansas City 

 has come into our ranks and is going into it on the substantial 

 basis and is to be of great assistance to the industry in this 

 State. Here at Columbia there is a great field for an extra- 

 ordinary saddle stallion. There are half a dozen towns needing 

 a good stallion, and I would like to see these things pushed for- 

 ward. I believe they will be when we become fully organized, 

 and I know it would be to the interests of this State. 



I hope to see our ranks increase. I hope more people will 

 take up the breeding of the saddle horse. I am glad to see so 

 many present here this afternoon and to note the interest that 

 has already been demonstrated. I hope next year will find 

 more and more people having an interest in the most profitable 

 horse that we are now producing, and I feel sure that if we all 

 do our duty these things will come about. 



