HENRY c. MCDOWELL AND ASHLAND 



" Your Association alone, of all bodies taking in- 

 terest in such matters, has power to punish anyone 

 in fabricating records as a basis of registration or 

 otherwise attempting to establish fraudulent pedi- 

 grees; and this punishment can be rendered more 

 effective by extending it to the animal, as in cases 

 of fraud on the turf. That the benefit of such power 

 should be extended to the honest breeder is one of 

 the strongest reasons for the request." 



When the petition was sent to me for suggestion, 

 I objected to the phrase " fabricating false records," 

 and, under date of January 13, 1884, Major Mc- 

 Dowell replied: 



" I stand corrected on the * fabrication of false,' 

 and the worst of it was that I had years ago seen 

 quite a striking criticism of the same expression. 

 Strike out the word false in the copy sent." 



Soon after this the prospectus of The Trotting 

 Horse Breeders' Club was issued. The object was to 

 compile and publish a trotting horse studbook and 

 to clear the road by the purchase of " the two exist- 

 ing studbooks." " It is expected that this club will 

 be admitted as a member of the National Trotting 

 Association, and that as such it will have access to 

 its accurate and valuable official records for use and 

 publication in the studbook, and what is of even 

 more importance, to its well-organized and able tri- 

 bunals for a hearing and decision of such questions 

 as may arise between the breeder and the compiler 



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