CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION 



— OF — 



National Steeplechase Association 



We, August Belmont, of Hempstead, Queens 

 County, New York, H. DeCoubcy Fobbbs, of New 

 York, City, New York, Samuel S. Howland, of Grove- 

 land,' Lmngston County, New York, James O. Gbeen, 

 of Louisville, Kentucky, and Fbedebick Gebhaed, of 

 Eatontown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, all being 

 of full age and citizens of the United States of 

 America and a majority being residents of the State 

 of New York, desiring to form a corporation pursuant 

 to the provisiors of Chapter 213 of the Laws of 1891, 

 the same being an Act of the Legislature of the State 

 of New York, passed April 20, 1891, entitled "An Act 

 to Tjrovide for the formation of Corporations for Im- 

 proving the Breeds of Domestic Animals," Do Hereby 

 Ctrtify — ^. , ,, 



FiEST : The name by which the corporation shall 

 be known is "National Steeplechase Association." 



Second : The particular objects and proposes of 

 said corporation are as follows : The investigating, 

 ascertaining and keeping of a record of the pedigrees 

 of horses; the instituting, maintaining, controlling 

 and publishing of a stud book or book of registry of 

 horses in the United States of America and Canada ; 

 the promoting and holding of exhibitions of such 

 horses ; and generally for the purposes of improving 

 the breed thereof, by encouraging and advancing 

 steeplechasing and hurdle racing throughout the 



