HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION. 



HE first ^^^~)rk-Horse Parade in Boston, and the fi"st in this coun- 

 tr}-, was held (m Memorial Day, 1903, under the management 

 ^^ ^of ten or tweh'e men who had been drawn together by their 

 interest in horses. Soon afterward they were incorporated un- 

 der the name of "The Boston Work-Horse Parade x\ssociation," and it is 

 hoped that humane persons who have wills to make and property to leave 

 will bear that title in mind. The Association has received a verv inadequate 

 support from the rich horse-owners and horse-users in the community; and 

 were it not for the great generosity of a few men and women, among whom 

 are the widow and relatives of the late R. A. Lawrence, the founder and first 

 President of the Association, it is doubtful if the Annual Parade could be 

 maintained. 



There is one change this year in the list of Directors. The Association 

 has lost by death, Randolph K. Clarke, a Vice-President, who had been con- 

 nected with the Parade from the beg'inning. and to whose tact, diplomacv and 

 keen common sense, the directors are indebted for guiding them through 

 some difficult places. Mr. Clarke was a very amiable, warm-hearted, genial, 

 courageous man, with a genuine love of horses, and his death has left a gap 

 in the Association which will never quite be filled. 



Francis Peabody, Jr., who has been a Director for some years, and upon 

 whose judgment the Association greatly relies, was elected Vice-President in 



