HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION 



HE tirst Work-Horse Parade in Boston, and the first in this 

 country, was held on Memorial Day, 1903, under the man- 

 agement of ten or twelve men who had been drawn together 

 by their interest in horses. Soon afterward they were 

 incorporated under the name of "The Boston Work-Horse 

 Parade Association;" 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 very 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. 



The custom of holding Work-Horse Parades is slowly but surely 

 spreading over the country, and we are proud to say that our Parade has 

 served as a model for most of the others. 



Among the places in which a Parade has been held, or is to be held 

 during the present year, are the following: New York, Philadelphia, 

 Chicago, San Francisco (the largest parade yet held), Buffalo; Burlington, 

 Iowa; Columbus and Youngstown, Ohio; Grand Rapids and Manistee, 

 Michigan; Ithaca, N. Y.; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Nashua, N. H.; 

 Hartford; New Haven; New Orleans; Seattle, Washington; Fall River; 

 Worcester; Houlton, Maine; and Melbourne, Australia. 



THE USES OF THE ASSOCIATION 



This Association does not confine itself to holding an Annual Parade. 

 We have continually in mind the unfortunate horse who is not fit to 

 appear in any parade, and we do what we can to diminish his sufferings. 



OUR AGENTS 



During the past year we have employed most of the time one or more 

 Agents to go about among the poorer class of stables, and assist the 

 owners of the horses with advice, medicine and other means. Men who 



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