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published the year after the first, and the 

 Stud Book has since been pubHshed annu- 

 ally. The nineteenth volume issued at the 

 beginning of the present year shows the 

 total number of animals registered to be 

 42,304, viz., 17,101 stallions and 25,203 

 mares. 



The entries during the current year are, I 

 am informed, not far behind the large total 

 of 1897 ; this is the more gratifying in view 

 of the fact that more strino;ent conditions of 

 registration have been imposed. It is not 

 desired to overload these pages with statistics ; 

 but the following few figures quoted from 

 the Report of the Council in March last will 

 serve to show the progress made in the last 

 fourteen years. 



Number of Members 

 Entries in Stud Book for year 

 Value of Prizes given 



The last eleven volumes of the Stud Book 

 have contained in each year tabulated lists of 

 prizes won ; thus displaying fully a very 

 important appendage to a pedigree. The 

 illustrations, some from paintings, others 

 from photographs of stallions and mares 

 which have taken the Championship at the 

 Society's Annual Show, which are to be 

 found in each volume, possess not only an 



