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made by the Societe Hippique Percheronne de 

 France, and the Percheron Society of America, 

 the parent organizations, as valid, and has been 

 actively engaged in the promotion of Percheron 

 interests since that time. The actual registrations 

 are made by the National Live Stock Eecords at 

 Ottawa, as the Canadian registrations are made 

 under a department of the Canadian government. 

 The inauguration of this system was due largely to 

 the fact that breeders were few and widely scat- 

 tered, and lacked the financial organization neces- 

 sary to properly care for the interests of many breeds 

 which were represented in Canada by small num- 

 bers of breeders. This, combined .with the paternal 

 tendency of the Canadian Government, led to the 

 establishment of the National Live Stock Records, 

 which controls the registration of all animals in the 

 Dominion of Canada. Associations of breeders exist, 

 however, for each breed, and said associations re- 

 ceive a certain percentage of the fees paid in to the 

 National Live Stock Records for promotion work. 



W. B. Thome, of Aldersyde, Alberta, was elected 

 as first President of the Canadian Percheron Horse 

 Breeders ' Association, and served from 1907 to 1911. 

 F. R. Pike, of High River, Alberta, was Secretary- 

 Treasurer from 1907 to 1915 inclusive. R. C. Upper 

 was President during 1912, Geo. Lane in 1913, J. C. 

 Drewry in 1914 and Geo. Lane during the years 1915 

 and 1916. 



The work of the association has been to act in an 

 advisory capacity on matters relating to the regis- 



