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American Saddle Horse Breeders Association, Lexington, 



Kentucky. 

 American Shetland Pony Club, Lafayette, Indiana. 

 American Shire Horse Breeders Association, Wenona, Illinois. 

 American Studbook (Thoroughbred), New York. 

 American Trotting Register Association, Chicago, Illinois. 

 American Suffolk Horse Association, Janesville, Wis. 

 Cleveland Bay Society of America, Oconomovoc, Wis. 

 French Coach Horse Society of America, Oak Park, 111. 

 French Coach Registry Company, Columbus, Ohio. 

 German Hanoverian and Oldenburg Coach Horse Breeders 



Association, Lafayette, Indiana. 

 Morgan Horse Register, Middlebury, Vermont. 

 National French Draft Horse Association, Fairfield, Iowa. 

 Standard Jack and Jennet Registry, Kansas City, Missouri. 

 Welch Pony and Cob Society, Aurora, Illinois. 



Methods of misrepresentation. 



Bogus or fraudulent pedigrees for horses have usually 

 come under one of the following classes: 1. Pedigrees 

 or certificates of registration issued by associations or 

 companies without recognized standing; 2. Certificates 

 or pedigrees issued by recognized associations upon 

 misrepresentation of the owners of the horses ; 3. Pedi- 

 grees which are correct in themselves, but which do not 

 belong to the horses with which they are associated, the 

 original horse having died and a grade having been sub- 

 stituted ; 4. Pedigrees which have been changed in the 

 age or description of the horse in order to make them fit 

 another horse than the original for which the pedigree 

 was intended. All of these methods of misrepresentation 

 have been discovered by the stallion registration boards 

 of the various states. It is probable also that such mis- 

 representation is practiced with other classes of live-stock, 

 but on account of the higher value of horses they have 



