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Mr. Euren came to me some ten years ago to 

 see if he could get a certain number of people to 

 bring out and publish the pedigree and particulars 

 of the horse known as the Norfolk Trotter. The 

 Norfolk Trotter is an accepted term, but a great 

 many of us know that besides the breed in Norfolk, 

 the same horse has been bred for many years in 

 Yorkshire (especially in the Hull district) and other 

 parts of England, and we thought that if we called 

 it Norfolk Trotter we should be adopting too- 

 narrow a term. W'a therefore propose to enlarge 

 it, and call the Society " The Hackney Horse 

 Society," established to improve the breed and 

 promote the breeding of hackneys, roadsters, cobs, 

 and ponies. 



Well, we could do nothing then ; times were 

 very bad, and the whole thing tumbled through 

 until about two years ago, when Lord Hastings 

 was president of the Norfolk Agricultural Show, 

 and he alluded to the question at the annual meeting,, 

 held at Fakenham. A meeting was soon afterwards 

 held at Norwich. 



His Royal Highness the I^rince of Wales* was. 

 good enough to say he would become patron, and 

 the whole thing has now arrived at this stage, viz., 

 that we have about 300 yearly members, besides, 

 some 100 gentlemen who put down ten guineas ta 

 start the Society. 



* Now H,M. King Edward VII. 



