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solidation with his own paper was effected, and he became asso- 
ciate editor. During all these years, Mr. SANDERS cherished a 
partially gratified taste for the American trotter, and after some 
excellent reports on grand circuit races, was offered the editor- 
ship of Mr. Georce WILKEs’ “Spirit of the Times.” The Iowa 
home was given up and the livestock sold, the family removing 
to New York. A straight salary proposition failed to interest 
Mr. SANDERS, however, and after twelve months he acquired a 
financial interest in the National Livestock Journal and became 
managing editor. 
In the years just prior to 1880 there was a rapid distribution 
of improved blood throughout the central states, and nearly 
all of the breeds formed associations for their own promotion 
and the registration of their animals. Mr. SANDERS was par- 
ticularly active in advice and cooperation in such organizations 
and himself prepared the initial volume of records of the French 
draft horse, then called the Norman. He was one of the first 
to point out the absurdity of this name and succeeded ultimately 
in getting the name of Percheron adopted. 
In 1881 Mr. Sanpers’ influence and circle of friends had 
broadened to a sufficient extent to make it possible for him to 
embark in a weekly livestock journal of his own. He had been 
president of the Chicago Fair Association which held great live- 
stock shows in Garfield Park in 1880 and 1881, was also presi- 
dent of the Chicago Jockey and Trotting Club, and was secretary 
of the American Trotting and Pacing Horse Breeders’ Associa- 
tion. Building on these relationships, he established in the fall 
of 1881, The Breeder’s Gazette, financed largely by the pioneer 
farm implement maker, Jerome I. Case, of Racine, Wisconsin. 
After some severe financial struggles, the future of the paper 
was assured and it has grown in scope and influence until at the 
present day it numbers a permanent circulation of approximately 
95,000. The succeeding year, Mr. SANDERS, in company with 
