St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-10
The Horse breeders.

The Horse Breeders.
The trotting horse breeders Of the state OF
Minnesota have a: last done what they ought
TO have done a very long time ago. In &C
cordance with the call issued in the GLOBE
two weeks ago, the breeders Of trotting horses
met in Commodore Kittson's Office, on Third
street, st. Paul, at 2 o'clock p. m, the 9Th
day Of November This was the day after
the presidential election, and naturally the
excitement incident upon such an occasion
had the effect Of preventing great many
from being present.. The following gentle
men, however, were in attendance: II. G.
Finkle, of Moorhead; NJ. T. Grattan, of
Preston; D. w Woodmansee, of Mime
apoIs; R. c. Judson, of Pennington; Geo.
W. Sherwood, w L. McGrath, w. G. Hen
erickson, E. G. Hendrckson, C. s. Radcliffe
and n. w. Kittson, of st. Paul.
Mr.. Finkle, of Morehead, was made tenn
porary chairman, and Mr.. E. C.. JudsoD, Of
Pennington, was elected to act as secretary.
Having thus com pleted temporary organi-
cation, general informal free talk was
INDUCED in during which all present ex-
pressed their ideas as to what aught to be
the object in view. 1t was found that after
this general comparing Of notes that the
views of all, while they differed somewhat as
to some Of the minor details, were on the
whole substantially the same. The conse-
quence was that there was no trouble at all
coming to a conclusion, and they unani-
mously adopted the following agreement.
We, the undersigned breeders of trotters
and residents of Minnesota, hereby agree as
follows:
First-That we will subscribe to such
constitution and by laws as the committee
appointed to-day for that purpose shall
draft.
Second-That we will make at least one
entry each in colt stakes, that said committee
shall provide for 1885.
Third-That colts to be eligible to said
stakes must be bred in Minnesota or sired
by stations owned in Minnesota.
N. w. Kittson, H. G. Finkle, w. L. Nc
Grath, M. T. Grattan, G.. w. Sherwood, w.
G. Hendrickson, g. S. Radcliffe, r. c. Jud-
son, Ed Long.
M. T. Grattan, Geo. w. Sherwood and R.
G. Judson were appointed a committee to
prepare bylaws.
When the p9 rmanent officers came to be
chosen Mr.. NJ II. Grattan nominated Com
modore Kittson for the position
of president. This Mr.. Kittson
objected to for various reasons
principally for the reason that he would
greatly prefer to have some gentleman from
Minneapolis accept the position of president.
He was very DESTROYS of enlisting the breed
ers of that city in the cause of the associa-
ton, and suggested the name of John G.. o.
wald. Mr.. Grattan said THAT matter had al
ready been considered, and that it was the
intention to put Mr.. Oswald into the posi-
ton of vice-president, which it was thought
would be satisfactory to all. Mr. Woodman-
see had no doubt that the breeders of Mime
apolis would be perfectly satisfied with this
arrangement. The following permanent Off
GERS were then chosen:
President, N. W. Kitson, st. Paul.
Vice Presidents-John c. Oswald. Mime
apolis, and G. A. DeGraff, GAINESVILLE
Secretary-R. e. Judson, Pennington.
Treasurer-W r. Merriam, st. Paul.
M. T. Grattan, r. c. Judson, e. A. De-
Graft, Isaac Staples, and George W. Graves,
were selected as an executive committee.
The only other thing done was to determine
Now then the breeders of Minnesota
have, for the first time trotting horse
breeders association, a live organization.
with definite, fixed purpose in view II
now rests solely with them to say whether
it shall be success or a failure. 1t need
not be failure aud can, with but little eff
fort and expense be made grand success.
very much to the pecuniary advantage OF all
the breeders in the state. In different parts
OF the commonwealth are some of the best
representatives of some of the best trotting
strains in the United States. If the breed
ers see fit to establish their regulations as
such by showing the public that they are
breeding fast trotting stock there will be no
difficulty in their making money. There is
steady and growing demand for fast trot-
tiers, and also for good, well bred roadsters
and carriage horses. Whoever has these for
sale win have no difficulty in getting good
cash prices for them. The business is re-
numerative, and he who shows the
most headwork in selecting the best
trotting strains and the most intelligent way
of breeding will be the most successful. In
reference to breeding the trotter the perform
ance is what will tell. THIS is absolutely de-
cisiye. To give an opportunity to the
breeder To show what his stock can do is the
object of this organization. 1t is now in the
hands of the breeders themselves and they
can make success or failure of it as they
please.